Colombia - Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement

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The Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and Costa Rica entered into force in 2016, fully or partially eliminating import tariffs for most energy products and technologies, including: 

  • Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
  • Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
  • Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
  • Motor vehicles; 
  • Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
  • Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
  • Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
  • Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 


Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 10% of the transaction value of the good to benefit from the tariff treatment established by the Agreement.

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