Hoanh Mo Border Gate Customs Branch: Strengthening the attraction of import-export businesses

In the context of complicated epidemic developments and the Chinese side's strengthening of management policies for import and export goods, it has significantly affected import and export activities through Hoanh Mo border gate (Binh Lieu). Therefore, Hoanh Mo border gate Customs Branch has synchronously deployed many solutions to attract businesses to participate in customs clearance of goods here.

Inspecting exported goods at Hoanh Mo border gate Customs Branch.

In the first 9 months of 2021, especially the third quarter, the Covid-19 epidemic broke out violently in most of the provinces and cities in the country, especially in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces, every day, tens of thousands of new infections and hundreds of deaths arise. As a result, people's consumption demand has dropped sharply because many provinces and cities have implemented social distancing, production factories in industrial zones have stopped working, there is a shortage of long-distance drivers, freight services, yards and loading and unloading activities face many difficulties... greatly affecting import-export activities in general and Hoanh Mo border gate in particular.

To ensure the dual goals of both effective disease prevention and control while accompanying businesses, Hoanh Mo Border Gate Customs Branch has implemented synchronous and drastic solutions. In which, special attention is paid to promoting reform of administrative procedures, modernizing customs, facilitating import-export and trade activities; applying information technology to professional stages... At the same time, strengthening discipline, preventing and combating corruption; stepping up the fight against smuggling and trade fraud; effectively implementing debt recovery solutions.

In addition, the Sub-department also closely follows the direction of the superiors, closely grasps the actual situation in the area and regularly communicates, grasps the situation of production and business activities as well as difficulties and problems of enterprises... Then, actively advising and proposing to the Customs Department, Binh Lieu District People's Committee to have mechanisms and policies to facilitate and attract businesses to participate in import and export through the area.

In particular, one of the effective activities to keep and attract businesses to carry out procedures at Hoanh Mo border gate Customs Branch is to well implement disease prevention and control measures in import-export activities. Thereby, the unit has always strengthened the key solutions for epidemic prevention and preparation for all situations with the motto of maintaining safety, stability, and development in the new normal situation. Disease prevention at the border gate has been implemented seriously and effectively, specifically, strictly implementing epidemic prevention and control measures in the stages of customs procedures; carrying out customs supervision inspection for import and export goods, means of transport and drivers; maintaining and deploying the system of recording arrivals and departures using QR Codes at the headquarters of the Sub-Department and at places where customs procedures are settled; strictly controlling people entering and exiting the agency by QR Code; arranging people to check and record information of people entering and leaving daily; People from foreign provinces entering the Sub-Department are required to present a certificate of negative RT-PCR test within 48 hours from the time of sampling...

Since the beginning of the year, thanks to the synchronous and drastic implementation of solutions, it has created an open, transparent and safe environment, helping the Branch to attract 59 businesses to carry out customs procedures. In which, there are 40 enterprises in the province making 2,101 declarations, with a turnover of over 82.7 million USD; 19 enterprises outside the province, completing 328 declarations, turnover reached over 14.7 million USD.