NewsWhore
06-21-2007, 03:50 PM
The Customs Department (DGA) is introducing a new form aimed at speeding up the customs process and reducing contraband, which will be accessible online. The form, which puts export/import information together in one place, will allow merchandise at Customs to be released in no more than 24 hours. The Single Customs Declaration (DUA) form will now replace the previous import and export documents that needed to be filled out at customs. DGA director Miguel Cocco explained that the forms would help speed up foreign trade, as well as helping control evasion at customs and preventing the entrance of contraband.
Miguel Cocco says that his department has seized more than 200 freight containers with merchandise that hasn't fulfilled the legal requirements for entering the country. Cocco added that the value of the confiscated goods exceeds RD$1.5 billion and added that there is a culture of not paying the required taxes. Cocco explained that part of the seized merchandise is auctioned off and the rest is then donated. His department announced a donation of a confiscated shipment of 175,000 fake polo shirts to the Attorney General's office for distribution in Dominican jails.
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Miguel Cocco says that his department has seized more than 200 freight containers with merchandise that hasn't fulfilled the legal requirements for entering the country. Cocco added that the value of the confiscated goods exceeds RD$1.5 billion and added that there is a culture of not paying the required taxes. Cocco explained that part of the seized merchandise is auctioned off and the rest is then donated. His department announced a donation of a confiscated shipment of 175,000 fake polo shirts to the Attorney General's office for distribution in Dominican jails.
See www.dga.gov.do (http://www.dga.gov.do)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)