The National Customs Authority received a donation of 4 radio frequency tags from representatives of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA), within the framework of the Project to Support the Design and Implementation of the Central American Digital Trade Platform (PDCC), the organization reported.
The Director of Customs, Tayra I. Barsallo, was the one who received the labels that will be used for the registration of regional cargo transportation in Panama, in compliance with the fourth priority measure of trade facilitation, within the framework of the Central American strategy for trade facilitation and competitiveness with emphasis on coordinated border management that is being implemented at a regional level.
The Project, financed by the European Union, with the administration of the IDB and executed by SIECA, consists of devices that will be installed on the windshield of national cargo transport units. The tool allows for the registration of the entry and exit of these vehicles to land border control posts and the monitoring of their movement through fiscal routes.
The instrument also facilitates data analysis, as well as integration with the systems of each country, use of information in risk management issues, border crossing time data in primary zones, traceability and confirmation of border crossings of transport units that have RFID technology, as well as data for the analysis of frequencies by day and hour at border points equipped with this technology.
The event was attended by Norman Harris, Head of Trade Negotiations, and Ruth Harding, Director General of Treaty Administration, on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Desirée García, Executive Director, and Carlos Roberto Mejía, Interim Director of Information and Communication Technology, on behalf of SIECA; representatives of the IDB and executives of the entity also participated.
In compliance with facilitating trade, Panama Customs receives from @sg_sieca and the @IDB_Panama 4,400 Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFIDs) that will allow tracking of cargo movement and smoother passage through customs controls.#TogetherWeDoIt #CentralAmericanIntegration pic.twitter.com/RTzocV0Xo0
— customspanama (@aduanaspanama) September 14, 2019
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