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About Proexport

Opening doors, Closing deals

We are the institution in charge of promoting Colombian non-traditional exports, international tourism and foreign investment to Colombia. We provide domestic companies with support and integral advisory services for their international trade activities, facilitating the design and execution of their internationalization strategies, looking for the generation, development and closing of business opportunities.

We promote the effective insertion of Colombian companies into international markets and seek international trade opportunities through:

· Identification of market opportunities.
· Design of market penetration strategies.
· Companies internationalization.
· Assistance in the design of action plans.
· Contact with both sellers and buyers.
· Specialized services to foreign companies interested in acquiring Colombian goods and services.

MISSION:

Increase Colombian non-traditional exports, international tourism and foreign investment to Colombia, through a systematic sales process and a partnership work relationship with companies to enable the generation, follow-up and closing of business opportunities in international markets.

QUALITY POLICY:

Maintain an excellent level of quality in the provision of services to current and potential exporters, in accordance with Government export promotion policy guidelines. To this end, we have a highly qualified human resource committed to the continuous improvement process.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

• Create short and mid-term marketing strategies to sale Colombian goods and services in international markets, offering companies a customized portfolio of high quality services that serves, as much as possible, as a source of income for the institution.

• Maximize the efficiency in the utilization of Proexport’s national and international office network, by providing value added high quality services aimed at identifying opportunities, promoting business development, and advising and assisting companies in the design and execution of their export projects.

• Create alliances with private and public, domestic and international institutions to enhance the availability of resources to support the different business initiatives promoted by the institution or to develop and improve the institution’s service portfolio.

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