# Colombia's government considers applying VAT to agricultural inputs

> Colombia is weighing VAT on farm inputs such as seed, fertilizer, pesticides and field machinery to raise 40 to 45 trillion pesos. Fedearroz, the rice growers' federation, has asked the finance and agriculture ministers to keep the VAT exemption for rice.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T07:36:11.942Z
- Category: policy · region Colombia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97411-colombia-s-government-considers-applying-vat-to-agricultural-inputs
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher input costs could raise Colombian rice production costs and weaken domestic competitiveness against US rice imports, which are set to become duty-free by 2030. The net price effect on rough rice is small.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-10-17 | [Government Appoint Counsellors in 10 Countries to aid Agriculture Export](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56515-government-appoint-counsellors-in-10-countries-to-aid-agriculture-export.md) | -2.6% | -2.4% |
| RICE | 2017-10-29 | [Improving Agricultural Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68433-improving-agricultural-exports.md) | -2.3% | +6.5% |
| RICE | 2019-07-17 | [Government to set SRPs for imported, local rice](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58171-government-to-set-srps-for-imported-local-rice.md) | +1.6% | -2.8% |
| RICE | 2020-07-08 | [RCEF goes full throttle in Year 2 \|
    Official Portal of the Department of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7945-rcef-goes-full-throttle-in-year-2-official-portal-of-the-department-of.md) | -2.1% | -30.0% |
| RICE | 2024-12-29 | [Revised RTL: Christmas gift to boost farmers’ livelihoods \|
    Official Portal of the Department of Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10457-revised-rtl-christmas-gift-to-boost-farmers-livelihoods-official-portal-of-the.md) | +0.7% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- es.pravda.ru: https://es.pravda.ru/news/mundo/1307851-iva-insumos-agricolas-colombia/

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