President Juan Manuel Santos proposed eight stimuli to encourage floriculture, In an effort to strengthen an industry that produces 140,000 direct jobs.
The head of state made his announcement from Bogota on Thursday at the General Assembly of the association of Colombian flower exporters, Asocolflores.
"We know that well beyond the production and exports, the flower industry over many years has been a model of innovation, ecology and social responsibility," said Santos to the Assembly.
The eight initiatives proposed include eliminating an import tax on agricultural chemicals and fertilizers (which is currently at 5%), a suspension of a decree that obligates flower companies to hire apprentices and the allocation of over $6 million to the industry by The Colombian Agricultural Research Corportation (Corpoica) in order to accomplish technological innovations and transfers.
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