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6. Venezuela-Colombia trade grew 40% in 2012

http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/venezuela-colombia-trade-grew-40-2012

..- In 2012, trade between Venezuela and Colombia stood at $3.2 billion, a 40.4% increase when compared with a year earlier ($2.3 billion), according to Colombia's National Statistics Department (DANE) and National Direction of Taxes and Customs (DIAN).

Of that number, 81.8% ($2.6 billion) corresponds to Colombia exports to Venezuela, an increase of 51.19% over the 2011 figure of $1.7 million.

The remaining 18.2% ($598 million) refer to the sales made from Caracas to Bogota, giving rise to 5.7% of increase compared the previous year.

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According to the Venezuelan-Colombian Chamber for Economic Integration (Cavecol) figures, Colombia provides the nation a variety of products, in particular: candies, cookies, diapers, meat and textiles.

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Looks like a lot more diapers from Colombia will be needed.