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In 2016, U.S. corn dominated the Colombian market supplying 99.6% of imports due to trade preferences in the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA).

SaborUSA is a non-traditional marketing campaign that began in July 2015 to promote U.S. food and beverages in Colombia.

On January 15, 2016, USDA-FAS signed a Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA) with USAID entitled Cacao for Peace (CfP).

Colombia continues to expand its biotechnology frontier. The adoption rate for biotech corn has surpassed that of cotton and the development of a regulatory framework is underway.

The Colombian government has communicated no clear vision for biofuels policies despite promises to increase blend mandates as new production facilities come online in 2015.