Government has amended the Customs Code to facilitate management processes

This decision, which Reform the Customs Code and will come into effect from the first of April next, it was formalized by a decree published this Friday in the Official newspaper.

The government has made it clear that with regard to export of postal items intended for homemaker or personal gift, constituted, inter alia, by used clothing or promotional items with or without use, the goods will be checked by the customs service, which will determine if this merchandise is reached by the current regime.

In addition, he established that shipping with exemption of taxes collected the import for consumption under the general scheme, with the exception of service rates, shipments whose value does not exceed $ 5 per item, up to a maximum of twelve items per year and per person.

According to the official text, as regards import mailings, it should be carry out the rigorous controls on shipping by the customs service, with mention of the consignee when needed.

The executive branch justified this measure by indicating that it was necessary to amend the Postal Shipping Regime, for the purposes of facilitate management processes and the improvement of the quality of user attention and control, in connection with the current technological advances and the increase in the use of the treatment regime.

Similarly, in the case of import for consumption With regard to non-commercial postal items, as in the case of exports destined for the consumption of mail to families, it is advisable to modify the exempt values ​​of tributes, the official text added.