The Ministry of Finance and the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday held a dialogue on tax and customs policies with more than 500 companies, aiming to remove difficulties and favourable conditions for business operations.
In order to promote import and export activities of HCM City, the city Customs Department held a meeting with businesses to answer questions about tax policies and customs clearance procedures.
The General Department of Customs issued directives to provincial and municipal customs departments, highlighting specific issues related to steel imports.
Despite being the world''s third-largest rice exporter, Việt Nam has spent nearly US$1 billion on rice imports in the first nine months of 2024. The increase in rice imports is driven by a shift in rice cultivation trends.
Statistics from Việt Nam Customs show that pangasius export turnover in the first five months of this year is estimated at US$725 million, up 2 per cent over the same period last year.
The 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Customs Directors-General will take place from June 4-6 on the island city of Phú Quốc in the southern province of Kiên Giang.
The Plant Protection Department received GACC’s warnings and asked enterprises which owned these violating shipments to comply with the regulations on origin tracing, recalling and handling.
Each company has to spend about 14.9 hours to complete a cross-border trade transaction and incur direct costs of around VND3.8 million (US$165) for logistics services, according to the 2022 Administrative Procedure Compliance Costs Index (APCI) report.
The MARD suggested China Customs permit more fruits, aquatic species and products of Viet Nam to enter this country, license more Vietnamese aquatic product exporters that meet China Customs’ standards as confirmed by Vietnamese authorities.
It is forecast that the demand for goods trading through Huu Nghi and Tan Thanh border gates will increase sharply as Viet Nam and other countries are entering the peak time in the harvest season of fruits and agricultural products.