Guide Hai Phong businesses on the process of importing goods with high risk of unsafety

On the afternoon of July 18, at the 2nd floor Hall, No. 209, Nguyen Luong Bang Street, Le Thanh Nghi Ward, the Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality (DQC) of Hai Phong City organized a Conference on "Guidelines for registration of State inspection of quality of imported products and goods of group II under the responsibility of the Ministry of Science and Technology and implementation of commitments to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) in Vietnam".

Attending the event were Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai Phuong, Deputy Director of the Office of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade in Vietnam; Ms. Hoang Thi Hong Ngoc, Head of the Department of Resettlement; representatives of a number of relevant departments, agencies and enterprises.

Conference scene.

Speaking at the Conference, Head of the Resettlement Department Hoang Thi Hong Ngoc said that improving the effectiveness of state management in the field of resettled goods is an inevitable requirement to ensure safety and consumer rights, while creating favorable conditions for businesses to conduct import and export activities in compliance with the law. Especially, in the field of state inspection of the quality of imported goods in group 2 - a group of goods with high potential risks of unsafety such as chemicals, fertilizers, industrial explosives, explosive precursors, inorganic fertilizers, textile products, etc. Therefore, strict requirements on documents, procedures, and inspection time need to be implemented synchronously, clearly, and transparently. Enterprises in the city need to proactively grasp and properly implement regulations on quality inspection registration, promptly coordinate with specialized agencies to avoid risks, delays in customs clearance, and cause unnecessary damage. At the same time, it commits to providing technical support, consulting, disseminating and guiding businesses on quality inspection procedures for imported groups II, and improving the capacity to respond to technical barriers in international trade.

Head of the Resettlement Department Hoang Thi Hong Ngoc spoke at the Conference.

At the Conference, delegates listened to speakers presenting the following contents: Overview of TBT; TBT commitments in new generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs); Assessment of the role and impact of TBT on trade activities and implementation of TBT commitments in Vietnam; Introduction to the Global Trade Alert System.   (ePing) on ​​TBT and the WHO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS); Experiences in the process of receiving state inspection registration dossiers on the quality of imported products and goods of Group II; Instructions for businesses on how to register import/export dossiers of goods...

The conference is of great significance in promoting and helping businesses raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of Hai Phong city in particular, and domestic and foreign enterprises in general, so that they can promptly adjust compliance with regulations when exporting/importing and ensuring the enforcement of laws on product and goods quality./.

Mr. Tuan

Source: https://sokhcn.haiphong.gov.vn/tin-hoat-dong-chung/huong-dan-doanh-nghiep-hai-phong-quy-trinh-nhap-khau-hang-hoa-co-nguy-co-mat-an-toan-cao-764989