In the last few hours, a massive mailing of notifications was carried out to inform the implementation of the reference prices that will be reflected in the new Import System of the Argentine Republic (SIRA).
As Ámbito learned, Customs has already sent 1,600 notifications addressed to customs transport agents. “By virtue of control tasks carried out by the Directorate of Documentary Valuation and Verification, the estimated range of fair market values for freight and port-related expenses is reported,” says the letter to which this medium had access. Then, the authority attaches a table with details of average transportation prices to different destinations.
Inspections
Official sources explained that the data used to set the estimated values was collected through international maritime cargo transport companies and the analysis of public information sources for the indicated periods. Along these lines, they anticipated that “Those values of freight and international expenses that are far from the range considered reasonable, will be audited immediately”.
These actions are in line with Massa’s intention to “take care of the dollars.” It is that after obtaining a settlement of more than US$8,000 million for the temporary measure of the soybean dollar, the Minister of Economy ordered a change in the import monitoring system and reinforced control over speculative maneuvers. All with the objective that those currencies that entered the Central Bank are used to supply the productive apparatus.
In this sense, international freight operations are significant. move about US$400 million per month that come directly from the coffers of the monetary entity. From the Customs they detailed that they detected 100% overbilling operations over the estimated price. These maneuvers are carried out to obtain currencies at official prices and make a deal with the exchange rate gap.
The new Import System of the Argentine Republic (SIRA), brought with it the direct appearance on the screen of the reference values established by Customs. As Ámbito learned, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) itself accepted the modifications after acknowledging that there are “irregularities”.
Source: Ambito
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