Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno is to form part of the group of officials who will supervise the new import controls published in the Official Gazette today by the Interior Commerce Secretary. The new measures make it compulsory to declare in advance all import operations under oath. The measure will be put into effect from February.
Resolution 1/2012, published today in the Official Gazette was signed by the head of the sector, with the objective of “carrying out analysis designed to stop the internal market from being negatively affected, taking into account the qualitative and/or quantative importance of imports, having the possibility of making an impact on interior commerce.”
“At the same time, having access to the information will contribute a minor and major evaluation of the competitivity level of economic activity, making the standardization of cost structures conform with the market,” stated Moreno.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald