CO · Origin
Source from
Colombia.
Medellin is the Fashion Capital of Latin America, home to 200+ shapewear and activewear manufacturers with advanced seamless knitting technology. The Cartagena direct route to Rotterdam (MSC) delivers in just 14 days — the fastest Atlantic transit in this matrix. Colombia operates under the EU-Colombia FTA (not Mercosur) with partial Rules of Origin eligibility.
The fastest Atlantic transit in the LATAM matrix
Why here
What the origin
is actually good at.
Fast fashion shapewear — 14 days to Rotterdam. Each line below is a property of the place — its materials, its registries, its trade position — not a promise about us.
Fastest transit in the LATAM matrix: 14-18 days Cartagena → Rotterdam via MSC direct service
EU-Colombia FTA: 0% preferential rate since 2013 — no tariff phase-in wait
Medellin seamless tech: advanced circular knitting for shapewear and compression garments
EUDR-exempt across all categories — nylon and elastane are outside EUDR scope
Inexmoda accreditation provides pre-vetted supplier network with export compliance experience
Source · lib/marketing/countries.ts (Colombia) — origin properties, tariff lines, ports and transit ranges.
Where it is made
The towns,
not the country.
5 production centres, and the port they leave through — Cartagena. Sourcing from Colombia means sourcing from these places: a mill in the wrong state is a different lead time, a different cluster and a different set of certifications. The map beside this holds each one at its real coordinates.
Borders are Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0 geometry; town positions are their real coordinates. Centres are the hubs named in lib/marketing/countries.ts and the cluster each belongs to — not a map of our suppliers, who are named inside the platform once verified.
The lane
Cartagena to Rotterdam.
Transit is a range, not a date — schedules move, and a lane that is quoted as a single number is a lane someone is guessing about. Colombia's spread is drawn below against the other three origins on the corridor.
→ Rotterdam · bands are the carrier-stated transit range
Source Transit ranges and origin ports from lib/marketing/countries.ts; all lanes measured to Rotterdam.
At the border
Zero, today.
Colombia trades with the EU under its own agreement, in force since 2013 — there is no phase-in to wait out. The rate is the rate.
Today · preferential rate
EU–Colombia FTA — 0% since 2013, no phase-in wait. Single-transformation Rules of Origin apply.
EU–Mercosur phase-out, HS 61/62 apparel · MFN baseline 12% → preferential 0% by 2035.
Source HS lines and rates from lib/marketing/countries.ts (Colombia); MFN baseline from EU TARIC; EU–Colombia Trade Agreement.
The rules
What EUDR asks
of this origin.
Scope is decided by the material, not the country. Where the material is in scope, the work is geolocation and a filed statement; where it is out of scope, no amount of paperwork is required and we will not sell you any.
Nylon, elastane, and synthetic fibers are outside EUDR scope. No geo-polygon or DDS required for Colombian textile and apparel.
Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR), Art. 2 scope and Art. 4 operator obligations.
What it makes
Categories,
and what they carry.
The categories Colombia exports at scale, and the certifications its mills hold. We do not publish factory names: a match is only worth anything after the mill has passed verification, and you see it inside the platform, with the evidence attached.
Categories
Certifications available
Certifications are the schemes mills in this origin operate under; a specific supplier's certificates are verified against the issuing registry before they appear on a listing.
Open Colombia.
Tell us what you buy and where it lands. We come back with mills in Colombia that can make it and the paperwork position for each one — or we tell you the origin is wrong for the product. No fee to join.