Adding many new points about electronic customs procedures

According to the General Department of Customs, the Ministry of Finance has submitted to the Government for consideration and approval the Draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Customs Law on electronic customs procedures for commercial import and export goods.

This is important content to achieve the goal that by 2020, customs procedures will be carried out electronically in key areas.

Accordingly, after consulting with relevant ministries and branches, the Ministry of Finance has added many new points on electronic customs procedures such as: customs declaration time; confirmation by customs authorities; risk management of goods clearance, connection to implement the one-stop mechanism.

Implement electronic customs at Bac Thang Long Customs Branch.
(Photo: Pham Hau/VNA)

Specifically, electronic customs declarants are entitled to declare customs 24 hours a day and 7 days a week instead of only declaring during office hours as with manual customs procedures. Electronic customs declaration information is processed immediately through the electronic customs data processing system, not limited by the working hours of customs officials.

In addition, individuals and businesses making declarations can use printed documents from the electronic customs declaration system (authenticated by the electronic customs declarant) for shipments that have been accepted for customs clearance by the Customs authority as documents for transporting goods on the road.

In addition, customs authorities apply risk management in customs inspection and supervision of exported and imported goods when performing electronic customs procedures. This application of risk management is to reduce customs clearance time while still ensuring customs management, implementing the policy from pre-inspection to post-inspection.

The principles requiring ministries and state management agencies to coordinate with the Customs in standardizing the list of goods are also emphasized. Accordingly, the provision and exchange of information related to export and import goods by specialized management agencies and related subjects to the Customs will be promoted to make decisions on customs clearance of goods. And the standardization of the list of specialized management goods will facilitate the automation of the Customs Electronic Data Processing System, minimizing administrative procedures and manual operations when performing inspection and comparison.

Electronic customs procedures have been piloted since 2005 under Decision 149/2005/QD-TTg dated June 20, 2005 and continued to expand the pilot under Decision 103/2009/QD-TTg dated August 12, 2009 of the Prime Minister. Up to now, although only implemented under a pilot mechanism, limiting the types of application, electronic customs procedures have been implemented at 20/33 Customs Departments, attracting over 46,000 enterprises to voluntarily participate, accounting for over 86% of enterprises performing customs procedures in the areas where electronic customs procedures are being implemented.

According to the General Department of Customs, the pilot contents of electronic customs procedures have been successfully applied and can be widely applied in the coming time without causing major fluctuations because the majority of businesses and customs officials have become familiar with this method./.

According to (TTXVN) - NT