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Modernizing customs operations
By Portal & Asociados
The recently launched app, called Verify the Customs Status (VEA), is part of the modernization process of El Salvador Customs, which in the last years was looking to enhance its system through international assistance from organisms like the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) of Korea.
Armando Flores, head of the DGA, highlighted the need of the new tool to modernize customs operations and help improve revenue collection. “VEA will make customs operations more transparent”, Flores said. The application shows step by step, in chronological order, the route followed by the merchandise once inside the port.
VEA works together with the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA World), an integrated customs management system for international trade and transport operations in a modern automated environment. It is designed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and covers over 80 countries.
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