In Guatemala, the Ministry of Health will delay for six months, the entry into force of the increase in the cost of procedures such as the issuance of licenses and health records, necessary to market food and medicines.
On December 1, 2020, by means of Governmental Agreement 179-2020, the new fees for the services of procedures of licenses, registrations and other processes for medicines, laboratories, pharmaceuticals, food products and others came into effect.
The business sector in Guatemala is anticipating an increase in the prices of food and medicines, due to the government's decision to raise the cost of procedures such as the issuance of licenses and health registrations, required to market these products.
By means of Government Agreement 179-2020, which entered into force on December 1, 2020, new fees were imposed for the services of procedures for licenses, registrations and other processes for medicines, laboratories, pharmaceuticals, food products and others.
The Superintendence of Telecommunications prepares the procedure to start issuing sanctions of up to $25,800 from February 2020, to businesses that do not have a registry of mobile terminal equipment and SIM cards.
The regulations have been in force for years, as on October 9, 2013, Decree 8-2013, the Mobile Terminal Equipment Law, came into force, which mandates the creation of the Registry of Mobile Terminal Equipment and SIM Cards Dealers, both under the responsibility of the Superintendence of Telecommunications (SIT).
Up until December 31, the Health Regulation Agency will issue temporary health records for food, beverages, hygiene products and cosmetics.
The decision was taken by the Health Regulation Agency (ARSA) in order to accelerate the issuance of import records, which have suffered several months of delays.
The statement details that once issued, the health permits will have a maximum validity of six months, and can not be renewed.Importers interested in obtaining one must apply for it before December 31 of this year.
Servimerck, Plasticentro, Distribuidoras de Productos Plásticos and Suministros Comerciales de Centroamérica accounted for 39% of imports of plastic tableware and other tableware in 2016.
Figures from the information system on the Plastic Plates and Tableware Market in Guatemala, complied by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
A proposal put forward by the Aupsa would require all companies that import raw materials, ingredients and food for manufacturing, processing or commercial repackaging, to register with the institution from 2017.
The Union of Industrialists in Panama (SIP) warned of the risk that it believes is represented by the draft proposal by the Panamanian Food Authority (Aupsa), which wants to be responsible for the registration of people who import into the country food or rawmaterials used for the manufacture or processing of products intended for human or animal consumption.
The new platform combines the previous two, the one used for the United States and in other countries, combining them into one platform.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Food Safety Authority:
The Food Registration Department under the National Standards for Food Import (DINAN) of the Panamanian Food Safety Authority (AUPSA), informs users and the general public that a platform has now been enabled for food registration processes. The new platform combines the previous two, that is the one used for the United States and other countries, making a single platform.
An extension until August 28 has been given to the deadline for importers to update the documentation required by the Panamanian Food Safety Authority.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Authority for Food Safety:
From August 14th to 24th digital applications will not be received for the Registering of Pre-packaged Foods nor for update procedures and annexes to labels, due to system maintenance.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Food Safety Authority (AUPSA):
For violating requirements of the new law, the Panamanian Food Safety Authority has suspended the permits of 50% of the companies registered in the food notification system.
The controversial law with which the government intends to protect domestic agricultural production is currently being implemented and as a result, the government has suspended 3,275 permits belonging to companies that were not complying with the requirements under the new law, such as "... having adequate storage warehouses for food, having a legal representative and having legal residence. "
With an investment of $4.2 million, El Salvador will implement a new import system via the Internet in order to streamline the respective paperwork.
The Center for Imports and Exports of El Salvador (CIEX) will make available, from the second half of July, the new system which is expected to match the time of the export process already offered online, which averages 36 seconds per operation.
In January, the Colon Free Zone registered trade of $2 billion, an increase of $172 million compared to the same period of 2012.
Regarding imports, in January revenue was reported of $1.0701 billion, which represents an increase of $137 million compared with the same period of 2012, when revenues were $933.1 million.
"Re-exports were also up, and achieved the figure of $1.016 billion, which outnumbers January 2012, which was $981.5 million," noted an article in Panamaamerica.com.pa.
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