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The Regional Vice Presidency of the World Customs Organization (OMA) published a new edition of its "outstanding country" newsletter. This first installment of the year 2022 is dedicated to Uruguay, sharing general, commercial and customs information in the country.

The publication presents to the National Customs Directorate, making a brief review of its history and providing relevant commercial information, such as its collection for foreign trade throughout the year 2021 and the main export and import products of the country.

The bulletin also includes an extensive interview with the National Customs Director, where he deepens the pillars of his management and the most significant achievements that have been obtained, among other issues.

In the note, Cr. Borgiani summarizes the success of its management in three concepts: transparency, commitment and strategic planning, highlighting the absolute support received from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as the private sector, in order to reach the marked goals.

Regarding the achievements, the national director emphasizes that “(…) Customs managed to maintain and improve the quality of the service provided during the pandemic, with the available human and material resources, implementing procedures aimed at the simplification of the procedures and the facilitation of trade and at the same time achieving greater efficiency in its control processes.”

Cr. Borgiani also highlights the reinforcement of the controls to the logistics chain of exports, increasing the traceability of loads that graduate from the country as part of the strategy of combating the drug traffic.

For its part, when referring to the modernization process that the institution has gone through in recent years, the national director defined it as a process that "(...) has been continuous and has had the virtue of, at every step, deepen, reorient and make more efficient the path drawn."

Before a world pandemic scenario, for the Cr. Borgiani, it has been the process of modernization and commitment assumed by officials which has allowed ensuring the continuity of the tasks, strengthening the presence on the border and facilitating trade improving the efficiency of the controls.

In short, says the national director, "(...) The modernization process has achieved in these years to achieve the strategic objectives that allow us to meet the mission that we define:" ensure the security of Uruguayan society and support the economic development "of our country, through the control of merchandise that cross our customs borders."

To close the publication, the Regional Vice Presidency of OMA presents the country's commercial profile, sharing information published by the World Trade Organization.