Mexico and Brazil signed an “Agreement on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters” during the XIII Summit of the Pacific Alliance, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
The General Administrator of Customs (AGA), Francisco Gil Leyva, and the Ambassador of Brazil in Mexico, Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio, were in charge of signing the document, in the presence of the presidents of Mexico and Brazil, Enrique Peña Nieto and Michel Temer, respectively.
The tax collecting agency reported that the The purpose of the agreement between Mexico and Brazil is to develop and make more effective the collaboration between customs authorities of these nations.
The Mexico's objectives The objectives of this agreement are: greater effectiveness in the fight against and detection of illicit practices in international trade, such as undervaluation; and defense and promotion of the national interest abroad, through close, productive and beneficial relations supported by an active policy.
With these actions, the Mexican Tax Administration Service strengthens the pillar of Global Customs within the framework of the 21st Century Customs, he stressed in a statement. release.
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