(HQ Online) - After reflecting on difficulties in carrying out import procedures for new cars through the Huu Nghi - Huu Nghi Quan international border gate pair of Vietnamese enterprises, the People's Committee of Lang Son province, the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son border gate economic zone, the General Department of Customs, and Lang Son Customs Department have actively participated, actively exchanged and discussed with the Chinese side to deploy many solutions to remove the problem.
In 2023, China will not implement quota management for new cars. All new cars exported to Vietnam will be transported on the same dedicated import-export route, processed according to shipments and must be exported in order (first come, first served).
According to the assessment of the authorities at Huu Nghi international border gate, the above situation has affected customs clearance capacity, because there are days with many exports, and days with few or no export shipments.
In order to facilitate the import of new cars through Huu Nghi border gate, since the beginning of 2024, Lang Son province, sectors, units and functional forces have actively consulted, discussed and negotiated with the Chinese side to propose solutions to resolve the above situation.
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| Representatives of the Dong Dang - Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone Management Board and the Pingxiang General Bonded Zone Management Board of Guangxi, China discussed the import-export activities at Huu Nghi international border gate on February 19, 2024. |
Accordingly, the leaders of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee sent an Official Letter to Comrade Huy Quoc Hoa, Vice Chairman of the People 's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
At the same time, on March 14, 2024, the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone also sent Working Letter No. 15-2024 to the Management Board of Pingxiang General Tax-Free Zone, Guangxi, China, requesting coordination and direction of functional forces at the Huu Nghi - Huu Nghi Quan international border gate pair to create favorable conditions for quick customs clearance procedures for new Chinese automobile exports and increase customs clearance time.
Immediately afterwards, the Dong Dang - Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone Management Board, Lang Son Customs Department and relevant agencies held discussions and talks with the corresponding agencies on the Chinese side.
Through the exchange, the Chinese government has acknowledged and actively cooperated in coordinating to resolve the request of Lang Son province in the past time.
However, according to the feedback of some Vietnamese enterprises, the process of implementing export procedures for new cars in China still faces difficulties and obstacles, so the number of new cars cleared through the Huu Nghi - Huu Nghi Quan international border gate pair per day is only about 40-50 cars/day on average, not meeting the trade needs of enterprises of the two countries.
Enterprises said that Vietnamese enterprises are still passive and facing many difficulties in the export stage in China. Specifically, the export quantity of new cars when doing export procedures in China is limited, each shipment must be registered with the People's Government of Pingxiang City and approved before it can be exported. The People's Government of Pingxiang City also does not announce the approval plan in advance. Therefore, the parties importing and exporting this item are completely passive, waiting and do not know when the shipment will be approved and whether it will be approved or not.
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| Huu Nghi Border Gate Customs Branch (Lang Son Customs Department) arranges officers to receive and process procedures for businesses until 11 p.m. Photo: H.Nu |
The above disadvantages lead to many difficulties for businesses on both sides in determining the time to open import declarations, tax payment time, vehicle arrangement, driver... In particular, the limitation of the number of export vehicles in a day leads to businesses not having enough batches to complete clearance procedures for goods to be brought back on the same day, leading to additional costs for warehouse storage, overnight vehicle storage, and increased customs clearance time for a shipment.
Taking note of the feedback from enterprises, to facilitate, on March 12, 2024, Lang Son Customs Department sent an official dispatch to Lang Son Provincial People's Committee about the difficulties and problems and sent an official dispatch asking for instructions from the General Department of Customs on sending an exchange letter with Nanning Customs (China) to resolve the above difficulties.
Sharing the difficulties of enterprises, on March 21, 2024, the General Department of Customs sent an official dispatch to the Lang Son Customs Department. Accordingly, the General Department of Customs emphasized that exchanging and requesting the Nanning Customs (China) to facilitate automobile import activities through the Huu Nghi - Huu Nghi Quan border gate pair is a necessary action to resolve difficulties for enterprises on both sides. In addition, exchanging with Nanning Customs to remove difficulties for enterprises is in line with the functions and tasks of the Customs agency. Therefore, the General Department of Customs requested the Lang Son Customs Department to promptly send an exchange letter to the Nanning Customs (China) to jointly come up with positive solutions.
Thus, based on the efforts to deploy consulting solutions, persistently discuss and negotiate with relevant Chinese authorities, in order to remove difficulties for enterprises importing new cars through Huu Nghi international border gate of relevant agencies and units, the number of new cars imported through Huu Nghi international border gate in the first 3 months of 2024 has shown a clear upward trend.
Customs Magazine reporters continue to closely monitor and record the situation and results to inform readers as soon as possible.
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