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The Panamanian Government, through its National Customs Authority (ANA), wants to grant a new concession, but it has switched on warning lights of the business community in the country.
It aims to provide, through a best value tender a 10-year contract for the operation and maintenance of scanning equipment for technical inspection with charges for use of the scanners.
The parameters [...]
Panama has a lot to learn about the logistics performance of Singapore, Rotterdam and Hong Kong, the three main clusters in the world, according to a detailed study by the firm Nathan Associetes Inc., prepared for the Panama Canal Authority.
Among other information, the paper uses data from the World Bank, which has a Logistics Performance Index comparing all countries of the world, in which Panama is ranked number 54.
Panama [...]
Not all import containers will have to pay the service fee for the use of a scanner, but only those that are inspected, said the director of the National Customs Authority, Virna Luque.
Luque’s statements were made after the State decided to outsource the maintenance and inspection of this equipment’s loading technique, other detection equipment and infrastructure on operation and storage of goods.
The statement of requirements indicates that the fee to be paid by [...]
In three months the legal framework that implements the AEO (OAS) Customs system in Panama will be published, according to the deputy director of the National Customs Authority (ANA) Ricaurte Arrocha, who is in charge of the program.
He explained that once the executive order is given, it will open the way for companies that want to participate in the AEO program, which means that companies show their books and security protocols.
Trade will be [...]
By Juan Rafael Cortés Dean
From April 1 to 5, and with the participation of 60 delegates from different countries of the World Customs Organization (WCO), the city of Panama was the venue for the XVI Regional Conference of Customs Directors of the Americas and the Caribbean (RCCDG) and the XXXIV meeting of National Directors of Customs of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (COMALEP).
Among the issues discussed at the meeting were: Promoting Regional Economic [...]
The border between Panamá and Costa Rica at Paso Canoa, Chiriquí province was finally opened a week after the Costa Rican truckers decided to block the Pan American Highway. Their reason was to complain against the Panamanian Border Patrol Service (SENAFRONT) that made no comment. An agreement was reached after a meeting between the Costa Rican Security Minister, Mario Zamora and the Panamanian Deputy Security Minister, Manuel Moreno who managed to reach a verbal understanding, [...]
The Panama Chamber of Shipping (CMP) expects that now the National Customs Authority (ANA) comes under the umbrella of the Ministry of Security, it will have its operating budget increased for the need to increase security and cargo control.
During the last days in office of Dr. Gloria Moreno de Lopez, it was announced that the entity would make an outsourcing of the administration of the 13 scanners and other equipment used in cargo inspection [...]
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