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Ref : EIC 415/2

31 May 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 420/2013

Colombia : Registration and Tracking System for Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverages

The Colombian government issued Decree No. 0601 on 1 April 2013 to eliminate the import licensing requirements for imported textiles, tobacco and alcohol. It also issued Decree No. 0602 on 1 April 2013 to adopt a new registration and tracking system for imported tobacco and alcoholic beverages.

2.Under the new arrangement, importers of tobacco, cigarettes, wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages will have to be registered in the National Tracking and Information System (Sistema Único Nacional de Información y Rastreo, SUNIR.) The SUNIR will track information related to a product's importation, production, distribution, consumption and potential re-exportation.

3.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Colombia and/or the above Colombian Decrees (in Spanish) which are available at:

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry