The National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) of Peru has implemented a new digital import platform based on the use of electronic formats as of August 31, 2020, the agency reported.
The program allows the Elimination of face-to-face procedures and use of paper and is Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year of the year, reducing costs and time in import procedures, according to the release.
Likewise, the digital import process allows you to know which control channel will be assigned to the load before their arrival in Peru, thus streamlining the logistics of all foreign trade operators involved in the clearance of imported goods.
Through the press release, it was learned that this new system is added to the digital export process, promoted by SUNAT Customs, so that the entry and exit of goods from the country is faster and more efficient. This It will allow a reduction of up to 40% in the time of availability of the merchandise and total costs for the importerry will avoid the displacement of customs agents to the SUNAT offices.
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Digital import allows follow in real time the status of cargo through the interoperability of SUNAT systems with the computer platforms of various foreign trade operators, such as international transport companies, ports and airports, customs agents, warehouses, among others.
The Customs officials have mobile applications through which they record the clearance process from their cell phone, in the same customs warehouse premises, being able to capture photographs with the same application, optimizing the time to authorize the lifting of the cargo.
These functionalities They are integrated with the use of electronic mandate and interoperability with the single window for foreign trade (VUCE).
The new import platform uses the latest version of the World Customs Organization Data Model, an international standard that facilitates the processing of information and allows its exchange with national and international entities, to facilitate the clearance of goods entering the country, he said.
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