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Customs clearance times and the SAT's modernisation

Dossier
Infrastructure and logistics06-logistica.md
Domain
Ports, cargo and corridorslogistica
Room
Trade/comercio
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The tax authority (SAT) is running the 2023-2026 Customs IT System Modernization Plan: new air clearance in 2023, maritime in 2024 and land in 2025, with monitoring of the 2025-2027 plan, according to the practice reported to the WTO/WCO (Art. 7.6 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement). The Time Release Study (TRS, WCO methodology, 2019) recorded that courier air cargo went from an average of 9 days 4 h 26 min to 2 days 8 h 30 min (-74%) after the improvements. The dossier contains no updated TRS times for maritime or land clearance.

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Figures

Customs IT System Modernization PlanOMC/OMA — práctica de Guatemala Art. 7.6
air 2023; maritime 2024; land 2025; monitoring 2025-20272023-2027
Courier air cargo clearance time (TRS)OMA/SAT
from 9 d 4 h 26 min to 2 d 8 h 30 min (-74%)2019 study

Caveat

the TRS times date from 2019; no recent maritime/land measurement

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