Strengthening the fight against smuggling and trade fraud

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of August 12 in Vinh City, the Steering Committee 389 of Nghe An province held a conference to review the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the first 6 months of 2014. Comrade Thai Van Hang - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee 389 chaired the conference. Attending were representatives of departments and branches who are members of the Steering Committee.

Comrade Thai Van Hang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, gave a speech at the Conference.

In the first 6 months of 2014, under the direction of the Government, ministries, central branches, Steering Committee 127/TW (now Steering Committee 389 QG), the attention and leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee; the efforts and close coordination of local departments and branches. The work of combating smuggling, counterfeit goods and trade fraud in the province has had positive changes, achieving many encouraging results. Coordination between forces is increasingly synchronized, many cases in the inspection and handling work are smooth in accordance with the procedures and regulations of the law. The functional forces have inspected 8,317 cases, handled 5,723 cases; the total value of confiscated goods, administrative penalties, fines and tax arrears is estimated at 136 billion 522 million VND. The above results have significantly contributed to preventing smuggled and counterfeit goods, maintaining market stability, protecting the rights of manufacturers and consumers...

On this occasion, the Provincial Steering Committee 389 announced its establishment decision on the basis of the previous Steering Committee 127 and approved its operating regulations; the standing agency assisting the Steering Committee is the Nghe An Market Management Department. Delegates attending the conference focused on analyzing and clarifying a number of difficulties, causes of existence, and limitations in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in the past, and at the same time identified key tasks to be performed in the last 6 months of 2014.

Comrade Tran Dang Ninh - Head of Nghe An Market Management Department approved the Draft Regulations on the operation of Provincial Steering Committee 389.

Concluding the conference, comrade Thai Van Hang requested: The Standing Office of Steering Committee 389 needs to promptly complete the development of the operating regulations of the steering committee and the support team. The plan for activities against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the last months of the year needs to strictly control key industries related to agricultural production, medicine, food safety and hygiene; strengthen inspection of fertilizer products, if manufacturers and suppliers violate in addition to administrative sanctions, they must be publicly announced in the media. To successfully complete the tasks in the new period, the Provincial Steering Committee 389 needs to overcome the shortcomings and limitations of the past, make more efforts and innovate methods to fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods; when performing tasks, there must be timely and close coordination and information exchange between member units and related localities and it is necessary to identify this as a regular and long-term task.

Ngoc Anh