The National Customs Service of Chile reported that it applied this Saturday (25.04.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX) import facilitation tools of new materials to combat pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus.
Is 72 Medtronic mechanical ventilators for use in respiratory therapies, merchandise received by President Sebastián Piñera and Defense Minister Alberto Espina upon their arrival in the country, the statement says.
The goods arrived on a Martinair Cargo Boeing 747 flight from the Netherlands.
Upon his arrival, President Piñera indicated that with these implements, Chile's capacity to confront Covid-19 will reach 600 mechanical ventilators.
In order for this import to be effective, a team of inspectors from the Metropolitan Customs Office implemented all the facilitation measures that the institution has implemented since the first days of March to expedite the entry of products that are among the critical medical supplies for the fight against Covid-19.
The National Director of Customs, José Ignacio Palma, explained that “Our officials have worked against the clock to implement all the measures that allow both to facilitate foreign trade in general, but particularly to directly support the fight against Covid-19. On the other hand, in an invisible task, many of our officials who are at the borders, must work in person, in many cases 24 hours a day, to be able to comply with what the country requires in this emergency.”
El The National Customs Service has already issued three resolutions extremely important in the context of the health emergency facing Chile and the world. The first was Resolution No. 1.179, of March 19, to implement a series of foreign trade facilitation measures, such as those electronic procedures and the limitation of the presence of officials and staff in logistical aspects, such as load reviews. And the second corresponded to Resolution No. 1.313 referring to the critical medical supplies to combat Covid-19, such as these masks and a series of other products.
Finally, Resolution No. 1.559 contains the instructions for the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises can defer the total Value Added Tax (VAT) for import operations that have been verified in the months of April, May and June 2020.
The National Director of Customs indicated that professional and technical teams, as well as border officials, will continue working on the design and implementation of strategies that allow maintaining the security of the trade chain, as well as achieving maximum speed in the entry of supplies for the fight against Covid-19.
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