The Finance Ministry issued a guiding document for customs officials ondealing with the current challenges in customs procedures stipulated inCircular No.128/2013/TT-BTC and Circular No.22/2014/TT-BTC in an effortto support import-export businesses.
Regardingthe procedures for temporary imports and re-exports, as mentioned inPoint b Clause 1 and Point b Clause 2 under Article 41 of Circular128/2013/TT-BTC, customs officials no longer need to request customsdeclarants to submit copies of their export contracts.
Customs officials have to supervise re-exported goods until they arereleased and can confirm customs declarations without the signatures ofdepartment leaders.
In the case of goods beingbrought from outside the country to bonded warehouses via road andwaterway border gates, businesses are not required to submit documentson their load along with their customs records, according to Point b.4Clause under 1 Article 59 of Circular 128.
Whencompleting procedures for on-site exports, in addition to the measuresmentioned in Point c Clause 5 under Article 27 of Circular22/2014/TT-BTC, the respective customs department must send a completioncertificate for on-site export procedures to the department in chargeof completing the on-site import paperwork.
Meanwhile, in addition to the measures mentioned in Point c Clause 5under Article 27 of Circular 22/2014/TT-BTC, the customs department thatcompletes on-site import procedures has to set up a data-base ofcompleted on-site export declarations. In case loads need to beinspected, the import customs office does not need to check if aninspection was already carried out by the export customs department.-VNA
Regardingthe procedures for temporary imports and re-exports, as mentioned inPoint b Clause 1 and Point b Clause 2 under Article 41 of Circular128/2013/TT-BTC, customs officials no longer need to request customsdeclarants to submit copies of their export contracts.
Customs officials have to supervise re-exported goods until they arereleased and can confirm customs declarations without the signatures ofdepartment leaders.
In the case of goods beingbrought from outside the country to bonded warehouses via road andwaterway border gates, businesses are not required to submit documentson their load along with their customs records, according to Point b.4Clause under 1 Article 59 of Circular 128.
Whencompleting procedures for on-site exports, in addition to the measuresmentioned in Point c Clause 5 under Article 27 of Circular22/2014/TT-BTC, the respective customs department must send a completioncertificate for on-site export procedures to the department in chargeof completing the on-site import paperwork.
Meanwhile, in addition to the measures mentioned in Point c Clause 5under Article 27 of Circular 22/2014/TT-BTC, the customs department thatcompletes on-site import procedures has to set up a data-base ofcompleted on-site export declarations. In case loads need to beinspected, the import customs office does not need to check if aninspection was already carried out by the export customs department.-VNA
