Paraguay and the USA extend cooperation to facilitate the commerce of agricultural products - .::Agencia IP::.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Paraguayan Chancellor, Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, and the Ambassador of the United States in Paraguay, Marc Ostfield, subscribed on Wednesday to the modification of the memorandum of understanding on facilitation of trade in agricultural products and extends the implementation of the Agricultural Systems and Technology to Facilitate Trade in Paraguay (T-FAST) project

The subscription of the agreement took place in the headquarters of the Chancellery. Credits: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The Paraguayan Chancellor, Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, and the Ambassador of the United States in Paraguay, Marc Ostfield, subscribed on Wednesday to the modification of the memorandum of understanding on facilitation of trade in agricultural products and extends the implementation of the Agricultural Systems and Technology to Facilitate Trade in Paraguay (T-FAST) project until 2025.

“For the Paraguayan government, it is a motive of special satisfaction to subscribe to modifying the memorandum of understanding. It is an important milestone in the alliance between Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Agriculture of the United States. It reaffirms our commitment to encourage the facilitation of commerce in Paraguay”, claimed the Paraguayan Chancellor after the subscription of the document.

He indicated that the T Fast project started its implementation in 2019 and aims to simplify, modernize and harmonize the processes for the exportation, importation and transit of agricultural products in Paraguay, along with the public and private sectors.