# Porkcolombia warns about VAT increase

> Colombia’s pork producers’ association warned that a proposed increase in VAT on key pork-production inputs, including corn, soybeans, soybean meal and compound feed, from 5% to 19% would raise costs. It says VAT refunds can take six months or longer and has asked for automatic refunds every two months, warning that higher costs could feed through to pork prices and weaken competitiveness against imports.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-11T13:36:33.115Z
- Category: policy · region Colombia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93632-porkcolombia-warns-about-vat-increase
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The higher tax would increase near-term working-capital needs and production costs for Colombian pork producers, potentially supporting demand for cheaper imported pork and raising domestic pork prices. Corn and soybean meal are affected as inputs, but the story does not establish a material change in their market prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2022-11-29 | [Removal of China’s domestic price trade barriers could increase China’s imports of agricultural commodities - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14880-removal-of-china-s-domestic-price-trade-barriers-could-increase-china-s-imports.md) | +0.2% | +6.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-12 | [China Vows to Ensure There’s Enough Pork to Eat - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57092-china-vows-to-ensure-there-s-enough-pork-to-eat-caixin-global.md) | +0.2% | +1.6% |
| HOGS | 2026-04-01 | [China orders sow culls to curb pork glut, stabilize inflation gauge - CHOSUNBIZ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19722-china-orders-sow-culls-to-curb-pork-glut-stabilize-inflation-gauge-chosunbiz.md) | -0.1% | +2.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-03-04 | [China tries to stabilise pig population as pork prices plunge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31188-china-tries-to-stabilise-pig-population-as-pork-prices-plunge.md) | -1.7% | +0.9% |
| HOGS | 2020-04-18 | [Trump’s farm aid bailout program, explained \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53627-trump-s-farm-aid-bailout-program-explained-vox.md) | +24.0% | +48.0% |
| CORN | 2024-04-01 | [Farm bill: Increased payment limits critical](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30728-farm-bill-increased-payment-limits-critical.md) | -4.2% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2021-11-09 | [Mexico’s corn production needs to increase significantly — is this possible with agroecology, and without GMOs? - Genetic Literacy Project](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44041-mexico-s-corn-production-needs-to-increase-significantly-is-this-possible-with.md) | +1.2% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2021-06-09 | [India: Minimum support prices increased for monsoon crops 2021 - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46517-india-minimum-support-prices-increased-for-monsoon-crops-2021-global-trade-alert.md) | -1.4% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- neivaestereo.co: https://neivaestereo.co/porkcolombia-alerta-por-aumento-del-iva/

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