Ten years after the entry into force of Economic Complementation Agreement No. 59, several economic sectors in Colombia have been affected because the Agreement determined transitional rules of origin with annual maturities from 2005, until the Signatory Parties put themselves Agreed to fix definitive rules of origin, which meant the freezing of the schedules of commercial relief of the Agreement. In Colombia, this affects sectors such as textiles, clothing, metalworking and automotive, which have lagged their competitiveness due to the percentage of tariffs they must pay, with preferences frozen since 2011, barely 54%. Being, in some cases in free trade, and in others, a year to achieve it.