(HQ Online) - Through the implementation of the Pilot Program to support and encourage businesses to voluntarily comply with customs laws, the compliance level of many member businesses has improved compared to before joining the Program.
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On April 10, 2024, in Quang Ninh, the Risk Management Department (General Department of Customs) coordinated with the Quang Ninh Customs Department and the Hai Phong Customs Department to organize a workshop to prepare for the preliminary assessment of 2 years of implementing the Pilot Program to support enterprises to voluntarily comply with Customs laws, moving towards the official implementation of the Program.
The workshop was also attended by 12 member enterprises of the Program and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Customs authority.
The workshop was organized to gather comprehensive opinions from the implementing agencies at the department, branch, team/group levels at Quang Ninh Customs Department, Hai Phong Customs Department and member enterprises to prepare for the official implementation of the Program to support and encourage enterprises to voluntarily comply with customs laws (according to Decision 1399/QD-TCHQ of the General Department of Customs).
After 2 years of pilot implementation, 289 enterprises participated in the Program and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Customs agency, of which Quang Ninh Customs had 16 enterprises and Hai Phong Customs had 21 enterprises.
Through the implementation of the Pilot Program, the compliance level of many member enterprises has improved compared to before joining the Program.
Of which, about 87% of enterprises maintained and improved their compliance level (101 enterprises improved their compliance level, reaching 36.20%, 147 enterprises maintained their compliance level, reaching 50.86%). Thereby, the rate of document inspection and goods inspection improved significantly, helping member enterprises save costs and reduce customs clearance time, with the rate of Green channel declarations increasing by 6.16%, Red channel decreasing by 0.55%.
Provincial and municipal customs departments have fully implemented the instructions and guidance for implementing the Program, such as arranging separate areas with signs to check documents, allocating resources and time, and assigning experienced and qualified officers to check goods.
As a result, the Customs agency recorded and resolved 524 requests for support, with 100% of the requests being handled promptly; 10 enterprises that actively participated and were honored.
Quang Ninh Customs Department is recognized as one of the local units that systematically, proactively and approach the Program.
Through reports and discussions at the workshop, most businesses supported and wished for the Program to be further expanded in scope and benefits brought by the Program.
However, in reality, after 2 years of implementing the Pilot Program, there are still difficulties and problems arising from both the professional system, the current legal document system and the allocation of enforcement resources to meet the expectations of businesses.
The workshop proposed a number of recommendations to resolve the issues in the coming time, focusing on contents such as conditions and criteria for participants in the Program, inviting more import-export business associations to participate as honorary members to support and advise.
On the other hand, it is necessary to allocate resources and increase practical efficiency with support groups for member enterprises. Establishing a coordination mechanism, inspection, supervision and monitoring mechanism between the Customs agency and member enterprises, identifying member enterprises on the industry's professional systems nationwide, especially raising the issue of applying information technology and digital transformation in the coming time for this Program...
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