Hai Phong Customs Department’s revenue exceeds nearly VND 500 billion
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Solutions to facilitate the business community and the import and export activities implemented by Hai Phong Customs Department have played an important role to help the department fulfill the revenue collection task. |
Quickly accomplish the task
On 10th December 2018, the leader of the Import and Export Division (Hai Phong Customs Department) said that as of 6th December 2018, Hai Phong Customs Department collected VND 50,524 billion, reaching 100.9%, equivalent to a VND 474 billion increase compared to the estimate assigned by the Ministry of Finance (VND 50,050 billion), increasing by 3.4% compared to the same period in 2017.
The result is close to the desired target assigned by the General Department of Vietnam Customs (VND 50,640 billion).
Although there are 20 remaining days to the end of 2018, with the current result and speed, the leader of the Import and Export Duty Division confidently assessed that 2018 is the year of prosperity and success for the State revenue when the Department’s revenue exceeds the estimated target and desired target.
This is impressive result, because according the Customs Newspaper’ reporter, over the past years, in order to fulfill the revenue collection task, Hai Phong Customs Department has always made great efforts right up and until the last minutes of the year.
According to the Import and Export Division, the quick accomplishment of target is thanks to the total import and export turnover of goods being quite high.
Currently, total import and export turnover of Hai Phong Customs Department reached US$ 54.816 billion, increasing by 15.3% compared to the same period in 2017. The export turnover was US$ 23.136 billion, up 12%; the import turnover was US$ 31.68 billion, up 17.8% compared to the same period in 2017.
Especially, the dutiable import turnover reached US$ 13.85 billion, a year on year increase of 2.8%.
In addition Hai Phong Customs Department always receives the attention and direction by the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the Party Committee and Hai Phong People's Committee.
The Department regularly analyzes and assesses the State revenue to promptly provide solutions to collect and prevent tax losses to fulfill the task of collection and payment for the State budget. Especially, implementing Official Letter 3162/HQHP-TXNK dated 13 March 2018 to implement synchronously the annual state revenue from the contributions of the business community under the management area, and from the supervision, urging, recovery and handling of revenue from outstanding tax debts (the Department handled VND 400 billion of tax debts).
Effectively implement the partnership
Besides the reasons as mentioned, the leader of Import and Export Duty Division said that the key reason helping the Department to accomplish the task of revenue collection in 2018 is the effective implementation of the Customs-Business partnership.
Notably, at the seminar “assessment of the implementation of the agreement on development of Customs-Business partnership” held on 20 November 2018, Hai Phong Customs Department actively signed agreements with over 8,000 businesses engaged in business production and import and export activities, to provide specific solutions to support and facilitate.
"The support contents of the Department closely follow the spirit of Resolution No. 35 / NQ-CP on support and development of businesses by 2020; Resolution No. 19-2018 / NQ-CP on continuing to implement tasks and major measures to improve the business environment and raise the national competitiveness in 2018 and the following years,"- the leader of the Import and Export Duty Division said.
![]() | Hai Phong Customs: 10% of revenue comes from import tariffs on automobiles VCN – The tax revenue collected from automobile tariffs accounted for 10% total revenue for the Department. ... |
On the other hand, at the seminar the Hai Phong Customs Department’ leader continuously listened, received comments, gave feedback and advice to the business community to complete the contents of cooperation between the two parties.
Besides the reform of administrative procedures, for creating favorable conditions for the business community, Hai Phong Customs Department also focused on promoting measures to prevent losses, such as by post-clearance inspection; risk management; prevention of smuggling and trade frauds ...
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