US EditionColombia Prepares Decree to Raise Tariffs on Ecuador to 50% Amid Trade Tensions
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Colombia is preparing to equalize the commercial coup against Ecuador. The Government of Gustavo Petro, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, has published Monday a draft decree that proposes to raise to 50% the tariff to more than 170 Ecuadorian products, in direct response to the same measure that Quito applied to Colombian exports and that governs since Sunday. Once signed, it would enter into force the day after its publicatio…
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Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — The Colombian government is preparing a decree that would raise tariffs on dozens of Ecuadorian products from 30% to 50%, mirroring the measure already taken by the Ecuadorian government amid a trade war that has been ongoing since January. The draft decree, which is not yet in effect and was made public on Monday, is being released by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for public comment before its final approv…
Colombian products already have a 50% surcharge to enter Ecuador. The increase in the security rate came into effect on March 1, 2026 and the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade and Investment, Luis Alberto Jaramillo, indicated that the current situation requires determination.
The president of Acopi, María Elena Ospina, warned that between 65% and 75% of Colombian companies that export to Ecuador face a high risk of disappearing due to the recent tariff measures and the security surcharge imposed on bilateral trade. During a joint press conference with other unions, Ospina explained that the micro, small and medium-sized company concentrates the greatest impact of the restrictions. According to details, this segment r…
As unexpected and worrying, the representatives of the business unions of Ecuador and Colombia described the restrictions on foreign trade undertaken by their respective governments. The president of the Ecuadorian Business Committee, Juan Carlos Navarro, said that tariff measures already generate signs of pressure on bilateral trade between the two nations.
The Colombian government lists a decree that raises tariffs from 30% to 50% for dozens of products coming from Ecuador, which would equate the measure already taken by the Ecuadorian government in the midst of a tariff war that they maintain since January. It is a draft decree that is not yet in force [...] The entry Colombia enlists decree to raise to 50% tariffs for Ecuador in the midst of commercial tension was first published in Foco Informa…
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