Many transit shipments without license

VCN – According to Saigon port area 1 Customs Branch, from the early days of 2017 till now, the unit has detected and held in custody many transit shipments without license.
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Smuggled goods under type of transit were detected by HCMC Customs. Photo: Thu Hòa

Specifically, the Saigon port area 1 Customs Branch discovered D.K.M. Advertising Trading and Service Co., Ltd (Tan Phu HCM) transited the shipments of car accessories included 244 pieces, total value was over 800 million vnd, without license;

Furthermore, the units also detected L. V. JSC. (District 4, HCMC) transited shipments of washing machine and parts worth nearly 900 million vnd. A shipment of furniture and kitchen appliances was more than 900 million vnd. All above shipments did not have permits.

Recently, HCMC Customs Department has found many cases where enterprises take advantage of transit type in order to transport contraband goods into the domestic market for consumption, tax evasion, avoiding the examination of specialized management agencies and control by the Customs authorities. There are cases where the Customs agency detected consignments have suspicious signs and propose to conduct physical inspection. Then enterprises made adjustments of manifest and change to transit form and transport goods to nearest border gate by road. At the same time, slipping smuggled goods into the domestic market for consumption.

By Lê Thu/Thanh Thuy

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