After Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced that the country will open its borders to non-resident foreigners starting next month, November 1 Monday and the measure was made official by decree, the National Customs Directorate announced the reinforcement of control points to facilitate the entry of tourists and the inspection of border transit.
The head of Customs, Jaime Borgiani, said in dialogue with Presidential Communication: “We must be completely calm, the Customs is prepared for this opening of borders.” And he added that in At border points, technical and personnel capacity will be strengthened to ensure the normal development of the activity..
In this regard, the official explained that the work of the agency, an executing unit of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is Control the entry of people with vehicles and merchandise, as well as the eventual Application of tax exemptions, and that, to this end, the work is shared with other state agencies.
coordinated work
In particular, Borgiani highlighted the work with the Ministry of Trade with which all points are controlled, that of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries regarding the health barrier and that of the Interior through the National Directorate of Immigration“We are a team and we are working very well,” he emphasized.
In addition, the Director expressed that after the announcement of the opening of borders made by President Lacalle Pou in August, this action was prepared in communication with the customs of Argentina and various organizational measures were taken to make the best use of human and material resources.
Thus, operational and control tasks were reinforced with personnel from the administrative offices of customs throughout the country, without affecting the service. Also, and for specific cases, officials from the Customs Response and Intelligence Group will be assigned to join the surveillance task at border crossings.
The head of the National Customs Directorate revealed that, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty arose as to how the work of this service and its oversight would be affected. In any case, he added that with the efforts of officials and managers, the proposed goals were achieved, the normal development of foreign trade was ensured, and the movement of authorized persons across borders was made possible.
Strengthening human resources
On this occasion, Borgiani reported that in the coming days, through Uruguay Concursa, an open call will be enabled to cover around 60 vacancies administrative in Customs offices in the interior of the country.
He also indicated that the selection process will take a few months and that the workers are expected to take up their positions in February or March 2022. In addition, the agency will incorporate some 14 officials, from the Ministry of Defense, which will be available from November 1.
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