espanolLa intermediacion ha sido conocida por el derecho comercial de manera tradicional como una forma de auxilio al comercio, si bien, todo tipo de intermediacion mercantil entrana este espiritu, no es menos cierto que existen caracteristicas particulares que las definen, y son esas mismas las que se procede estudiar en este articulo cientifico, relativa esta vez a la intermediacion aduanera, pues la misma desarrolla conceptos que la hacen diferente respecto de los demas tipos de intermediacion, resaltando el caso colombiano, que es diferente de los demas en el mundo. EnglishThe brokerage has been known by commercial law traditionally as a form of aid to trade, although all types of commercial mediation involves this spirit, the fact remains that there are particular characteristics that define all kinds of brokerage and those are the same which are going to be the subject of study in this scientific article, specific the one that is called customs brokerage, because it involves concepts that make it different from other kinds of intermediation, highlighting the case of Colombia, which is different from others in the world.