Disasters, Conflicts and Migration

For a more detailed database on disasters by country, please see the Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters Country Profile. 

Seasonal Effects on Logistics Capacities

The climate of Peru is determined by its geographical situation, since the country is located within the intertropical zone of the Earth, which is, at low latitude and near the Earth's equator. This implies that there are not great differences between the average temperatures of winter and summer in the whole country; it also determines that the east has a tropical rainy climate. The imposing presence of the Andes mountain range determines a variety of high-altitude climates that range from the temperate mountain climate to the icy high-mountain climate. Finally, the cold sea currents and the trade winds from the South Pacific anticyclone determine that the arid subtropical climate prevails on the coast.

The factors that determine the climate in Peru are four, the position or location of Peru in the world as a tropical country, the influence of marine currents, the influence of the winds and the influence of a topography dominated by the Andes mountain range. These factors should be added to anomalies or extraordinary climatic phenomena such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation or cold. The months where the rains predominate in different areas of the country are between the months of January to March, we have the north coast from the city of Chiclayo to the city of Tumbes, and this is due to the El Niño phenomenon where there are intense rains and floods. In the mountain range and the jungle there is also the rainy season and it affects these regions as well.

INDECI is managing warehouses in each region of the country with materials for immediate response, in addition it is working on renewing these materials from time to time. However, we are seeing more emergency preparedness work in the country. The problem really arises when the supply chain are interrupted and no emergency can be attended in the affected area. It was demonstrated in 2017 with the El Niño phenomenon that hit the north coast of Peru strongly, the shipments of food and essential materials were managed by sea in ships of the Peruvian Navy. There is a more preventive work on this phenomenon of the Niño Current, the banks of the rivers are being worked more, and cleaning the channels of the rivers without water, so when the excess water comes they can receive the greatest amount of water without overflowing and cause damages.

Capacity and Contacts for In-Country Emergency Response

Government

The National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) is a public body, dependent on the Ministry of Defense, whose task is to ensure an optimal response of society in the event of disasters, supervise the attention of the people affected by them, coordinate with the entities responsible for the actions required to address the emergency, rehabilitate the affected areas, and coordinate with regional and local governments the assessment of damages and needs in case of disaster. Responsible for formulating the proposal of norms, guidelines and strategies related to the Preparation process.

Likewise, they coordinate and conduct preparedness actions in order to minimize damage and perform an optimal response to emergencies or disasters. It is in charge of the Response process as an integral part of the Reactive Management component, of Disaster Risk Management, it is constituted by the set of actions and activities, which are carried out in the event of an emergency or disaster, immediately after it occurs, as well as before the imminence of it. It includes the set of actions and activities carried out mainly to safeguard the life and heritage of the people and the State, to serve the affected population and provide humanitarian assistance.

The General Office for International cooperation and Aid Promote, coordinate and strengthen alliances and national and international cooperation with strategic partners in the preparation, response and rehabilitation processes of disaster risk management.

INDECI's Strategic Partners are:

• The agencies of the United Nations System.
• Institutions responsible for disaster risk management and cooperation agencies from other countries.
• Multilateral organizations.
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
• Private and academic sector.

Headquarters Address in Lima:

Calle Dr. Ricardo Angulo Ramirez No. 694

Corpac – Lima 15082

Tel. +5112259898

Web. https://www.gob.pe/indeci

For more information on government contact details, please see the following link: 4.1 Government Contact List.

Humanitarian Community

One of the consequences of inequality is the generation of conditions of vulnerability to natural and other hazards. On the coast, the main dangers are earthquakes and tsunamis, which would mainly affect the poorest population, who live in the most exposed areas, in homes that are not in a position to withstand an earthquake, being in turn the population that it does not have the capabilities to cope with these events.

In the mountains, there is the highest amount of poverty and extreme poverty in the country; its inhabitants in a large proportion live in rural areas. In high Andean areas, the population is exposed to the effects of frosts that affect their crops very frequently and low temperatures affect the health of the population because their homes are precarious and do not provide protection against extreme climates.

There are also many populated centers that are exposed to the impact of mass movements (mudslides, landslides, etc.), which are recurring events that are activated by the rains that occur between December and March of each year. Inequality and poverty is an important factor that limits the response capacity of citizens to a disaster and limits the rehabilitation capacity for many families.

Taking as an international framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Peru has formed the National Platform for DRR, with the aim of expanding the space for participation of actors in DRR. At the end of 2010, the National Accord (AN) forum approved policy No. 32 on Disaster Risk Management, as a state policy. In February 2011, Law No. 29664 was enacted to create the National Disaster Risk Management System (SINAGERD), which proposes the approach and legal framework of DRM in Peru.

Its reference is to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) as the governing body, the National Council for Disaster Risk Management is the highest level body of political decision and strategic coordination for the functionality of DRM processes in the country, and as national executing agencies, the National Center for the Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Disaster Risk (CENEPRED) and the National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI).

The Coordinator of Foreign Entities for International Cooperation (COEECI) is a network founded in 1994. It brings together 48 private international development cooperation organizations working in Peru. Its main objective is to act as an organized interlocutor of these entities before the Peruvian State, as well as before the private and public institutions related to the subject.

COEECI

Communications Office : Av. Bolognesi # 321, Miraflores – Lima 15073

Email.   coeeci@coeeci.org.pe

Tel.       +51988899103

Web.    www.coeeci.org.pe

UNHCR / ACNUR

Office in Peru of ACNUR: Av. Pardo # 1540 – Miraflores – Lima 15074

Tel. +5113021753

Email. perli@uncr.org

Web. www.acnur.org/peru.html

AECID

Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo

Oficinas en Peru: Av. Jorge Basadre # 460 – San Isidro – Lima 15073

Tel.       +5112027000

Fax.      +5112212301

Email.   otc.peru@aecid.es

Web.    www.aecid.pe

AYUDA EN ACCION PERU

Oficina en Lima: Av. Javier Prado Este # 476, Piso 9, Oficina 140 – San Isidro – Lima 15073

Tel.       +5112011440

Email.   información.peru@ayudaenaccion.org

Web.    www.ayudaenaccion.org.pe

For more information on humanitarian agency contact details, please see the following link: 4.2 Humanitarian Agency Contact List.

During the last twenty years, Peru has experienced significant progress. The introduction of more effective macroeconomic reforms and social programs in the 1990s and since 2000 have generated significant improvements in economic growth, welfare, and poverty reduction. To continue on this path, Peru has made regulatory policy a key element of its development strategy to improve its current policies and to adopt the best international practices on regulatory quality.

Regarding regulatory policies in Peru, the policies, institutions and tools used by the Peruvian government to design, implement and apply high quality regulations are evaluated. This includes administrative simplification policies, ex ante and ex post evaluation of regulations, public consultation practices, and the governance of independent regulators.

Policies are based on international best practices and peer review to strengthen the government's capacity to manage regulatory policy. Peru has many concrete elements of regulatory policy in place. For example, agencies and ministries are required to conduct a cost benefit analysis for specific sets of draft regulations, and to make these drafts available to the public, and a broad program of administrative simplification spans the central and sub-national levels of government.

The supervisory and control agencies and government entities in Peru are the following: The National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI); regulatory agencies and inspections including the National Superintendence of Sanitation Services (SUNASS), the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL), the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (OSINERGMIN), the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Public Use Transport Infrastructure (OSITRAN), the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency (OEFA), the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT), the Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (Pension Fund Administrators) (SBS), and the National Superintendence of Labour Inspection (SUNAFIL).

General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA) (Ministry of Health)

They contribute to protecting the health of the population by establishing the sanitary conditions that the storage of finished foods destined for human consumption must comply with, as stipulated by the manufacturers (temperature, humidity, sunlight, etc.) and the application of good storage practices. They also establish the general principles of hygiene that warehouses and industrially processed food storage operations must comply with, as finished products intended for human consumption. The fields of application are at the national level and include natural and legal persons, public and private, who operate internal and external warehouses, of establishments of manufacture, fractionation and distribution of industrially processed foods in their condition as finished products intended for consumption. Where applicable, it applies to the storage of finished product containers intended for human consumption. It is the Ministry of Health through the General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA) at the national level, and through the Health Directorates or the one that acts as the Metropolitan Line; at the regional level, the Regional Health Directorate (DIRESA), the Regional Health Management (GERESA) or the one acting in its place in the Regional Government or the one acting in its place; and at the local level, the Local Government through the municipalities. Food chain: Phases that cover food from primary production to final consumption.

Administrative Office – Headquarters

Calle Las Amapolas # 350, Urb. San Eugenio

Lima 15073, Peru

Tel.       +5114428353 / +5114428356

Fax.      +5114226404

E-mail.  digesaconsul@minsa.gob.pe

Web.    www.digesa.minsa.gob.pe

Supervisory Agency For Investment in Energy and Mining (OSINERGMIN)

OSINERG is a public institution attached to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru and is in charge of supervising that electricity companies, fuel companies and those of the general Mining regime of Peru comply the legal regulations of the activities they carry out. It was recognized for being the first Peruvian public institution to win the Silver Medal of the 2011 Ibero-American Quality Award. It was created on December 31, 1996, through Law No. 26734, under the name OSINERG. He began the exercise of his functions on October 15, 1997, supervising that the electricity and hydrocarbon companies provide a permanent, safe and quality service. As of 2007, Law No. 28964 expanded its field of work to the mining subsector and was renamed OSINERGMIN. For this reason, it also supervises that mining companies carry out their activities in a safe and healthy manner.

The Main Functions of OSINERGMIN are:

• Supervise and supervise, the activities of the Mining of the general regime, concerning infrastructure security.
• Supervise that the electric companies of Peru provide their services in a safe and reliable manner.
• Combat informality in the sale of fuels and supervise that in oil blocks, refineries, tanks, taps and gas sales venues
• Establish rates for electricity and natural gas transportation.
• Resolve in second instance the claims of the users of electricity and natural gas.

Administrative Office – Headquarters

Calle Bernardo Monteagudo # 222

Lima 15076, Peru

Tel.       +5112193410

            +080041800

E-mail.  atencionalcliente@osinergmin.gob.pe

Web.    www.osinergmin.gob.pe

National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property - INDECOPI

INDECOPI protects the rights of consumers and promote a culture of fair and honest competition in the Peruvian economy, safeguarding all forms of Intellectual Property: from distinctive signs and copyrights to patents and biotechnology. It is recognized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In addition, in the branch of Intellectual Property, Indecopi is the headquarters of the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The work carried out by the institution is intense, technical, specialized and very strict in compliance with the law.

National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) is an entity attached to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

Their competencies are:

• Manage the Intellectual Property System
• Contribute to the improvement of regulatory quality
• Protect consumers
• Defend free competition
• Ensure the legality of the agreements adopted by the creditors' meetings in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Control unfair competition
• Monitor compliance with the rules that prevent and correct distortions of competition generated by the     importation of products at dumped or subsidized prices.
• Manage the Official Infrastructure of the Electronic Signature

Administrative Offices - Headquarters

Av. Del Aire # 384

San Borja, Lima - 15034

E-mail.  sacreclamo@indecopi.gob.pe

Tel.       +5112247800

+080044040

Web.    https://www.indecopi.gob.pe

National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT)

The National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration - SUNAT, according to law is a specialized technical body, attached to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The primary purpose of SUNAT is to administer the taxes of the national government and the tax and non-tax concepts that are entrusted to it by law or according to the inter-institutional agreements that are signed, providing the resources required for fiscal solvency and macroeconomic stability; ensuring the correct application of the regulations that regulate the matter and combating tax and customs crimes in accordance with its attributions.

It also aims to implement, inspect and control compliance with customs policy in the national territory and international traffic of goods, people and means of transport, facilitating foreign trade customs activities and ensuring the correct application of treaties. In addition, international conventions and other regulations that govern the matter. Likewise, it is responsible for participating in the fight against illegal mining as well as drug trafficking, through the control and supervision of the entry, stay, transport or transfer and exit of the products of the mining activity, of chemical inputs and machinery that can be used. In illegal mining, as well as the control and supervision of chemical inputs, products and their by-products or derivatives, law establishes machinery and equipment that can be used directly or indirectly in the production of illicit drugs; and other purposes that.

Additionally, it must provide the administered services that facilitate compliance with their tax, customs and other obligations related to the functions performed by SUNAT, as well as provide services to the public within the scope of its competence.

The functions and attributions of SUNAT are:

• Administer the internal taxes of the National Government, as well as the tax and non-tax concepts whose administration or collection is entrusted to it by Law or Inter-Institutional Agreement.
• Propose to the Ministry of Economy and Finance the regulation of tax, customs and other rules of its competence.
• Issue, within the scope of its competence, provisions on tax and customs matters, establishing obligations of taxpayers, managers and / or users of the customs service, provide measures that lead to the simplification of the procedures corresponding to customs regimes, as well as regulate the procedures derived from these.
• To dictate rules regarding organization and internal management in the area of ​​its competence.
• Systematize and organize the legislation and statistical information on foreign trade, in order to provide general information on the matter in accordance with the Law, as well as that related to the internal and customs taxes that it administers.
• Celebrate technical and administrative cooperation agreements and conventions in matters of its competence.
• Promote, coordinate and execute technical cooperation, research, training and improvement activities in tax and customs matters, in the country or abroad.
• Grant the postponement and / or fractionation for the payment of the tax or customs debt, in accordance with the Law.
• Request, and if necessary execute, measures destined to protect the perception of the taxes that it administers and to order the suspension of the same when it corresponds, according to the Law.
• Control and supervise the traffic of merchandise, whatever its origin and nature at the national level.
• Inspect, supervise and control customs agencies, official dispatchers, authorized warehouses, fiscal warehouses, storage terminals, consignees and means of transport used in the international traffic of people, goods or others.
• Prevent, prosecute and report smuggling, customs revenue fraud, tax fraud and illicit merchandise traffic, as well as applying measures to safeguard the fiscal interest.
• Develop and apply systems for the verification and control of quality, quantity, kind, class and value of merchandise, except those that are in transit and transshipment, in order to determine their classification in the tariff nomenclature and the applicable rights.
• Develop and administer systems for the analysis and inspection of the values ​​declared by users of the customs service.
• Resolve contentious and non-contentious matters and, in this sense, resolve administratively the appeals filed by taxpayers or responsible parties; raise appeals and comply with the Resolutions of the Tax Court, and, where appropriate, those of the Judicial Power.
• Punish those who contravene the legal and administrative provisions of a tax and customs nature, in accordance with the Law.
• Exercise the acts and measures of coercion necessary for the collection of debts for the concepts that it administers. .
• Maintain in custody the merchandise and property seized, seized or forfeited, carrying out the auction of the same when it proceeds in the exercise of its functions.
• Award merchandise according to Law.
• Develop information, dissemination and training programs on tax and customs matters.
• Edit, reproduce and officially publish the updated National Customs Tariff, customs treaties and agreements, as well as customs rules and procedures for general use.
• Determine the correct application and collection of the taxes that it administers and of others whose collection is entrusted to it, as well as the rights they charge for the services they provide, in accordance with the Law.
• Lead initiatives and projects related to the foreign trade logistics chain when they have one or more components of customs activities, coordinating with the corresponding public and private sector entities, which must implement the harmonized processes that are established.
• Control and supervise the entry, stay, transport or transfer and exit of controlled assets that may be used in illegal mining, as well as in the manufacture of illicit drugs.
• Exercise the other functions indicated by the Law.

Central Office: Avenida Garcilaso de la Vega 1472, Lima 1, Peru

Phone: + 511 315-0730

+080112100

Web: www.sunat.gob.pe

For more information on regulatory departments and quality control laboratories’ contact details, please see the following links: 4.1 Government Contact List and 4.3 Laboratory and Quality Testing Company Contact List.

Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria – SENASA

Address Main Office. Av. La Molina # 1915, Lima 15012

Tel. +511 313-3300

E-mail. mesadepartes@senasa.gob.pe

Web. www.senasa.gob.pe

Centro Nacional de Control de Calidad – CNCC

Address Main Office. Avenida Defensores del Morro # 2268, Lima 15054

Tel. +511 467 4499, +511 251 6656

Sr. Charlton Garces cgarces@ins.gon.pe

 E-mail. cncc@ins.gob.pe.

Web. https://web.ins.gob.pe/

HYPATIA S.A.

Address. Av. Faustino Sanchez Carreon # 410, Lima 15076

Tel. +511 463 0584

Fax. +511 463 5217

E-mail. atencionalcliente@hypatia.com.pe o hypatia@hypatia.com.pe

Web. http://www.hypatia.com.pe

INTERNATIONAL ANALYTICAL SERVICES S.A.C.

Address. Avenida La Marina # 3035, Lima 15086

Tel. +511 616 5200

Fax. +511 616 5216

E-mail. inassa@inassagroup.com.pe

Web. https://www.inassagroup.com.pe/

MICRO BIOL S.A.

Address. Calle Joaquin Capello # 222, Lima 15074

Tel. +511 221-4298

Fax. +511 441 3939

SOCIEDAD DE ASESORAMIENTO TECNICO S.A.C.

Address. Avenida Almirante Guise # 2568, Lima 15073

Tel. +511 222 0518, +511 222 0611, +511 222 3431

Fax. +511 221 3441, +511 221 4965, +511 222 0512

E-mail. satperu@satperu.com

Web. http://www.satperu.com

 

For more information on regulatory departments and quality control laboratories’ contact details, please see the following links: 4.1 Government Contact List and 4.3 Laboratory and Quality Testing Company Contact List.

 

Duties and Tax Exemption

For contact information regarding government custom authorities, please follow the link below: 

National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration – SUNAT

Email. www.sunat,gob.pe

Main Office Address: Av. Garcilaso de la Vega # 1472, Lima 15001

Telephone Main Switchboard: +511 6343300

National Superintendent – Luis Enrique Vera Castillo

Email. lvera@sunat.gob.pe

Assistant National Superintendent – Marilú Haydee Llerena Aybar

Email. mllerenaa@sunat.gob.pe

Emergency Response

Exemption Regular Regime (Non-Emergency Response)

For many years we have not been very clear about the handling of donations at the customs level, the exemptions of donations were very cumbersome to obtain. Unfortunately the same customs system in some cases did not accept the goods or products to be used (in some cases), entangling the shipment in a documentary problem and difficult to solve. Just after the Ica earthquake in 2007, these measures of facilities for the importation of humanitarian aid were recently taken and we have this new legal framework where it allows us to exempt import taxes in a faster and easier way, in addition to They provide facilities when a state of emergency is declared due to natural disasters. The international community very much supported these measures to unblock this type of imports into the country.

The current legal framework for the management of humanitarian aid is included in Legislative Decrees 29077, 29081 and their corresponding regulations. In addition to the Specific Procedure "Donation of Goods from Abroad" DESPA-PE.01.02 (version 3). Facilitating the importation of humanitarian aid to the country. Even as a result of the global pandemic of Covid-19, we have a new Legislative Decree 1460, with the procedure for the acceptance of donations from abroad due to health emergencies, this was very helpful by speeding up the import procedures of donations that arrived in the country during the pandemic and that there were certain administrative obstacles that left the importation of equipment and medical supplies or medicines without certain prior licenses or health records. Another problem that arose during the pandemic, because most state entities continue to work remotely, all these procedures are more cumbersome and slow.

Another important point that was had was according to Legislative Decree 29664, was the creation of the National Disaster Risk Management System (SINAGERD), as an inter-institutional, synergistic, decentralized, transversal and participatory system; in order to identify and reduce the risks associated with hazards or minimize their effects; as well as avoiding the generation of new risks, preparation and attention to disaster situations, through the establishment of principles, policy guidelines, components, processes and instruments of Disaster Risk Management; Within which Article 47 regulates Humanitarian Assistance, establishing in paragraphs 47.1 and 47.2 that Humanitarian Assistance includes activities such as: the installation of shelters, administration of camps, temporary relocation in safe areas, physical and mental health assistance. , distribution of humanitarian aid goods and provision of services; likewise, that Humanitarian Assistance donated by national private entities, as well as international aid, is complementary and in support of the primary responsibility of the State. Likewise, it establishes in numeral 47.8 that Indeci will propose to the Governing Body an instrument for the request, internalization and management of International Humanitarian Aid.

Liberatory Customs Codes

Exemption Certificate Application Procedure

Exemption Certificate Document Requirements

Customs Clearance

General Information 

Customs Clearance Document Requirements

Transit Regime 

Cargo in Transit

It is the customs regime that allows goods from abroad that have not been destined to be transported under customs control from one customs office to another, within the customs territory or destined abroad, with suspension of payment of customs duties and other Taxes applicable to imports for consumption and surcharges if applicable, upon presentation of a guarantee and compliance with the other requirements and conditions. For a merchandise to be considered in transit, it must be declared as such in the cargo manifest.

Destination and Deadlines  of the Customs Transit Regime

The customs destination to the customs transit regime is requested:

1. In advance dispatch before the arrival of the means of transport.
2. In deferred dispatch: within a period of fifteen calendar days from the day following the end of the download or within the period of the extension granted to allocate, in accordance with the provisions of subsection b) of article 132 of the Law.

The customs transit regime is authorized for a period that may not exceed thirty calendar days, counted from the granting of the release. The customs authority grants a period for the transfer of the goods of up to fifteen calendar days, which can be extended at the request of the declarant, if in total it does not exceed the maximum period allowed for the regime and that the request has been submitted within the term initially granted.

Responsibility of the Declarant

The customs transit regime is requested by the carrier or its representative in the country, or by the customs dispatcher, who for this purpose are called "declarant", who is responsible to SUNAT for compliance with the obligations of the regimen and:

1. In the case of internal customs transit, the delivery of the goods to the temporary warehouse or arrival point of the interior customs office.
2. In customs transit to ZOFRATACNA or ZED, the delivery of the goods to their premises.
3. In the case of customs transit with destination abroad, the exit of the goods from the customs territory.

Goods that cannot be destined for the Customs transit regime

The following cannot be authorized:

1. The internal customs transit of weapons, explosives, precursor products for the manufacture of narcotic drugs, narcotic drugs, nuclear waste or toxic waste and other dangerous goods on which there is legal or administrative restriction, which does not have the authorization of the competent authority ; nor that of merchandise whose importation into the country is prohibited.
2. Customs transit to the ZOFRATACNA of goods whose importation into the country is prohibited, weapons and their accessory parts, spare parts or ammunition, explosives or supplies and related items for civil use, or goods that threaten health, the environment. Environment and public safety or morals
3. Customs transit to the ZED, in the case of merchandise whose importation is prohibited.

Conditions to go to the Customs transit regime 

The customs transit procedure is carried out under the following conditions:

1. In customs transit with destination abroad, the goods must be transported:
   1. In closed or open and properly sealed containers.
   2. In closed vans that are or are not part of the means of transport and are properly sealed.
   3. By their own means, in the case of goods that are thus mobilized and have authorization from the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
   4. Otherwise, in the case of other goods and as long as they allow their identification and individualization.
2. In internal customs transit, the goods must be transported in closed and properly sealed containers.

Goods that due to their dimensions do not fit in a closed container must be identifiable and individualized. By their own means, in the case of goods that are thus mobilized and have authorization from the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Otherwise, in the case of other goods and as long as they allow their identification and individualization.

Customs transit to the ZOFRATACNA or ZED: according to the conditions described in paragraphs 1a), 1b), 1c), 1d) and 2) above.

Requirements to allocate to the Customs transit regime

To allocate the goods to the customs transit procedure:

1. The declarant must present a guarantee, as indicated in numbers 1 and 2 of literal H of this section.
2. The carrier must be authorized to operate by the competent sector. In land, the means of transport must be previously authorized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and registered by the authorities (Customs authority). Exceptionally, the customs authority may authorize the transfer of goods in the customs transit system in means of transport belonging to the declarants.
3. Internal customs transit can only be carried out if the operation of a temporary warehouse or point of arrival is authorized in the interior customs district.

Physical recognition

1. Goods destined for the customs transit regime are subject to compulsory physical examination at the customs office of entry when:
2. a) They are not in closed containers.
3. b) The container is in poor exterior condition, there is a difference greater or less than 10% between the weight stated and that received, or there are signs of violation of the security seal.
4. c) They mobilize by their own means.
5. d) It is determined by the customs authority.

Guarantees

The declarant presents a guarantee issued in favor of SUNAT in order to guarantee the transfer of the goods to the customs office of exit, interior customs, ZOFRATACNA or ZED, as appropriate. The warranty must comply with the following:

1. Its amount cannot be less than the FOB value of the goods, in accordance with what is indicated in the commercial invoice, equivalent document or contract. In case the customs authority determines a higher amount because of the physical examination, the guarantee is issued for said value.
2. It must have a minimum validity of sixty calendar days, counted from the date of numbering of the statement.
3. It is regulated in accordance with the specific procedure "Operational customs guarantees" RECA-PE.03.03.

Public sector entities, universities, international organizations, diplomatic missions and, in general, entities that, due to their prestige and moral solvency, are accepted by the Customs Administration, may present a nominal guarantee for each dispatch of the customs transit regime in accordance with numeral 7 of literal C of section VI of the specific procedure "Operational customs guarantees" RECA-PE.03.03. In the case of internal customs transit by air and sea, the carrier or its representative in the country may present a global nominal guarantee for fifty thousand dollars USD (US $ 50,000.00) that covers one or more statements. The use of the global nominal guarantee is subject to the following conditions:

1. The carrier or its representative must not maintain required guarantees pending to be honored.
2. The global nominal guarantee must:
   1. Have a maximum term of one year.
   2. Submitted in the format of annex III "Global nominal guarantee model".
   3. Comply with the requirements set forth in numeral 7 of literal C of section VI of the specific procedure "Operational customs guarantees" RECA-PE.03.03 for the acceptance of the nominal guarantee, with the exception of paragraphs a), e) and g.5), taking into account the specific provisions indicated in this section.

The declarant submits, through the MPV-SUNAT, the request for acceptance of the global nominal guarantee and other corresponding documentation; the original of the guarantee must be physically presented in the area in charge of the regime until the business day following the transmission of the request. The result of the evaluation is communicated to the e-mail address of the declarant registered with the MPV-SUNAT. The customs office of entry implements the registry of global nominal guarantees for its control.

Cargo manifests

The carrier transmits or records the cargo manifest information:

1. At the customs office of entry, recording the information on the cargo shipped abroad, not being necessary to transmit the declared merchandise in internal customs transit by sea.
2. At the interior customs office, upon arrival of the means of transport. Likewise, the temporary warehouse must transmit the entry and receipt of the merchandise and the entry of the vehicle with the cargo to its premises.

The aforementioned is carried out in accordance with the general procedure "Cargo manifest" DESPA-PG.09.

Destination at internal Customs

All merchandise in customs transit, upon arrival at a customs office in the interior, may be destined for any customs regime, except for customs transit, within a period of fifteen calendar days computed from the day after the end of unloading.