According to the president of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep), Joseph Adam Aguerri, already working on this issue are the Central American Integration System (SICA), and the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration (SIEC). They are working "on a unified customs document that aims to concentrate all imports and exports," added Aguerri.

He explained that this includes the development of monitoring of trade facilitation in conjunction with the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America, to include all the factors that affect different business sectors and "reveal at the macro and micro level the barriers that are occurring. "

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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