(HQ Online) – Quang Ninh Customs Department continues to coordinate with departments, branches and border local authorities to discuss many solutions to promote the growth of import and export activities through land border areas in the province. table.
| Conference scene. Photo: T.Binh. |
There’s still plenty of room left
On April 24, in Mong Cai City (Quang Ninh), Quang Ninh Customs Department organized a dialogue conference with businesses to discuss solutions to promote border import and export activities and develop customs agents in the area. Quang Ninh province in 2024.
Attending the Conference were more than 100 businesses, including more than 40 businesses that are customs clearance agents.
One of the contents that receives a lot of attention from businesses is related to finding solutions to promote import and export activities through land border gates in Quang Ninh.
According to Deputy Director of Quang Ninh Customs Department Tran Quang Trung, although import and export activities through land border gates have achieved certain results. However, this result is not commensurate with the potential and needs of current border trade practices.
| In the first quarter of 2024, the road border customs branches under the Quang Ninh Customs Department (Mong Cai Border Gate Customs Branch, Bac Phong Sinh Border Gate Customs Branch, Hoanh Mo Border Gate Customs Branch) have Handling procedures for 18,890 declarations, an increase of 52% over the same period in 2023, accounting for 57% of the total declarations of the entire Department. Import-export turnover reached 868 million USD, an increase of 36%, accounting for 20% of the total turnover of the whole Department; The total number of enterprises participating in import and export activities is 601 enterprises, an increase of 38%, accounting for 66% of the total number of enterprises in the entire Department. |
Therefore, Quang Ninh Customs Department requests that the business community and representatives of functional agencies and local authorities focus on exchanging and discussing issues: Removing difficulties, obstacles, and barriers. affecting import and export activities of businesses through current land border gates.
Identify obstacles that limit the development of customs agents in the area and propose solutions to promote and develop customs clearance agents.
Forecasting the production and business activities of the enterprise in the coming time; Forecasting world market demand, focusing on discussing and proposing solutions to overcome difficulties and promote production and business activities of enterprises, especially export and import of goods via land border gates.
Need synchronous support
At the Conference, representative of the business community in the area, Vice Chairman of Quang Ninh Provincial Business Association Dang Duy Quan highly appreciated the efforts of Quang Ninh Customs Department in facilitating import and export activities through the province. table.
To attract more businesses and promote import-export growth through the area, Mr. Dang Duy Quan requested that authorities at the border gate continue to strengthen solutions to speed up the settlement of administrative procedures for customers. businesses, especially in cases where businesses need to carry out procedures outside of business hours.
At the same time, continue to negotiate and discuss with Chinese authorities to increase working hours on Saturday and Sunday to help businesses clear customs goods quickly and smoothly.
“Enterprises also want to have more synchronous coordination of authorities in the border gate area to create a synchronous mechanism aimed at serving businesses better, thereby contributing to attracting and keep businesses coming to do the procedures,” Mr. Dang Duy Quan proposed.
| Business representatives spoke at the Conference. Photo: T.Binh. |
According to Head of Import-Export Department of Bac Viet Development Joint Stock Company (Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh) Cao Vinh Hai, businesses often encounter difficulties related to classifying, applying commodity codes, and declaring tax rates because this is a problem. The issue is very difficult and complicated. If you declare incorrectly, it can affect the tax amount and result in administrative penalties.
“In recent times, Mong Cai Border Gate Customs Branch has provided a lot of support, answers, and guidance for businesses on classification, application of codes, and customs values. However, we hope that Quang Ninh Customs Department will open more training classes on classification, application of commodity codes, and customs value declaration for businesses in Mong Cai City so that businesses can declare. Accurate, avoid errors” proposed Mr. Cao Vinh Hai.
At the Conference, the proposals and recommendations of the business community were thoroughly answered by representatives of the Quang Ninh Customs Department and other authorities.
| At the Conference, representatives of the Quang Ninh Department of Industry and Trade informed about Quang Ninh province’s policy on border trade development; Things to note for businesses when exporting goods to the Chinese market. Representatives of Mong Cai City People’s Committee informed about the situation of customs clearance of goods through land border gates in the area; information on planning and upgrading the border gate area in Mong Cai in the near future. |
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