The Municipality of La Union will only allow the installation of plants generating renewable energy, and will definitely prohibit power plants based on coal and bunker fuel.
The mayor, Ezekiel Milla, said that they will not prevent energy investments provided that they are in compliance with all requirements of the Ministries of Environment and Economy.
Within one year, the country could be certified as an Authorized Economic Operator by the World Customs Organization.
This certification oversees the entire logistics chain involved in international commerce.
Angela Bigueur, head of the Customs Authority, told Laprensagrafica.com that “the country wants the certification to be recognized internationally for its logistics and tax processes”.
"El Amatillo" customs project includes the construction of new offices and a parking lot for trucks.
Miguel Angel Soriano heads the Salvadoran Association of International Cargo Transporters. He remarked that his association will donate 18 blocks of terrain for the construction of the offices and the parking lot.
Soriano also added that "... the idea is for the Association to have its own infrastructure centralized there.
In order to provide greater transparency and agility, an Operations Traceability System was developed.
With this new software, users of the customs system will obtain information on the flow of products through the different entry points of the country. By means of a password, clients will know, for example, where their product are at any given time.