The Guatemalan Tax Administration Superintendency (SAT) signed this Tuesday (05.07.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX) a constitution agreement with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which begins the project to modernize customs clearance with techniques and advances from the Asian country.
The agreement established between Guatemala and South Korea includes a total investment of $6.032.000 million, based on the initiative that will extend until 2026.
"The project will improve risk management by betting on artificial intelligence, Taking into account the amount of information generated by Customs and the information exchanged with other agencies, in addition to the fact that foreign trade information is being linked to internal taxes," said Customs Superintendent Werner Ovalle, speaking at a press conference broadcast live on Facebook.
“The improvement of the customs service is also due to the incorporation of the data mining and probabilistic model to address selectivity and customs risk management," he added.
Continuing with his speech, Ovalle described the second point of the project related to the system for receiving manifests and declarations. In this regard, he explained that “the traceability of cargo is being improved so that importers and exporters know how their goods are being handled at customs.” It will also allow for more information to be obtained to detect customs fraud, as well as providing “more modern language in relation to information.”
The third point of the project refers to the strengthening of the Date Customs WarehouseTo this end, Ovalle stressed that the system will be strengthened at the cybersecurity level and that there will be a certificate for electronic signature for public officials.
The customs modernization project will allow for the stabilization of computer systems; comprehensive attention to improvements and findings; technological migration, adoption of best practices; risk management based on artificial intelligence; cybersecurity of customs information and automation of processes by eliminating paper and dispersed databases.
This action is aligned with the SAT Institutional Strategic Plan 2021-2025 in its objective 5 referring to “Comprehensively modernize the customs and foreign trade service”, based on Pillar I of the WCO SAFE Regulatory Framework in its Customs-Customs relationship.
According to SAT, the initiative reaffirms its commitment to continue modernizing the Customs Service, facilitating customs procedures in compliance with the provisions of the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization and in accordance with the best practices and recommendations of the World Customs Organization, such as the Revised Kyoto Convention, recently ratified by the State of Guatemala.
The minutes were signed by the Superintendent of Tax Administration, Marco Livio Díaz, and the General Director of IT and Data Management of Korean Customs, Heon Park, accompanied by the Customs Superintendent, Werner Ovalle Ramírez, and the Deputy Director of the Planning Division. of ICT and Data of Korea Customs, Hong-Chul Yoon.
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