During the Lunar New Year, the demand for exchanging and trading goods increases, therefore, the authorities, in which the core is the Customs force, have implemented many solutions to reform administrative procedures and modernize customs clearance procedures; thereby, ensuring smooth import and export activities of enterprises in Quang Ninh province, contributing to increasing state budget revenue.
According to statistics, in 2024, the import and export turnover of goods through Bac Phong Sinh Border Gate, Hai Ha District will reach over 55 million USD. The main items are agricultural products, frozen seafood, dried seafood and sedge. To ensure smooth import and export activities, the functional agencies at Bac Phong Sinh Border Gate regularly maintain a good meeting mechanism, unifying views in resolving issues related to customs clearance activities at the border gate. At the same time, continue to carry out administrative reforms well, improve the quality and efficiency of border gate management and control; publicly post regulations, rules, regulations, administrative procedures, regulations on fee collection in the border gate area.
The Customs Branch and the Bac Phong Sinh Border Gate Management Board also regularly maintain exchanges with the Dong Trung Border Gate Economic Development Center in Ly Hoa (China) to exchange information on the situation of entry and exit, import and export, management mechanisms and policies to grasp the situation, coordinate management, create an open and equal environment in economic development cooperation, and create all favorable conditions for Vietnamese and Chinese traders to import and export goods.
Not only at Bac Phong Sinh Border Gate, in 2024, especially now on the occasion of Lunar New Year, import-export and customs clearance activities at border gates in Quang Ninh province are bustling. Quang Ninh Provincial Customs Department directed units to continue to innovate support thinking, proactively learn, grasp information, and accompany to find solutions to remove difficulties for businesses. Up to now, 14 conferences have been organized to meet and dialogue with businesses, directly resolving 58 problems at the conference. At the same time, review and select businesses with large import-export turnover, suitable for the characteristics of border gates to attract, in order to increase turnover and budget revenue.
Mr. Tran Quang Hanh, representative of SITC Logistics Company, said: The company regularly carries out import and export procedures at Bac Luan II Border Gate, all procedures are public and transparent. The difficulties and problems of enterprises are listened to and promptly resolved by the authorities at the border gate. Therefore, enterprises have been proactive in their business activities.
Administrative reform, customs modernization, support and companionship with enterprises continued to be promoted, closely following and fully concretizing the instructions of ministries and branches on administrative reform and customs modernization. The Sub-Departments have promoted the application of technology, improving the efficiency of using modern technical equipment in the activities of monitoring, inspecting and controlling goods such as maintaining container scanners; on-duty system, online monitoring. Administrative reform continued to be focused on, during the year, Customs units received and processed 3,291 records on online public services; 3,386 vehicles carrying out customs procedures on the E-Manifest electronic system; 6,429 import declarations subject to specialized inspection were returned on the national single window system.
With synchronous implementation solutions that have brought about clear results, the total value of import and export turnover through border gates in Quang Ninh province has reached 18.2 billion USD, an increase of 17% over the same period in 2023. Of which, exports reached 7.6 billion USD, imports reached 10.6 billion USD; main export items are: Coal, clinker, cement, wood chips...; main import items: Petroleum, coal, machinery and equipment, groceries. Up to now, a total of 2,046 enterprises have participated in customs procedures through the area, an increase of 30% compared to 2023.
In 2025, the Provincial Customs Department will continue to promote the application of information technology, effectively deploy the National Single Window Mechanism, the ASEAN Single Window Mechanism as well as provide comprehensive online public services. Operate the VNACCS/VCIS system stably 24/7 and network infrastructure, application programs operate effectively and smoothly; deploy the Digital Border Gate model at road border gates according to the Customs sector's roadmap. Review and propose reductions for export and import goods subject to specialized inspection, ensuring the goal of implementing administrative procedure reform, meeting the requirements of state management of customs.
During the Lunar New Year 2025, the Provincial Customs Department and functional forces at border gates will uphold their sense of responsibility to strictly maintain discipline, assign leaders, civil servants and workers on duty during Tet to be ready to serve 24/7 for import-export, exit-entry and border crossing activities to take place safely and smoothly.
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