The general director of CustomsEduardo Sanz Lovatón (Yayo)a conversation with students from George Washington University headed on Tuesday, about the challenges and opportunities faced by the Dominican Republic to continue its social and economic transformation.
During the event “The challenge of transforming the Dominican Republic”, as part of the Dominican Week in the US, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR), Sanz Lovatón presented the vision of the current government to convert logistics into the next great growth engine in the countrydiversifying the economy and making it more resilient, while highlighting the opportunities that have already been created with this effort.
“Our goal is clear: Establish the Dominican Republic as the main logistics center in the region“said the official, stressing that this process is already generating quality jobs, international confidence and new investments.
Sanz Lovatón He explained that to achieve this they have been promoted since the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) key initiatives such as the promulgation of New Customs Law 168-21which replaced an obsolete legislation of 68 years old, and Law 30-24 of operators and logistics centers, reinforcing the competitiveness and legal certainty of the sector.
Through a press release, he said that these legal reforms, accompanied by changes in the technological infrastructure of the Dominican customs They have allowed increasing collections, facilitating trade, improving services and strengthening national control and security.
He said that those advances are also generating concrete benefits For the United States.
Under the administration of Sanz Lovatónindicates the press release, The Dominican Republic He has developed the ability to deliver goods at a speed that would be equivalent to 48 % of the American population receiving parcel in 48 hours, turning Dominican logistics into a faster alternative even than many domestic deliveries.
In addition, under the current management, the Dominican Republic has managed to reduce maritime traffic between Miami and Santo Domingo in three to four days, establishing a new standard of Logistics efficiency For the region.
- Also presented concrete advances such as the Single Foreign Trade Window (Vuce), which interconnects 44 state institutions to process 298 services for the benefit of more than 5,000 importers and 1,000 exporters.
Regarding control and security, he highlighted the fighting efforts against Customs illicitwith the continuous improvement of the risk engine, which uses 188 dynamic indicators to profile loads, and the strengthening of the authorized economic operators program (OAS), which already certifies and grants preferential treatment to the loads of 685 companies, including 434 companies in the international category and 251 in the simplified statute, democratizing the latter access to foreign trade to small and medium enterprises.
As an example of the impact of these transformations, he pointed out that the country went from verifying only 40 % of the X -ray load in 2020 to inspect 96 % today, “a historical jump in security and safety matters Logistics Efficiency “.
On the Dominican week in the US.
Dominican week in the US. It is an exclusive Mission of Amchamdr that aims to strengthen the bilateral commercial relationsto strengthen ties with the Dominican community in the United States and manage common interests between the two countries, which is held from September 29 to October 2, in the cities of Washington DC and New York.
