The price gap with Argentina became a problem for Uruguay and that’s why since citizens They presented six proposals to the President Luis Lacalle Pou, ranging from a greater control at the borders until implement a regime for excess commercial traffic and the creation of a register of offenders.
The sector of Colorado Party thus seeks to try to mitigate the effects of the exchange difference with the neighboring country, which affects sales and domestic consumption. In the text, they also insist on a strong fight against smuggling and on promoting the bill for the front labeling of products to make visible those that were correctly imported.
The first point of the statement delivered to Lacalle Pou by Senator Adrian Peña He postulated the need for improvements in border customs controls, since currently “they cannot be exhaustive”, taking into account the endowment of resources, infrastructure and time.
To strengthen the operations, they demanded assign more officials to keep the current ones and add a random one by traffic light, in addition to creating special areas for vehicles that have been marked red by the traffic light. In addition, they postulated incorporating more technology so that the controls are more effective.
More Mobile Customs and a tax regime for excess traffic
As a second item, Ciudadanos suggested creating more Mobile Customs to assist the work of entry points and potential smuggling areas on the coast. By indicating that it will be necessary “additional support”, the political space proposed “a bill to articulate the task of surveillance, control and repression of these infractions and crimes with officials of the Ministry of the Interior”,
In turn, in the brief presented by Peña, the need for a bill to regulate the Taxation for excess commercial traffic at the border, as long as it does not exceed $1,000, regime that “would apply only once every month or every 90 days.” The tribute would be between 60% and 80% of the customs value of the merchandise, with a minimum payment of 10 dollars.
Registry of Offenders, fight against smuggling and frontal labeling
Meanwhile, Ciudadanos was in favor of the creation of a register of offenders through the CAROU. Once drawn up, it can be used to apply more exhaustive controls in the future to the same person and avoid punishing cases of recidivism.
The fifth of the proposals focused on the fight against smuggling, for which they demanded defining transversal policies. From Ciudadanos they asked to “strengthen measures to combat organized crime, such as greater controls at dry and maritime borders,” while requesting “more severe controls at the economic level on the origin of funds for the acquisition of certain goods, such as high-end vehicles and certain utility vehicles”.
Finally, from the Colorado Party they specified that it is necessary to advance in the front labeling of products to “clearly make visible” those items that complied with the import processes. They recalled that there is already an initiative in Parliament and compared that today “similar regimes exist for whiskey and wines”, for which they asked to extend it, at least, “for goods that are more susceptible to smuggling”.
Source: Ambito
