Colombia Industries are of different types. They are mainly associated with the field of mineral, agriculture and forest products and cater to the need of the domestic demands. Since a long time the fourth largest South American country and one of the densely populated nations of the continent, Colombia is providing a wide stock of machinery, vehicles, tools, consumer goods, chemicals, wood products, building materials and paper to its residents. As the time passing by
Colombia Industries are also increasing in number. The key industries in Colombia are as follows:
- Textiles
- Iron and steel
- Metal products
- Shoes
- Food processing
- Tobacco
- Oil refining
- Petrochemical products
- Cement
- Wood pulp
- Paper
- Automobile assembly
- Chemicals
It is said that around 70 per cent of the Colombian Industries is centered around the three major urban areas including Medellin, Bogota and Cali and the remarkable trading partners of Colombia are United States, Japan, Germany and France.
The most important industries of Colombia including manufacturing, construction and assembly flourished after the completion of World War I. These major business industries got incredible financial aid from the tobacco and coffee industries in the nineteenth century and soon started expanding with a great pace. Currently different strategies are being adopted in order to maintain and strengthen the industrial activities of the Colombians.
