El Salvador: Exports Via State Post Office

The Directorate General of Posts has announced a program that would allow SMEs to export goods via mail, providing permission to export via a simplified system.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The initiative of the entity is primarily directed to micro, small and medium-sized exporters.

"... The ‘Exportafácil’ (Easyexport) plan is aimed at individual craftsmen and other organizations so that they can participate in the international market through the implementation of a Simplified Export System using the post service."

The director of the institution, Margarita Quintanar, told Elsalvador.com that "... the project will reduce costs, logistics and bureaucracy, because all transactions related to the export of the merchandise from microenterprises will be concentrated in El Salvador Post service".

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