Project ID: 37145

Chinese Embassy Donates Test Equipment for Shipping Containers in Colombia

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Colombia

Sector

Trade policies and regulations (Code: 330)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2010-05-25

Actual start

2010-05-25

Actual complete

2010-05-25

Geography

Description

On May 25th, 2010, Chinese Embassy in Colombia held a hand-over and certification signing ceremony for a set of test equipment for containers was held in Bogotá. This equipment will help with the inspections in customs as well as detecting drug trafficking. The equipment has been in used at Buenaventura since the ceremony and has supported commodity testing and anti-drug trafficking in shipping containers that pass through the border. No further information was found on the number of containers given to Colombia or on their monetary value.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Colombia [Government Agency]