Japan-Colombia Relations (Basic Data)

September 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:: Established in 1908 (reestablished in 1954)
Number of Residents (2011):: Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Colombia: 1,407
Trade with Japan (2009):: Export: 47,300 million yen (coffee, flowers); Imports: 108,900 million yen (automobiles, rubber products)
Direct Investment from Japan:: 13.04 million dollars (2008)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:: List of Exchange of Notes; Loan Aid: Cumulative total of 67,316 million yen (FY 2009); Grant Aid: Cumulative total of 11,145 million yen (FY 2009); Technical Assistance: Cumulative total of 27,857 million yen (FY 2009)

Japan to Colombia

Year	Name
2000	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kiyohiro Araki
2002	Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration (Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs) Shigeo Uetake
2006	Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration (Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs) Katsutoshi Kaneda
2008	Ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kimura Member, House of Representatives Shoichi Nakagawa Member, House of Representatives Taimei Yamaguchi Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone
2009	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasutoshi Nishimura Senior Vice-Minister of Finance Watanabe Takeshita
2010	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hirotake Akamatsu Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuji Kira
2011	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ikuo Yamahana

Colombia to Japan

Year	Name
2000	Foreign Minister Guillermo Fernandez de Soto Vice President Gustavo Bell
2001	Environment Minister Juan Mayr
2003	Minister of Environment and Land Development Cecilia Rodriguez Director of International Cooperation Agency of Colombia, President’s aide German Alberto Bula Escobar
2004	Foreign Minister Carolina Barco Minister of Agriculture Carlos Gustavo Cano
2005	President Alvaro Uribe
2007	Senator Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon
2008	Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Luis Guillermo Plata Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo Vice President Francisco Santos
2009	Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez Castaneda Minister of Finance Oscar Iran Zuluaga Escobay
2010	Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez Minister of Defence Gabriel Silva Lujan Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Luis Guillermo Plata Minister of Emvironment Sandra Bessudo Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Sergio Diaz-Granados

1,153.4 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

59.4 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)