Regional Bureaucracy Hinders DevelopmentThe heavy bureaucracy present in Central American governments is obstructing the transport of goods, adding to regional trade costs.Wednesday, July 24, 2013
In Guatemala, for example, the inefficiency in resolving issues and easily implementing procedures is self evident, as currently there are open files against 36,000 carriers, "something that no one can update, because of how cumbersome it would be to update this documentation , but the worst thing is that many of these records were wrongly documented because they correspond to breaches by vehicles which later went out of circulation ... " noted an editorial published by Prensalibre.com. Source: prensalibre.com Costly Break to Regional TradeMarch 2019 Central American businessmen assure that the customs tax on the transport of cargo in transit or with final destination that the Nicaraguan government wants to impose "threatens the instruments of Central American integration, and becomes an obstacle to intraregional trade. Customs Offices Should be Open 24/7 for CargoJune 2014 In order to expedite intraregional trade it is necessary for customs offices dealing with cargo freight, to be open all hours, just as immigration customs offices are. Central American Customs Offices Hinder TradeOctober 2013 From the border with Mexico up to Darien in Panama, customs offices are hindering trade and conspiring against the region's development. Customs Still a ProblemFebruary 2012 Instead of being reduced, bureaucracy at the Central American borders is becoming increasingly burdensome, complicating and making intra regional trade more expensive.
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