SITUATION OF CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS IN HONDURAS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The customs administration is a very important field, which has come to guarantee the supply of the necessary supplies for all the families in the country. Prioritizing and streamlining the trade of everything necessary has been the motto, from the World Customs Organization (WCO), to each of the countries' customs administrations. The pandemic keeps some of us confined to our homes and others struggling to ensure health, safety, and the supply of supplies. In Honduras there are 8 port terminals, 4 air and 11 land terminals in the country, between customs, border crossings and guards; It is necessary that the country has in each one of them and in each place that customs management is carried out, with all the biosecurity measures that guarantee health and hygiene. As in all institutions and companies, customs logistics processes must provide, in the first instance, the safety and hygiene of all areas, especially their collaborators. Therefore, this research has the objective of investigating the way in which the health security of the collaborators has been maintained and the guarantee of carrying out the customs processes