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Procedure NameProcedure for establishment of bonded warehouses
Description
Category
Permit/Certificate
Responsible Agency               
General Department of Customs
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.
  • Circular No. 38/2015/TT-BTC dated March 25, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance on customs procedures, customs supervision and inspection; export tax, import tax, and tax administration applied to exported and imported goods.
Processing time
  • Within 10 working days after receiving the complete and valid dossier, the provincial/city Customs Department shall submit a proposal to the General Department of Customs
  • Within 07 days after receiving the dossier enclosing the report made by the local Customs Department, the General Department of Customs shall issue a written decision of reply
Fee
  • VND 0
Required documents:
No
Type of documents
Note
1
Application for establishment (according to the Form issued by the Ministry of Finance).
01 original copy
2
Business Registration Certificate in which warehouse or storage facility operations are defined
01 photocopy
3
Layout of warehouse, storage yards or sites in which building restriction lines, locations of commodity warehouses, internal roads, fire fighting, prevention, security system, warehouse and customs offices must be clearly stated
4
Documents proving the legal land use right
01 photocopy
Requirements for establishment of 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 meeting standards for supervision of goods inventory of the customs authority.
Process Steps
Step 1
Submit the dossier
The enterprise shall submit the dossier under the provisions of Clause 2, Article 82 of Decree 08/2015/ND-CP dated January 21, 2015 to Provincial/City Customs Department
Step 2
Receive, verify and submit the dossier to the General Department of Customs
The Department shall conduct examination of the dossier, physical examination of the depot area. If the prescribed conditions are satisfactorily fulfilled, it shall make a report and submit to the General Department of Customs for approval of establishment.
Step 3
Approval for establishment.
The Director of the General Department of Customs shall issue an approval for estabisment of the facility or give a written reply to the enterprise if the enterprise fails to meet all prescribed requirements.
Process Map:
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The following form/s are used in this procedure
TitleDescriptionCreated DateUpdated DateIssued By
Application form for setting up warehouse20-03-201620-03-2016Ministry of FinanceThis is Dowload File
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