Monterrey, NL. As of Monday, April 14 at the Customs of Puerto Colombia, Nuevo León A new collection was implemented to cross towards Laredo, Texas, causing concern in local customs agents, Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, since the toll rates increase more than 100%, affecting foreign trade.
The president of The Association of Customs Agents of ColombiaEduardo Villarreal, declared that the Corporation for the Development of the Border Zone (Codefront), of the state government applied a new rate and that it transpired that it could be a recovery quota for the construction of the La Gloria-Colombia road.
Local media reported that “leaders of the customs sector expressed their disagreementpointing out that this additional charge is arbitrary, it lacks transparency and was not consulted with the users of the crossing. They also questioned that in no other international bridge in the country there are two collection booths less than 500 meters. “
On the official page of Puerto Colombia, it points The costs that were usually charged:
- Cars and pick -up trucks: 30.00 pesos.
- Additional Axis of Light Vehicles: 16.00 pesos.
- Two or three axes trucks and trucks: 65.00 pesos.
- Trucks of four to five axes: 144.00 pesos.
- Six to nine axes trucks: 216.00 pesos.
- Additional Axis Cargo vehicles: 45.00 pesos.
For example, a cargo transport of four to five axes will pay around 100 pesos more, additional at 144.00 of the original booth.
Therefore, the vice president of The Association of Logistics & Forwarding Agents (Alfa) Mario Palos Moreno, and the executive counselor, Mario Palos Moreno met with the congressmen Richard Raymond and Henry Cuellar in Austin, Texas.
Cuellar wrote on his Instagram account last Thursday, April 17: “This afternoon I had a fraternal conversation with the Texan Republican Richard Raymond, Mario Palos and Mario Palos Jr., by Garza Forwarding, in the Capitol of Austin. We talk about key commercial issues that affect our region”, without specifying the theme of Puerto Colombia.
Local media reported that in virtual meeting with congressmen and Alfa agents, already mentioned, Carlos Fernández, president of LA Nuevo Laredo’s Cargo Transportation Associationand the delegate of Canacar, Héctor Hinojosa. At this meeting, they requested the intervention of the congressmen to dialogue with the Government of Nuevo León and solve the problem of double collection in Puerto Colombia.
They also requested that The provision of the Customs Bureau will be reconsidered And border protection, which allows approximately 1,000 trucks that cross empty to the United States, can do it directly through the World Trade Bridge, in Nuevo Laredo, an option that is less expensive.
