The Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) published a new study for the period 2016-2020, whose methodology estimates the times and speeds of land transit operations of goods, by customs, for the Pacific Corridor of Central America. The document sheds light on the regional progress in data governance between borders, based on the cross-border technological infrastructure to support and sustain trade.
The study titled “Speed measurement methodology for land freight transit in the Pacific Corridor of Central America” The initiative was presented in a webinar on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The initiative is part of SIECA's actions to seek Central American economic integration and its full insertion in international markets.
At the launch, SIECA Secretary General Melvin Redondo and speakers reviewed the findings of the study, which constitutes an unprecedented application of big data customs regarding the transit carried out with information from regional computer platforms such as the Central American Single Declaration (DUCA) in its international transit of goods (DUCA-T) modality, administered by the administrative and technical body. It is important to mention that the DUCA-T must be submitted by electronic transmission.
The SIECA document is structured in four sections. The first, It puts into perspective the challenges that countries face in terms of trade and facilitation policies, in a context of greater digitalization and technological development.
La second section focuses on Central American experience, as it is a case of economic integration from which cross-border digital trade facilitation measures are implemented. This experience ranges from regulatory modernization and harmonization to the construction of technological infrastructure capable of supporting the operation of the regional market.
Bliss Central American technological infrastructure It has two levels: the first level, consisting of the digitalization of international trade declarations, while at the second level are the various technologies (radio frequency applications and technologies) developed and incorporated by SIECA.
La third section presents the methodological framework. The records of the International Merchandise Transit System (TIM) are used, hosted in the regional node operating in SIECA, which records DUCA-T information at the micro data level. The analysis performed computes the average speed of transit operations according to sections of the Pacific Corridor defined by pairs of customs offices that involve the six border crossings (Tecún Umán, Pedro de Alvarado/La Hachadura, El Amatillo, Guasaule/El Guasaule, PeñaBlanca/Peñas Blancas and Paso Canoas) and the Colón Free Zone, considering both the north-south and south-north geographic orientation. Due to the nature of the information and the volume of data processed, SIECA used various statistical techniques combined with technical-customs criteria in order to build a reliable database in accordance with scientific standards for information processing.
Thus, the exercise carried out made it possible to determine that the average speed of traffic operations carried out between 2016 and 2020 in the Central American Pacific Corridor was 19,2 km/h.
Finally, in the fourth section are the results of the study:
- Central America advances in the monitoring and analysis of regional operations as a result of the technological infrastructure supporting trade.
- The study constitutes an unprecedented application of big data for Central America through the registration of customs transits.
- During the period 2016-2020, the Average speed was 19,4 km/hourFor 2020, the average calculated speed was 17,4 km/h, representing a decrease compared to the speeds reported in previous years (21,1 km/h in 2016 and 20 km/h in 2018).
- El study must be completed with other measurements and tools such as radio frequency technology (RFID) and the Dispatch Time Study Regional Office of the World Customs Organization.
In the presentation that followed, the speakers made public a “Food Security Analysis in relation to the logistics sector: development and strengthening of Agro-Food Logistics Corridors”, also prepared by SIECA with the support of the cooperation of Japan. (Study «Speed measurement methodology for land freight transit in the Pacific Corridor of Central America»)
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