This paper is contextualized, based on a bibliographical review, the state of logistics and the international physical distribution of Risaralda and Colombia. It describes the current state of the needs in the country, together with the tendencies of foreign trade, whose growth depends on the advances in international logistics of the country and the region, the opportunities of the organizations that will have to future the companies, based on the strategy of Risaralda logistic region and finally explain the attributes that constitute the distinctive features of the region and why the coffee axis is considered the logistic axis of Colombia.