Medicinal Plants and Natural Ingredients
Bogota and Cundinamarca, your next destination to produce natural ingredients.
Why choose Bogota and Cundinamarca
- Because Colombia is the country with greatest biodiversity per square meter in the world, with more than 51.000 species of plants. In addition, Cundinamarca has the largest crops of herbal and medicinal plants of the country.
- Because in Bogota and Cundinamarca there is an increasing research and entrepreneurial activity, mixed with ancestral knowledge of the use and properties of medicinal plants.
- Because in Bogota and Cundinamarca you find the main purchasers of natural ingredients, showing high inter-annual growth indexes amounting to 6% (in the last 5 years) and there is a total of 87 multinational companies in this chain.
- Because its convenient geographical position and the excellent air transportation infrastructure allows it to become a hub for experts in natural ingredients in America.
- Because the chain of natural ingredients is a priority of the Colombian Government, due to which there are public and private entities working in the development of this sector.
The natural ingredients chain in Bogota and Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca is the main department of Colombia with herbal and medicinal plants in around 450 cultivated hectares.
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- In Bogota and Cundinamarca there is a dynamic cosmetics industry (TACC with 11% sales), food and beverages (TACC with 6% sales) and pharmaceutical products (TACC with 1% sales).
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- Colombia’s share in the natural ingredients market has been rising due to the demand of the cosmetics sector, being Bogota accountable for 60% of the exports.
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- Programs to strengthen the agroindustrial productive chain in research, supply, technology. (CCB-Colciencias Technology Agreement, Mega, Andi, Proexport and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism).
Main Multinational Companies present in Cundinamarca - Bogota
| http://www.chr-hansen.com/ | CHR Hansen (Denmark): Multinational company working with natural ingredients, located in Cota Cundinamarca, operating in Colombia since 2005. It has laboratories, storage and commercialization warehouses and distribution to Andean countries and Central America. |
| http://www.cplaromas.com/ | CPL Aromas (UK): Multinational aromas company with presence in Bogota, from where it supplies the Latin American market. |
| http://www.firmenich.com/ | Firmenich (Switzerland): Multinational natural and synthetic ingredients company. Firmenich has a laboratory and a Distribution Center in the city of Bogota. |
| http://www.givaudan.com/ | Givaudan (Switzerland): Natural and synthetic ingredients multinational company established in Bogota where it conducts its commercial and distribution operations for the entire Andean area and Central America. |
| http://www.lucta.com/ | Lucta (Spain): Multinational company producer of aromas, fragrances and additives for animal food. It started operations in 1982 with a production plant in Cundinamarca. In 2004 it began to supply the Andean and Central American market from its plant in Colombia. |
| http://www.symrise.com/ | Symrise (Germany): Natural and synthetic ingredients multinational company. In 2010 its Colombian Division showed one of the highest growth rates in sales in the region. |
In addition, Bogota and Cundinamarca have several local companies involved in the exclusive production of ingredients and natural products
| http://www.labesko.com/ | http://www.labfarve.com/ | http://www.morenos.com.co/ |
| http://www.neyberltda.com/ | http://www.phitother.com/ | http://www.waliwa.com/ |
Invest in Bogota has exhaustive information on the herbal and medicinal plants sector including natural ingredients.
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Should you require more details, do not hesitate to contact our investment official in charge of the agroindustrial sector.
Events
Invest in Bogota continues positioning Bogota and Cundinamarca as a new hub for the natural ingredients sector. Our agency supports the industry and looks forward to networking opportunities in our participation in Beyond Beauty Paris 2011 that will take place in Paris, September 12th through 14th, 2011.
Related links
http://www.beyondbeautyparis.com/
http://www.minagricultura.gov.co/
http://www.megagroindustrial.org.co/
http://www.fondobiocomercio.com/
Updated (mm/dd/yyyy): 12.23.2011
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