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Colombia is a country favored by its geographical location, which offers variety of climate regions, rich biodiversity, two oceans, drainage basins, and all year-round sunlight, all of which favors the development of an array of agricultural products throughout the year. Colombia’s main products are coffee, cacao, sugarcane, bananas, rice, maize, potato, cotton, oilseed crops and flowers, among others. Colombian coffee is regarded as the best mild coffee in the world and constitutes one of the main agricultural exports of the country, together with bananas and flowers. Colombia is also a significant producer of livestock (for beef and milk). Colombia’s agricultural imports are for the most part soybean and soybean pressed cake, maize and wheat.