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The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Berthin Gómez, highlighted that Peru has the conditions to become a logistics hub in the region and stated that this requires maintaining a long-term vision and close coordination between the public and private sectors.
He expressed this during the inauguration of the tenth Logistics Forum for Foreign Trade - "Logistics for Competitiveness: Infrastructure, Integration and Governance for Foreign Trade", organized by the Association of Exporters (ADEX), which brought together officials, businessmen, logistics operators, and specialists linked to foreign trade.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) remarked that, to achieve this objective and turn the country into a gateway between South America and Asia Pacific, the development of multimodal logistics corridors that connect ports, highways, railways, and various platforms is being promoted.
"This vision is expressed in the strengthening of the Callao – Chancay axis and in the promotion of strategic regional integration corridors, such as the Southern Interoceanic Corridor, the Northern Amazon Corridor and the Central Corridor, which contribute to strengthening connectivity with Brazil and generating new opportunities for trade, investment and productive development," he explained.
He also reported that technical tables for the logistical operation of foreign trade are being strengthened, with the purpose of ensuring coordination and articulation between the public and private sectors.
Minister Berthin Gómez also assured that his sector is promoting a series of strategic actions within the framework of the National Multisectoral Foreign Trade Policy until 2040, a roadmap that guides state actions to consolidate the exchange of goods and services as one of the main engines of the Peruvian economy.
"This policy recognizes the leveraging and strengthening of our network of trade agreements, logistics, trade facilitation and connectivity as pillars to strengthen the country's competitiveness and consolidate Peru as a regional hub at the service of world trade and integration," he expressed.
At another point, he indicated that the country is advancing in the digitalization of export processes, through the Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE), whose new version of the port component will allow for more efficient and transparent management.
He noted that this is complemented by the implementation of the legal framework for Private Special Economic Zones (ZEEP), which seek to attract productive investment, generate qualified employment and contribute to the diversification of Peruvian exportable supply.
The event was attended by the president of ADEX, César Tello, and members of the Steering Committee of this exporting guild.
The tenth edition of the forum includes presentations on the impact of the geopolitical situation on supply chains, regional connectivity gaps, mechanisms for executing logistics infrastructure projects, the application of technologies in the logistics chain, and port governance models, among others.
This time, Carol Flores, Director of Foreign Trade Facilitation at Mincetur, was in charge of the presentation "Multimodal corridors and national logistics axes: integration and their impact on foreign trade", where the progress of the interoceanic and multimodal integration strategy promoted by the sector to strengthen connectivity with Brazil and take advantage of new opportunities generated by the country's logistics infrastructure was presented.
