Considered as an “ambitious and intelligent vision”, the possibility of reaching a common market in Latin America is the main objective of the key players in the logistics industry.
In the last assembly of the Latin American Logistics Association (Alalog) the benefits of “flexibilizing trade with regional agreements “and” achieving lower levels of tariffs and the elimination of all kinds of obstacles ” was on the main agenda.
Today, the cost of logistics operations in Latin America ranges from 12 to 20% in relation to GDP, and all the participants agreed on the need to lower logistics costs.
In Latin America, problems persist in terms of infrastructure and logistics, two fundamental factors to improve competitiveness and sustainability.
At this point, Alalog members agreed that few have a state policy that transcends governments and that most investments are in charge of the private sector.
As acting President of Alalog, Jorge Lopez highlighted the “need to institutionalize the activity”, which suffers from a notorious informality. In this regard, Uruguay is taken as a model of regulation, from the creation of the National Logistics Institute (Inalog) in 2010, “in which political parties, business chambers and other agencies participate,” detailed Juan Carlos Rodríguez, secretary of the Uruguayan Chamber of Logistics (Calog).