Dominican exporters can now qualify for the Authorized Exporter for Origin Purposes Certificate, a trade facilitation mechanism intended to boost farm exports to European markets. The mechanism was created in 2009 under the Cariforum-European Economic Community Partnership Agreement (EPA), but had not been implemented. An Authorized Exporter can now present an invoice declaration or other commercial documents for the entry of products into the European Union.
The certification program was announced as part of National Customs Day, celebrated on 21 September 2018, with the participation of Customs director Enrique Ramírez Paniagua, Ambassador Gianluca Grippa, head of the Delegation of the European Union in the country, and the president of the Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO), Luis Concepción.
Speaking at the event, Ramírez Paniagua noted his satisfaction of having implemented the program that Customs had worked for so many years to put into effect; “To progress is not simply acting, one has to have a purpose in the actions. That is why it has been a priority project of the Customs Agency to contribute to trade facilitation,” he said. The government named 2018: Year of Export Promotion. ”
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Noticias SIN
25 September 2018
