Reply #3: Santos neglected to mention that coal means big bucks for Colombia

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and a lot of it comes to the United States.

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Coal is an important part of the Colombian economy: in 2009, coal represented about one-quarter of total export earnings, and mining taxes and royalties paid to the Colombian government exceeded $1 billion. During the first nine months of 2009, the United States imported 13.6 MMst of coal from Colombia, about 80 percent of total U.S. coal imports.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Colombia/Coal.html