[NEWS] - Customs creates maximum facilitation for agricultural product exports

In addition to creating maximum convenience for exported agricultural products, the Customs agency recommends, businesses need to establish a methodical foundation in the production stages, giving priority to the goal of improving quality; thereby, increasing the competitiveness of goods.

Fast customs clearance within the day

Assessing the role of the Customs authority, in the workshop "Import and export of agricultural products across borders in a new context: Current situation and solutions" co-hosted by the Institute of Customs and Lang Son Customs Department (Customs Overview) Maintaining coordination with the Institute of Strategy and Financial Policy (Ministry of Finance) was held on May 12 in Ho Chi Minh City. In Lang Son, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Director of the Institute of Financial Strategy and Policy, said that over the past time, Customs authorities have made constant efforts with the aim of simplifying customs procedures and creating maximum conditions and perform customs clearance quickly within a day for exported goods in the area, especially for exported agricultural products, immediately solving problems arising in the process of carrying out customs procedures Exporting goods for businesses.

Emphasizing the efforts of the Customs sector, according to Mr. Luu Manh Tuong Deputy - General Director of the General Department of Customs, the goal is to support relevant individuals and organizations, especially businesses, to catch up on time, fully comply with the provisions of the customs law, ensure that they comply with the provisions of the customs law, ensure that they comply with the regulations of the customs in general and the rules related to agricultural products for export. in particular. With this goal, Customs at all levels always prioritize propaganda and advocacy to businesses, individuals, and organizations to coordinate with Customs to carry out administrative and modern procedures and reform activities customs clearance.

In particular, to promote the export of agricultural products, the Customs Authority has regularly held dialogues with businesses and consulted and supported exporters to understand the regulations from other countries on quarantine, in terms of quality standards, licensing mechanisms, payment, and insurance procedures.

In addition, in the management of exported agricultural products, the Customs side plays an important role in both controlling agricultural export activities and contributing to promoting this activity’s development. According to Deputy Director General Luu Manh Tuong, the Customs authority regularly gives instructions to the local customs units where there are exported agricultural products to create maximum conditions and carry out day-to-day customs clearance for exported agricultural products to the time of main harvest in particular and agricultural products in general; settle problems arising in the process of carrying out customs procedures for export of goods; closely coordinate, regularly exchange information with quarantine agencies to carry out procedures for businesses quickly.

In particular, the Customs agency develops and operates software on the Single Country Portal (NSW) to receive documents to automatically inspect food quality and safety, and decide the inspection method based on The establishment collects and processes the data of quality inspection, food safety inspection, and transfers the dossier to the designated inspection agency or certification body, ensuring the publicity and transparency of all information, connect and share data with relevant ministries and agencies.

To support and contribute to promoting export agricultural activities, expanding markets, and increasing competitiveness, Deputy Director General Mr. Luu Manh Tuong said, for the inspection and supervision of exported agricultural products, the agency Customs has been continuing to build and improve the centralized document inspection location model, actively coordinate with ministries and sectors to amend the legal document system on specialized inspection, detailing dossier codes, promulgating national standards and technical regulations for goods subject to inspection.

At the same time, to promote the application of inspection principles according to the method of threading inspection decisions, continue to improve and improve the efficiency of the electronic customs clearance system, to promote strong applications such as information technology in all professional stages towards the model of Digital Customs, Smart Customs; at the same time, coordinate with units to implement the results of connection and exchange of commercial information and businesses operating in logistics, insurance, and other related services,...

During the peak period at the border gates, the Customs authority always arranges for officials to handle customs clearance procedures and supervise exported goods outside office hours, on weekends and public holidays; coordinate with enterprises doing business and parking at the border gate to arrange locations and create conditions for the preservation and quality classification of goods of enterprises while waiting for export. At the same time, it also regularly updates the situation and provides information and timely recommendations to enterprises exporting agricultural products through border gates in the area.

Some recommendations

In order to improve the capacity and promote the export of agricultural products, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Quynh said that businesses need to accelerate the shift from exporting by quota to the official way for agricultural products quickly; authorities need to speed up the negotiation process with China in accepting agricultural products from Vietnam in the near future, especially focusing on products with great potential; promote trade promotion and advertisement of Vietnamese agricultural products as well as create a bridge between domestic enterprises and Chinese distribution enterprises and supermarket system.

Also according to information from Deputy General Director Mr. Luu Manh Tuong, enterprises need to create a methodical foundation from the smallest stages such as production premises, technology, raw materials, and creativity to be able to improve the quality of products and quantity of agricultural products in the direction of meeting the conditions and standards of the importing countries; diversifying with customer groups and export markets for agricultural products to avoid dependence on traditional customers and markets by improving quality, improving packaging, lowering costs, diversifying designs,... Complete customs procedures as soon as possible so that when the goods are brought to the border gate, they do not have to wait and preserve them for export.

Export production and processing enterprises also need to improve the quality of agricultural products in line with Vietnam’s commitments under the Agreement, which is being implemented by Vietnam and important partners, and have close contact with other countries. Customs authorities actively apply technology in the electronic traceability of agricultural products, helping to expand export markets.

In particular, it is necessary to apply scientific and technical achievements and new technologies to post-harvest preservation and processing of agricultural products; Combined with physical, biological, and chemical measures to preserve agricultural products, gradually replace measures to preserve goods so that while waiting for customs clearance, agricultural products are still guaranteed quality, between form, ensuring the requirements of the importing country.

In addition, state management agencies need to synchronize the system of infrastructure and support services to promote exports in the direction of investing in the construction of large-scale processing and manufacturing industrial zones to ensure a balance between supply and demand; soon complete comprehensive policies related to import and export activities; promote the implementation of trade promotion activities, seek to expand the market; continue to promote negotiations and agreements with relevant agencies to finalize the signing of the Protocol on Plant Quarantine...

In addition, with state management agencies, it is necessary to synchronize the system of infrastructure and support services in promoting exports in the direction of investment and construction of large-scale processing and manufacturing industrial parks to ensure the balance of supply-demand; soon comprehensively complete policies related to import and export activities, step up the implementation of trade promotion activities and search for markets; continue to promote the agreement and negotiation with relevant agencies to finalize the signing of the Protocol on Plant Quarantine...

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Hoang Yen (Collection source)