The Colombian Textile Sector offers the following advantages:

• Thanks to both the commercial agreements Colombia has joined and to its geographic position, the country has become a production, distribution and export center for markets in South America, North America and Europe.

• The sector wide production grew by 47% ($1.206 billion USD) between 2002 and 2006.

• Colombia has nearly 500 textile companies and 10000 clothing companies. The majority of these are SME’s. 50% have between 20 and 60 machines.

• These companies generate approximately 800,000 direct and indirect users, representing 12% of the total labor force in the manufacturing sector.

• The sector adds 10.3% to the national manufacturing output and 1.6% to the total Colombian GDP.

These are only some of the reasons to invest in the Textile Sector. We invite you to know, in detail, about these and other reasons to make Colombia your selected destination for projects.

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