Category

Customs Clearance Procedure

Responsible Agency

Provincial Customs Department

Phone:

Email:

Legal basis of the Procedure                

• Law on Customs No. 54/2014/QH13 dated June 23, 2014;

• Decree No. 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 No. 38/2015/TT-BTC dated March 25, 2015 on customs procedures; customs supervision and inspection; export tax, import tax, and tax administration applied to exported and imported goods

Processing time

• No later than two (02) working hours for dossier examination

• No later than eight (08) working hours for physical examination of the shipment

• No later than two (02) working days for physical examination of the shipment with various types and large quantities of goods.

Fee

VND 20,000

No

Type of documents

Note

1

Declaration Form for Exported Goods containing the information mentioned in Annex II enclosed with the Circular No. 38/2015/TT-BTC.

2

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

3

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

Step 1

Entities and/or individuals shall follow procedures for exports of material goods

Step 2

Information on the customs declaration shall be automatically checked by the System to make sure conditions for customs declaration registration are satisfied. In case of paper-based customs declaration, the customs official shall check the conditions for registration of customs declaration prescribed in this Clause and documents enclosed with the customs dossier.

Step 3

According to the decision on customs inspection which is automatically notified by the System, the customs official shall: Approve the information declared on the customs declaration system and permit customs clearance; 
Examine related documents included in the customs documentation of customs declarations, or any other document stored on the single-window portal in order to decide customs clearance or conduct physical verification of commodities before permitting customs clearance.

Step 4

Customs clearance of goods