The Customs Agency (DGA) announces a 12.33% increase in department tax collections for 2017 compared to 2016. The DGA reports it collected RD$115.33 billion in taxes, up RD$12.6 billion in 2016. Enrique Ramírez, director of the DGA, said this is extraordinary given that in 2017 the country was affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria that caused a 24% decline in import tax revenues in September 2017.
Adding to the total collections, the DGA reports that logistics centers collected over RD$1.21 billion in 2017, and are part of a new regional cargo consolidation strategy to facilitate trade. New logistics centers that were licensed in 2017 were: Speedster Global Logistic, Almatrans, Caribetrans, Almadom, IS Services, Almadela and ET Heinsen.
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Listin Diario
Aduanas
8 January 2018
