Most of Colombia’s duties have been consolidated into three tariff levels: zero to 5% on capital goods, industrial goods, and raw materials not produced in Colombia; 10% on manufactured goods, with some exceptions; and 15% to 20% on consumer and “sensitive” goods. According to the WTO, Colombia’s simple average on most favored nation (MFN) applied tariff rate in 2025 is 6.8%, with approximately 51% of tariff lines being duty-free under MFN terms.
About 80% of U.S. exports of consumer and industrial products to Colombia became duty free immediately on May 15, 2012, when the CTPA entered into effect, with remaining tariffs phased out over ten years. Key U.S. exports gained immediate duty-free access to Colombia, including almost all products in the following sectors: agriculture, construction equipment, aircraft and parts, auto parts, fertilizers and agri-chemicals, information technology equipment, medical and scientific equipment, and wood.
Many agricultural commodities also benefit from the Agreement, as more than half of current U.S. farm exports to Colombia became duty-free immediately, with most remaining tariffs eliminated within 15 years. Products that benefited include wheat, barley, soybeans, soybean meal and flour, high-quality beef, bacon, almost all fruit and vegetable products, wheat, peanuts, whey, cotton, and most processed products. The Agreement also provides duty-free tariff rate quotas (TRQ) on standard beef, chicken leg quarters, dairy products, corn, sorghum, animal feeds, rice, and soybean oil.
In March 2012, Colombia joined the WTO Information Technology Agreement, under which Members eliminate tariffs on an MFN basis for a wide range of information technology products.
For tariff rates and taxes (including FTA rates) of goods, use the Customs Info Database Tariff Lookup Tool, available on trade.gov (registration required at no cost).