Until December 31 last year, the General Directorate of Customs Services (DGA) charged $7.5 for the Single Central American Declaration in Transit (DUCA), but with the new provision of the authorities, the cost increased by $17.5 for 2020.

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Guillermo Jacoby, president of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Nicaragua (APEN), told Laprensa.com.ni that "... the impact is being analyzed, but in fact it is a measure that comes to affect the costs of exports. While it is true that all of Central America has to pay, that does not justify the increase being so strong for Nicaragua. Doubling the cost of DUCA affects our competitiveness."

Dean García, executive director of the Nicaraguan Association of the Textile and Clothing Industry (Anitec), explained that "... the measure will indeed affect us and we have already met to assess the impact. We are making the pertinent evaluations to put forward our points of view, we are consulting with the companies, obviously there are affectations, but we do not know the level."

The official resolution by means of which the increase in the collection of the DUCA was endorsed, also authorizes exclusively the Cooperative of Transport of Load (Cootracar, RL) to print, to process electronically and to charge, for the management.

Source: prensa.com.pa and laprensa.com.ni

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