Pressure for New Laws to Combat SmugglingBecause the current legal framework is ineffective, Guatemalan entrepreneurs in the food sector are asking the government to draft a new law that would criminalize smuggling and also consider it a matter of national security.Thursday, February 27, 2020
Directives of the Guatemalan Chamber of Food and Beverages (CGAB) assure that the current Decree 58-90 "Law Against Fraud and Contraband" is obsolete and does not allow for direct and frontal combat against contraband. Source: prensalibre.com ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Do you need information from your sector? Contact Us.Need assistance? Contact us
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Food and Beverages: Proposals for GrowthApril 2019 Improving sanitary controls, reducing smuggling and accrediting laboratories for food analysis are some of the proposals made by Guatemalan businessmen to the future new government. Rebound in Smuggling ForecastedNovember 2018 In Guatemala, food and beverage businessmen estimate that product smuggling during the end of 2018 will increase more than reported in previous years. The Scourge of SmugglingNovember 2017 The impact of illicit trade in Guatemala is such that "in the case of the paper industry, smuggling has grown to the point of taking away a portion of the market from companies and 30% of their turnover." Reduced Smuggling in GuatemalaNovember 2012 Anti smuggling operations are working, resulting in tax collections by Customs grow by 3%.
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