Bac Ninh Customs earns over 5,215 billion in revenue in the first half of the year

Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs Luu Manh Tuong speaks at the conference. Photo:Q.H

The report of Quang Ninh Customs Department shows that department has quickly processed customs procedures and facilitated enterprises, ensuring complying with regulations.

Regarding commodity policies, the department has effectively disseminated to all officers and enterprises about regulations of ministries and sectors on management policies for imported and exported goods, thereby, ensuring good management and clearance of the goods, and preventing violation.

Notably, in the first half of the year, the department has processed procedures for 489,711 import and export declarations with total import and export turnover of US$ 72.7 billion, meeting 82% year-on-year.

5,075 enterprises have carried out customs procedures in areas under the management of the department (including Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen).

The department’s revenue reaches VND5,215.21 billion, meeting 79% year-on-year and 41% compared with the assigned target in 2023.

To achieve the positive results, Bac Ninh Customs Department has drastically implemented key solutions.

The department has executed solutions under Directive No.479 of the General Department of Vietnam Customs on implementing measures to facilitate trade, improve the effectiveness of state management, and prevent revenue loss in the performance of revenue collection in 2023.

In the first quarter of the year, based on the plan for developing the partnership between Customs-Business and stakeholders in 2023, the department has organized working teams to work with major enterprises and corporations in provinces of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Thai Nguyen to understand status and problems of enterprises, thereby proposing appropriate Customs policies.

The department has implemented customs reform and modernization for 2021-2025; executed the Action plan to promote the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window, reformed specialized inspection for import and export goods and facilitate trade.

The conference. Photo: Q.H

The department has focused on inspecting commodity policy, tax policy, customs value, HS code, C/O…; assessed and revised loopholes in the implementation of customs procedures and processes.

The department has strengthened information collection to monitor the area; taken comprehensively measures to closely control high-risk imports and exports (banned goods, high-value product, high tax rate….).

At the conference, Deputy Director General Luu Manh Tuong highly appreciated great efforts of officers under Bac Ninh Customs Department to overcome difficulties to accomplish huge workload, contributing to the achievement of the Customs sector. The department has hit target in line with the import-export growth rate, as well as the tax management.

Deputy Director General Luu Manh Tuong said that in addition to solutions for removing difficulties for enterprises, Bac Ninh Customs Department needs to effectively use equipment and apply IT in customs management.

The department has also provided solutions; analyzed turnover and enterprises, as well as assessed the actual situation to build the revenue estimate in the near future.

Regarding inspection and supervision of goods, prevention of smuggling and trade fraud, the Deputy Director General requested Bac Ninh Customs Department to properly assess the management objects, especially the control of precursors, and closely monitor goods at warehouses and yards, non-tariff zone...

Regarding risk management, post-clearance audit, inspection and examination, the department has promoted information analysis and collection; assess the actual situation to inspect and supervise.

In addition, the department needs to strengthen training plans... to fully meet the standards for officers while still ensuring management, and require officers to maintain public discipline.