Guatemala completed the first phase of the “Modernization Project for Trade Facilitation at the Engineer Juan Luis Lizarralde Arrillaga Border Port", located in the department of San Marcos, on the border with Mexico, according to the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT).
Guatemalan authorities are hoping to build a train and truck terminal at the dry port to facilitate trade in the region and create direct jobs.
According to SAT, the initiative is One of the strategies of the Customs Office to maintain coordination with other authorities that exercise control at Border Ports, as well as to make them part of the infrastructure modernization projects in the country's Customs.
“This first phase, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA) and the Regional International Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), consisted of the Extension of the verification platform, which will allow for an adequate area for inspections carried out by staff," said the same source.
"The measure guarantees compliance with the safety standards and regulations applicable to agricultural health and food safety, which apply at national and international level," the statement said. It also said that the joint inspections Together with the rest of the authorities at the Border Port, they contribute to the logic of separating the flows to facilitate the passage of the merchandise, which will not be subject to a secondary inspection, allowing for the reduction of times and costs in the clearance of the merchandise.
He also announced the intention to continue with inter-institutional actions at border posts to exercise coordinated controls, as well as automatic controls with the implementation of technology that allows the use of automated lanes.
With inter-institutional coordination, controls are strengthened with a balance between trade facilitation and compliance with the law, said the SAT.
The volume of trade between Central America and Mexico is increasing more and more, and around 32% of the goods remain in Guatemala, according to official sources.
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