Customs Control in Ecuador, an Overview of the 2013 - 2016 Period

Abstract

Ecuador has, as main sources of financing of its budget, the revenues from exports, especially from sales of oil and its derivatives; international financing and tax collection. Of this last one, an important component is the customs collection, whose major items correspond to Ad valorem taxes, Taxes to Special Consumers, Safeguards and Value Added Tax. Hence the reason for the National Customs Service to deploy strategies and plans that allow them to ensure adequate customs control. The international regulations include a series of concepts that facilitate the execution of operations, both within the country and in cooperation with the Customs Administrations of other States. Ecuador has undertaken a process of modernization of the Customs System, which has included legal reforms, technological equipment, optimization and development of human talent, development and implementation of processes and procedures; all of which has led to an increase in revenues, reduction of dispatch times, efficiency in land and sea patrols, and a large deployment of subsequent control, among other aspects.