Customs Economic Operator Certification in Honduras
The Customs Economic Operator project seeks to facilitate a safe way for customs clearance for imports and exports.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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. "
At the conference under the auspices of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa and the DEI, the heads of the three institutions took part: Aline Flores, Ambassador Lisa Kubiske and Mario Lopez Stainer, respectively, and as the coordinator of the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA by its initials in Spanish), Dulce Maria Zavala, as well as representatives from businesses, other government agencies and special guests.
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Companies that are certified as AEOs are able to reduce paperwork and are given priority at customs offices.
Like Costa Rica and Guatemala, Panama is now using the AEO program. Companies interested in obtaining certification should contact the National Customs Authority.
The U.S. Ambassador highlights the existence of the high perception of corruption, lack of legal certainty and obstacles to the establishment of foreign investment in the country.
An article on Laprensa.hn reports that "U.S. Ambassador Lisa Kubiske, emphasized that every country needs investment and Honduras ...
"We cannot continue to be a region where trade is moving at 15 kph when developed countries have cargo moving at 60 kph."
Employers believe that border points and customs offices in Central America are limiting their work and reducing their competitiviness despite the fact that they have been selling products to each other for over a decade.
The Customs Directorate is calling on companies involved in foreign trade to take part in the AEO Programme.
The Customs Directorate is inviting producers, importers, exporters, carriers, customs agents, bonded warehouses, Consolidated / deconsolidated companies, courier companies, free zones and ports, to form part of the AEO Program of Guatemala, which strikes a balance between security and facilitation of international trade, through a strategic alliance between the Customs Administration, the Tax Authority and the different participants in the supply chain.
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