Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, director of the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), highlighted this Tuesday that the entity carries out a process of inspection of 102 companies of Asian origin during this 2024 due to different irregularities that promote illicit trade in the country.
“I want to highlight a sector that we have dedicated considerable effort in terms of work, analysis and measures to combat unfair competition, specifically the sector of Asian origin,” said Lovatón, while indicating the impact of this commercial line.
“They have already been inspected 44 companies. Reliquidating, this year alone, an amount above 2,400 million pesos,” indicated the head of Customs.
He also said that for the first time, in a joint action with the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) and Customs, have carried out a joint inspection in more than 30 companies that import from Asia.
Economic valuation of audits
The general director highlighted that, in general terms, during 2024, after Customs clearance, more than 1,270 inspections have been carried out, which has generated additional income for the State of more than 15,000 million pesos.
Within the framework of these inspection processes, they have been identified various findings that impact competition and legal trade, such as:
- Risks related to the value of goods
- Failure to comply with special regimes
- The tariff classification
- The risk of origin
- He smuggling
- Errors in the application of tariff preferences
“The unfair competition It is a problem for all actors in Dominican commerce,” Lovatón emphasized.
Customs inspects several Chinese businesses in Santo Domingo and Santiago
The Minister of Finance, José Manuel Vicente, highlighted that, in the last three years, there have been seized 75 million items of smuggling in ports and airports in the country.
“In the last three years, we have achieved seizure of 75 million items smuggling. When we began the administration of President Abinader, Only 40% of the load was checked in a non-intrusive manner. Today, almost 100% of the cargo is inspected with this technology,” said Vicente.
These statements were offered during the inauguration of the “International Seminar-Workshop on Illicit Trade and Unfair Competition”, in which actors from the public and private sectors participated, as well as members of the military and the judicial system.
At the event, knowledge was exchanged about how the illicit trade and unfair competition They affect public finances, competitiveness and free competition in the country, as well as the methods of money laundering through the trade of goods.
“All this has been possible thanks to the technological innovations implemented by the General Directorate of Customs,” highlighted the official.
He reiterated that this is not an isolated event nor an occasional result, but part of a comprehensive policyas demonstrated by the decrees issued in that regard.
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