LOCALLY MADE HANDICRAFTS INCLUDE, COTTON, WOOL AND LEATHER GOODS, WOOLLEN BLANKETS, TRAVELLING BAGS, WOOD, REPRODUCTIONS OF ANCIENT COLOMBIAN JEWELLERY. COLOMBIA IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER GEMS EMERALDS ARE ONE OF THE BEST BUYS.
AT BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIAS FOURTH LARGEST CITY THERE IS ONE OF THE COUNTRYS MAIN COMMERCIAL CENTERS. THERE IS ALSO A COLORFUL MARKET IN THE ZONA NEGRA ON A SIDE CHANNEL OF THE MADKALENA.