Hai Phong dialogues with import-export enterprises in 2024

On March 20, Hai Phong City People's Committee held a Dialogue Conference with more than 200 import-export enterprises in the city.

Hai Phong City organized a dialogue with more than 200 import-export enterprises. Photo: Dam Thanh

Attending and chairing the Conference were Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Tung; Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Hoang Minh Cuong; leaders of the Customs Department, leaders of relevant departments and branches and more than 200 enterprises in the city.

The FDI enterprises and the business community in the city have played an important role in creating jobs, increasing export turnover, and making a great contribution to the state budget. To achieve such results, it is impossible not to mention the important contribution of enterprises operating in the field of import and export.

Although the Hai Phong City People's Committee has issued a Plan on key tasks and solutions to improve the business environment and enhance national competitiveness in 2024, and has many preferential policies to attract business investment, in reality many businesses still face difficulties in implementing policies related to import-export activities, logistics and digital transformation.

Business representatives make recommendations at the dialogue. Photo: Dam Thanh

At the Conference, there were 78 recommendations in 8 groups of fields from the business community, such as: Problems with specialized management policies; legal regulations in the field of import and export; proposal for the city to consider exempting or reducing infrastructure fees and seaport services; the situation of high sea freight rates, unreasonably high fees and surcharges related to import and export goods set by foreign shipping lines, warehouse, yard and port businesses; congestion at empty container issuance/return yards; Procedures and regulations for issuing C/O...

These recommendations have been directly answered by the city leaders and relevant departments and branches, clarifying the solutions as well as accepting the recommendations and proposals of businesses.

“The city will always accompany businesses, resolve difficulties and obstacles, help businesses have the best conditions and the most optimal business environment to operate, and join hands to build Hai Phong into a bright spot in the country's economic development” - Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Hoang Minh Cuong affirmed.

Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Nguyen Van Tung awarded certificates of merit to FDI enterprises with outstanding achievements. Photo: Dam Thanh

On this occasion, Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Nguyen Van Tung awarded Certificates of Merit to 48 FDI enterprises with outstanding achievements in export, contributing to increasing revenue for the State budget in the area.

In 2023, the city's total export turnover is estimated at 31 billion USD, up 7.7% over the same period, ranking 4th in the country in terms of export turnover. In the first 2 months of 2024, total export turnover reached 5.1 billion USD, up 24.5% over the same period; total import turnover reached 4.5 billion USD, up 15% over the same period; cargo output through the port: estimated at 22.2 million tons, up 6.62% over the same period. Up to now, Hai Phong has had 950 valid FDI investment projects, with a total investment capital of 30.04 billion USD.

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