Foreign investors continue to display interest in sectors such as real estate and property management in Colombia, construction, oil, fuel, air transport and technology.

The United States firm NAI Global began to operate in Colombia through a trading office in Bogotá and a trading joint venture with Luis F. Correa Asociados. It will be involved in real estate deals focused around industrial plants, offices and warehouses.
NAI Global specializes in non-housing real estate services.

Another company to enter the business is the Spanish firm Asesoría Inmobiliaria Gife, which also trades in properties of this type.

On its part, the Belgian firm Ondernemingen Jan de Nul has arrived in the country to participate in the construction and sand and gravel extraction businesses.

Foreign investors also continue to display strong interest in the hydrocarbons sector: The US company Anco Caribe, which provides scaffolding and elevation equipment, has entered the market, in response to the announcement of expansion and remodelling projects at the refineries of Ecopetrol in Cartagena and Barrancabermeja. Anco Caribe also manufactures refractive and thermal linings for oil companies.

The Canadian firm Petrolífera has also ventured into the business through a Barbados subsidiary.

Colombus Energy (Panama) and NCT Corporación Petrolera Latinoamericana (Spain) have also ventured into the oil exploration business. The latter expects to seek concessions from the National Hydrocarbons Agency (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos - ANH) or to seek alliances with Ecopetrol or other oil and gas exploration companies operating in the country.

Meanwhile, the US firm Petrosouth Energy, which owns 20 percent of the Talora Block, has established an office in Bogotá.

Bioenergy International has ventured into the production of beets, sugar cane and other agricultural products to produce fuel alcohol.

Polar Air Cargo (Polar), a US airline owned by AAWW, an Atlas Air subsidiary, has landed in the Colombian cargo services business.

The technology sector is also on the radar of foreign investors: Webar Internet Solutions, a subsidiary of Webar Uruguaya, will develop third-party on-line and interactive systems.