In addition, the investment made for the new border area is more than US$26 million. The new, modern customs facility will have automated processes that will guarantee border security and strengthen the fight against contraband.

This customs office is a commitment to innovation, being the first border precinct to have an inter-institutional control model . It handles 400,000 means of transport per year, representing more than US$2 billion in merchandise value.

At the El Amatillo border crossing, 33% of all foreign trade operations at the national level operate; it is one of the customs offices that generates around US$147 million a year in foreign trade. In addition, this border crossing point is the transit point for all operations in southern Central America; it receives around 363,000 operations per year, equivalent to 1,100 average daily users.

The general director of Customs of El Salvador, Samadhy Martínez, explained that the precinct consists of 60,000 square meters of construction; it has 16 docks, 487 meters of refrigerated area, making El Salvador the first country in the region to have that refrigeration capacity for perishable products.

Also, areas for weighing, plate readers, which allows a robustness in the automation of processes, and leads to simplification and time reduction of the El Amatillo border crossing.

Similarly, in the administrative infrastructure, not only migration and customs will work, but also the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Civil Police and the laboratory analysis team of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

El Amatillo Customs is the most important land border for the traffic of goods. The execution of this work has given way to the generation of jobs, pointing to the east of the country as a strategic sector for economic development.

The Central Government seeks to facilitate land trade from El Salvador to other countries in the region through coordinated border management.