El Director General of Customs of the Dominican Republic, Eduardo Sanz Lovatón On Monday (15.8.2022), he highlighted the transformations that are taking place in the institution, in order to facilitate trade and promote comprehensive development, which project the logistics sector as the next great economic sector.
"These transformations are the result of the improvements and digitalization a series of processes, the implementation of programs such as D24H (Dispatch in 24 Hours), Exporta+, and a new legal framework that, by providing guarantees, in turn attracts more investments in the sector," said Sanz Lovatón according to the official note.
In this regard, the head of Customs said that "a new Customs is being created in the country" and presented the achievements of his two years of management.
A palpable example is the program, Export+, implemented by the DGA in October 2021 with the aim of promoting the growth of this sector, giving more facilities to exporters and maintaining close support, which has translated into more than US$4,000 billion exported through 41 export declarations.
These figures have been possible thanks to the reduction of physical inspection of national exports, as part of the benefits granted by the D24H program (24-hour office), which has been adopted by around 105 companies.
“It is an example of the priority that the Luis Abinader government has, to make logistics the next great economic line of the Dominican Republic, thus strengthening our industries, as we are already seeing,” said Sanz Lovatón.
The reduction in physical inspections and the acceleration of container dispatches have been possible thanks to the implementation of the non-intrusive inspection system through a modern x-ray scanner, installed in the port of Haina in February of this year, which has allowed the identification of some 87 findings of different customs offenses to date.
It is also recalled that in August 2021 the DGA achieved the promulgation of a New Customs Law, which replaced 68-year-old legislation, and then officially launched the Risk Engine “MOR” technology platform.
Also, implemented several improvements in the Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE), and increased the certifications for Authorized Economic Operator (OAS), aimed at facilitating exports.
All these improvements and programs have had a positive impact on the increase in collections, where the income of this tax administration has grown by more than 30% in the last two years, going from RD$144, 226 million in 2019, to RD$191,990 in 2021, while so far this year we have collected RD$140, 192 million. In this management period, the income collected by the DGA exceeds RD$390, 251 million, of which RD$224, 684 million was collected from August 16, 2021 to August 13, 2022.
It should be noted that the DGA has increased its share of state revenues, from 20% in 2019 to 23.8% so far in 2022, while, compared to GDP, we have gone from 3.2% in 2019 to 3.7%, which means that we are growing at a faster rate than the Dominican economy.
Transparency and institutionality
El Strategic Plan developed by the current administration for the period 2022-2026 It places transparency, institutionality and quality of services in first order.
In this regard, the DGA began, in April, the implementation of the ISO 37001 standards of Anti-Bribery Management Systems and ISO 37301 on Regulatory Compliance Management Systems, as standards in all its services.
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