El Salvador to Install Mobile Customs

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The salvadoran Customs Director, Carlos Cativo, said they have already received instructions from the Ministry of Finance and are coordinating with migration and Agriculture for the creation of border points.

"He also stated that the border point model designed will be mobile because it is projected each stay to be able to rotate and the computer equipment to be used to also be portable," informs the article in Laprensagrafica.com.

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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