Motorcycle and three-wheeler parts
Motorcycles lead India's exports to Colombia, and three-wheelers are assembled in the city.[1]
- Dispatch and arrival templates
- Commercial invoice and packing list requests
- Back-order notices to dealers
WhatsApp Business API for Indian exporters selling to Barranquilla
Two Indian companies already make things in Barranquilla, and India keeps an honorary consul there. For the exporters who sell to the coast, the working conversation starts at 19:30 in India and is usually in Spanish.
Trade 1
Port and river trade
Where the Magdalena meets the Caribbean, the city has carried Colombia's foreign trade since its railway of 1880.
Trade 2
Indian plants on the coast
Bajaj assembles three-wheelers and UPL makes agrochemicals here: Indian companies already at work on the coast.
For Indian motorcycle-parts, cotton, steel and engineering exporters with buyers in Barranquilla: what already ties India to the city, how a dispatch conversation with a coastal distributor runs on WhatsApp, how to plan around Carnaval, when to send from India, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
A dispatch conversation with a Barranquilla distributor
An Indian spare-parts exporter tells a coastal distributor its shipment has sailed. Play the thread: one template, then a conversation inside the 24-hour window, ending in a plan for Carnaval week.
The exchange is short because the template did the hard part: it carried the order number and the arrival date in Colombian Spanish, at the start of the Barranquilla morning, with buttons that turned the distributor's next step into a reply.
Everything after that is ordinary customer service. The distributor's question opens the 24-hour window, the invoice goes back as a document, and the Carnaval plan is agreed in the same thread your logistics team will read next week.
One order, from template to Carnaval plan
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Spare-parts exporter, IndiaBusiness account
Today
- WhatsApp notice: Tuesday, 09:00 in Barranquilla, 19:30 in India
- Spare-parts exporter, India: Despacho confirmadoHola Carlos, su pedido PO-2611 de repuestos salió de Nhava Sheva. Llegada estimada a Barranquilla: 14 de diciembre.Ver documentosHablar con un asesor10:31Read
- Customer: Gracias. ¿Pueden enviar la factura comercial antes del arribo? La agencia de aduanas la necesita.10:32
- Spare-parts exporter, India: DocumentDocumentFactura comercial PO-2611.pdf10:33Delivered
- Customer: Perfecto. Para el Carnaval, del 6 al 9 de febrero, nuestra bodega no recibe mercancía.10:34
- Spare-parts exporter, India: Entendido. Programamos el próximo despacho para que llegue después del 9 de febrero.10:35Read
Message 6 of 6
Spare-parts exporter, IndiaTextRead (two blue ticks)
Free-form text. A business can send it only within 24 hours of the customer’s last message.
Message 6 of 6: Spare-parts exporter, India, Text, Read (two blue ticks). Free-form text. A business can send it only within 24 hours of the customer’s last message.
Barranquilla and India, on the record
What India's embassy in Bogotá, the city's investment agency and the Carnaval publish.
India–Colombia trade reached US$4.72 billion in 2024-25, with Indian exports of US$1.47 billion led by vehicles such as motorcycles, engineering goods, chemicals, cotton, pharmaceuticals and iron and steel products.[1]
Bajaj has a three-wheeler assembly plant in Barranquilla, and UPL operates an agrochemicals plant in the city.[1]
India has had an honorary consul in Barranquilla since February 2017, and a bust of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in the city on 7 February 2022.[1]
India's embassy held India Day 2026 celebrations in Barranquilla to strengthen ties with the city and the Caribbean region.[2]
ProBarranquilla calls Barranquilla Colombia's fourth most populous city and the largest in the Caribbean region; it became a villa in 1813, a city in 1857 and a Special, Industrial and Port District in 1993.[3]
From 1880 the Salgar–Barranquilla railway made the city a key conduit for Colombia's foreign trade; the Magdalena River meets the sea within its limits.[3]
Indian exporters with Barranquilla buyers
Who writes to the coast from India, and the first messages each sends.
Pharmaceutical exporters
Pharmaceuticals are among India's exports to Colombia, but Meta's policy bars drug sales on WhatsApp, so orders, stock and prices stay on email or a portal.[1]
- Meeting and call confirmations
- Visit schedules for partners
- Office closure notices
Engineering goods and steel
Engineering goods and iron and steel products are on the embassy's list of India's main exports to Colombia.[1]
- Quote follow-ups inside the 24-hour window
- Vessel and container updates
- Proof-of-delivery links
Cotton exporters
Cotton is on the same list of India's main exports to Colombia, and Barranquilla is the country's Caribbean port.[1]
- Purchase order acknowledgement
- Packing lists and certificates on request
- Payment reminders on open invoices
Prices in ₹ and COP
What a message to a Barranquilla number costs
Colombia has its own line on Meta's rate card: ₹1.10 for marketing, ₹0.0706 for a dispatch or arrival update, ₹0.0706 for authentication and ₹0.0706 for a service reply, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $33,412 COP
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $27,860 COP
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $100,303 COP
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $83,580 COP
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Barranquilla · Colombia
| Category | ₹ INR | COP |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹1.0993 | $36.8 |
| Utility | ₹0.0706 | $2.4 |
| Authentication | ₹0.0706 | $2.4 |
| Service | ₹0.0706 | $2.4 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and COP
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $182₹5.4352 | $76.5₹2.2874 | $76.5₹2.2874 | $76.5₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $215₹6.4397 | $10.9₹0.3254 | $10.9₹0.3254 | $10.9₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $184₹5.4970 | $20.0₹0.5981 | $20.0₹0.5981 | $20.0₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $261₹7.8162 | $58.8₹1.7585 | $58.8₹1.7585 | $58.8₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $36.8₹1.0993 | $2.4₹0.0706 | $2.4₹0.0706 | $2.4₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $189₹5.6629 | $10.6₹0.3167 | $10.6₹0.3167 | $10.6₹0.3167 |
| France | $253₹7.5588 | $88.3₹2.6393 | $88.3₹2.6393 | $88.3₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $402₹12.0088 | $162₹4.8386 | $162₹4.8386 | $162₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $215₹6.4397 | $76.5₹2.2867 | $76.5₹2.2867 | $76.5₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $253₹7.5596 | $103₹3.0700 | $103₹3.0700 | $103₹3.0700 |
| India | $31.6₹0.9435 | $6.5₹0.1941 | $4.7₹0.1402 | $4.8₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $121₹3.6133 | $73.5₹2.1979 | $73.5₹2.1979 | $73.5₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $100₹2.9992 | $23.2₹0.6943 | $23.2₹0.6943 | $23.2₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $104₹3.1045 | $15.6₹0.4662 | $15.6₹0.4662 | $15.6₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $234₹6.9847 | $88.2₹2.6369 | $88.2₹2.6369 | $88.2₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $178₹5.3098 | $52.9₹1.5824 | $52.9₹1.5824 | $52.9₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $233₹6.9671 | $129₹3.8671 | $129₹3.8671 | $129₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $253₹7.5644 | $41.2₹1.2314 | $41.2₹1.2314 | $41.2₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $117₹3.4877 | $25.0₹0.7471 | $25.0₹0.7471 | $25.0₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $122₹3.6425 | $67.6₹2.0218 | $67.6₹2.0218 | $67.6₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $470₹14.0494 | $147₹4.3987 | $147₹4.3987 | $147₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $215₹6.4397 | $10.0₹0.2990 | $10.0₹0.2990 | $10.0₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $152₹4.5421 | $19.7₹0.5898 | $19.7₹0.5898 | $19.7₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $100₹2.9992 | $72.6₹2.1709 | $72.6₹2.1709 | $72.6₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $139₹4.1620 | $44.1₹1.3200 | $44.1₹1.3200 | $44.1₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $207₹6.1843 | $88.3₹2.6392 | $88.3₹2.6392 | $88.3₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $107₹3.2105 | $35.8₹1.0702 | $35.8₹1.0702 | $35.8₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $100₹2.9992 | $35.3₹1.0547 | $35.3₹1.0547 | $35.3₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $253₹7.5596 | $85.1₹2.5436 | $85.1₹2.5436 | $85.1₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $236₹7.0520 | $118₹3.5173 | $118₹3.5173 | $118₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $169₹5.0537 | $31.4₹0.9401 | $31.4₹0.9401 | $31.4₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $215₹6.4397 | $47.1₹1.4072 | $47.1₹1.4072 | $47.1₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $112₹3.3385 | $28.0₹0.8369 | $28.0₹0.8369 | $28.0₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $208₹6.2161 | $58.8₹1.7578 | $58.8₹1.7578 | $58.8₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $215₹6.4397 | $5.9₹0.1759 | $5.9₹0.1759 | $5.9₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $32.1₹0.9587 | $2.6₹0.0792 | $2.6₹0.0792 | $2.6₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $253₹7.5596 | $87.4₹2.6138 | $87.4₹2.6138 | $87.4₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $169₹5.0537 | $46.2₹1.3811 | $46.2₹1.3811 | $46.2₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $187₹5.5795 | $64.7₹1.9346 | $64.7₹1.9346 | $64.7₹1.9346 |
| North America | $73.5₹2.1976 | $10.0₹0.2989 | $10.0₹0.2989 | $10.0₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $66.2₹1.9796 | $11.8₹0.3516 | $11.8₹0.3516 | $11.8₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $248₹7.4057 | $33.2₹0.9938 | $33.2₹0.9938 | $33.2₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $253₹7.5596 | $62.2₹1.8595 | $62.2₹1.8595 | $62.2₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $218₹6.5048 | $33.2₹0.9934 | $33.2₹0.9934 | $33.2₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $115₹3.4490 | $26.7₹0.7998 | $26.7₹0.7998 | $26.7₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $174₹5.2054 | $50.2₹1.5019 | $50.2₹1.5019 | $50.2₹1.5019 |
| Other | $178₹5.3098 | $22.6₹0.6769 | $22.6₹0.6769 | $22.6₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. The dispatch template in the chat above is utility; the invoice and the Carnaval reply are service messages. Messages to your own team's +91 numbers cost the India rate, ₹0.19 for utility. InfiQ invoices in rupees; peso figures are indicative.
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What an Indian exporter runs for Barranquilla
Built for orders that cross an ocean and a ten-and-a-half-hour gap.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Get es_CO dispatch, arrival and delay templates approved, with buttons for documents and an agent, before the first coastal shipment.
- Developer API and webhooks
A REST API with scoped keys, idempotency keys and per-key rate limits, plus HMAC-SHA256-signed webhooks retried for 24 hours. Included on Growth, an add-on on Lite.
Your ERP sends the dispatch template when the bill of lading is issued, timed for the Barranquilla morning.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
A distributor's document request and Carnaval plans reach whoever handles that account, with notes the next shift can read.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Each contact's opt-in source and date are kept for WhatsApp's opt-in rule and Colombia's data-protection law, and STOP is enforced.
Nearby
City pages near Barranquilla
Other city guides in Colombia and the region, nearest first.
Medellín and Bogotá are the nearest Colombian pages; each looks at its own city's plants, buyers and hours.
Guides for Barranquilla teams
Questions Barranquilla businesses ask
We ship motorcycle spare parts to a Barranquilla distributor. Which messages are utility templates?+
Messages about an order the distributor has placed: dispatch, arrival, customs documents and delivery. Each costs ₹0.0706 per delivered message to a Colombian number. A message presenting a new range is marketing, needs the distributor's opt-in and must follow Colombia's rules on when advertising may be sent.
Our Barranquilla buyer's warehouse closes for Carnaval, 6 to 9 February 2027. How should we handle shipments that week?+
Ask the buyer in December, in the same WhatsApp thread as the dispatch updates, and schedule arrivals for after the 9th. If a shipment slips into Carnaval week anyway, a utility template with the new date tells them before the container arrives.
What time should a dispatch template leave India to reach Barranquilla at 9 a.m.?+
At 19:30 IST, all year: Colombia keeps UTC−5 with no daylight saving, so the gap is always ten and a half hours. Schedule in Barranquilla time; the [Colombia guide](/whatsapp-business-api/countries/colombia) explains which messages Colombia's contact-hours law covers.
Can a cotton exporter send the packing list to a buyer receiving at Barranquilla's port over WhatsApp?+
Yes, inside the 24-hour window after the buyer writes, as a document in a service reply at ₹0.0706. If the window has closed, open it with an approved utility template about their order and send the document once they reply.
Should templates for Barranquilla buyers be in Spanish?+
Yes, Colombian Spanish (es_CO) for most of them, with English (en) kept for buyers who ask for it. Each language version is submitted to Meta and approved separately; agents can reply in either language inside the window.
India's honorary consul is in Barranquilla. Does that change anything for our WhatsApp messages?+
No. The consul's office serves Indian citizens and India's ties with the region; your messages follow Colombia's data-protection and consumer-contact laws and WhatsApp's own rules, which the [Colombia guide](/whatsapp-business-api/countries/colombia) covers.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]India–Colombia bilateral brief · Embassy of India, Bogotá · read 2026-10-20
- [2]Home page: India Day 2026 in Barranquilla · Embassy of India, Bogotá · read 2026-10-20
- [3]Barranquilla: location, history and connectivity · ProBarranquilla · read 2026-10-20
- [5]tzdb 'southamerica' file: America/Bogota · IANA Time Zone Database · read 2026-10-20
Ship to the coast, update the buyer on WhatsApp
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