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ENTERPRISES NEED TO EQUIP WORKING CONDITIONS OF CUSTOMS AT WAREHOUSES AND SITES

VCN- Implementing Circular 84/2017/TT-BTC guiding for Decree 68/2016/ND-CP on conditions for duty-free business, warehouses and sites for Customs clearance, Customs inspection, and supervision, which will take effect from September 30, 2017, warehouse and site operators need to fully prepare working conditions for Customs authorities.         

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Import-export operation at My Dinh ICD. Photo: N.L

When Circular 84/2017/TT-BTC has not yet taken effect, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has requested municipal and provincial Customs departments to remind and urge warehouse and site operators to actively update and equip the system and infrastructure in accordance with provisions of Circular 84/2017/TT-BTC in a timely fashion.

The enterprises need to equip working areas of the Customs, the eligible areas for goods undergo Customs inspection and supervision at warehouses, and the warehouses for storing of exhibits, the management software connected to the Customs managing warehouse and the centralized data processing system of the Customs authority and the Image storage and data access system under requirement of the Customs authority.

According to Circular 84/2017/TT-BTC, working areas of the Customs at warehouses and sites which are established by warehouse and site operators must satisfy the following conditions: The area is located in the warehouse, whether it is recognized or not, or located within an area of land under the enterprise’s right to facilitate Customs supervision and inspection.

The area is at least 20 m2 and separated from surrounding areas and ensured for Customs inspection and supervision.

The minimum area of the Customs office at a location where goods are gathered for inspection or supervision at an international airport, seaport or border checkpoint is 50 m2.

Equipment includes computers which have management software connected to the management system of warehouse and site operators and the electronic data processing system of the Customs authority in accordance with regulations of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Equipment is connected to the surveillance camera system of the warehouse and site operator to monitor, store, access and display image at all areas where exports and imports are stored and all gates of the warehouse and site.

A roofed area in the warehouse must be provided to enable the Customs to implement a physical inspection and seal the goods.

If the warehouse area is at least 3 hectares, at least 2,000 m2 must be provided for the container scanner to ensure radiation safety. Before the container scanner delivered, such area may be used for other activities of the warehouse.

Regarding warehouses for storing of exhibits, the Circular stipulates that the minimum areas is 30m2 and has to be separated from other warehouses. The minimum area of the storage of postal packages and exhibits is 10 m2.

By Ngoc Linh/ Ngoc Loan

Source: http://customsnews.vn/

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KIM THANH BORDER GATE, LAO CAI: THE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS IMPLEMENTED UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK PM.

VCN – The Customs authority will extend the Customs clearance time for agricultural products and fishery products to 10 o’clock pm every day through Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate (Lao Cai) to prevent the jams at the border gate.

kim thanh border gate lao cai the customs clearance for agricultural and fishery products implemented until 10 oclock pm

Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate. Photo: Thu Trang

Earlier, the Government’s Office sent official dispatches to transmit the directions of the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on permission for pilot implementation of extending the Customs clearance time for agricultural products and fishery products up to 10 o’clock pm every day regardless of difference in import-export type to China through the Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate, Lao Cai (Vietnam) -Ba Son (China). The official extension of Customs clearance time for goods will be made after agreement with the Chinese side.

Following the directions of the Prime Minister, the General Department of Vietnam Customs requested the Lao Cai Customs Department to direct its Customs Branch at the Lao Cai International Border gate to pilot the extension of the Customs clearance time for agricultural products and fishery products until 10 o’clock pm everyday regardless of import-export type to China through the Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate. In particular, priority should be given to the exports of domestic products against the jams at the border gate.

In order to contributing to deal with jams of products through the borders (agricultural products and fishery products) and facilitate the Customs clearance at the border gate in the recent times, the Prime Minister has issued many directions to extend the Customs clearance time at the Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate (Lao Cai).

At present, the working time at the Kim Thanh Road II International Border Gate starts from 7 o’clock am to 7 o’clock pm every day in a week including Saturdays and Sundays, Tet’s holiday (except other regulations)

By Ngoc Linh/ Huyen Trang

Source: http://customsnews.vn/