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VIETNAM CUSTOMS PUBLISHED ON 2 CUSTOMS OFFICERS WHO WERE ARRESTED

VCN- In the afternoon of September 11, 2017, the General Department of Vietnam Customs published on the handling of violation for 2 Customs officers of Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department related to the case of 213 containers at Cat Lai Port.  

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Banned goods were seized in a shipment in transit by HCM City Customs Department. Photo: T.H

According to Vietnam Customs, on September 9, 2017, the Investigation Police Department of Economic and Corruption Crimes (C46, under Ministry of Public Security) implemented the decision on temporary custody for Mr. Nguyen Van Lam (a Customs officer of Sai Gon Port Customs Branch Zone 1, HCM city Customs Department) on the act of “taking advantage of assigned responsibilities and duties to intend for non-compliance with regulations of the Customs sector and colluding with some subjects to take advantage of policies on transshipment and transit of goods to import banned goods from abroad into Vietnam for consumption”.

Regarding to above case, on August 25, 2017, C46 provisionally arrested Mr.Tran Thanh Tung, an officer of Express Customs Branch (formerly Mr.Tung worked in Import Cargo Customs Procedure Team under Sai Gon Port Customs Branch Zone 1) on the act of “understand but not comply with assigned responsibilities and duties and not manage seal in accordance with regulations of Vietnam Customs causing serious consequences.

“Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department issued Decision No.1818/QD-HQHCM and Decision No.1742/QD-HQHCM to temporarily suspend Mr. Nguyen Van Lam and Mr. Tran Thanh Tung from their work for investigation of the Police authority” Vietnam Customs stressed.

According to Vietnam Customs, for the case of 213 containers mentioned above, Vietnam Customs actively set up the inspection teams to inspect the implementation of Customs procedures for goods of independent transport at some municipal and provincial Customs Departments in a key area of the North and the South. In the middle of 2015, 213 containers of 56 enterprises which transported goods in transit through Cat Lai Port (Ho Chi Minh City -border gate of departure) to transship by road and then exported them to Cambodia (place of destination). However, the above containers were transported out of Cat Lai Port but not to the border gate of export as prescribed.

Vietnam Customs determines that apart from the reason that some officers at Sai Gon Port Customs Branch have not properly implemented Customs procedures (updating information, tracking status of goods transport, tracing goods when the registration deadline has not been confirmed), there are some important reasons such as many subjects took advantage of favorable factors in the stage of licensing business registration and the post-license management to operate smuggling (As verified by Customs, 56 enterprises which have 213 containers above have not been active or not have headquartered at the registered address). Currently, Vietnam Customs has collaborated with Investigation Police Department and units under General Department of Security- Ministry of Public Security and Ho Chi Minh Police to inspect and investigate containers and violating enterprises.

Vietnam Customs confirmed that it has requested Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department to seriously consider and strictly punish for violating officers and proposed to correct the stage of licensing and strengthen the post-license management for enterprises of competent authorities and local authorities.

“In the coming time, besides speeding up the administrative procedure reform and Customs modernization and facilitate trade under the Government’s policy, Vietnam Customs continues to direct units to strengthen the Customs inspection, supervision, control and collaborate with competent authorities to promptly detect and strictly punish for individual and organizations who violated in import-export operation. At the same time, enhancing internal inspection and audit and strictly punish for offended officers”- Vietnam Customs stressed.

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INDIA CUSTOMS ARRESTS AIR INDIA CABIN CREW FOR SMUGGLING GANJA

A cabin crew member of national- carrier Air India has been arrested by customs officers for allegedly trying to smuggle narcotic by hiding it in a meal service cart of a flight.

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The officers seized nearly two kilograms of ganja from the cart of the Air India flight from Chennai on July 19, according to a release issued by the customs department today.

A detailed investigation was carried out and a member of the cabin crew was arrested, it said.

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AGREED MINUTES BETWEEN THE VIETNAM CUSTOMS AND THE KOREA CUSTOMS SERVICE

VCN- The minutes were signed in Seoul, Korea on June 28, 2017.

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The minutes between the Vietnam Customs and the Korea Customs Service was signed in Seoul, Korea on June 28, 2017.

In the spirit of the Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning Cooperation and Mutal Assistance in Customs Matters, concluded in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 10, 1995;

Confirming the well-established cooperative relationship between the General Department of Vietnam Customs and the Korea Customs Service (hereinafter referred to as “the two Customs Authorities”);

Acknowledging the importance of Customs roles in safeguarding the nation and advancing the national economy through trade facilitation and security, and noting that cooperation and partnership of the two States is imperative;

The General Department of Vietnam Customs delegation headed by Director-General, Mr. Nguyen Van Can and the Korea Customs Service delegation headed by Commissioner CHUN, Hong-UK at the 17th High-level Customs Cooperation Meeting held in Seoul, Korea on June 28, 2017, have reached the following understanding:

1. The two Customs Authorities noted that their mutual efforts for trade facilitation would contribute to the economic development of the two States, and agreed to continue collaborating to address challenges posted to exporting companies of the both nations.

2. The two Customs Authorities agreed to adopt the e-CO exchange scheme and they will make an effort to launch the e-CO exchange scheme at the 18th High-level Customs Cooperation Meeting. Both parties recognized the importance of creating a favorable trade environment and encouraging the use of FTA, and agreed to materialize the woking-level discussions on means of cooperation in the establishment of the e-CO information exchange scheme.

3. Acknowledging the importance of Customs’ role in the enforcement against illicit and illegal trade, the two Customs Authorities agreed to discuss Customs investigation operation at the working level.

4. Being acutely aware of the significance of capacity building through personnel exchange program, the two Customs Authorities agreed to continue the on-going discussion on arranging the twinning program between Ba Ria-Vung Tau Customs and Gwangju Customs to make a substantial effort.

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ENCRYPTION OF SPECIALIZED MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION POLICIES: MEASURE TO UNIFY VNACCS AND NSW PORTAL

VCN – The encryption of specialized inspection and management documents is an important requirement to fulfill the State management requirements for export and import goods subject to specialized management and inspection, and unify the information exchange between the National Single  Window portal and the VNACCS/VCIS. 

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Operational activity at Da Nang Customs Branch Photo: N.L

In order to implement this requirement, the General Department of Vietnam Customs implemented a centralized review period (from 7th to 10th June 2017) for the administrative procedures of management policies for exported and imported goods.

Mr. Ngo Minh Hai, Deputy Director of the Customs Control and Supervision Department, said that the review for documents on specialized management and inspections had been conducted regularly by the General Department of Vietnam Customs especially since implementing the Government’s guidance in Decision 2026/QD-TTg approving the Scheme on Solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of specialized inspections and Resolution 19 in the past 4 years.

It can be seen that the review of administrative procedures on the management policies for imported and exported played an important role in administrative reform. Through the review, the Customs proposed the Government to direct relevant ministries and departments to amend many administrative procedures in a simpler way and facilitate the imports and exports and clearance goods. According to Mr. Hai, it was necessary to review to encrypt the specialized management and inspection documents for e-customs declaration.

During this period, the General Department of Vietnam Customs and the provincial and municipal Customs Departments requested that ministries and sectors should review the entire administrative procedures of the management policies for imported and exported goods, including 270 administrative procedures of management policy. Including import license, export license; Notification of approval or exemption from inspection of quality, food safety, quarantine. Customs also reviews documents required during implementing customs procedures that are not the result of the administrative procedure of a ministry or sector (conditions for importing goods). For example certificate of business registration, investment certificate or business certificate in which the fertilizer business certificate issued by the competent authority.

For each administrative procedure of management policy, it is necessary to review that it is correct and sufficient contents such as: agency which issues documents regulating on management policies; Type of management policy (ban, license, automatic license, quotas, quality control, Veterinary Quarantine, phytosanitary, food safety inspection …); Administrative procedures; Results of the administrative procedures; Validity of the administrative procedures; Objects of exemption; legal framework; List of applicable goods; Time of document presentation and submission.

The large volume of the list of administrative procedures that regulate the management policy for exported and imported goods, the representative of the Customs Supervision Department also presented the contents that are expected to cause great difficulties when reviewing, such as the list of applicable goods. Because ministries and sectors issued documents which are not unified, are not accompanied by the list, and are accompanied by the list but only regulate one commodity or some commodities, or even the list of commodities such as animal feed is regulated in many documents. Therefore, entire the list of those commodities needs to be reviewed.

Based on the results of the review, the General Department of Vietnam Customs will develop a list of administrative procedures regulating on management policy for imported and exported goods, in order to apply code and encrypt on the e-customs clearance system as well as synchronized exchange of information with the National Single Window.

In the recent times, the General Department of Customs is assigned by the Ministry of Finance to chair to deploy the Prime Minister’s Decision 2026/QD-TTg and the Government’s resolution on specialized inspection and management for imported and exported goods, it has set up a specialized and responsible team including 30 members who are officials of units under the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

In 2016 and beginning of 2017, the Ministry of Finance (the General Department of Vietnam Customs) has actively collaborated with relevant competent agencies of ministries and sectors to urge the implementation of tasks related to the specialized inspections for imported and exported goods; The leaders of the General Department of Customs worked directly with the leaders of a number of specialized management ministries to propose on the implementation of tasks assigned by the Prime Minister in Decision 2026 / QD-TTg and Government’s Resolution 19/NQ-CP. After the review sessions, the Ministry of Finance reported to ministries and the Government Office on implementation results.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance (General Department of Vietnam Customs) has actively implemented many measures to simplify administrative procedures on specialized inspections and shorten customs clearance time for imported and exported goods. The Ministry of Finance chaired and coordinated with the ministries and sectors to build the portal on specialized inspection in NSW portal. While waiting for the finished National Single Window portal, the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has actively built a specialized inspection portal to resolve requirements for specialized inspection. This program was deployed at Sai Gon Port Customs Branch of zone 1, Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch and Post Office Customs Branch for specialized inspections.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs implemented the inspection of quality, sanitary and food safety of the Customs Assessment Department. Accordingly, the Department piloted to receive some commodities which the Department’s can verify (fertilizers, plastic toys); Equipping with outside verification points for specialized inspection at Northern border provinces (Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Lao Cai). Upgrading equipment, facilities, number of specialized inspection officials in provinces with large flow of imported and exported goods subject to inspection on quality, sanitary and food safety.

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SMUGGLING TRANSFORMED THROUGH GOODS IN TRANSIT: PART 1: RECKLESSLY BREAK SEALS AND TRANSPORT GOODS TO THE INLAND

VCN – Instead of transporting goods in the form of transit to export border gates to carry out the export procedures as prescribed, some enterprises have deliberately broken customs seals and transporting goods to the inland for consumption and tax evasion.

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Used motorcycles and electronics hidden in the shipment in transit are discovered by the Customs Agency at Cat Lai port on 5 May 2017. Photo: T.H.

Many cases destroyed on the scene

From the end of 2016 to now, the Southern Customs Agencies have coordinated with competent authorities to detect and seize many goods in transit cases of deliberately breaking Customs seals to transport goods to the domestic market. By the end of 2016, the Customs Department of Ho Chi Minh City discovered many shipments of transit, which have cleared procedures from the border gate but not transported to export border gate.

A typical example was the case that the Trieu Hien Trade and Transport Service Co., Ltd (557B, Highway 13, Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City) opened the Customs declaration at the Tan Son Nhat airport Customs Branch to transit a shipment of 180 iPhones and iPhone 7 Plus to Cambodia through Moc Bai – Tay Ninh border gate. At Moc Bai border gate, the Customs suspected the shipment so that they conducted a physical inspection and discovered only one iPhone 7 and one iPhone 7 Plus phone and 16 more boxes of toothpaste, 2 boxes of shampoo. Thus, 178 iPhones and iPhones 7 have not been transited to Cambodia but have been illegally transported to Vietnam.

Regarding this case, the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department under General Department of Customs has prosecuted the criminal case and transferred the case’s file to the Investigation Police Agency under the Ho Chi Minh City Policy for further investigation and judgment.

According to the Customs control team of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department, abusing the exemption from physical inspection for goods in transit, some enterprises shall declare that goods are ordinary goods in transit but in fact, they are goods subject to licensing of competent authorities. Some enterprises abuse regulations on self-management and self-transportation of goods in transit through land border gates to transport to domestic market for consumption and tax evasion. Some shipments have just transported out of the port, enterprises have sought to withdraw the goods. Even enterprises after withdrawing the goods did not transport goods to the border.

Typically, the transportation declaration number 500050661061 of Binh Chanh International Import-Export Trade and Service Co., Ltd, the items declared as new 100% kitchen appliances, air conditioners, water heaters, water purifiers have been approved by the Saigon Port Zone 1 Customs Branch to transport to the border gate. However, enterprises did not transport the shipment to the Hoa Lu – Binh Phuoc border gate according to the declared route for export, but transport to the land for illegal consumption. Noteworthy, when verifying this enterprise’s business registration address, the Customs Control Team discovered that this was a bogus enterprise.

Not only the above case, earlier on 5 August 2016, from the signs of suspicion, the Customs Control Team under the Ho Chi Minh Customs Department tracked the transit shipment of transport declaration number 500050552120 by the T.A Logistics Co., Ltd, goods declared as cartons transported from Tan Cang – Hiep Phuoc to Moc Bai border gate- Tay Ninh. The Customs Control Team in collaboration with the Police Department of crimes related to economy and position under the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security discovered a truck transporting the container of goods in transit to the warehouse in Can Duoc – Long An. Through a quick query, the driver confessed that earlier, he transported the container of the transportation declaration No. 500050552120 to this warehouse and loaded the goods here, then inserted a carton layer into the container to transport to Moc Bai border gate for export to Cambodia.

Perpetrators changed directions

After consecutively detecting many cases of abusing of the transit goods through Cat Lai port for smuggling, the General Department of Vietnam Customs instructed the HCM City Customs Department to enhance the monitoring, inspection and coordination with the local Customs units to strictly control this route. However, after that, some perpetrators have changed direction to take advantage of transited goods through Cai Mep-Vung Tau port.

On 8 February 2017, the Moc Bai Border Gate Customs Branch (Tay Ninh Customs Department), the Southern Smuggling Control Team (Department of Anti-Smuggling Investigation – General Department of Vietnam Customs) and Cai Mep port Customs Branch (Ba Ria – Vung Tau Customs Department) collaborated to conduct a physical inspection of a shipment in transit and discovered the smuggled goods worth about 8 billion. These goods belonged to the independent transport declaration of XITLO Logistics Co., Ltd (headquartered at Ward 7, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City), registered by Mr. Le Minh Phuong at the Cai Mep Port Customs Branch(Ba Ria-Vung Tau Customs Department) on 14 Janaury, 2017.

The shipment was transported to the Moc Bai border gate for export to Cambodia so that it was taken to the Customs supervision area of the Moc Bai Border Customs Branch on 17 January 2017, but no one came to make procedures for exports. Through the supervision, the Customs detected that the sea lead seals were broken and Customs seals had signs of forgery. Inspecting the shipment, the Customs discovered 1,257 bottles of perfume, 58 bottles of foreign wine, 607 iPhones, 100 Apple watches, 86 tablets of which origin was unknown.

Earlier, at the end of January 2017, the Investigation Police Department for Investigation of Economic and Corruption Crime (Ministry of Public Security) in collaborated with Binh Duong Public Security and Department of Anti-Smuggling and Investigation (General Department of Vietnam Customs) destroyed a smuggling route abusing the transhipment to transport smuggled goods into Vietnam.

This shipment was imported from Singapore through Cai Mep, transited in Vietnam and exported to Cambodia. However, when passing through Binh Duong area, the container was transported directly to the warehouse of a private enterprise (Binh Duong Avenue, Thuan An Township, Binh Duong Province) to cut the lead and get the goods and then loaded plastic buckets into the container. Conducting an on-site inspection, the competent agency discovered more than 1,000 foreign barrels, nearly 600 foreign milk packages and hundreds of sets ò pokers. The shipment’s owner was T.T. Trading Co., Ltd addressed in Ho Chi Minh City. All goods had no invoices with a total value of nearly 10 billion VND.

By Le Thu/ Huyen Trang

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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.

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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.

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POST-BREXIT CUSTOMS CHECKS MIGHT NOT BE ON ACTUAL BORDER

Revenue official says all trade transactions with Britain facing customs declarations

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Liam Irwin of the Revenue Commissioners said that within 10-15 km of the Border there could be “trade facilitation posts” to allow for customs declarations on incoming goods. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

Customs checks after Brexit may not be on the actual Border but “somewhere in proximity” to it, a senior Revenue official has said.

Liam Irwin, of the Revenue Commissioners, told TDs and Senators that most of the customs checks could be done electronically, though some goods travelling between Ireland and Britain would have to be physically checked.

Mr Irwin was speaking to the Oireachtas Finance Committee as part of a delegation of senior officials, led by John Callinan, Ireland’s most senior official dealing with Brexit.

Mr Irwin said that after Brexit, it was likely that the UK would be a “third country” and this meant that “all trading transactions will be subject to customs declarations.”

He said the Revenue expected that the number of customs declarations will increase “tenfold”.

“Customs controls – yes. At the Border? Possibly not, but somewhere in proximity to the Border,” Mr Irwin said.

In response to questioning from Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty, Mr Irwin repeatedly denied that the Revenue had identified locations on the Border for “customs posts”.

Special status

However, he said that within 10-15 km of the Border there could be “trade facilitation posts” to allow for customs declarations on incoming goods.

Mr Callinan said officials had not sought a special status for the North as there was no clear meaning as to what this was.

He said Ireland and the EU had pledged to seek “flexible and imaginative solutions” to the problems of the Border and that keeping the North within the single market or within the EU was “not in Dublin’s gift”.

Sinn Féin Senator Rose Conway Walsh said the Dáil had voted for special status for the North and civil servants should take account of this in their contacts with the EU and the British.

“I am concerned that the political direction of the Civil Service is at odds with the democratic wishes of the Dáil,” Ms Conway Walsh said.

Mr Callinan pointed out that the Civil Service took political direction from the Government, not from the Dáil.

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HUNDREDS OF CARS AND MOTORCYCLES ARE ADDED TO THE REGISTRATION FEE CALCULATION TABLE

VCN- On 24th May 2017, the Ministry of Finance issued Decision No. 942 / QD-BTC amending and supplementing the list of registration fee calculation, issued with Circular No. 304/2016/TT- BTC.

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The MCLAREN 650S SPIDER has the highest registration fee of 22.02 billion vnd.

In the imported vehicles which have been added, the MCLAREN 650S SPIDER has the highest registration fee of 22.02 billion vnd, followed by BENTLEY FLYING SPUR with 19.5 billion vnd; and MCLAREN 570S with 12.57 billion vnd.Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance has supplemented the registration fee calculation price of 135 types of imported cars of 9 seats or less; 19 types of cars of 9 seats or less assembled domestically; 2 types of imported electric cars; 2 types of 4 wheel vehicles with engines built and assembled domestically; 29 types of imported two-wheel motorcycles; and 127 types of two-wheeled motorcycles produced and assembled domestically.

Some imported new cars have been added in this price list such as Audi Q7 3.6 QUATTRO with 2.734 billion vnd; AUDI A7 SPORTBACK 3.0 TFSI QUATTRO with 3.427 billion vnd; BMW X6 xDRIVE 35i M SPORT with 3.446 billion vnd; CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY COUPE 2LT Z51 with 5.06 billion vnd; FORD F150 LARIAT with 3.65 billion vnd; JAGUAR XJL AUTOBIOGRAPHY with 11.086 billion vnd; LAND ROVER DISCOVERY HSE LUXURY with 4.68 billion vnd, and LEXUS RX350 F SPORT AWD with 4.15 billion vnd.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance has amended the registration fee rates for 27 types of imported cars of 9 seats or less, 3 types of cars of 9 seats or less assembled domestically; 3 types of imported two-wheel motorcycles; 7 types of two-wheeled motorbikes produced or assembled domestically.

This price list is amended and supplemented because the emergence of automobiles and motorbikes has not been yet regulated in the price list issued by the Ministry of Finance.

In addition, other contents are still implemented in accordance with Circular 304. In fact, the actual price of transfer of cars and motorbikes in the market is lower than the price for calculation of registration fee issued by the Ministry of Finance, so the registration fee calculation price is the price in accordance with the price list issued by the Ministry of Finance.

In the case where at the time of submitting registration fee declarations, the actual transfer price of automobiles and motorbikes on the market shall be 20% or higher than the current price list currently applied in registration fee calculation prices as specified in the price list issued by the Ministry of Finance, the tax office shall base on the registration fee of automobiles and motorcycles already available at the price table and at Point a, Clause 3, Article 3 of the Minister of Finance’s Circular No. 301/2016 / TT-BTC of 15th November 2016 to determine the registration fee calculation price as prescribed.

In the case where automobiles and motorbikes have not been yet prescribed in the price index promulgated by the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Department shall notify the local Tax Branches about the prices for registration fee calculation applicable uniformly in the localities.

This decision has been formally adopted by 24th May 2017.

By Hong Van/ Hoang Anh

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EARNING NEARLY $US 50 BILLION, FDI ENTERPRISES ARE LEADING IN EXPORTS

VCN- $US 49.398 billion is the total value of export turnover of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises, accounting for about 71% of the total export turnover of Vietnam. This is the value of export turnover until 15th May 2017, according to the latest information from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

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Opeartions at Sam Sung Group, Bac Ninh. Photo: Thai Binh.

Notably, compared to the same period last year, the proportion of turnover of FDI enterprises increased by 1% point (about 70% in the same period).

With a growth rate of 19%, FDI enterprises has a higher growth rate than the national average of 17.6%.

The strong growth of FDI enterprises is understandable because these enterprises are leading in the major export sectors of Vietnam such as telephones, computers and electronic products.

On the other hand, in the AEO Enterprises Program in the field of Customs (for large and prestigious exporters), 35 out of 60 enterprises are FDI enterprises.

Or in many big localities with large exports such as Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Binh Duong and Dong Nai, the value of turnover mostly depends on FDI enterprises.

For example, in the case of Thai Nguyen, before the appearance of Samsung, this province is almost unnamed on the map of “exports” of Vietnam.

But now, Thai Nguyen has reached the second largest export province in 63 provinces and cities (after Ho Chi Minh City) in value of export turnover.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hao, the Head of the Division of Import-Export Management and International Economic Integration (the Thai Nguyen Department of Industry and Trade) said that the main export products in Thai Nguyen were telephones and tablets of Samsung Group.

According to Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hao, the spectacular breakthrough in export activities of Thai Nguyen in recent years is thanks to the efficiency in investment activities of Samsung Group.

“Local traditional export sectors have also improved, but they can not make the breakthrough without the presence of the Samsung Group”, the Head of the Division of Import-Export Management and International Economic Integration said.

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COMMODITY GROUPS SUBJECT TO PROCEDURES AT IMPORT BORDER GATES ARE HIGH RISK GOODS

VCN- The Prime Minister has just signed Decision No. 15/2017 / QD-TTg of 12th May 2017 promulgating the list of imported goods subject to Customs clearance at the import border gate, including 17 sensitive commodity groups with a high risk level (such as tax administration, specialized management, security, national defense, environment etc.) which need to be strengthened at the border. How will the new regulation change Customs procedures of enterprises?

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Import-export activities at Da Nang port. Photo: Ngoc Linh.

On 21st January 2015, the Government issued Decree No. 08/2015 / ND-CP detailing and implementing measures to implement the Customs Law on Customs procedures and Customs inspections. Accordingly, Clause 2, Article 4 stipulates: “Based on the situation of export and import in each period, the Prime Minister shall decide on the list of imported goods subject to Customs procedures at import border gates.” In accordance with the Customs Law 2014, Clause 2, Article 4 of the above-mentioned Decree No. 08/2015 / ND-CP, the Ministry of Finance has already reported and submitted to the Prime Minister for promulgation of Decision No. 15/2017 / QD-TTg of 12th May 2017 on the list of goods subject to Customs procedures at import border gates, including 17 sensitive commodity groups with a high risk in management (such as tax administration, specialized management, security, national defense and environment) which need to strengthened at the border.

These goods include: (1) Cigarettes, cigars and other preparations of tobacco for smoking, snoring, chewing and snuffing; (2) alcohol; (3) beer; (4) passenger cars of less than 16 seats; (5) Two-wheeled or three-wheeled motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of over 125 cm3; (6) Aircraft and yachts; (7) Gasoline of all kinds; (8) Air conditioners of 90,000 BTU or less; (9) playing cards; (10) Joss papers; (11) Goods subject to animal quarantine according to the list prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; (12) Goods subject to aquatic product quarantine as stipulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; (13) Goods subject to plant quarantine according to the list prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; (14) Explosive substances and explosive pre-substances in accordance with the list prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade; (15) Goods affecting security and the national defense according to the list as prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade; (16) Scrap on the list prescribed by the Prime Minister; (17) Goods subject to self-defense, antidumping, anti-subsidy taxes in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Commodity groups from (1) to (10) are on the list issued with the HS code. For commodity groups from (11) to (17), the HS codes shall be declared and promulgated by the Prime Minister and the specialized management Ministries.

The Decision has also specified various kinds of goods (on the List and not on the List) and the same bill of lading which is subject to Customs clearance at the border gate.

However, with the aim of encouraging enterprises to develop production and facilitate some cases of special-purpose imports, the Decision has also stipulated that imported goods belonging to the list may be conducted Customs procedures at the border gate or other places in the following cases:

First, equipment, machinery and materials imported for the construction of factories or works are subject to Customs procedures at customs offices directly managing factories and warehouses.

Second, raw materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, components and spare parts used for processing and production shall be cleared from Customs offices where the plants or production facilities are located.

Third, temporarily imported goods for participation in trade fairs, exhibitions or product introductions shall be subject to Customs procedures at Customs offices where fairs, exhibitions or products display.

Fourth, the imported goods in the duty-free shops shall be conducted Customs procedures at the customs offices that directly manage the duty-free shops.

Fifth, the goods imported into the non-tariff area shall be conducted Customs procedures at the Customs office managing the non-tariff area.

Sixth, imported goods for emergency aid under Clause 1, Article 50 of the Customs Law shall be transported to places where natural calamities or epidemics occur or emergency relief is requested.

Seventh, specialized goods used for security and the national defence according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 50 of the Customs Law shall be conducted Customs procedures at Customs offices at the request of the Customs declarants.

Eight, gasoline is taken from the bonded warehouse to the Customs clearance sites where the trader operates a petroleum storage system.

Nine, the imported goods in the same container are cleared at the Customs office managing the retail place.

Ten, other cases as decided by the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Finance to direct the Customs offices to intensify the control high-risk imported goods in the management, ensuring the requirements of tax administration, the national defence and security and the quality of goods on the list of imported subject to Customs procedures at the border gate. This decision comes into effect on 1st July 2017.

By Viet Ha/ Hoang Anh

Source: http://customsnews.vn/