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ONE COMMODITY LIST REGULATED IN 42 DOCUMENTS

VCN – Overlapping is one of the shortcomings in the specialized management for imported – exported goods, one commodity list is regulated in 42 documents, including documents from 2004 such as the list of plant varieties permitted for production and business in Vietnam.

one commodity list regulated in 42 documents

North Hanoi Customs officers inspected imported – exported goods. Photo: N. Linh

This is one of the issues mentioned by the Ministry of Finance in the recent letter sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Finance said that many lists of the commodity subject to specialized management are regulated in many documents by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. For example, the list of fisheries subject to specialized management is regulated in Circular No. 04/2015 / TT-BNNPTNT; Decision 13 / QD-BNN-TCTS in 2016; Decision 38/2008 / QD-BNN and Decision 57/2008 / QD-BNN. These regulations are duplicative and inconsistent.

The list of plant varieties permitted for production and business in Vietnam is currently regulated in 42 documents, including documents from 2004 (such as Decision 74/2004 / QD-BNN of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the promulgation of the list of plant varieties permitted for production and business).

According to the Ministry of Finance, the overlapping in the document system has caused problems for both the Customs and enterprises in the application. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance proposed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to review, unify and standardize the lists subject to specialized management to facilitate enterprises and Customs in the search and application.

The list of imported – exported goods and goods in transit subject to the specialized management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development must be enclosed with the codes, standards, inspection methods in conformity with the Vietnam export, and import classification nomenclature issued together with Circular 65/2017 / TT-BTC.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to study and fundamentally change methods of management and inspection for exported and imported goods in the direction of implementing the management principles on the basis of risk assessment of imported and exported goods and assessment of enterprise’s compliance; applying authorized economic operator policy; moving the inspection time to the inspection of the goods has been cleared (except for food safety inspection for high-risk imported goods).

By Ngoc Linh/ Huyen Trang

Source: http://customsnews.vn

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MAJOR EXPORT COMMODITY GROUPS IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 2017

VCN – According to Vietnam Customs, in the first seven months of 2017, 21 among 45 commodity groups reached an export turnover of over US$ 1 billion. In which, the ten largest export commodity groups reached US$ 82.52 billion, accounting for 71.6% of the country’s total export turnover. 

major export commodity groups in the first seven months of 2017
The ten largest export commodity groups in the first seven months of 2017 compared to same period 2016

Mobile phones and components: The export turnover of this group in July was US$ 3.07 billion, down by 4.9% compared to the previous month, bringing the export turnover of this group in the first seven months of 2017 to US$ 22.56 billion, up 14.8% over the same period last year.

This commodity was mainly exported to the United State with a turnover of US$2.24 billion, down 4.0% compared to the same period of last year; the United Arab Emirates with a turnover of US$ 2.24 billion, down by 13.4% and South Korea with a turnover of US$ 2.03 billion, up by 34.5%.

Textile and garment: reaching an export turnover of US$ 2.46 billion in July 2017, up 3.8% over the previous month, bringing the export turnover of this commodity group in the first seven months of 2017 to US$14.19 billion,up 8.1% over the same period last year;

In the seven months of 2017, 48.8% of the country’s textile and garment value were exported to the United States with a turnover of US$ 6.92 billion, up 6.3% over the same period last year. Followed by the EU (28 countries) with a turnover of US$ 2.08 billion, up 2.7%; and Japan ranked third with a turnover of US$1.65 billion, up 6.9% …

Computers, electronic products and components: Export turnover reached US$ 2.09 billion, up 1.7 % over the previous. Thereby, bringing the export turnover of this group in seven months / 2017 to US$ 16.64 billion, up 43.7% over the previous month.

In the seven months, computers, electronic products and components were mainly exported to China with US$ 3.36 billion, twice as much as the same period last year; The United States with US$ 1.68 billion, up 3% and Netherlands with US$ 1.13 billion, up 26.5% …

Footwear: Exports of footwear of all kinds reached US$ 1.3 billion in July, 2017, down 6.4% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this commodity group in seven months of 2017 to US$ 8.34 billion, up 12.2% over the same period last year.

Vietnam’s footwear import markets in the first seven months of 2017 were the US market with over US $ 2.89 billion, an increase of 13.2% over the same period last year; the EU market with nearly US$ 2.69 billion, up 8.6%; and China market with US$ 623 million, up 30.2%; …

Machinery, equipment and other accessories: Export turnover reached $ 1.06 billion in May, up 3.5% over the previous month. Thereby, export turnover of this group in 7 months / 2017 reached $ 6.99 billion, up 30.7% over the same period last year;

In the seven months of 2017, machinery, equipment and spare parts were mainly exported to the following markets: the United States reached US$ 1.42 billion, up 24.5% over the same period last year ; and Japan reached US$ 976 million, up 14.5%; China reached US$ 915 million, up 71.8%; …

Seafood: The total seafood export turnover of Vietnam in July 2017 reached US$ 796 million, up 7.5% over the same period last year. In the first seven months of 2017, Vietnam exported US$ 4.38 billion of seafood, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%, equivalent to US$ 707 million.

By the end of July, 2017, the United States continued to be the leading importer of Vietnamese seafood imports with a total turnover of UD$ 790 million, up nearly 4% over the same period last year. In particular, in the first seven months of 2017, seafood exports to China increased sharply to US$ 543 million, up 57.1 % from the seven months of 2016.

Wood and wood products: reaching an export value of nearly US$ 599 million, down 5.4% compared to June 2017, bringing the export value of this group in the seven months, 2017 to US$ 4.25 billion, up 12.3% over the same period last year.

In the first seven months of 2017, wood and wood products were mainly exported to the following markets: the United States with US$1.78 billion, up 18.9% over the same period last year; China with US$ 628 million, up 17.7% and Japan with US$ 584 million, up 5.9%;

By Ha Nhi/ Huyen Trang

Source: http://customsnews.vn

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NO OVERLAPPING SPECIALIZED INSPECTIONS FOR THE SAME COMMODITY

VCN- The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue has assigned the relevant ministries to coordinate with competent agencies to review and unify the list of goods subject to specialized inspections towards non-overlapping.

no overlapping specialized inspections for the same commodity
Specialized inspections account for 70% of the Customs clearance time.

Specifically, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue has assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, according to their assigned functions and tasks, to coordinate with relevant agencies to unify the list goods subject to specialized inspections towards non-overlapping for the same commodity which must be inspected by various agencies.

The Deputy Prime Minister also assigned the relevant specialized management ministries to expeditiously promulgate a list of exported and imported goods subject to specialized inspections at the stage of Customs clearance in accordance with Government’s Resolution No. 19/2017 / NQ-CP of 6th February 2017.

Also, these ministries shall coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice to review and clarify the legal grounds and requirements of each type of specialized inspections. In the case where different name of types of records have similar contents, the amendment and adjustment shall be made towards unifying the use of records to create favourable conditions for enterprises.

The Deputy Prime Minister has asked relevant ministries and agencies to report to the Prime Minister on the results of the above activities in June 2017.

Earlier, in order to unify the appropriate specialized inspections towards reducing the types of papers and certificates, but still ensure strict control and adequate criteria and requirements on quality and safety, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue has assigned the Ministry of Finance to review imported and exported commodities subject to many procedures at the same time and many related inspection documents.

According to the Ministry of Finance, there are many legal documents on specialized inspections but there are overlaps in the management and specialized inspections.

A commodity is subject to many forms of management

The review has shown that many imported items must also be subject to many forms of management and inspections by many ministries. For example, yogurt and cheese products must be subject to the specialized management and inspections of two ministries, for quarantine and food safety. Or plant varieties, bricks, stones and glass which must be checked for quality and certificates of conformity for medical equipment, drugs, raw materials for medicine production … have just applied for import license and quality inspection.

Even, fertilizer must be subject to 3 types of management / inspection, including automatic import license, quality control and technical certification.

In addition, there are cases where one item is subject to many forms of management of the same specialized management ministry. For example, silkworms are subject to quarantine, quality control and food safety by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The medicines and raw materials for the manufacture of medicines and medical equipment have just applied for import permits and have to check the quality of the Ministry of Health. Boilers are subject to test standards, import conditions, and quality / safety checks. This item is also subject to the same form of management / inspection of two specialized management ministries, in which the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs jointly inspect quality and the Ministry of Industry and Trade inspects energy efficiency.

The Ministry of Finance said that the application of many different regimes and management modes to an exported or imported item not only makes it difficult for enterprises to reduce competitiveness but it also loses business opportunities of the business; increases the administrative procedures, extends the clearance time, increases the payroll of the management agency, wastes the State budget, sometimes causing difficulties for the State management agencies in the Customs clearance process.

The management is inconsistent

The cause of the overlapping specialized inspections which was indicated by the Ministry of Finance was that relevant ministries did not agree on the management. The list of goods subject to specialized inspections is too wide, not specifying goods’ names, without HS codes. Many documents have been promulgated for a long time, no longer fitting with reality but they have not been abolished.

The regime of management and inspections for imported and exported goods of relevant ministries are inconsistent (in terms of procedures, methods of implementation), leading to various types of documents issued by specialized management ministries. It is not clear which documents are permitted, certificate of conditions for imported and exported goods, automatic license, standard conformity certification and chemical declaration.

According to the Government’s Resolution No. 19/2017 / NQ-CP, in the first quarter of 2017, the ministries must promulgate a list of imports and exports subject to specialized inspection at the stage of Customs clearance, simplifying procedures and shortening inspection time; reviewing and amending the regulations on the acceptance of technical regulation conformity for imported goods towards abolition or simplification of procedures. There is no cases of receiveing regulation conformity announcement for products and goods which do not have national standards.

However, the Ministry of Finance said that there had been no ministries issuing a list of goods towards shortening goods subject to specialized inspections at the stage of Customs clearance.

By Chinhphu.vn/ Hoang Anh

Source: http://customsnews.vn/