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Despite planning contacts and dialogues with import-export businesses, but the Covid-19 epidemic evolved complicatedly, Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department quickly changed the form of support and facilitate businesses.
Diverse forms of support
Facing the complicated situation due to complicated changes in Covid-19 epidemic, most of border gate and border gate customs departments changed the plan of approaching and supporting enterprises in import and export activities.
In the current difficult period, foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) are significantly affected by the disease. Therefore, the Customs Branch managing investment has implemented many solutions to support businesses in the direction of the most favorable clearance of goods. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh, Director of the Customs Sub-department of investment management, said that enterprises that go through the procedures mainly carry out customs procedures for projects exempt from import tax and imported goods. services of oil and gas exploitation projects, business investment goods, processed goods and export goods inside and outside Ho Chi Minh City. “In order to facilitate and well serve about 4,000 FDI enterprises to complete procedures at the unit, we have directed each customs officer through the forms of exchange via email, phone call ... to be dedicated. support clearance procedures for businesses ”- Mr. Nguyen Xuan Binh shared.
Currently, a number of FDI enterprises are participating in the project of Trade facilitation at Cat Lai port implemented by the HCMC Customs Department. Enterprises have also initially benefited from participating in this project. However, the views of the leaders of the Customs Branch managing the investment goods, along with the facilitation of the project, are implementing many solutions to quickly and accurately process documents for enterprises right at the workplace. procedure.
The model "Bright coffee with businesses" organized by the Customs Department of high-tech zones in late 2019 has attracted and received high appreciation of businesses in exchanging and removing obstacles. However, this model cannot be applied now due to the complicated presentation of the disease. Sharing with us, Mr. Vu Viet Chau, Director of the High-Tech Park Customs Sub-Department said that the specific characteristics of the unit mainly do procedures for importing raw materials for export production with the number of enterprises. routine procedures are not much, about 50 FDI enterprises and export processing enterprises, including many priority enterprises. With a small number of businesses, currently leaders of the branches, leaders of teams and working groups often call on the one hand to encourage businesses to overcome difficulties, on the other hand, discuss and guide procedures for businesses. when in trouble. This method is also quite effective, helping businesses avoid difficulties in the clearance of goods ...
Encourage online transactions
Similarly, in the current complex disease epidemic, at the border gates, although import and export goods have decreased significantly, other customs sub-departments are also implementing many measures to support enterprises, including coordinating with Enterprises trading in ports and warehouses to create the most favorable conditions for businesses to clear goods, reduce time and costs.
Besides the solutions to prevent epidemics, to accompany export-import enterprises in the current difficult period, the HCM City Customs Department is also interested in promoting ways of solutions to create favorable conditions for businesses. In restricting travel and contact time to avoid the spread of disease, HCMC Customs Department encourages enterprises to carry out online customs procedures through professional programs of customs, online public service system, pay taxes 24/7 via banking system, ...
In the worst case scenario, in order not to interrupt import and export activities of enterprises, Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has prepared a scenario of "setting up a field clearance customs unit" when there is a part or a customs sub-department blockade, isolation due to disease.
Earlier, Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department cooperated with USAID to organize a workshop to promote the project of trade facilitation of Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department. In particular, building and deploying a smart support system, solving online jobs on the internet platform to limit paperwork, restricting going to the office of the Customs.
In addition, the HCMC Customs Department is also doing a good job of controlling procedures for exported masks, implementing the Government's Resolution No. 20 / NQ-CP of February 28, 2020 on the application of apply export licensing regime to medical masks in the stage of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, direct border-gate customs sub-departments and customs control forces to intensify inspection work, control and handle acts of smuggling or illegal transportation of medical masks.
Especially, right in the second quarter of 2020, Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department will meet leaders of European Association, Korea Business Association, Small and Medium Business Association to grasp the production situation of enterprises in Vietnam. Male, difficulties need support. At the same time. agreed with the leaders of Associations to organize seminars on footwear, textiles, food, electronics, seafood ... to have the most specific solutions to best support businesses.
According to: Haiquanonline