Verified intelligence
Independent analysis of Colombia’s licence holders, regulation and destination-market requirements. Facts are sourced and dated, with claims marked as claims.
Colombia · United Kingdom
Rooted in Colombia. Built for regulated medicine.
Cordavira works with licensed Colombian cultivators to build the evidence, governance and quality systems that regulated pharmaceutical markets demand.
The gap
Colombia licensed an industry. Far fewer made it to market.
Colombia has one of the world’s largest registers of cannabis licences, with ideal growing conditions and year-round equatorial light. Yet only a small share of licence holders have reached regulated buyers abroad. The gap isn’t agronomy. It’s evidence, certification and trust.
1,287
current cannabis licences on the Ministry of Justice register (July 2026)
514
of them are psychoactive (THC) cultivation licences
67
psychoactive licence holders on the January 2026 register were gone by July
Source: Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho, licence registers of 31 Jan 2026 and 9 Jul 2026. Cordavira analysis.
The landscape
Where Colombia’s licences are
We track every current licence on the national register. Activity is concentrated in the Andean departments of Antioquia and Cundinamarca, where altitude, light and logistics line up.
Explore the full analysis- Psychoactive cultivation 514
- Non-psychoactive cultivation 663
- Seeds 110
Licences by department
The standard
From seed to prescription, every link must hold.
Regulated markets only accept product whose whole chain is documented. One weak link, and the harvest has nowhere to go.
Cordavira works on the evidence behind the first five links: verification, documentation and readiness. We never handle, sell or broker cannabis.
What we do
Three ways we add value, all of them lawful and all of them provable.
Readiness
Gap analysis against GACP and EU-GMP expectations, governance and documentation that let auditors, partners and investors say yes.
Long-term partnership
We prefer to earn our place over charging fees: milestone-based partnerships with operators we believe in, structured with counsel in both countries.
Our line
What we will never do
In a sector where trust has been spent freely, restraint is part of the product.
- Buy, sell, hold, transport or broker cannabis or cannabis products.
- Take commission on any controlled-drug transaction.
- Claim certifications, capacity or partnerships we cannot evidence.
- Start any new activity before independent legal review in the UK and Colombia.
Insights
Research we publish
Data report
Colombia’s medical cannabis licences in 2026: what the register shows
We parsed both 2026 Ministry of Justice registers: 1,287 current licences, where they are, and how many disappeared in six months.
Read GuideGACP and EU-GMP for Colombian medical cannabis: a practical guide
What each standard covers, who certifies what, and the evidence a European buyer will ask a Colombian grower for.
Read GuideExporting medical cannabis from Colombia: the regulatory path
From licence and quota to export permit and destination import licence, mapped step by step for Germany, the UK and Australia.
ReadLicensed in Colombia? Let’s talk.
If you hold a current Ministry of Justice licence and want to reach regulated markets the right way, we would like to hear from you.