According to SAT, Tijuana customs will begin document-free, automated operations without human intervention before the end of 2017, with the entry into force of the Customs Technological Integration Project (PITA).
The Secretary of the Council of the National Association of Users of Foreign Trade Systems (Incomex), Alejandro Márquez, said that the above makes it essential to assist in a detailed dissemination of information on the operation, the implications for the authority, companies and business partners regarding the equipment and devices necessary for a correct integration into this process.
He explained that the purpose of the PITA is automating and streamlining the processes of incoming and outgoing goods in Mexican customs, starting with a pilot plan in Tijuana. The authority has reported that Tijuana-Mesa de Otay was chosen because it offers the best conditions for its implementation, with approximately 3,500 daily entry and exit operations.
With customs modernization, he added, in addition to reduce time From the dispatch of goods to seconds, eliminating the presentation of documents and the intervention of inspectors, the aim is to increase transparency and eliminate discretion by systematizing the types of inspection.
Alejandro Márquez indicated that equally important is the integration that must be achieved between the information of each operation with the vehicle transporting the goods, the transport company and the operator driving the vehicle. The latter, with the issuance of a single card per operator.
In practical terms, he noted that PITA involves the transmission of information on goods to be imported or exported through a card with identification technology. radio frequency (RFID) to customs.
These RFID cards must be recorded with an integration number provided by the SAT that will be linked to the shipment information. These must be presented in the vehicle that takes the merchandise to the entry or exit PITA module.
"They will be detected by readers installed in the premises, and through software designed to create risk profiles, it will be determined whether the cargo requires customs inspection or whether it corresponds to free customs clearance, without stopping the vehicle," the secretary said.
Source: El Financiero
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