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Procedure NameProcedure for expansion or contraction of sites being bonded warehouse, CFS, concentrated goods inspection facility, facility for gathering, inspecting exported or imported goods at the border gate (border-gate gathering site)
Description
Category
Permit/Certificate
Responsible Agency               
Provincial/City Customs Department
Address: Block E3 - Duong Dinh Nghe street, Yen Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+844) 39440833 (ext: 8623)
Email: webmaster@customs.gov.vn
Legal basis of the Procedure                    
  • Customs Law No. 54/2014/QH13 dated June 23, 2014.
  • Decree No. 08/2015/ND-CP of the Government dated January 21, 2015 providing specific provisions and guidance on enforcement of the Customs Law regarding customs procedures, examination, supervision and control procedures.
Processing time
  • Within 10 working days from the day on which valid and sufficient documents are received, the local Customs Department shall consider issuing a decision on the expansion/contraction of facility and notify the applicant in writing if any condition is not fulfilled.
Fee
VND 0
Required documents:
No
Type of documents
Note
1
Written request for expansion/contraction
01 original copy
2
Site plan of warehouse or storage yard requested for expansion/contraction
01 photocopy
3
Documents proving the ownership of the warehouse, storage yard for such expansion
01 photocopy
Conditions for establishment:
Bonded warehouses
1
Bonded warehouses shall be established in:
  • Areas adjacent to civil international airports, ports of import/export of inland goods (inland customs deport), land border checkpoints, international inter-modal rail terminals.
  • Industrial parks, hi-tech zones, export-processing zones.
  • Areas where competent regulatory agencies draw up the planning to develop logistics services, support exportation of agricultural, forest and aquatic products which are manufactured in the concentration manner.
2
Bonded warehouses shall be separated from surrounding areas by walls, fences, and meet requirements for regular customs examination or supervision, except for those located in border checkpoints or ports with walls or fences to keep it completely separated from surrounding areas
3
The bonded warehouse owner/proprietor is the enterprise established under legal regulations, and provides services such as warehouse, storage and forwarding of exports or imports, and customs brokerage
4
A bonded warehouse must cover a minimum area of 5,000 m2 (including spaces used for warehouse, commodity handling yards and auxiliary facilities), of which the warehouse must cover an area of 1,000 m2 or more. As for specialized warehouses particularly intended for one or several type(s) of cargoes required to be specially stored, bonded warehouses must cover a minimum area of 1,000 m2. In particular, bonded yards intended for special purposes must cover a minimum area of 10,000 m2and the size of warehouse space is not specified.
5
The bonded warehouse owner/proprietor must have accounting record system developed and administrated by the application of information technologies in order to meet criteria stipulated by regulatory agencies for monitoring, managing commodities which are received, dispatched, stored or inventoried and connected with customs authorities in charge of bonded warehouses. The bonded warehouse must have a surveillance camera system that meet standards for supervision of goods inventory of the customs authority.
Requirements for establishment of the CFS
1
The site for establishment of the CFS shall be establised in:
- Areas adjacent to civil international airports, ports of import/export of inland goods (inland customs deport), land border checkpoints, international inter-modal rail terminals;
- Industrial parks, hi-tech zones, export-processing zones. 
2
Enterprises must have registered business lines such as forwarding, carriage of exports or imports, warehouses or storage facilities.
3
Container freight station must cover a minimum area of 1,000 m2, exclusive of yards and auxiliary facilities.
4
Meet the working standards of customs authorities, including main office, commodity inspection area, and equipment (screening machine, etc.) installation area and exhibit warehouse.
5
Warehouses or storage yards must have fences or walls to keep them separated from surrounding areas and must be equipped with surveillance cameras which meet the standards set by customs authorities.
6
Goods entering, leaving the depot area must be monitored by a computer system connected with the supervision system of the customs authority.
Conditions for establishment of facility for gathering, inspecting exported or imported goods at the border (border gathering site)
1
The place is located within a border economic zones or checkpoint area under the management of the customs authority.
2
Required area: The minimum area is 5.000 m2
3
The working conditions of the customs are satisfactory, such as the office building, goods inspection site, equipment serving customs supervision and inspection, exhibit storage.
4
The depot area must have fences or walls to keep them separated from surrounding areas and must be equipped with surveillance cameras
5
Goods entering, leaving the depot area must be monitored by a computer system connected with the customs authority.
Conditions for establishment of concentrated goods inspection facility
1
The inspection site: must be adjacent to the local Customs Department; The goods inspection facility shared by multiple local customs departments must not be longer than 20 km away from any local customs department.
2
Required area: The minimum area of a separate inspection site is 5,000 m2, shared inspection site 10,000 m2.
3
Facilities and equipment:
  • The working conditions of the customs are satisfactory, such as the office building, goods inspection site, equipment serving customs supervision and inspection, exhibit storage.
  • The depot area must have fences or walls to keep them separated from surrounding areas and must be equipped with surveillance cameras which meet the standards set by customs authorities
  • Goods entering, leaving the depot area must be monitored by a computer system connected with the customs authority.
Process Steps
Step 1
Submit the dossier
Submit the dossier to the provincial Customs Department
Step 2
Receive and conduct required examination steps
After receipt of sufficient valid documents from the enterprise, the provincial/city Customs Department shall proceed to:
- Examine the dossier;
- Conduct physical examination of the depot area; 
- The Customs Department shall make a decision on the expansion/contraction the facility; or send a written response to the enterprise if the enterprise fails to meet statutory requirements.
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