Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization

The development of trade facilitation and regional integration is closely linked to the efficiency of public services and the competitiveness of the companies that support export activity. The importance of trade facilitation measures has been emphasized in various issues of the FAL Bulletin. On th...

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spelling oai-11362-363882020-11-19T01:58:04Z Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization NU. CEPAL. División de Comercio Internacional e Integración COMERCIO EXTERIOR FACILITACION DEL COMERCIO GOBIERNO ELECTRONICO INTEGRACION ECONOMICA TRAMITES ADUANEROS FOREIGN TRADE TRADE FACILITATION E-GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION CUSTOMS FORMALITIES The development of trade facilitation and regional integration is closely linked to the efficiency of public services and the competitiveness of the companies that support export activity. The importance of trade facilitation measures has been emphasized in various issues of the FAL Bulletin. On this occasion the subject is be discussed from the point of view of regional integration, and a case in Central America is considered of particular interest. El Salvador and Guatemala, by integrating their electronic systems for obtaining export licenses, have been able to reduce waiting times significantly. In Guatemala, in December 2000, there was a waiting time of 24 hours, whereas in November 2004 the procedure took 1.5 minutes via the Internet. This issue of the Bulletin is based on research into electronic government initiatives related to foreign trade, which is being conducted by the International Trade and Integration Division. 2014-03-20T01:32:13Z 2014-03-20T01:32:13Z 2005-02 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/36388 en FAL Bulletin 222 application/pdf ECLAC
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topic COMERCIO EXTERIOR
FACILITACION DEL COMERCIO
GOBIERNO ELECTRONICO
INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
TRAMITES ADUANEROS
FOREIGN TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION
E-GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
spellingShingle COMERCIO EXTERIOR
FACILITACION DEL COMERCIO
GOBIERNO ELECTRONICO
INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
TRAMITES ADUANEROS
FOREIGN TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION
E-GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
description The development of trade facilitation and regional integration is closely linked to the efficiency of public services and the competitiveness of the companies that support export activity. The importance of trade facilitation measures has been emphasized in various issues of the FAL Bulletin. On this occasion the subject is be discussed from the point of view of regional integration, and a case in Central America is considered of particular interest. El Salvador and Guatemala, by integrating their electronic systems for obtaining export licenses, have been able to reduce waiting times significantly. In Guatemala, in December 2000, there was a waiting time of 24 hours, whereas in November 2004 the procedure took 1.5 minutes via the Internet. This issue of the Bulletin is based on research into electronic government initiatives related to foreign trade, which is being conducted by the International Trade and Integration Division.
author2 NU. CEPAL. División de Comercio Internacional e Integración
author_facet NU. CEPAL. División de Comercio Internacional e Integración
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title Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
title_short Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
title_full Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
title_fullStr Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
title_full_unstemmed Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization
title_sort trade facilitation and central american integration: customs modernization
publisher ECLAC
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/36388
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