Dong Nai Customs: Prepare for new border gate infrastructure projects

A Nhon Trach Customs officer, Dong Nai Customs Department guides procedures for businesses. Photo: N.H

Regain growth momentum

According to Dong Nai Customs Department, in the first 6 months of 2024, in Dong Nai province, businesses with import-export activities are gradually regaining growth momentum, with more orders than the same period in 2023.

Specifically, the group of 14 major imported products in Dong Nai area had an increase in import turnover with tax of 470 million USD, leading to an increase in tax amount of 1,244 billion VND. Notably, the groups of machinery, equipment, tools, and other spare parts had import turnover increased by 60% and tax amount increased by 40.3% respectively; The group of other common metal products had an increase in import turnover of 95%, and the corresponding tax amount increased by 102.8%; The group of computers, electronic products and components increased by 69.6% of import turnover, corresponding tax amount increased by 77.8%, etc.

In the first half of 2024, Dong Nai Customs Department promptly resolved arising problems within its authority related to customs procedures, tax policies, tax management, accounting regime, and tax refund regime, tax exemption, removing difficulties to create favorable conditions for businesses participating in import and export activities. The unit also plans to contact businesses in 2024 of the sub-department for businesses with addresses in Dong Nai area to carry out customs procedures elsewhere, or to carry out procedures at two places.

Dong Nai Customs Department has been assigned by the General Department of Customs to manage customs at Long Thanh International Airport, with the expectation that from 2025 to 2050, 2 sub-departments will be established (Long Thanh International Airport Border Gate Customs Sub-department and Express Goods Management Customs Sub-department) directly under Dong Nai Customs Department. Earlier this year, Dong Nai Customs Department issued a Decision on the Establishment of a Team to deploy and build the Customs organization at Long Thanh International Airport.

Notably, Dong Nai Customs Department has issued 20 decisions and 15 action plans, focusing on implementing solutions to facilitate trade, improve state management effectiveness, and prevent revenue loss in deploying state budget collection tasks in 2024; dissemination, legal education, propaganda, support, and information provision in 2024; developing Customs-Enterprise partnerships, etc.

The unit also issued 25 documents to contribute opinions on building and completing legal documents in the field of customs. At the same time, 69 important legal documents were posted on the unit's website and 1,318 documents on the internal website. Accumulated as of June 15, there have been more than 7,418 documents posted on the electronic website serving the business community and 68,838 documents have been posted and updated on the unit's internal website to support the research of documents and update information for professional work.

The unit also received and answered 54 questions from businesses through the section "Online customs procedure consulting". In total, as of June 15, 2024, there were 24,720 questions from businesses in the area and nationwide answered through this section. The Customs - Business information exchange system built by the unit has handled 1,403 questions and concerns from businesses and more than 72,213 documents were received and processed through the system with 2,982 businesses exchanging information.

Welcome new infrastructure projects

Director of Dong Nai Customs Department Le Van Thung said that in 2024, businesses have a lot of potential and development opportunities in Dong Nai province when the locality is promoting the development of infrastructure and logistics systems, especially the preparation for operation of Long Thanh International Airport in Long Thanh district and Phuoc An international port in Nhon Trach district.

Currently, the unit is actively coordinating with units under the General Department of Customs and related units to perfect professional processes, build human resources, infrastructure, and technical equipment to synchronize consistent with the overall architecture of the whole Project, ensuring that the Customs agency at Long Thanh International Airport will come into operation as soon as runway No. 1 officially operates. In addition, the unit is developing a plan to learn from experience and conduct field surveys at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Director Le Van Thung added that, regarding Phuoc An port in Phuoc An commune, Nhon Trach district, when completed, Phuoc An port will be an international seaport, a focal point in the region, capable of receiving ships with a large load up to 60,000 DWT, including 10 berths with a total length of 3,050 m. In the first phase, it is expected that by the end of 2024, two ports will be put into operation, both container goods and general cargo with a length of 670m.

To prepare for customs management when the port comes into operation, Dong Nai Customs Department has proposed to the People's Committee of Dong Nai Province, the Ministry of Finance, and the General Department of Customs a project to transform the model of Nhon Trach Customs Sub-department from the Customs Sub-department outside the border gate to the Customs Sub-department at the border gate and is preparing resources to carry out customs procedures when the port comes into operation. Thereby, we hope to further facilitate time, procedures, and save costs for businesses in the province.

From the beginning of the year to June 15, Dong Nai Customs Department has completed customs procedures for nearly 4,900 businesses, an increase of 10% over the same period in 2023; The total number of declarations reached 671,174 declarations, an increase of 17% over the same period in 2023. Correspondingly, the total import-export turnover in the period reached 16.95 billion USD, an increase of 13% over the same period in 2023. Total state budget revenue at the unit has reached 9,649 billion VND, reaching 51.4% of the assigned estimate and increasing by 13.4% over the same period in 2023. It is estimated that in the first 6 months of 2024, the total revenue will reach 10,312 billion VND, reaching 55% of the estimate and increasing 11.6% over the same period last year.