With the decreed intervention the time it takes to pass through customs has doubled and even tripled in some cases.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports: "The militarization in customs offices and the lack of staff in the Tax Authority (SAT) are delaying the passage of trucks by between three and ten days."
Exports by the textile and manufacturing sector have been in the reporting in the red for the last four years in Guatemala.
Based on business reports from the sector, the main reasons is the incursion of China in the world market for these products since 2005, and the economic crisis that is affecting the United States.
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