The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) has launched new control tools for international customs transit operations carried out through the Paraguay – Paraná Waterway by river canal, reported this Tuesday (23.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX) the Federal Administration of Public Revenue, the agency on which the DGA depends.
" Electronic documentation that we incorporate improves the control mechanisms "since it offers us advance information on what is being transported and also simplifies customs operations," said the head of the DGA, Silvia Traverso, during an event in the Buenos Aires town of San Nicolás where the first export operation documented through the electronic fluvial MIC DTA was carried out.
What is MIC/DTA?
The MIC/DTA is the electronic document that Contains information about the means of transport and specifications of the load of the transported merchandise. During its first stage of implementation the use will be required for direct exports to all countries along the waterway. "The new one Control tool is very superior to carry out risk profiles of the different illegal activities"Traverso said, recalling that "since the beginning of the administration, we have been carrying out a process of reconstruction and strengthening of areas that had been decimated by the previous government as part of its strategy of liberalization and trade opening."
In this regard, the head of the DGA considered that "the revitalization of the inspection capacities with this type of tools is essential to achieve an intelligent control of foreign trade operations that allows us to avoid illegal maneuvers, protect the national industry, employment and promote exports," Traverso considered.
The first operation with this document in electronic format was launched at the port of Buitrago at the Ternium Argentina plant in the Buenos Aires town of San Nicolás. AFIP regulations establish that the International Customs Transit Computer System (SINTIA) must be used for the procedure for registering and monitoring the document called “International Cargo Manifest/Customs Transit Declaration (MIC/DTA) electronic river cargo manifest”.
It also defines that by Each customs destination will correspond to a single transport document. Operations carried out under the consolidated load modality are exempt; they include the packaging of the goods to be transported, which due to their particular characteristics, are registered separately and determined by AFIP through the microsite.
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