DOING BUSINESS IN COLOMBIA LATAM ROADSHOW FEBRUARY 2015 Tania Hoyos, Director at British & Colombia Chamber of Commerce

CONTENT Economic Snapshot Sectors of opportunities Case Studies Accessing opportunities and support available

ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT Average GDP Growth (2004 – 2014): 4.75% (DANE) Average Inflation( ): 4.10% (DANE) Access to The Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Easiest country to do business in Latam & Caribbean / 34 th place worldwide (The World Bank Ranking / June 2014). 11 Preferential trade agreements including US, EU and current negotiations with China and South Corea. Per capita National Income: USD$ / Upper middle income category (World Bank). Population: 47.9 MM. 50% of the population is less than 30 years old (DANE) Raising Standards: On taxation, innovation, education, pension system (Applying OECD membership). Makes part of CIVETS group: “next generation of economic tigers”. (Wall Street Journal)

SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES Infrastructure Financial sector 5.5% of growth in 2014 (DANE) Bancarisation trend expected to reach 85% in 2018, currently in 70%. (Asobancaria) Colombia makes part of the Latin-American Integrated Market (MILA) along with Mexico, Chile and Peru (Inter-american Development Bank). Oil & Gas - Mining 2015: expected increase oil production to 1.02 mm bpd (3%) / 2016: Expected decline in bpd (10%). (Oil Colombian Association - ACP) (Oil Colombian Association - ACP) Fracking, Shale Gas, Unconventionals, Offshore opportunities. Coal: 2.5% growth production – 18.8% growth sales (National Mining Agency) Infrastructure 13.7% of growth in 2014 / Accounts 30% of GDP (DANE) Investments by 2018: Roads (COP$ 20.9 bn), Rail roads, ports, airports (COP$4.28 bn) Km of new and paved roads based on UK PPP Model by (Colombian Chamber of Infrastructure) Retail Household spending expected to increase by 10% / Middle class (+USD$ GNI) forecast to growth 40% by E-Commerce aims to attract young adult population (20-39 years), expected to be 16 million by Regional and international competitors: Falabella, Ripley, Cencosud (Chile) and Oxxo from Mexico. (Business Monitor / January 2015)

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