Because of flaws in the estimates of costs of the work, in Costa Rica the Comptroller's Office declared unviable the tender to build a sports center, supposedly valued at $40 million.
In July 2016, the Solis administration announced explicitly that they were preparing to tender, at the beginning of 2017, the construction of a 25,000 square meter aquatic center and a 36,000 square meter sports center in San José, for a total cost of $40 million.
Although Costa Rica has a good image abroad, businessmen in the tourism sector with investment plans face long and complex procedures in public institutions.
Businessmen from the hotel sector believe that the growth rate of the construction of tourist infrastructure would be higher if the procedures in institutions such as the National Environmental Technical Secretariat (Setena), the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity and municipalities were speeded up.
Since the new computer system was implemented in El Salvador, it is estimated that waiting times for imported goods moving in the Port of Acajutla have been reduced by up to 60%.
The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) reported that since November 15 last year is in operation the computer system "Sidunea World", which aims to reduce the steps in the process of importing goods.
Abolishing pre-certification inspection for industrial, commercial or service establishments in Costa Rica, a proposal is being made to reduce the period for processing health permits from 91 to 7 days.
From Procomer's statement:
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC), the Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica (PROCOMER) and the Ministry of Health issued Executive Decree No. 41435-S that abolishes the inspection prior to the granting of the certificate for industrial, commercial or service establishments, qualified as high health and environmental risk (risk group A).
The time invested to meet requirements and obtain a response in a process in Salvadoran government institutions costs to the society more than $400 million a year.
According to data from the Regulatory Improvement Body (OMR), in El Salvador 90% of the costs incurred by users are the result of the time spent to meet the requirements for the procedure, and the remaining 10% corresponds to the waiting time for the response.
Since the free trade zones law was amended, almost 100 companies have closed in Guatemala in the last two years, and by 2019 the figure is expected to keep growing if the regulatory framework is not modified.
Data from the Bank of Guatemala detail that from January to October of this year, exports of companies in free trade zones totaled $471 million, 2% less than the $479 million registered in the first ten months of 2017.
Guatemala's pharmaceutical sector is demanding delays in the authorization of medicines, since it is estimated that more than a thousand dossiers are waiting for the endorsement to be legally commercialized in the country.
According to authorities of the College of Pharmacists and Chemists of Guatemala, the Department of Regulation and Control of Pharmaceuticals and Related Products of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) has been operating irregularly since January 2017, when its former headquarters located in zone 15 of Guatemala City caught fire.
A new information platform aims to identify the main disadvantages faced by companies that transport goods through the region in customs and paperwork management.
The Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (Sieca) presented the Trade Incidences Platform, which will compile information on the disadvantages that companies have in the areas of customs, transport, sanitary procedures, phytosanitary, import or export.
In Guatemala, a new entity was created called Sociedad de Emprendimiento, whose registration cost will range between $128 and $192 and will be available as of the first quarter of 2019.
The Ministry of Economy is working to make the procedure, which will be established within the Regulation of the Law for Strengthening Entrepreneurship, available to interested parties for the first quarter of next year.
In Costa Rica, authorities announced that the procedures to be carried out by importers of medical equipment and supplies to apply for tax exemption will be reduced in ten days.
Reducing trade barriers and procedures, increasing legal security and improving productive infrastructure are part of the changes required by the business sector for the region's economic development.
In Guatemala, the 12th Ibero-American Business Meeting is held, in which the private sector presents proposals to face the current challenges and generate opportunities for the countries of the region.
Since November 15th, Acajutla's customs office in El Salvador will operate with the computer system "Sidunea World", which will reduce the process of importing goods.
From the statement of the Ministry of Finance:
November 12th, 2018. Because of several months of work by Customs, on November 15th, the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) consolidates the progressive implementation of the computer system known as "Sidunea World", which means starting with the development of the urgently needed "Paperless Customs" in El Salvador.
28% of the SMEs in Costa Rica stated that obtaining a municipal permit to start operations was the most complex procedure, while another 17% says that the process of registering with the department of Taxation is the most onerous.
According to theIII National Survey of MSMEs, prepared by the State University at a Distance (UNED) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR), for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) obtaining a municipal patent for operation and registering as a new taxpayer, are the two procedures that most affect the start up of their operations.
In Honduras, from October 1, processing of International Phytosanitary Export Certificates can be done digitally through use of an electronic signature and stamp.
Honduran authorities reported that the National Service of Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA), at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), has launched online processing of the certificate.
Two years after having been presented at the Guatemalan Congress, the initiative to reform the Free Zones Law is still awaiting approval.
In 2016, initiative 5174 was presented to the Congress of the Republic, and has been debated in speeches made by deputies and in meetings of the Economic Cabinet of the Executive Power, none of which have resulted in its approval.
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