As a result of injury attributable to the rains on the bridge over the Colorado River, kilometer 126 in the direction of El Salvador, the Customs Administration of the Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT), introduced that, by limiting the transit of heavy cargo transportation , the alternate routes of Valle Nuevo and Pedro de Alvarado had been enabled.
On this regard, the next short-term provisions had been made for carriers utilizing the San Cristóbal customs workplace, in order that commerce just isn’t interrupted:
Items declarations that haven’t but been transmitted and validated:
- Guatemala Metropolis, ROUTE CA-1 EAST, Don Justo, Barberena, ROUTE CA-8, Oratorio, ROUTE JUT-3, Moyuta, El Obraje Crossing, ROUTE CA-2 East, Pedro de Alvarado.
- Guatemala Metropolis, ROUTE CA-1 ORIENTE, Don Justo, Barberena, ROUTE CA-8, Oratorio, Jalpatagua and Valle Nuevo.
Declarations of products already consigned to San Cristóbal Customs:
- San Cristóbal Customs, ROUTE CA-1 ORIENTE, Aldea El Amatón, ROUTE JUT-3 Cruce Los Mangos, Moyuta, Cruce el Obraje, ROUTE CA-2 ORIENTE, Pedro de Alvarado.
- San Cristobal Customs, ROUTE CA-1 EAST, El Amatón Village, ROUTE JUT-3, Los Mangos Junction, ROUTE CA-8, Jalpatagua, Valle Nuevo.
The Customs Administration reiterated that for the passage of technique of transport and merchandise by the Valle Nuevo Customs, it have to be considered that the utmost weight allowed is 15 tons and a most size of 12 meters, similar to autos labeled as kind C-3 (3-axle truck). If the technique of transport doesn’t adjust to this situation, it won’t be allowed passage.
Statistics point out that from January to Could of this yr, the gathering of overseas commerce taxes on the San Cristóbal customs workplace was Q260 million; on the Pedro de Alvarado customs workplace, Q807 million; and on the Valle Nuevo customs workplace, Q52 million, land customs that belong to the Southern Area.
Motion of products
Héctor Fajardo, director of the Chamber of Central American Transporters (Catransca), indicated that there’s concern within the sector, because the San Cristóbal customs is a crucial route, particularly for intra-Central American transport, and that it normally connects with the remainder of the nations within the area and vice versa, so there is a crucial move in each methods.
The transporter indicated that there’s a mean every day circulation on that route of 10,050 autos, and of these, 22.7% correspond to heavy technique of transportation (about 2,000) and the bulk goes to Central America.
Congestion is predicted
“The truth that the cargo has been transferred to the Pedro de Alvarado customs workplace goes to saturate it extra and now there are additionally issues attending to that customs workplace because of the injury from Amatitlán to Escuintla after which from Escuintla to the border because of the landslides. , landslides, mudslides in some factors and approaches to broken bridges, the place just one lane works,” he famous.
Fajardo reiterated that the sector could be very involved, since a lot of the merchandise that goes to and from Central America makes use of the Pedro de Alvarado customs workplace: what leaves Mexico for the area and what’s unloaded from the Empresa Portuaria Quetzal (EPQ) and is headed to the area as its last vacation spot.
The opposite factor is that Pedro de Alvarado is utilized by all farmers and agricultural producers of the highlands, who direct their merchandise (particularly greens) in the direction of the markets of neighboring nations.
One of many requests is that the passage of empty trailers by the Valle Nuevo customs can be utilized, to adjust to the load on the bridge (a most of 14 tons), which might assist keep away from congestion at customs Pedro de Alvarado, concluded Pedro de Alvarado. .
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