Operation of a series of customs brokers in Hai Phong area suspended

According to Clause 5, Article 1 of Circular 22/2019/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance, Customs brokers are temporarily suspended in the following cases:

a.1) Operation does not meet conditions specified in Clause 1, Article 20 of the Law on Customs or failing to operate at the registered name and address with the Customs authority;

a.2) The Customs broker does not comply with Clause 5, Article 13 of this Circular;

a.3) Failure to comply with the reporting regime or reporting improperly and insufficiently in terms of content or time limit with the customs authority as prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular three consecutive times;

a.4) The Customs broker makes a written request for suspension of operation.

b) The Director General of Vietnam Customs shall decide to temporarily suspend operation of the customs broker within six months for cases prescribed in Point a of this Clause according to Form No. 06A issued attached to this Circular.

During the inspection and management, if provincial and municipal customs departments detect violations specified in Section a.1, Section a.2 and Section a.3, Point a of this Clause, they shall report to the General Department of Vietnam Customs to temporarily suspend the customs broker’s operation as prescribed in this Article.

If the Customs broker proposes to temporarily suspend operation, it shall send a written request to the General Department of Vietnam Customs in accordance with Form No. 12 issued with this Circular. Within five working days from the date of receiving the written request of the customs broker or reports from provincial and municipal customs departments, the Director General of the General Department of Customs shall issue a decision on temporary suspension of the customs broker’s operation.

c) Within six months from the date of temporary suspension, if the customs broker remedies and sends a written request for continued operation to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Within 15 working days from the date of receiving the proposal from the customs broker, the General Department of Vietnam Customs shall inspect and verify conditions for operation of the customs broker and issue a decision permitting customs broker to continue operating according to Form 06B issued with this Circular if the customs broker meet conditions or shall respond and state the reason if it does not meet conditions.