Announcement of businesses violating temporary import and re-export of gasoline
The amount of temporarily imported and re-exported gasoline of many key enterprises has a large difference between the amount temporarily imported and re-exported.
In the first 6 months of 2012 alone, 11 petroleum trading enterprises temporarily imported 1,725,000 tons of petroleum, but re-exported 1,180,000 tons, so about 545,000 tons of petroleum were not re-exported but could be consumed domestically. This is the data announced by the General Department of Customs on the afternoon of September 5.
In the data announced by the General Department of Customs on the quantity of temporarily imported and re-exported gasoline of 11 key enterprises, many enterprises have a large difference between the amount of temporary import and re-export. Typically, the Aviation Petroleum One Member Co., Ltd. temporarily imported 24,500 tons of gasoline, but the amount of re-export was only 13,600 tons; temporarily imported 307,000 tons of aviation gasoline but only re-exported 245,000 tons; Vietnam National Petroleum Group temporarily imported 170,000 tons of gasoline but only re-exported 105,000 tons...
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Can, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs, recently, the smuggling and temporary import of petroleum but not re-export has become more complicated. A typical example is that recently, the authorities seized the Giang Chau ship (Cambodian nationality) while it was pumping petroleum to three ships belonging to Hoang Son Company Limited, headquartered in Thanh Hoa).
The subjects took advantage of the temporary import and re-export method to buy gasoline from Vietnam but did not transport it to China but sold it to gasoline smugglers in Vietnam to enjoy the difference. At the time of the arrest, the Giang Chau ship contained 2,000 tons of gasoline worth 40 billion VND. Faced with this situation, the General Department of Customs proposed to ban the temporary import and re-export of gasoline by sea to prevent businesses from taking advantage of loopholes in the temporary import and re-export policy for profit.
Mr. Nguyen Van Can said: “In our proposal to the Prime Minister, we recommend that if temporary import and re-export are allowed, the ship must be intact, of the same type, and sealed with lead before it can be allowed to go. Second, the tax payment deadline. Some businesses that should have paid tax in 30 days have been given 195 days, so they can sell it to pay tax, which could potentially misappropriate state tax. The problem in the Ministry of Industry and Trade is that the Ministry only controls the minimum import quota for 13 sources each year, not to mention the amount temporarily imported for domestic consumption.”
Currently, the Ministry of Finance is directing the simultaneous inspection and examination of 33 provinces and cities, reviewing all temporary import and re-export shipments, including gasoline, from 2009 to May 2012 to check which enterprises have declared correctly and which customs officials have not followed the correct procedures. After that, there will be a general inspection and supervision, and it is expected that this work will be completed by December 15./.
According to (vov.vn) - LT
