(HQ Online) - On the morning of February 18, at border gates in Lang Son province, customs clearance activities have officially returned to normal after the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday.
Deputy Head of the Dong Dang-Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone Management Board Hoang Khanh Duy said that based on discussions with relevant agencies in Guangxi (China) about customs clearance time after the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday, on the morning of February 18, border gates on the Lang Son border line including Huu Nghi international border gate and Dong Dang international railway station intermodal border gate (Cao Loc district); Chi Ma bilateral border gate (Loc Binh district); Tan Thanh sub-border gate, Coc Nam border gate, Na Hinh border gate (Van Lang district) and Na Nua sub-border gate (Trang Dinh district) started to carry out normal customs clearance of goods.
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| Customs clearance activities at Chi Ma border gate. Photo: H.Nu |
Sharing about the import-export situation at Lang Son province's border gates during the 2024 Lunar New Year, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Dai, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Lang Son province, said that the export of goods in the province was bustling, mainly focusing on agricultural products and fruits. During the recent Tet holiday, there was no congestion of goods.
Previously, according to the Lunar New Year holiday schedule announcement from the Chinese authorities, border gates operating with Lang Son province will be temporarily closed from the 1st to the 4th of Tet. From the 5th to the 8th of Tet, customs clearance will be for units with contracts and from February 18, border gates in Lang Son will return to normal customs clearance.
Thanks to good regulation, import and export through border gates did not have any congestion, with an average of nearly 400 vehicles per day on the days before Tet and no vehicles remaining on the 30th of Tet. Accordingly, statistics show that, on average, each day, border gates clear about 30 tons of goods, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Dai emphasized.
According to Lang Son Customs Department, in the first days of the new year, agricultural product exports to China received many positive signals. Specifically, from February 8 to 14, the unit received and processed customs clearance procedures for 826 vehicles transporting import and export goods through the province's border gates. Of which, 585 vehicles transported export goods and 241 vehicles transported import goods. During the 7-day Tet holiday, border gate customs units processed procedures for nearly 13,000 tons of Vietnamese agricultural products and fruits exported to the Chinese market.
According to Lang Son Customs Department, starting from February 14, the number of vehicles transporting fruit for export to the province's border gates began to increase sharply to serve the demand of the Chinese market during the full moon festival of January. Forces at the border gates, especially at Huu Nghi international border gate, Tan Thanh border gate and Chi Ma border gate, had to organize overtime and increase working hours to clear fruit-carrying vehicles as quickly as possible.
Sharing with Customs Magazine, Deputy Head of Tan Thanh Customs Branch Trieu Van Hanh said that currently, some localities in the southern provinces have begun to harvest some agricultural products such as dragon fruit, mango, durian, jackfruit, watermelon, etc., so from February 14 until now, the number of vehicles transporting exported fruits moving to Tan Thanh border gate has started to increase sharply. On average, Tan Thanh Customs receives and handles customs clearance procedures for 220 to 280 vehicles of exported agricultural products every day.
It is forecasted that in the coming days, the amount of goods arriving at Lang Son province's border gates will increase. In order for goods to be exported quickly and not to be congested at Huu Nghi international border gates, Tan Thanh border gates, etc., Lang Son Customs has directed the border customs branches to implement measures such as: organizing overtime, increasing working hours, coordinating with functional forces to divide traffic flows, etc. to facilitate the fastest customs clearance of goods.
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