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5. FX and capital controls: Colombia

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FX and capital controls in Colombia: which cross border payments must go through the regulated FX market of banks and registered compensation accounts, how the FX declaration registers foreign investment with Banco de la República and secures the right to remit profits and capital, how foreign loans are reported and the deposit on borrowing, export and cash rules, and the DIAN fines for breaches, each tied to the official text. For how these rules compare with Argentina's FX regime, see The Argentine Thread.

Investor view. Colombia lets registered investors remit profits and capital freely at a market set rate, and its 2026 removal of a registration deadline shows a regulator cutting red tape rather than adding controls.

FX and capital controls in Colombia: the regulated FX market, investment registration, foreign loans and getting money outColombia has a market set peso and no general capital controls: profits, sale proceeds and loan repayments can leave freely, but a defined list of operations (imports and exports of goods, foreign loa

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