Binh Duong enterprises are noted to avoid sanction

Deputy Director of the Binh Duong Customs Department, Tong Quoc Thinh made a speech at the dialogue. Photo:T.D

On behalf of the Taiwanese business community in Bình Dương, Mr. Chen Shui Shih, Chairman of the Binh Duong Taiwanese Business Association , acknowledged and highly appreciated the role and efforts of the Binh Duong Customs Department in supporting, accompanying, and facilitating smooth import and export activities of businesses.

Sharing at the conference, Deputy Director of the Binh Duong Customs Department, Tong Quoc Thinh, said that the department is currently processing procedures for more than 500 Taiwanese businesses. Over the past time, most Taiwanese businesses investing in the area have strictly complied with the law.

At the same time, Taiwanese businesses have also cooperated well with the Customs authorities in the import and export procedures, making significant contributions to fulfilling the tasks of the Binh Duong Customs Department. Many businesses have continued to grow and expand their investment projects, contributing positively to the local economic development.

With the motto that the Customs authorities always accompany businesses, at this conference, the Bình Dương Customs Department wishes to continue listening to the opinions, suggestions, and feedback of the Taiwanese business community regarding the service attitude of the Customs Department's officials in customs procedures, support, and facilitation of import and export activities, in order to continue building and developing a sustainable Customs-Business partnership.

Representative of KWANG YANG Vietnam Co., Ltd. raised issues at the dialogue

Representatives of the Binh Duong Customs Department answered more than 15 questions from businesses related to issues such as on-site import and export; tax declaration and settlement; re-exporting imported raw materials; classification and determination of commodity codes; goods imported and exported through bonded warehouses...

In response to the question from HUGE – BAMBOO Textile Industry Co., Ltd. about whether a foreign company contracting with a Vietnamese company needs an import and export license, a representative of the Binh Duong Customs Department said that a company placing an order for processing abroad does not need to apply for an import and export license.

If the goods belong to the category that requires an import or export license (depending on the type of imported or exported goods), the Vietnamese company - the unit receiving the processing for the foreign company - will have to apply for a license from the specialized management agencies.

Regarding the issue of re-exporting imported raw materials of type E31 for production and export by Kwang Yang Vietnam Co., Ltd., the Bình Dương Customs Department stated that the General Department of Vietnam Customs has issued a guidance document No. 39/TCHQ-GSQL dated January 4, 2023 on the re-export of imported raw materials. Accordingly, in the case that a company liquidates imported raw materials by selling them to customers abroad, the enterprise does not need to carry out the procedure of changing the purpose of use (registering under code type A42) but carries out the customs procedures for re-exporting raw materials according to regulations. The declaration code for export in this case uses code type B13 - export of imported goods; the condition is that the goods have not been processed in Vietnam.

In response to questions from some businesses about determining the origin of goods and attaching supporting documents when the company produces from multiple sources of raw materials with origins from different countries, the Bình Dương Customs Department guided businesses to refer to document No. 1523/TCHQ-GSQL dated February 18, 2021 on declaring the origin on export declarations. Accordingly, the company does not need to submit additional documents to prove the origin in cases where the origin cannot be determined.

In particular, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Customs Department, Tong Quoc Thinh, reminded businesses to grasp the documents of the Customs sector and the documents of related ministries, and to train specialized staff to comply with the law, avoiding being penalized, and affecting the production and business activities of the enterprise.

For example, currently, the act of not declaring imported chemicals is subject to a high fine of from VND40 million to VND50 million and an additional penalty of suspending the import of chemicals from 1 to 3 months.