Immediate customs clearance for imported goods serving disaster relief

(Dan Tri) - The Customs Department requires units to ensure same-day customs clearance for aid shipments, ensuring relief goods are transported promptly to heavily affected areas.

Faced with the severe damage caused by natural disasters and storms and floods in recent days, the Customs Department ( Ministry of Finance ) recently issued urgent Document No. 37959 directing customs units at and outside border gates to urgently deploy measures to support customs clearance for emergency aid goods.

Accordingly, the leaders of the Customs Department requested units to ensure same-day customs clearance for aid shipments, ensuring that relief goods are transported promptly to heavily affected areas.

Units also need to immediately establish a specialized support team to quickly handle any difficulties and problems that arise, so as not to delay relief efforts for our compatriots.

Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Photo: Hai Nam).

The Customs Department is committed to accompanying and creating all conditions for relief goods to reach people soon, contributing to supporting the recovery and stabilizing the lives of people in flood-affected areas.

According to a quick report at 6:30 p.m. on November 24 from the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control ( Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ), damage caused by floods in the Central region in recent days has killed 90 people (Quang Tri 1, Hue City 2, Da Nang City 2, Gia Lai 3, Dak Lak 63, Khanh Hoa 15, Lam Dong 4); 12 people are missing (Da Nang 2, Dak Lak 8, Khanh Hoa 1, Lam Dong 1).

Military forces support people in Hoa Thinh, Dak Lak province to clean up and overcome the consequences of historic floods (Photo: Nam Anh).

The initial preliminary economic damage is estimated at 13,248 billion VND (Quang Ngai 650 billion VND, Gia Lai 1,000 billion VND, Dak Lak 5,500 billion VND, Khanh Hoa 5,000 billion VND, Lam Dong 1,098 billion VND).

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