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Interesting and connecting After Work

During the exciting evening on the 16th of February at the Colombian Embassy, the latest Thursday After Work focused in sharing exciting ideas and interesting stories from our participants, related to the ongoing and future trade between Colombia and Sweden. The eight participants who attended the event represented entrepreneurs, business owners, board directors and individuals who were highly interested in knowing more about Colombia and Sweden.

The main topic discussed related to the ability to increase the awareness of investment opportunities in both countries, more specifically, the possibility of showing examples of Swedish companies established in Colombia, as well as the opportunity that Colombia has, in terms of exporting products based on the product’s social impact in the country. The purposes of these ideas relies on setting examples and assistance for small and medium enterprises,  by knowing that is possible to invest in both countries.

Our next After Work will be held on the third week of March, on the 15th. Be sure to come and join us to talk more about exciting opportunities and the formation of new ideas that will increase the trade and awareness between both Colombia and Sweden.

Success business-matchmaking Mission Nortech

Presentation by Mr. Anders Larsson, from IDEACT

On January 16, the Mission Nortech visited Stockholm direct from Colombia  and attended the business matachmaking event that took place at Piperska Muren. This Business Matchmaking Event and ICT information session was designed to present to the Colombian delegation innovative ICT companies and Cloud Computing in Sweden.
The goal of the event was to promote the adaptation of the Swedish  technologies to the Colombian market, identify sinergies, find potential partners and/or clients.

This event was organized by the Swedish-Colombian Chamber of Commerce through a strategic partnership with the Nordic-Colombian Chamber of Commerce and the Colombian Embassy in Stockholm.

Some of the attending companies from Colombia were:

INFORMACION&TECNOLOGIA
TOPEN OIL&GAS
ORANGE
ANDITEL
EDATEL
RCN TV
CARACOL TV

And some of the companies from Sweden:

IBM Sweden
Servage Cloud Computing
Cloudo
Avista Time
Several Nines
Synapse Mobile Networks

From SCCC, IDEACT was presenting a success business case of a Swedish company with commecial relation in Colombia.

See pictutes below:

 

Trade Exchange between Colombia and Sweden in figures

Last year (2010) was transport equipment (parts and accessories) the largest export product category from Sweden to Colombia with 25% of the total, fertilizer was second with 14% and telecommunications third with 7.4% followed by pharmaceuticals and paper and cardboard.

Imports from Colombia: the dominance of the raw coffee (70% of Swedish imports from Colombia), followed by mineral fuels (coke of coal, lignite or peat, 15%) and flowers (3.6%). The share of engineering products has decreased from 3.4% to 1.6% of the total, on an annual basis less than around 10 million.

Here you can find the latest trade exchange figures from SCB between 2006-2011.

Colombia Faktablad import och export

Information in Swedish and compiled by Kommerskollegium.