Instrumentos de política comercial en el sector textil en Colombia durante el periodo de 2015 al 2019

Abstract

The following research proposes to determine the impacts of trade policies specifically in the textile sector in Colombia focusing on the performance of the industry for the period of time from 2015 to 2019. It is developed according to the theory of strategic trade policy that seeks to protect and promote the industrial sector and the instrumented trade policy that govern on government intervention and regulation them behavior in face of the interaction of companies in a national and international environment. It is constructed according to a descriptive and qualitative methodology, among the results that stand out it can be evidenced that the economic opening was a change of great magnitude for Colombia and especially for the textile sector since this allowed the entry of strong competitors in the industry such as the Asian countries leaving a constant uncertainty in the market due to the level of competition faced by the national guild, all this is reflected in the production figures which show a considerable decrease over the years and an excessive increase in imports generating great affectations. Furthermore, the policies dictated by the government have not been effective to mitigate all these affectations, the Colombian industry undergoes a constant change in its strategies that allow it to stay afloat in the international market.