Assigning container inspections to a "green channel" for importers with a good record and creating a one-stop shop to streamline procedures is part of what has been proposed to reduce congestion at the port.
Constant complaints over problems and delays faced by entrepreneurs in the Honduran port terminal have led the government to prepare a series of measures to reduce container inspection times and streamline processes to export or import goods through the port.See: "Customs Problems Arise in Puerto Cortes Again".
The Ministry of Development has announced a new licensing regime to import onions, which will be available only for the usual operators in the production and marketing chain.
The government of Honduras together with onion producers and importers has agreed to create a regulation on importing vegetables in order to control the activity.
Alden Rivera, head of the Ministry of Economic Development, told Latribuna.hn that "...
The two Governments have signed an agreement abolishing visas in order to expedite the necessary formalities for travel between the countries.
With Russia, the total number of countries that have abolished visas for citizens of Honduras amounts to more than 70. Among them are: Turkey, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Poland, Malta, Malaysia, Japan, Israel, Greece, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Added to the two Guatemalan generators that are already sending energy to Honduras, are two others who have already submitted bids.
Another two Guatemala companies submitted bids to supply power to Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica de Honduras. These are the generator San Jose, which operates a plant based on coal, and Santa Lucia which uses bunker fuel.
In order to boost trade links and tourism, among other things, the embassy will open its doors on October 14.
From a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Honduras:
Chancellor Mireya Aguero de Corrales together with Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Mr. Nicolay Vladimir, Undersecretary of Finance, Evelyn Bautista, commissioner for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA), Jose Antonio Pineda, from the Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE), Vilma Sierra and the representative of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), Abraham Benatton, held a discussion with the media to publicize the forthcoming official visit to Russia by the Honduran delegation .
A single processing desk will be opened for foreign trade in order to speed up control formalities for land carriers.
From a press release issued by the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI):
The Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI), with the support of the Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Honduras and the technical support of International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank (WB), will start running a Single Foreign Trade Desk (known as VUCEH by its initials in Spanish), to streamline controls for land carriers, reducing costs and contributing to trade facilitation.
Due to lack of product, or because of technical or commercial deficiencies, Honduran banana farmers and are not ready to take advantage of the benefits granted them by the trade agreement with Europe.
The livestock sector feels it is at a disadvantage in competing for and meeting demand. According to Gilberto Moreno, director of the Association of Ranchers and Farmers from Sula (Agas) the beef cattle segment, "at the moment is not exporting to Europe because the paperwork is not ready."
The members have unanimously accepted the integration of Honduras as an Observer Member of the Pacific Alliance along with Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Paraguay Portugal and the Dominican Republic.
From a press release by the National Government of Honduras:
Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru agreed unanimously on Honduras' integration as an Observer Member of the Pacific Alliance, as announced by the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, who became President Pro Tempore of the Agency, at the end of the VII Summit held on May 23 in the city of Cali.
The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise is asking the Government to expedite arrangements for meat packers to export their products to Europe.
According to Aline Flores, president of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), "what we are asking about, so we can be fully prepared, are some registrations that have to be filed with various government offices especially in the issue of meat and other products because there are certain phytosanitary requirements to be met in the European market. "
The Customs Economic Operator project seeks to facilitate a safe way for customs clearance for imports and exports.
From a press release issued by the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI):
The advances in the Customs Economic Operator project (OAE by its initials in Spanish) to safely facilitate clearance of goods at regional and global level by Honduran private companies, were presented by the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI), in a workshop entitled "Developing a competitive advantage in today's market through public-private dialogue. "