The Honduran Customs Administration tenders the supply of equipment, execution and administration of the integral non-intrusive customs inspection system for the Puerto Cortés customs office.
Honduras Government purchase LPI-ADUANAS-001-2021:
"Communication linkages between Customs access points must be permanent, secure and reliable. All configurations should allow for future adaptations or changes according to Customs needs.
The Judicial Branch of Guatemala is putting out to tender 2,000 personal computers, 2,000 UPS, 275 laser printers and 180 scanners.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7026064:
"Some specifications of the required works:
-2,000 personal computers with Intel i5.3.1 Ghz (Sixth Generation) or higher processor, at least 8Gb of installed RAM and hard disk of 1Tb 7,200 RPM minimum.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender an inspection service for the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7768761:
"For the work in question, the following lines will be hired:
Businessmen have complained to the Executive office about the slowness and inefficiency of customs inspections of the country, where containers are retained for up to 15 days.
The truckers blockade which paralyzed customs offices in Jutiapa for a week, has made entrepreneurs question the efficiency of border posts in the country because of the time invested in land transport.
The National Institute of Electricity in Guatemala is putting out to tender the inspection service of the adduction tunnel at the hydroelectric plant Chixoy.
Guatemala Government Purchase 4425642:
"Contract for an inspection service of adduction tunnel at Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant, with a flooded tunnel whose length is 25.96 kilometers with diameters ranging between 4.94 and 4.35 meters.
The workshop will be held on March 16 in Guatemala City and will address issues such as traceability, lashing of goods, physical inspection processes and international standards.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT):
Next March 16, 2015, the Council of International Transport Users of Guatemala (CUTRIGUA) will be holding a Seminar - Workshop on container management and inspection.
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved extending for 60 days the suspension of payment of the fee for inspecting goods at customs using scanners.
According to the approval measure given by the Assembly, the extension of the suspension of the collection will be until mid-September and will apply to both domestic and foreign cargo, regardless of whether the destination of the goods is within or outside of Salvadoran territory.
The plan by the Tax Administration requires an investment of $20 million for the purchase of technological systems using scanners and electronic vehicle tax discs.
The Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) announced that it intends to submit a modernization plan for the customs offices of Santo Tomas, Central Customs, Puerto Quetzal, Tecum Uman and Pedro de Alvarado.
The difficulties and obstacles highlighted by exporters in intraregional trade reveal the serious shortcomings of the much vaunted concept of Central American Integration.
Chambers representing exporters in Central American countries believe that instead of moving towards the integration of the region, the slow progress of the customs union and the high costs of transport is retracting from it.
Regional agreements establish reciprocal and non-discriminatory treatment for international land freight transport services between Central American countries.
An article in Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...The deputy ministers of Foreign Trade of Central America agreed yesterday that Guatemala would send a complete analysis, which demonstrates that the charge of $18 being made in El Salvador for carrying out non intrusive revisions contravenes trade regulations and affects the region. "
Businessmen are complaining about delays occurring in the process of non-intrusive inspection of goods.
The productive sector is decrying the fact that the processes for non intrusive inspections of merchandise in Customs Offices in Guatemala are making costs more expensive and extending the time it takes to make exports and imports.
"Fernando Lopez, president of the board of the IGC, said that in the past 15 months the delays have caused an increase in costs because of the long time it takes for inspections."
President Mauricio Funes has vetoed the legislative decree suspending the charging of $18 for non-intrusive inspections at customs offices in the country.
From a statement issued by the presidency of El Salvador:
The President, Mauricio Funes vetoed today, after considering it inconvenient, the six-month suspension of the collection of a few for the service of nonintrusive inspection at customs office, which deputies approved by Legislative Decree no. 629.
The Tax Authority of Guatemala has denied the existence of a consensus among Central American countries to implement a unified charge.
The Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) of Guatemala denied that there is a consensus among countries to implement a one-time charge for reviewing scanned merchandise flowing through the region, as announced by the Directorate General of Customs of El Salvador.
El Salvador is proposing implementing a single charge for non intrusive inspection of goods at borders with Guatemala and Honduras.
The Directorate General of Customs (DGA) announced that Central American countries could implement a single charge for intrusive inspection of goods. Guatemala and Honduras have shown interest in this system proposed by El Salvador.
Congress has confirmed the exemption from payment of $18 for non intrusive inspections of all goods, including exports and imports.
The suspension of the payment of $18 for the X-ray inspection of the goods will be for six months from its publication in the Official newspaper, providing President Funes endorses it.
From a press release issued by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador: