Last Updated on September 12, 2020, 8:25 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Haiti’s Minister of Commerce seems to want to play his role of controlling everything that is sold on the Haitian market.
After his raids in stores, supermarkets and pharmacies to prevent the black market, after intervening in gasoline pumps to verify that the products are not socked to cause an artificial shortage several months and days ago, after having demanded that the prices are products be denominated in gourds, Jonas Coffy puts his sights on the importers of iron, cement and steelworks.
The Minister of Trade and Industry informs that from October 1, importers of these products will have to fill out an import license form that they will submit to the relevant department of the said Ministry before the unloading date of these goods.
Along with this form, the following documents are now required:
1- an opinion from the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications.
2- a Pro-forma invoice, the address of the manufacturer supplier, that of the importer as well as technical specifications relating to the goods in question.
3- the copy of the discharge, the copy of the license as well as that of the professional identification card (CIP) of the company 3- the copy of the discharge, the copy of the license as well as that of the professional identification card (CIP) of the company.
Failure by the importer to comply with these provisions, the goods will be confiscated without further legal action, Jonas Coffy told, adding that now iron, cement and steelworks must be transported exclusively by sea.
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