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Category

Customs Clearance Procedure

Responsible Agency

Customs Division

Phone:

Email:

Legal basis of the Procedure                

-       Law on Customs 54/2014/QH13 dated June 23, 2014;

-       Decree  08/2015/ND-CP dated January 21, 2015 on guidelines for enforcement of the Law on Customs in terms of customs procedures, customs supervision and inspection;

-       Circular 38/2015/TT-BTC dated March 25, 2015 on customs procedures; customs supervision and inspection; export tax, import tax, and tax administration of exported and imported goods

Processing time

-       With regard to exported goods: Within 15 working days from the customs clearance date

-       With regard to imported goods: After the shipment is completely delivered

Fee

VND 20,000

Type of documents

With regard to imported goods:

With regard to exported goods:

A declaration of imported goods that contains the information mentioned in to Appendix II enclosed with Circular No. 38/2015/TT-BTC.

A declaration of exported goods that contains the information mentioned in Appendix II enclosed with this Circular.

In case of paper-based customs declaration prescribed in Clause 2 Article 25 of Decree No. 08/2015/ND-CP, the declarant shall make and submit 02 original copies of the declaration of exported goods using form No. HQ/2015/XK

Commercial invoices if the buyer has to pay the seller: 01 photocopy

Export license (if required): 01 original copy if partial shipments are not permitted, or 01 photocopy enclosed with a monitoring sheet if partial shipments are permitted

The bill of lading or equivalent transport documents  if goods are transported by sea, air, railroad, or multi-modal transport as prescribed by law (unless goods are imported through a land checkpoint, goods traded between a free trade zone and the domestic market, imported goods carried in the luggage upon entry): 01 copy

A notice of exemption from inspection or inspection result issued by a specialized agency as prescribed by law: 01 original copy

Import license for goods requiring this license; Import license under tariff-rate quota: 01 original copy if partial shipments are not permitted, or 01 photocopy enclosed with a monitoring sheet if partial shipments are permitted

A notice of exemption from inspection or inspection result issued by a specialized agency as prescribed by law: 01 original copy

In case of using the National Single Window, the state competence authorities should send import permit, notification of examination result or notification of examination exemption via electronic files through the National Single Window Portal; the declarant would not have to submit themselves on processing customs procedures

Value declaration: Value declaration: the declarant shall make the value declaration using the set form and send it to the System in digital form or submit 02 original copies to the customs authority (in case of paper-based customs declaration). The cases in which the value declaration is required and the value declaration form are provided in the Circular of the Ministry of Finance on customs valuation of exported goods and imported goods

Certificate of Origin (Certificate of Origin or Self-Certified ROO documents): 01 original copy or electronic documents.

With regard to exported goods

Step 1

Complete the declaration of exported goods and mixed transport, specifying the destination code of the Customs Division where import procedures are followed

Step 2

Follow procedures for exporting goods as prescribed

Step 3

Deliver goods to the imported after they are granted customs clearance

With regard to imported goods

Step 1

Complete the declaration of imported goods by the deadline, specifying the number of the declaration of indirectly exported goods in “Notes” section of the electronic customs declaration or "Other notes” section of the paper customs declaration

Step 2

Follow procedures for importing goods as prescribed

The customs authority where import procedures are followed shall:

Step 1

Monitor declarations of indirectly exported goods for which customs procedures have been completed in order to initiate import procedures

Step 2

Carry out inspection according to the classification result given by the System