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    The Republic of Korea is a small country on the far eastern edge of Asia.

    Although it ranks 109th in the world in terms of land area, the country is a

    center of economic activity, culture and arts. Korea was colonized by Japan in

    the early 20th century and later had to endure the Korean War (1950-53).

    Today, South Korea is an industrial nation standing tall on the world stage. Its

    semiconductor, automobile, shipbuilding, steel making, and IT industries are on

    the leading edge in global markets. It hosted the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the

    2002 Korea-Japan FIFA World Cup. Korea's new standing in the international

    community was highlighted in 2010 with the nation becoming the first Asian

    country to chair the G20 and host the G20 Seoul Summit.

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    After being colonized by Japan for several years and having an independence

    movement to achieve autonomy, Korea got its independence on August 15,

    1945, once Japan surrendered in the Pacific War. Subsequently, the political

    tendencies between north and south with communist and democratic

    tendencies respectively separated society apart, generating the division of

    Korea in 1948, into two different countries: Republic of Korea and Democratic

    Peoples Republic of Korea. (KOREA.net, 2015a)

    Afterwards, with the support of China and the Soviet Union, in 1950, North

    Korea invaded South Korea, starting Korean War, in which UN and UnitedStates ended up supporting South Korea. This war lasted three years, and let

    South Korea as one of the poorest countries in the world with almost all

    industrial facilities destroyed. (KOREA.net, 2015b)

    During the following years, South Korea was characterized by its political

    instability. But, after a military rule, Park Chung-hee was elected president and

    with his 5-year economic development plan, achieved fast economic growth of

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    the country, which was called The Miracle of the Hangang River. (KOREA.net,

    2015c)

    After the governance of this president, the following leaders helped

    continuously improve South Korean economy and society; actual president, Ms.

    Park Geun-hye, presented a new vision for the country, consisting on national

    development and people happiness. (KOREA.net, 2015c)

    South Korean economic growth principally was produced due to the

    effectiveness of state intervention by the industrial policy executed, which was

    characterized for promoting exports and protecting domestic market producers,

    and its (Jenkins, 1991):

    Flexibility: the Government changed policies depending on their

    effectiveness.

    Selectivity: the policies favored particular industries and companies.

    Coherence: among economic goals, policies and strategies.

    Emphasis on promotion rather than regulation of an industry.

    Autonomy: from the Government with dominant class.

    Over the past sixty-five years (1948-2013), the country has transformed itself

    from one of the most impoverished countries in the world to an economic

    powerhouse and an exemplar of free democracy. This process may be viewed

    as a unique example in world history. KOREA.net (2015c)

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    The capital and largest city of South Korea is Seoul, with a population of

    9.736 million persons. Other major urban areas are Busan with 3.237 million

    people, Incheon with 2.659 million people, and Daegu with 2.25 million people.

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    South Korea has a population of 50.2 millions with an annual growth rate of

    o.4% during 2013. According to the OECD (2014), young population has

    decreased significantly as it went from 42.5% of the total population in 1970 to

    14.7% in 2013; and has a working age population of 73.1% of the total

    population, witch is high compared with the world average (66.29%). The

    employment rate, compared to OECD rate, is presented in the table below.

    Graph 1

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from OECD (2014).

    South Korean average wage is USD 36.354 annually, which is lower than

    wages of other developed countries as Australia and Belgium.

    Table 1

    Country Wage

    Australia USD 50.449

    Austria USD 45.199

    Belgium USD 48.082

    Canada USD 46.911

    Czech Republic USD 20.338

    South Korea USD 36.354

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from OECD (2014).

    The main religions practiced by the population are Christian (31.6%), Buddhist

    (24.2%), other or unknown (0.9%), and none (43.3%), according to a survey

    made by South Korean government on 2010.

    65,4

    65,5

    65,6

    65,7

    65,8

    South Korea OECD Total

    Employment Rate

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    On the issue of migration, South Korea doesnt have high numbers, compared

    to high-migration countries as U.S.A., as it has shown a permanent immigrant

    inflow of 1.000 people. A comparison between South Korea and U.S.A. is made

    in the graph below.

    Graph 2

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from OECD (2014).

    Finally, South Koreas main natural resources are coal, tungsten, graphite,

    molybdenum and lead.

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    South Korea is a high-income country, based on an open market economy

    system, with a GDP of USD 1.305 trillion, a GDP per capita of USD 25.977 and

    a GNI per capita of USD 33.360 for 2013, according to data of The World Bank

    (2014).

    Since Korean War, the economic growth of South Korea has been exceptional,

    so impressive that it has been called The Miracle of the Hangang River as it

    changed from being one of the poorest countries in 1950s to be a developed

    country, in less than 50 years.

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    South Korean economy is based on an export-oriented economic structure,

    ranking the sixth position on the world-exporter list, with USD 828 billions in

    exports, representing about 50.8% of its GDP, according to The World Factbook

    (2015).

    This economic structure has leaded them to their actual position in world

    economy. Even though, the same structure that has given them their economic

    power, has also threaten their wealth: in 1997, a foreign exchange crisis

    seriously affected South Korean economy, forcing them to ask for assistance to

    the IMF. However, it took only two years to South Korea to achieve the same

    economic growth and price levels, demonstrating how strong and stable their

    economy could be (KOREA.net, 2015b). Another affectation in South Korean

    economy growth was the world financial crisis, as it can be seen in the Graph 3.

    According to OECD Economic Outlook (2015), South Korean economic growth

    is expected to achieve rates of 3.8% for 2015 and 4.1% for 2016; higher than

    average OECD members, as shown in the graph below:

    Graph 3

    Compiled by authors.

    Retrieve from OECD Economic Outlook (2015) and The World Bank (2014).

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    -2%

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    1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

    S. Korea

    OECD

    GDP growth

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    In actual South Korean export-oriented economic structure, the five leading

    export items for the last decade have been semiconductors, petroleum

    products, cars, ships and liquid crystal devices (KOREA.net, 2015b). In despite

    of the importance of these products, the main economic sector of South Korea

    is services, related to the composition of GDP for 2014, as shown in the

    following graph.

    Graph 4

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The World Factbook (2015).

    South Koreas main agriculture products are rice, roots, barley, vegetables,

    fruits, cattle, pigs, chicken, milk, eggs, and fish, being the rice the most

    important product, as it represents 90% of the agriculture GDP. On the other

    hand, main industrial products are produced in industries as electronics,

    telecommunications, automobile, chemical, shipbuilding and steel. Finally, the

    most important services made in South Korea are related to information

    technology and videogames. (KOREA.net, 2015d; The World Factbook, 2015)

    South Korean consumer prices are characterized to maintain quite stable and

    above 5% of inflation, during the last 10 years, as shown in the Graph 5.

    Specifically, along this period, there was an increase in prices due to the

    economic crisis of 2008, achieve its highest level of 4.7%.

    Agriculture2%

    Industry39%

    Services59%

    GDP composition by sectors

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    Graph 5

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The World Factbook (2015).

    During the last 10 years, South Koreas interest rate has fluctuated according to

    Government policies and economical conjunctures. In this way, the highest

    interest rate took place in 2006 with 6.1%, and the lowest took place three

    years later (2009) with 2%. The following graph shows the evolution of the

    interest rate in the last 10 years.

    Graph 6

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The World Bank (2015).

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    0,01

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    0,02

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    0,03

    0,035

    0,04

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    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

    Inflation

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    0,02

    0,03

    0,04

    0,05

    0,06

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    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

    Interest rate

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    Finally, for analyzing South Korean Balance of Payments, it is important to

    evaluate before the exchange rate. Actually, the exchange rate of South Korean

    Won is around SKW 1.084 for USD 1, representing devaluation of the SKW

    during the last year:

    Graph 7

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from Bloomberg (2015).

    South Korean Balance of Payments is summarized in the table below.

    Table 2

    Current account $894.20 Financial account $-903.80

    Goods $928.90 Direct investment $-206.60Exports $6,215.40 Assets $-305.60Imports $5,286.60 Liabilities $99.00

    Services $-81.60 Portfolio investment $-336.10Manufacturing $-55.00 Assets $-428.70Transport $37.50 Equity sec. $-165.70Travel $-53.20 Debt sec. $-263.00Construction $138.40 Liabilities $92.60IP $-52.20 Equity sec. $66.90Other $-105.90 Debt sec. $25.70

    Primary income $102.00 Financial derivatives $37.00Compensation emp. $-4.10 Other investment $-219.40Investment income $106.10 Loans, assets $-87.50

    Income equity $49.10 Loans, liabilities $94.30Interest income $57.10 Currency and deposits $-170.60

    Secondary income $-55.00 Reserve assets $-178.90

    Capital account $-0.10

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    980

    1000

    1020

    10401060

    1080

    1100

    1120

    1140

    SKW exchange rate

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    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Bank of Korea (2015).

    As showed above, South Korea has a positive current account and a negative

    financial and capital account. When analyzing current account, specifically

    goods account, there is a surplus of exports over imports, generating the major

    part of the positive current account. On the other hand, the financial account

    has a representative negative direct and portfolio investment, as Koreans invest

    in other countries more than they are invested on. Finally, the capital account

    doesnt have much importance in the overall Balance of Payments, probably

    because it has low migration and direct investment.

    As said before, South Korea has an export-oriented economy, representing

    more than 50% of its GDP, with a total amount of USD 573.091.134 of exports

    for 2013. As referred, the main products for export are semiconductors,

    petroleum products, cars, ships and liquid crystal devices, and the main sectors

    of exports are electronic equipment (24%), vehicles other than railway (13%),

    machinery (11%), fuel and oil products (9%), and ships, boats and others (7%);

    while the main services exported were services (13%), commercial services

    (9%) and transport (4%), as shown in Graph 8.

    Graph 8

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    Electronicequipment

    17%

    Services13%

    Commercialservices

    13%Vehicles otherthan railway

    9%Machinery

    8%

    Fuels and oils6%

    Ships, boatsand other

    5%

    Medical, etc.apparatus

    4%

    Transport4%

    Plastics andarticles

    4%

    Othergoods17%

    South Korean exports by product - 2014

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    Comparing the information presented with the exports of 2005, which ascended

    to USD 284.418.167, it is found that South Korean economy has the same main

    exporting sectors but it is diversifying its efforts as, nowadays, each sector less

    participation on exports than in 2005, as shown in the graph below.

    Graph 9

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    In relation to exports, South Korean government is looking for continue

    diversifying export products focusing on first-rate quality goods, as

    semiconductors, seawater desalination machines, flash memory, and others;

    and information technology products and services, as computer software and

    communication devices (KOREA.net, 2015d).

    Finally, the countries that South Korea exports the most are China (25%), USA

    (12%), Japan (6%), Hong Kong (5%) and Singapore (4%), showing the strong

    economic relationship between South Korea and China, U.S.A. and Japan.

    Electronicequipment

    20%

    Services12%

    Commercialservices

    12%Machinery

    9%

    Vehicles otherthan railway

    9%

    Transport6%

    Ships, boatsand other

    4%

    Fuels and oils4%

    Plasticsand articles

    4%

    Iron and steel3%

    Other goods17%

    South Korean exports by product - 2005

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    Graph 10

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    Generating a positive current account in the Balance of Payments, South

    Korean imports ascend to USD 869.567.945 for 2014. The main goods

    imported by South Korea were fuels and oils (24%), electronic equipment

    (10%), machinery (7%), and iron and steel (3%), while the main services

    imported were commercial services (15%), transport (4%) and travel (3%).

    Graph 11

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    25%

    12%

    6%5%4%4%3%

    2%2%

    2%

    35%

    South Korean exports by country - 2014

    China

    USA

    Japan

    Hong Kong

    Singapore

    Viet Nam

    Taipei

    India

    Indonesia

    Mexico

    Other

    Fuelsand oils

    24%Commercial

    services15%

    Electronicequipment

    10%Machinary

    7%Transport

    4%

    Travel3%

    Iron andsteel3%

    Medical, etc.apparatus

    2%

    Ores, slagand ash

    2%

    Otherproducts

    23%

    Other

    services7%

    South Korean imports by product -2014

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    Comparing this information with the imports registered during 2005, which

    ascended to USD 440.084.783, it can be found that, in general, South Korea

    still consuming the same goods and services with similar participation in

    imports, except for the consumption of fuels and oils that has increased, gaining

    a participation from 16% to 24%, probably due to the production of new goods

    that have fuel and oil as raw materials.

    Graph 12

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    The importance of fuel and oil as raw materials can be evidence with the

    importer countries as well, with the presence of countries that are known for

    their oil exports, as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. For imports, South Korea hasimportant relationships with China, Japan and U.S.A., having a positive current

    account with all of them.

    Fuels andoils16%

    Services14%

    Commercialservices

    14%Electronicequipment

    12%

    Machinery7%

    Transport5%

    Iron and steel4%

    Travel4%

    Medical, etc.apparatus

    3%

    Other goods21%

    South Korean imports by product - 2005

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    Graph 12

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The Trade Map (2015).

    For doing business in South Korea, another important variable to consider is

    Foreign Direct Investment. South Korea promotes FDI with the Foreign

    Investment Promotion Act, in which the government offers benefits to investors,

    as tax incentives, cash support and special land regulations (KOREA.net,

    2015b). Nowadays, South Korean FDI policy is focused on getting support to

    achieve its nation objectives, which are reaching USD 2 trillion on export/import

    volume, and becoming the major logistic hub of Northeast Asia (KOREA.net,

    2015e). The evolution of FDI since 2005 is shown in the graph below.

    17%

    10%

    U.S.A.9%

    7%

    5%4%4%3%

    3%3%

    35%

    South Korean imports by country - 2014

    China

    Japan

    USA

    Saudi Arabia

    Qatar

    Germany

    Australia

    Kuwait

    U.A. Emirates

    Taipei

    Others

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    Graph 13

    Data presented on million dollars.

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from The World Bank (2014).

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    The first step in this case is to analyze South Korean environment for business

    and economy atmosphere. The country is positioned in the rank 5 on the ease

    of doing business in the world, according to Doing Business (2015). For most of

    the countries is useful knowing where their economy stands in the aggregate

    ranking on the ease of doing business and knowing how it ranks relative to

    comparator economies and relative to the regional average.

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    $4.000,00

    $6.000,00

    $8.000,00

    $10.000,00

    $12.000,00

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    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

    South Korean FDI

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    Graph 14

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from Doing Business (2015).

    According to many parameters that matter at the moment of doing business

    with South Korea, there are some points to take into account carefully: in the

    following graph its possible to appreciate the importance of each pint for the

    South Koreans:

    Image 1

    Retrieve from Doing Business (2015).

    The Starting a Business Indicators measure:

    0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

    Singapore

    South Korea

    Australia

    Regional Average ( OECD)

    Japan

    China

    Brazil

    India

    Ease of doing business

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    Procedures to legally start and operate a company: preregistration (for

    example, name verification or reservation, notarization), registration in the

    economys largest business city, and post registration (for example, social

    security registration, company seal). (The World Bank Group,2015)

    Time required completing each procedure: it doesnt include time spent

    gathering information. Each procedure starts on a separate day and

    procedures that can be fully completed online may take half a day.

    Procedure completed once final document is received, and no prior contact

    with officials. (The World Bank Group,2015)

    Cost required completing each procedure: it counts official costs only, so no

    professional fees unless services required by law.

    Paid-in minimum capital: deposited in a bank or with a notary before

    registration (or within 3 months). (The World Bank Group,2015)

    According to data collected by Doing Business, starting a business in South

    Korea requires three procedures that takes four days, costs 14.5% of income

    per capita, and requires no paid-in minimum capital, as it is shown in the

    following image. (The World Bank Group,2015)

    Image 2

    Retrieve from Doing Business (2015).

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    In the following table, it is presented a summary of time, costs and procedures

    needed for starting a business in South Korea.

    Table 3

    No. Procedure Time to complete

    1 Make Company Seal 1 day

    2 Register the company with Start-Biz; pay

    the corporate registration tax bill and

    incorporation fee

    3 days

    3 Pay the fees for the Public Health

    Insurance Program, the National

    Pension Fund, Employment Insurance,and Industrial Accident Compensation

    Insurance

    Less than one day

    (online procedure,

    simultaneous withprevious procedure)

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from Doing Business (2015).

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    Finally, Korea is conducting preparation talks or joint research projects with

    prospective Free Trade Agreement partners including Japan, MERCOSUR,

    Israel, Vietnam, Central-America, Malaysia and Indonesia. The following tables

    summarize South Korean FTAs.

    (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

    Table 4

    Free Trade Agreement in effect

    South Korea Chile

    South Korea Singapore

    South Korea EFTA

    South Korea ASEAN

    South Korea India

    South Korea EU

    South Korea Peru

    South Korea - US

    Compiled by authors, retrieve from (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

    Table 5

    Concluded Free Trade Agreement

    South Korea Tukey

    South Korea - Colombia

    Compiled by authors, retrieve from (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

    Table 6

    Free Trade Agreement Under

    Negotiation

    South Korea CanadaSouth Korea Mexico

    South Korea GCC

    South Korea Australia

    South Korea New Zeeland

    South Korea China

    South Korea - Vietnam

    South Korea Indonesia

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    South Korea China. Japan

    RCEP (Regional Comprehensive

    Economic Partnership)

    South Korea - JapanCompiled by authors, retrieve from (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

    Table 7

    Free trade Agreement

    South Korea MERCOSUR

    South Korea ISRAEL

    South Korea Central America

    South Korea - Malaysia

    Compiled by authors, retrieve from (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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    In recent years Colombia has shown a change and openness in its trade policy,

    increasing its interest in expanding its trade relations with other countries and

    other continents. Colombia is betting on diversifying its exports through the

    realization of free trade agreements with countries in continents such as Asia.

    And his first attempt to establish a business relationship with the Asian

    continent is the FTA with South Korea.

    The trade relations between Colombia and South Korea have been increasing

    in the last 12 years. Imports from South Korea to Colombia increased from USD

    200 million FOB to USD 1.200 million FOB; those consist basically on

    automotive products, machinery and equipment. On the side of exports from

    Colombia to South Korea they increased from USD 50 million FOB to USD 335

    million FOB in 2012, consisting mainly on coffe, coal and ferronickel.

    Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and South Korea is currently in

    approval by the two participating countries, and basically is treaty for trade inColombia for the following reasons:

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    - Diversification of markets: it would be the first treaty with an Asian country.

    - Encourage of trade relations with countries of this continent, encouraging

    the negotiation of FTAs with Japan and Singapore

    - Elimination of tariffs on Colombian products would make them more

    competitive in this market and increase exports of agricultural and industrial

    products.

    - Increase of investment in Colombia

    - Improved access to raw materials and supplies from Korea Quality

    - Increased cooperation links for technology transfer

    - Used as a laboratory for Colombian companies learn about the Asian

    market and how to potentiate this market.

    - Colombia for several years are interested in joining the Forum of Asia Pacific

    Economic Cooperation (APEC) which are members of 21 economies, and

    an FTA with Colombia would bring this group of countries.

    (Oportunidades Comerciales en COREA, Proexport Colombia, 2012)

    Graph 15

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from ProColombia (2013).

    Coffe37%

    Metallurgy24%

    Ferronickel16%

    Fuels and oils16%

    Coal3%

    Chemicalproducts

    2%

    Derivatives ofcoffee

    2%

    Exports to South Korea from Colombia

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    Graph 16

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from ProColombia (2013).

    Finally, the conditions of access of the FTA between Colombia and South

    Korea, are summarized in the table 8:

    Table 7

    Conditions of access

    Colombia

    Conditions of access

    South Korea

    - 98% of industrial property shall be

    exempt from tax for the

    implementation of the treaty.

    - The remaining 2% will be exempt

    in maximum five years.

    - Terms of tariff reduction and some

    agricultural goods:

    - Free tax for green coffee.

    - Coffee preparations: 2 and 3

    years.

    - Flowers (roses, chrysanthemums,

    carnations): 3 to 5 years.

    - Bananas: 5 years.

    - Fruits: 5, 7, and 10 years.

    According to Colombian imports from

    Korea in 2011:

    - 26% will be tax-free on the

    implementation of the FTA.

    - 18% will be tax-free five years after

    the implementation of the FTA.

    - 6% will be tax-free after 7 years

    implementation of the FTA.

    - 44% will be tax-free 10 years after

    the implementation of the FTA

    (cars, trucks and some household

    products).

    - The remaining 3% will be tax-free

    12 years after the implementation of

    Vehicles45%

    Plastic

    9%Industrialmachinery

    7%

    Automotive

    parts5%

    Articles of iron6%

    rims and tires4%

    Home articles3%

    Others21%

    Exports to Colombia from South Korea

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    - Vegetables: 5, 7, and 10 years.

    - Snuff: 10 years.

    - Cigarettes: terms of 10 and 15

    years.

    - Sugar and ethyl alcohol 16 years.

    - Ethanol: 5 years.

    - Meat: 19, by appointment of the

    first year; 9,900 tons and a 2%

    annual increase for fine cuts.

    - Pork: 10 and 16 years.

    - Poultry: 10, 12 and 16.

    - Dairy products:

    - Cheese, creme caramel, skim

    milk: 10 and 16 years.

    - Dairy beverage immediately.

    - Milk powder: 100 fixed fee.

    the FTA.

    - 95% of Korean agricultural products

    will be duty-free on the

    implementation of the FTA

    Compiled by authors. Retrieve from ProColombia (2012).

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    As a first conclusion, we can say that overall imports from South Korea made by

    Colombia have increased over the years and particularly since the last three

    years, the country has increased its imports since 2010, even though there was

    a drop in imports in 2012 could be due to macroeconomic factors countries.

    The products generally more imported by Colombia in the last three years were:

    Vehicles and vehicle parts except railways and trams. Also Industrial machinery

    including computers, plastics, appliances, cellphones and Polyethylene.

    It could be said that could be good for Colombia to export to South Korea

    because this country is the sixth in the world, and they use many imported raw

    materials, thats why Colombia is an attractive economy, which generates many

    raw materials at the moment, for this reason could be a great opportunity for

    Colombia to generate more exports, and better relations with the southern

    Koreans industries.

    Also, South Korea consume large amounts of oil, and one of the main products

    of Colombian export is oil, this could be an important trading point between the

    two nations.

    Overall, South Korea is a country that is more capital intensive, while Colombia

    is more labor intensive. Both exporting different products, which could be a

    differential relative to FTAs that Colombia has already signed, since they

    produce mostly different products, the FTA could be advantageous for both

    countries, enabling Colombia to its two main objectives, that are access to new

    markets and attracting foreign investment.

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