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The Directorate of National Customs Taxes informed that after one year of the tax on plastic bags, they managed to raise about 20 billion pesos.
"In the second half of 2017 more funds were raised from 6 billion pesos and until this year, they are just over 13,000 300," said Adriana Solano, director of management DIAN
During this period, increased the number of taxpayers who declared and paid this obligation to the collecting entity, increasing from 28 thousand in 2017 to more than 32 thousand this year.
The measure resulted in a 50 percent reduction in the use of this product, because according to the Colombian Association of Plastic Industries (Acoplásticos), Colombians have ceased to consume one billion plastic bags in the past 12 months
However, this industry has recorded high losses since the government announced the tax on stock exchanges.
"The sales of companies q that the bags for commercial establishments fell between 50% and 60% and those of informal enterprises, between 30% and 35% ", badured Daniel Mitchell, president of the union.
National Department of Consumer Product Planning was reduced by 70%, that is to say, of all 10 households, seven reduced the use of plastic bags .
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