The Industry of El Salvador Declaims Bureaucracy

Businesses unionized under the Salvadoran Association of Industrialists (ASI) presented their complaints about delays in carrying out routine procedures and in obtaining permits.

The institutions that are holding the sector back the most are Customs, the Ministry of Environment, the municipal authorities and the Directorate General of Internal Revenue, revealed a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Industrial Association.

According to an article by Karen Molina in Elsalvador.com, "Bureaucracy has meant that industrial activity has grown very slowly, taking into account the recovery that other countries have achieved after the financial crisis that began in 2008"

Source: elsalvador.com

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