HOW TO EXPORT COCOA TO UNITED

STATES

NAME: NELCY ROCIO MORENO LINARESID: 20646004

CHARACTERISTICS OF COCOA• The cocoa is used specially for

prepairing chocolat.• This tree takes four to five years to

produce fruit and eight to ten years to achieve full production.• Harvest period: all year, with

intensity between the months of february to august.•Whit the cocoa the people can do

butter’s cocoa.

WHY IS A GOD IDEA THAT COLOMBIA EXPORTS COCOA TO

UNITED STATES?• Because United States is the second

largest importer of cocoa in the world.• There is FTA (Free trade agreement)

between United States and Colombia. For this reason is easier to do business between those two countries.

WORTH THAT COLOMBIA EXPORTS COCOA?

• Because Colombia is one of the leading exporters cocoa in the world.• In the last four years, the

Colombian cocoa exports have registered a positive performance.• Colombia exports cocoa to thirteen

countries in the world.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gross domestic product: 13,111.705 €

1 USD = 3,179.22 Colombian pesos

There is a FTA (Free trade agreement) between USA and Colombia,

Actually in USA there are 321,410.000 Habitants

USA is a world power.

Principal cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Filadelfia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San José.

DOCUMENTATION

For exporting cocoa to United States, You need those documents:

• Certificate of origin.• Review papers.• Documents of dangerous commodity.• Those documents: Shipping temporal.• Certificate of registration.• Shipper’s export declaration.• Filling requirements automated export system.• Provision of accurate information

STEPS TO EXPORT COCOA TO USA

Those are the steps for exporting coffee to USA from Colombia:

1. Download the national register of coffee exporters.

2. Mobilization guides.

3. Photocopy of tax registration.

4. Photocopy of the identity of the natural person or legal people, the legal representative of the company.

5. Cocoa production record.

6. Rate source.

7. Customs command shelter

8. Mobilization guides.

9. Photocopy of tax registration.

10. Cencoex-Rusad.

11. Certificate of existence and legal representation of the legal entity or certificate of registration of the natural person applicant.

CYBERGRAPHY

http://www.capecve.org/Permisos-y-Recaudos-para-Exportar-Cacao-en-Granos.pdf