In an interview published in El Caribe, Agriculture Minister Angel Estevez acknowledged yesterday that the issuing of import permits by his Ministry has become a plague. Estevez recommended that the processing and granting of import permits should not be at the discretion of the Minister.
He complained that the granting of import permit requests has overwhelmed the Ministry where there have been reports of “irregular business deals” being executed within the government agency in the past.
Estevez would prefer that a structure be created with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Customs Agency, Ministry of Industry of Commerce and the Executive Branch to collectively be responsible to process and issue import permits.
Read more in Spanish: http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/08/07/ldquolos-permisos-importacion-son-gran-flagelordquo