Oportunidades de la cadena de valor del café producido en Colombia en el marco de la alianza del pacífico

Abstract

This research evaluated the export opportunities of coffee produced in Colombia through its value chain and the estimation of comparative advantage revealed in the framework of the Pacific Alliance to take advantage of the country's economic integration processes. Through a documentary review, the chain was characterised, subsequently the index of comparative advantage revealed by the links that make up the coffee value chain for Colombia with respect to countries of the Pacific Alliance was calculated, as well as the type of existing trade through the Grubell & Lloyd index. Finally, alternatives for productive linkages were established. The research showed that there were no comparative advantages revealed due to the low volume of existing trade between Colombia and the other countries of the Pacific Alliance, however, in some links there was evidence of intra-industrial trade, which would allow the establishment of possible productive linkages, in order to take advantage of the opportunities that would be generated for Colombia and thus expand its coffee market, entering markets such as Japan, China, Belgium, Uruguay and Malaysia. In order to achieve these linkages, four programmes were proposed, focused on improving governance, commercial infrastructure, productivity and financing for producers, as well as processing and industrial scaling-up in the sector.