Right from the beginning of 2022, Binh Duong Department of Customs quickly embarked on dual tasks, trying to implement many solutions to ensure revenues, and continue to create favorable conditions for businesses within their operations of import and export activities, contributing positively to the development of the province.
In 2022, Binh Duong Department of Customs remains in the top position of administrative reforms, customs modernization to facilitate import and export activities, and early complete the planned targets
Businesses facilitated
In 2022, Binh Duong Department of Customs maintains its top position of administrative reforms and customs modernization to facilitate import and export activities in the area. Up to now, almost all of the procedures, interactions, and records handling of enterprises have been done in a 24/7 network. According to Binh Duong Department of Customs, up to now, 100% of basic customs procedures have been automated; 100% of customs sub-departments carry out electronic customs procedures with 99% of participating enterprises. The declaration, receipt, information processing and customs clearance decisions are made with a very high degree of automation; and the processing time for customs documents is very fast.
With the arrangement of 3 mobile container scanners at the Customs Branch for Import-Export Goods Management outside the industrial parks, Song Than Customs Branch and Binh Duong General Port Customs Branch have very conveniently served import and export goods of enterprises inside and outside the industrial parks of the province. Over the time of implementation, assessing the inspection of goods through the scanner brings high efficiency such as shortening the time for customs clearance of goods at an average of 3-5 minutes a container. If the time to enter the system is included, the clearing of goods is about 10-15 minutes a declaration (a declaration can include one or more containers), which is many times faster than manual inspection, meaning cost saving for businesses.
Nguyen Thanh Binh - Deputy Director of Binh Duong Department of Customs, said that currently, the scanning units that manage import and export goods through screening do not collect any fees from businesses, even the fee to enter the screening yard while saving a lot of manpower, and reducing costs by not having to load and unload goods manually as well as the cost of using lifting equipment, improving the ability to detect infringing goods, preventing and deterring fraudulent acts in import and export activities.
Ready for new goals
In 2022, the world situation continues to be unfavorable and unpredictable with direct impacts greatly affecting all fields, businesses have been facing great challenges in production and import-export activities. However, with the motto of "always standing with the business community", Binh Duong Department of Customs has strengthened meetings and dialogues to solve obstacles and problems by promptly appropriate and flexible measures to facilitate import-export businesses and ensure customs management. Nagato Takahiko - Chairman of the Association of Japanese Enterprises in Binh Duong, said: “Knowing that in 2022, Binh Duong Department of Customs has quickly devised many scenarios and plans to accompany and support businesses to overcome difficulties such as good support for quick customs clearance of goods, timely tax refund, and favorable conditions for businesses to overcome difficulties to reinvest in production and business activities. Customs branches in the province always keep a close eye on the situation of enterprises, and regularly organize dialogue sessions to visit and encourage enterprises to overcome difficulties and stabilize production.”
Entering 2023, the international situation is forecasted with more unpredictable developments, but Binh Duong Department of Customs is determined to achieve a total state budget revenue of VND 20,200 billion. Meanwhile, the target of the General Department of Customs is expected to allocate VND 21,210 billion, which is a very high goal of Binh Duong Department of Customs in the context of the world's economic and political situation with so unpredictable the fluctuations. To accomplish the goal, right from the beginning of 2023, Binh Duong Department of Customs continues to develop many solutions such as timely solving problems and always supporting and accompanying businesses with the biggest goal of stabilizing the environment to determine the situation of production and business activities, to prevent disruption of the supply chain, to ensure favorable conditions for import and export activities, striving to achieve and exceed the assigned target in 2023.
Nguyen Tran Hieu - Director of Binh Duong Department of Customs, said that in the past time, the customs sector had promoted the application of information technology, thereby, creating more favorable conditions for businesses and people in the process of customs clearance in particular and import and export activities in general. According to the plan to transform the customs sector by 2025 and with orientation to 2030, businesses will be more favorable. Binh Duong Department of Customs continues to apply new and modern scientific and technological achievements on a digital, paperless platform to ensure transparency, fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the procedures.
“Binh Duong Customs Department continues to promote reforms of administrative procedures and customs modernization, creating favorable conditions for businesses by strongly applying information technology in all professional stages to further shorten customs clearance time, and reducing costs for businesses. At the same time, focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state management of customs and drastic measures has been made to attract businesses and strengthen the fight against loss of budget revenue through import-export management activities, to strengthen the inspection and control of smuggling and trade frauds. Binh Duong Department of Customs drastically performs key tasks to make an important and positive contribution to the provincial socio-economic development," added Nguyen Tran Hieu.
Reported by Ngoc Thanh – Translated by Vi Bao
