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Sai Gon port proposes to bring scraps to the port for storage

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On 26 June 2018, at the working session among the delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the representatives of the Customs Branch of Saigon Port Zone 1 and Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation; the representative of Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation continued to request the Customs office to transport the existing Cat Lai cargo containers to the empty port of Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation.

Updated on : 13-07-2018


Sai Gon port proposes to bring scraps to the port for storage

Recommendations for port transfer

At the working session, the delegation recognized Sai Gon Port's proposal for competent authorities to consider and settle. Because, as stipulated in Decision No. 15/2017 / QD-TTg dated 12 May 2017, promulgating the list of imported goods subject to Customs procedures at the import border gate of the Prime Minister, the goods on the list of scraps will be subject to procedures at import border gates.

According to Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation, to avoid congestion at Cat Lai port for scrap shipments which did not meet import conditions but businesses still import, from 1 June 2018, Cat Lai port and Hiep Phuoc port stopped accepting all plastic scrap imports.

Ms. Pham Thi Leo, Deputy Manager of Customs Branch of Saigon Port Zone 1 said that until 20 June 2018, at Cat Lai port, there were 3,231 scrap containers which have not been processed for Customs clearance. Of which, there were 2,183 containers in excess of 90 days; 825 containers stored at port from 30-90 days and 223 containers stored at port for less than 300 days.

In order to manage and handle the scrap containers to reduce the load for Cat Lai port, the Customs Branch of Sai Gon Port at Zone 1 has supervised and managed the scrap containers at the port and carried out clearance procedures for these containers in the case where they fully meets the conditions stipulated in Decision 73/2014 / QD-TTg and Circular 41/2015 / TT-BTC.

At the same time, the Customs Branch sent a warning message to the shipping companies about the scraps that were stuck at the Customs clearance port and asked the carriers to supply the container data and send to the Customs office to manage closely.

Look for enterprises to process

The leader of Customs Branch of Sai Gon port Zone 1 said that many enterprises imported scraps but had not been issued a certificate of satisfaction of environmental protection conditions in the import of scrap materials, which caused congestion at the port.

Some enterprises importing scraps registered their business at addresses which were not true or they even changed address. Some enterprises have not been able to do customs procedures for a long time so the Customs office can not contact them and when the Customs office sent invitations, they were returned. Some enterprises did not have a certificate but they were still in contact with the shipping companies and used the name, certificates of other enterprises for packing.

To deal with scraps in stock at the port, according to the Customs office of Saigon port Zone 1, for the discarded containers longer than 30 days, the Customs Branch requested enterprises importing on the E-manifest to carry out procedures for import or re-export of lots (if import conditions are not met). As a result, the enterprises with the import permit came to work with the Customs office and carried out Customs procedures for customs clearance according to regulations. Some enterprises did not come to work for other reasons. Currently, the Customs Branch is verifying the business addresses to identify the owners of the scraps.

For unclaimed scraps, the Customs Branch cooperated with Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation to carry out the steps as guided by the Official Letter No. 2443 / TCHQ-GSQL dated 7 June 2018, for goods left in the area of Customs operation for more than 30 days and proceed to handle such goods in excess of 90 days. Simultaneously, accelerate the handling of unclaimed goods in excess of 90 days according to Circular 203/2015 / TT-BTC.

After classification, if the goods cause environmental pollution (wastes or garbage), the Customs officers shall request goods owners, owners of means of transport or people authorized by transport means owners to transport the goods causing the pollution. This infection shall be removed from the Vietnamese territory according to the provisions at Point c, Clause 2, Article 14 of Circular 203/2015 / TT-BTC. Renewable scrap materials that comply with Decision 73/2014 / QD-TTg shall be liquidated according to regulations.

Source:  Customs News


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