WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/STR/N/7/COL
G/STR/N/8/COL
28 April 2004
(04-1882)
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises Original:  Spanish
STATE TRADING
New and Full Notification and Updating Notification Pursuant to Article XVII.4(a)
of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the
Interpretation of Article XVII
COLOMBIA
The following communication, dated 6 April 2004, is being circulated at the request of the
Delegation of Colombia.
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I. ENUMERATION OF STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
A. IDENTIFICATION OF STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
Fábrica de Licores de Antioquia, Industria Licorera de Caldas, Industria Licorera del Cauca,
Empresa de Licores de Cundinamarca, Empresa Licorera del Chocó, Fábrica de Licores del Tolima,
Industria de Licores del Valle, Unidad de Licores del Meta, Empresa Licorera de Santander, Empresa
Licorera del Caquetá.
 
B. DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS AFFECTED (INCLUDING TARIFF ITEM NUMBER (S) ENCOMPASSED
IN PRODUCT DESCRIPTION )
*INDUSTRIA LICORERA DE CALDAS
PRODUCT NAME HS NUMBER
Aguardiente "Cristal" 22.08.40.00.00
Aguardiente Amarillo de Manzanares (yellow aguardiente from Manzanares,
Caldas)22.08.90.42.00
Aguardiente "Cristal" Sin Azúcar (sugar-free aguardiente) 22.08.90.49.00
Ron Viejo de Caldas (aged rum) 22.08.40.00.00
Ron "Juan de la Cruz" and Ron "Carta de Oro" (extra-aged rums) 22.08.40.00.00
Ron Blanco de Caldas (white rum) 22.08.40.00.00
Ron Joven de Caldas (young rum) 22.08.40.00.00
Aperitivos "Cristal" (aperitifs) 22.08.70.10.00
Vodka "Sabolynaya" 22.08.60.00.00
Brandy "Tourell" 22.08.20.20.00
Crema de Café "Caldi" (coffee liqueur) 22.08.70.20.00G/STR/N/7/COL
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* INDUSTRIA LICORERA DEL CAUCA
PRODUCT NAME HS NUMBER
Aguardiente "Caucano" 22.08.90.42.00
Anisette 22.08.70.10.00
Crema de Guayaba (guava liqueur) 22.08.70.20.00
Curaçao
Anís Escarchado (sweetened aniseed liqueur) 22.08.70.10.00
* INDUSTRIA DE LICORES DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA
PRODUCT NAME HS NUMBER
Aguardiente Blanco (white aguardiente) 22.08.40.00.00
Ron Premium (premium rum) 22.08.40.00.00
Ginebra "Queen Elizabeth" (dry gin) 22.08.50.00.00
Vodka "Catherine of Russia" 22.08.60.00.00
Ron "Trapiche" (rum) 22.08.40.00.00
The objective of Industria de Licores del Valle is to produce and market alcohol, spirits and
beverages in order to transfer significant resources to the department of Cauca Valley for the benefit
and support of health, education, sports, culture and recreation.
* FABRICA DE LICORES Y ALCOHOLES DE ANTIOQUIA
PRODUCT NAME HS NUMBER
Aguardiente "Antioqueño" 22.08.40.00.00
Ron Medellín Añejo (aged rum from Medellín) 22.08.40.00.00
Ron Medellín Extrañejo (extra-aged rum) 22.08.40.00.00
Crema de Café (coffee liqueur) 22.08.70.20.00
Crema de Menta (mint liqueur) 22.08.70.20.00
Ginebra "Katia" (dry gin) 22.08.50.00.00
Vodka "Montesskaya" 22.08.60.00.00
Brandy "Don Juan" 22.08.20.20.00
"Galeón" (aperitif) 22.08.40.00.00
Statistical information on Fábrica de Licores y Alcoholes de Antioquia:
Annual Imports
Description of
product(s)
(including HS
number(s))Total
quantity
importedQuantity
imported by
state trading
enterpriseAverage
import priceAverage
representative
domestic sales
priceMark-up National
production
22.08.40.00.00 388,706
litres2.47
 dollars/
litre
22.08.90.90.00 86,000 litres 1.54
dollars/
litreG/STR/N/7/COL
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Annual Exports
Description of
product(s)
(including HS
number(s))Total
quantity
exportedQuantity exported by
state trading
enterpriseAverage procurement
priceAverage
representative
domestic sales
priceAverage
export price
22.08.40.00.00 414,254.25 litres 1.81 dollars/litre
22.08.40.00.00 136,643. 25 litres 2 dollars/litre
22.08.40.00.00 5,400 litres 5.53 dollars/litre
22.08.70.20.00 6,594 litres 2.93 dollars/litre
22.08.70.20.00 1,125 litres 2.80 dollars/litre
22.08.20.29.00 382.5 litres 2.40 dollars/litre
II. REASON AND PURPOSE
A. REASON OR PURPOSE FOR ESTABLISHING AND /OR MAINTAINING STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE
The production, introduction and sale of distilled spirits are departmental monopolies and the
income obtained through the exercise of those monopolies is primarily earmarked for the education
and health services.  Exceptions are made for wines, sparkling wines, aperitifs and the like, theproduction and distribution of which are unrestricted.
B. S
UMMARY OF LEGAL BASIS FOR GRANTING THE RELEVANT EXCLUSIVE OR SPECIAL RIGHTS OR
PRIVILEGES , INCLUDING LEGAL PROVISIONS AND SUMMARY OF STATUTORY OR
CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS
Under Article 336 of the Political Constituti on of Colombia, Article 61 of Law No. 14 of
1983 and Decree No. 1222 of 1986, the departments, i.e. the territorial divisions of the country, are
independent administrators of the liquor monopoly, with discretion to allocate revenue on the basis of
preferential allocation to the education and health services.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STATE TRADING ENTERPRISE
The departmental distilleries produce, export and import alcoholic beverages.  Individual
traders may engage in export and import activities after concluding a contractual agreement with the
Department concerned.  The agreement includes clauses concerning the term of validity and the
quantity of spirits that may be distributed, as well as the Department's percentage share under themonopoly of the sale price of the pr oducts.
IV. STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Annex 1:  Sales of aguardiente for the year beginning January 2001 (Source: ACIL
1)
Annex 2:  Comparative sales of aguardiente, 1998-2001 (Source: ACIL)
Annex 3:  Sales of rum for the year beginning January 2001 (Source: ACIL)
Annex 4:  Comparative sales of rum, 1998-2001 (Source: ACIL)Annex 5:  Sales of other spirits for the year beginning January 2001 (Source: ACIL)
Annex 6:  Comparative sales of other spirits 1998-2001 (Source: ACIL)
                                                     
1 Colombian Distillers' Association (Asociación Colombiana de Industrias Licoreras).G/STR/N/7/COL
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SALES OF AGUARDIENTE FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2001 (750 C.C. UNITS)
 DISTILLERIES
Department Antioquia Caldas Cundi namarca Valle Tolima Caqueta Meta Sa ntander Chocó Boyacá Huila TOTAL
Amazonas 99,602 66,468 - - - - - - - - - 165.07
Antioquia 24,977,056 - 6,488 15,322 - - - - - - - 24,998,865
Arauca 60.35 15,766 286,422 - - - - - - - - 361,527
Atlántico 2,558,863 27.4 - - - - - - - - - 2,586,263
Bolivar 765,993 63,413 - 3,894 - - - - - - - 833.3
Boyacá - 64,632 - - - - - - - 1,173,183 - 1,237,815
Caldas - 2,368,567 2,605 - - - - - - - - 2,371,172
Caqueta - 16 - - - 1,602,359 - - - - - 1,618,359
Casanare - 137,051 346,316 - - - - - - - - 483,367
Cauca - - - ---- - --- -
Cesar 1,363,177 266.17 44.3 - - - - - - - - 1,662,647
Chocó 541.13 - - - - - - - 370,244 - - 911,374
Cordoba 1,884,122 964 3.2 - - - - - - - - 1,888,286
Cundinamarca 220,251 428,429 18,555,602 43,538 - - - - - - 26,102 19,273,922
Guainía 77,146 27,000 36,000 - - - - - - - - 140,145
Guajira 66,504 26,800 13,800 - - - - - - - - 107,104
Guaviare - 200,917 34,500 - - - - - - - - 235,417
Huila - - - - - - - - - - 2,376,145 2,376,145
Magdalena 1,501,331 50,592 - - - - - - - -  1,651,923
Meta 40,689 64,393 45,125 - - - 1,651,818 - - - - 1,802,025
Nariño 19,151 63,077 525,737 - - -  - - - - 1,177,965
Norte de
Santander 367,848 463,423 - - - - - - - - - 803,271
Putumayo - 666,047 - - - - - - - - - 666,047
Quindío 66,121 904,339 - - - - - - - - - 970,661
Risaralda 174,031 1,481,966 770 - - - - - - - - 1,656,767
San Andrés 168,003 299,362 92,365 - - - - - - - - 549,731
Santander - 1,489,938 - - - - - 691,361 - - - 2,181,299
Sucre 740,851 44,499 - - - - - - - - - 785,351
Tolima 6,721 37,575 42,715 - 1,392,262 - - - - - - 1,479,273
Valle 61,023 72,201 16,799 13,749,563 - - - - - - - 13,899,586
Vaupés - 32,941 23,999 - - - - - - - - 56,941
Vichada - 23,021 45,599 - - - - - - - - 68,621
Inbonds 413,341 35,083 - - - - - - - - - 448,424
Exports - 1,003,932 54,965 - - - - - - - - 1,058,897
TOTAL 36,143,288 10,963,066 20,176,311 13,81 2,317 1,392,262 1,602,359 1,651,818 691,36 1 370,244 1,173,183 2,401,247 90,377,445G/STR/N/7/COL
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COMPARATIVE SALES OF AGUARDIENTE (750 C.C. UNITS)
DISTILLERY 1998 1999 2000 2001
Antioquia 41,980,000 39,125,138 40,287,528 36,143,288
Boyacá - 1,650,000 1,529,224 1,173,183
Caldas 11,436,799 12,091,147 9,439,286 10,963,056
Caquetá 767,000 10,069,261 1,314,481 1,602,369
Cauca 3,873,000 996,000 2,853,000 -
Cundinamarca 17,221,448 18,746,133 19,580,346 20,176,310
Huila 2,000.497 2,101,306 2,212,365 2,401,247
Meta 1,401,000 1,310,000 1,013,484 1,661,818
Nariño 2,200,000 1,948,000 1,364,000 -
Norte de Santander 823,600 830,100 730,914 -
Chocó - 864,000 876,000 370,244
Putumayo - 67,250 24,000 -
Santander - 1,092,418 896,972 691,361
Tolima 1,339,000 2,124,793 871,376 1,392,262
Valle 10,557,060 11,267,565 11,543,535 13,812,317
TOTAL 93,598,294 95,273,100 94,586,509 90,377,445G/STR/N/7/COL
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SALES OF RUM FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2001 (750 C.C. UNITS)
DISTILLERIES
Department Antioquia Caldas Cundinamarca Valle Boyacá Meta Consorcio SM TOTAL
Amazonas 19,025 16,216 - - - - - 35,251
Antioquia 3,036,153 - 20,040 3,002 - - - 3,069,196
Arauca 876 19,624 46,000 - - - - 66,499
Atlántico 1,182,370 2,198,362 - - - - - 3,380,732
Bolivar 2,088,121 1,433,800 14,400 13,647 - - 1,923,676 1,923,576
Boyacá - 36,000 - - 184,461 - - 220,461
Caldas - 1,239,560 470 - - - - 1,240,020
Caqueta - 210,624 - - - - - 210,624
Casanare - 212,595 3,250 - - - - 215,845
Cesar 110,770 68,585 - - - - - 179,355
Chocó 96,610 4,800 - - - - - 101,410
Cordoba 3,353,013 23,920 19,200 - - - - 3,396,133
Cundinamarca 36,540 1,233,594 2,614,300 18,312 - - - 3,902,746
Guainía 7,470 4,320 - - - - - 11,790
Guajira 6,230 40,592 - - - - - 46,822
Guaviare - 106,480 10,704 - - - - 117,184
Huila - 750,820 - - - - - 750,820
Magdalena 551,768 119,260 - - - - - 671,028
Meta - 381,873 1,640 - - 117 - 383,594
Nariño - 1,133,148 3,040 - - - - 1,136,188
Norte de Santander 152,355 279,280 - - - - - 431,635
Putumayo - 388,948 - - - - - 388,948
Quindío 2,691 616,304 - - - - - 518,996
Risaralda 5,245 882,167 80 - - - - 887,492
San Andrés 57,314 385,740 20,140 - - - - 463,194
Santander - 425,126 89,600 - - - - 514,726
Sucre 1,521,530 424,900 21,200 - - - - 1,967,630
Tolima 2,853 374,697 1,200 - - - - 378,750
Valle 24,360 2,896,800 1,280 261,070 - - - 3,173,500
Vaupés - 24,060 - - - - - 24,060G/STR/N/7/COL
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SALES OF RUM FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2001 (750 C.C. UNITS)
DISTILLERIES
Vichada - 8,130 - - - - - 8,130
Inbonds 238,241 32,473 - - - - - 270,714
Exports - 1,425,042 10,000 - - - - 1,435,042
TOTAL 12,493,624 17,297,794 2,876,544 286, 031 184,461 117 1,923,576 36,062,047
ANNEX 4
COMPARATIVE SALES OF RUM (750 C.C. UNITS)
DISTILLERY 1998 1999 2000 2001
Antioquia 12,830,000 6,955,758 7,906,056 12,493,524
Boyacá 168,792 180,000 149,180 184,461
Caldas 16,481,280 16,436,803 11,689,507 17,297,794
Caquetá 6,000 - - -
Cundinamarca 2,067,948 1,942,054 2,346,138 2,876,644
Magdalena - - 121,464 -
Meta 43,000 - 360 117
Nariño -- - -
Norte de Santander -- - -
Santander -- - -
Tolima -- - -
Valle 472,288 219,558 163,487 286,031
Consorcio SM - 1,761,396 1,700,417 1,923,579
TOTAL 32,069,308 27,495,569 24,075,609 35,062,047G/STR/N/7/COL
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SALES OF OTHER SPIRITS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2001 (750 C.C. UNITS)
 DISTILLERIES
Department Antioquia Caldas Cundinamarca Valle Tolima Huila TOTAL
Amazonas 8 , 2 4 8 2 4 ---- 8 , 3 0 8
Antioquia 1,006,743 - - 12,780 - - 1,019,523
Atlántico 4 5 , 0 0 02 0 4 ---- 4 5 , 2 0 4
Bolivar 38,352 1,800 4,200 - - - 2,074,920
Boyacá - 3 , 0 0 0 ---- 3 , 0 0 0
Caldas 492,636 6,440 ---- 499,076
Caqueta - 6 2 , 3 4 0 ---- 6 2 , 3 4 0
Cesar 8 , 3 7 0 4 8 , 6 0 0 ---- 5 6 , 9 7 0
Chocó 1 5 6 - ---- 1 5 6
Cordoba 318,074 1,056 12,000 - - - 331,130
Cundinamarca 3,308 39,360 1,009,626 1,550 - 2,967 1,056,810
Guainía 1 , 2 0 0 - ---- 1 , 2 0 0
Guajira 1 4 0 - ---- 1 4 0
Huila - 7,200 - - - 40,126 47,326
Magdalena 37,452 136,036 ---- 172,488
Meta - 3 , 6 0 0 ---- 3 , 6 0 0
Nariño 3 , 5 6 8 - ---- 3 , 5 6 8
Norte de Santander 2 , 0 5 2 - ---- 2 , 0 5 2
Putumayo - 7 9 , 6 2 0 ---- 7 9 , 6 2 0
Quindío 2,080 9,240 840 - - - 12,160
Risaralda 6,808 120 5,040 - - - 11,968
San Andrés 8 , 3 6 8 - ---- 8 , 3 6 8
Santander - 7 2 , 3 6 0 ---- 7 2 , 3 6 0
Sucre 75,912 4,800 3,288 - - - 84,000
Tolima 944 3,960 2,520 - 280,072 - 287,496
Valle 1,264 46,600 - 834,756 - - 881,610
Vaupés -1 5 6 ---- 1 5 6
Inbonds 1 3 , 4 1 7 2 , 1 4 8 ---- 1 5 , 5 6 5
TOTAL 1,581,482 1,012,860 1,043,953 849,086 280,072 43,093 6,841,114G/STR/N/7/COL
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COMPARATIVE SALES OF OTHER SPIRITS (750 C.C. UNITS)
DISTILLERY 1998 1999 2000 2001
Antioquia 1,785,000 227,983 2,059,601 1,581,482
Boyacá - - 16,476 -
Caldas 456,116 638,581 840,184 1,012,860
Cauca -- - -
Cundinamarca 702,688 1,162,000 459,226 1,043,953
Huila 200,000 - - 43,093
Meta -- - -
Nariño -- - -
Norte de Santander -- - -
Santander -- - -
Tolima 1,166,000 - 572,459 280,072
Valle 28,056 30,000 1,371,620 849,086
Consorcio SM - - 1,511,712 2,030,568
TOTAL 4,337,760 2,048,544 6,831,348 6,841,114
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