required report public distribution date 3 15 2006 gain number co6003 colombia hri food service sector annual approved by david j mergen agricultural attache u s embassy prepared alicia de jacobs marketing specialist highlights sales of and beverages the hotel restaurant in were estimated at 1 8 billion 2005 an increase 6 over 2004 growth is to 7 experiencing rapid as improvements security situation encourage greater tourism eating out restaurants us negotiated a bilateral free trade agreement with goal implementing 2007 includes psd changes no matrix unscheduled bogota co1 co usda foreign global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 14 unclassified section i market summary concluded negotiations for on february 27 implement after approval congress colombian legislature currently has