PM directs urgent measures to enhance scrap import management
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a direction calling for urgent measures to improve the management of imports of waste as production material.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a direction calling for urgent measures to improvethe management of imports of waste as production material.
The PM directed the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment to not issue new scrap import certifications orextend the validation of existing certificates.
The ministry only considers granting the permit,which accredits firms’ fulfillment of environmental protection conditions for theimports, when the direct importer can prove a demand for and ability to use thescrap in goods production.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance wastasked with directing customs agencies to hasten clearance for scrap containersof firms or individuals with valid certifications in terms of date and importquota.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is incharge of strengthening the inspection and monitoring of scrap imports tradeand usage.
After China banned the import of 24 types ofscrap, the amount imported to Vietnam in 2017 and the first five months of 2018has increased. Local firms have imported scrap from many different countriesfor production, with some forging import permits.
The latest report from the GeneralDepartment of Customs showed that in the first five months of the year, Vietnamimported more than 2 million tonnes of steel scrap, worth 744 million USD. The biggestamount came from Japan, with 564,000 tonnes worth 200 million USD.
Remarkably, during the period, the volume ofimported plastic scrap surged nearly 200 percent over the entire of 2017.
As of June 26, up to 4,480 containers ofscrap materials had been stuck at Ho Chi Minh City’s ports under the SaigonNewport Corporation’s management for at least 30 days. Owners have to removethe imported scrap from Vietnam if such a shipment is held up at port 90 daysfrom the date of arrival.
Meanwhile, 737 containers have been storedfor more than 90 days and 507 others have stayed for between 30-90 days atports in northern Hai Phong city.
About 20 percent of imported scrap is paper,and the rest is plastic and other types of scrap, according to the Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment.-VNA
Illegal scrap importers will face prosecution as part of the efforts to prevent massive scrap imports to Vietnam, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a meeting on July 25.
The General Department of Vietnam Customs will study and submit to the Ministry of Finance a proposal to the Government to restrict imports of scrap materials and move towards a ban on scrap imports to Vietnam.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has issued a directive on enhancing State management of scrap imports in order to implement the Prime Minister’s guidelines on strengthening the management of the import and use of scrap.
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