In Guatemala there are plans to build an industrial complex called "Zdeep Gualan Zacapa" with different areas to function in customs, providing services in customs operations, which will enable an area of Free Zone of Public Spatial Economic Development.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an up-to-date list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions of each country.
After the contract was signed for the designs of the Penas Blancas and Tablillas border control posts, it is expected that in July 2021 the international bidding process for the construction of these enclosures can be initiated.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) informed that on October 28, Duayner Salas, head of the institution, signed with the Consorcio Norte Sur Arquitectos, of Costa Rica, and the company C y C Asesorias Profesionales Limitada, of Santiago de Chile the contract for the design of the border control posts, whose works, as a whole, imply an intervention of an area of approximately 700,000 square meters.
Authorities from both countries are fine-tuning the final details to begin construction and habilitation of the Engineers Borderland Port in Quiche, Guatemala, which will connect with Nuevo Orizaba, Chiapas, in Mexico.
Guatemalan authorities reported that the process of the Foreign Affairs Ministries is to determine where the entry and exit points of the customs will be, since on the Mexican side modifications would have to be made to match the land.
In El Salvador Fomilenio II signed the contract for the design and construction works of the border post for cargo transport of Anguiatú, in Santa Ana, work valued at $16 million.
The Spanish company Informes y Proyectos, S.A. (INYPSA), will be in charge of the design and construction of the work. The supervision of the project will be executed by Roberto Salazar y Asociados, an official report is required.
Feasibility studies for the application of a Public-Private Partnership in the construction and maintenance works of the border crossings of La Hachadura and El Poy, and in the intermediate enclosures of Metalío and Tejutla began to be elaborated.
FOMILENIO II and the consortium Unión de Personas Pasos Fronterizos (UDP Pasos Fronterizos) signed a contract this day to carry out a technical study to determine the feasibility of a possible Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project at border crossings and intermediate precincts, according to an official statement.
In Panama, $20 million was approved to finance the purchase of scanners for vehicles and heavy equipment, and to build the National Customs Monitoring Center.
The Cabinet Council this week authorized to the Ministry of Public Security (Minseg) the contracting, through an exceptional procedure, for the National Customs Monitoring Center project and the acquisition of six (6) non-intrusive inspection equipment (scanners) for vehicles and heavy equipment in the total amount of $20.1 million, of which $7.2 million come from non-reimbursable cooperation funds of the United States Government, Panamanian authorities informed.
In Nicaragua, the design and construction of the San Pancho control post, in the department of Río San Juan, is being tendered.
Nicaragua Government Purchase 12019/2019:
"The Design and Construction of all the infrastructure in the San Pancho Border Control Post, necessary to carry out the control processes established by the institutions with presence in it, taking as reference the attributes defined in the pre-validated design of the Post and according to the applicable legislation and regulations for the design and execution of the project must be carried out.
In the next five years, the Guatemalan government plans to invest in the renovation of existing buildings and the construction of new customs infrastructure.
The investments, which will be in charge of the Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT) and which correspond to the Program of Integral Customs Modernization (MIAD) 2019-2023, contemplate two major components, which are infrastructure and technology.
In El Salvador, the integrated border posts El Poy, in Chalatenango, the first to have the necessary infrastructure to operate within the framework of the customs integration of the Northern Triangle, became operational.
After the adaptation of the border post, the infrastructure and computer systems of El Poy are practically ready to operate, however, the products that will have free circulation between the three countries and which goods will continue to be protected have yet to be defined.
A contract was signed for Eurofinsa to design and build the border area for freight transport in El Amatillo, El Salvador.
From the statement of Fomilenio II:
November 30, 2018. On this day, FOMILENIO II signed the contract that will lead the start order to the design and construction of the border area for freight transport of El Amatillo (Pasaquina, La Union), with the purpose of facilitating land trade from El Salvador to other Central American countries, through coordinated border management, promoting the increase in the flow of exports and imports.
Eurofinsa S.A. and DISA, S.A. presented their proposals in the tender for the modernization of El Amatillo border post, in La Unión, El Salvador.
Fomilenio II stated that yesterday that the company Eurofinsa S.A. submitted an offer for $13, 667,926.02 (plus VAT), while the offer from the company DISA, S.A. de C.V. was for $22,051,121.91 (without VAT).
The Cabinet Council has approved a loan contract for investments in infrastructure and fiscal control equipment at the country's border posts.
According to a decree published on June 5 in the Official Gazette, "... the signing of the Loan Agreement ... between the Republic of Panama and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)has been authorized, up to the sum of seventy-five million dollars (US $75,000,000.00)."
$5 million will be used to purchase land in Bugaba, Chiriquí, to build new customs infrastructure on the border with Costa Rica.
From a statement issued by the National Customs Authority:
The Cabinet Resolution Project was submitted to the Cabinet Council to sign a sales contract for the acquisition of land located in the community of Quebrada Grande, Aserrio de Gariché, in the District of Bugaba, province of Chiriqui, for an amount of FIVE MILLION BALBOAS WITH 00/100 (B /."
In September, the IMAE grew by 4.1% compared to the same month in 2014, driven by agriculture, which grew by 13%, and transport and communications, which increased by 10%.
The report of the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
In September, the monthly index of economic activity (IMAE) grew by 4.1 percent compared to September last year. Meanwhile, the average annual variation stood at 3.8 percent and cumulative growth in the January-September period was 3.5 percent.
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