On 07, December 2018, the General Department of Customs issued Official Letter No. 7225/TCHQ-GSQL on the delivery of goods for the preservation of imported iron and steel scrap. This document takes effect from the date of its promulgation.
Accordingly, the General Department of Customs has guided the Customs Departments of provinces and cities related to the import of iron and steel scrap not in containers carrying on board on the preservation of goods, specifically:
1. For iron and steel scrap not packed in containers on the ships, when customs declarers request delivering goods to preservation places, then applying provisions of Clause 3, Article 32 of Circular No. 38/2018/TT -BTC to perform;
2. Before delivering the goods for preservation, the customs sub-department where the customs declaration is registered shall inspect the goods preservation place. The goods preservation location have to meet the conditions at Point b. Clause 3, Article 33 of the Government’s Decree No. 08/2015/ND-CP of January 21, 2015, shall be permitted to be placed on preservation;
3. The border-gate Customs Sub-Departments shall directly supervise the whole process of loading and unloading goods of entry into the transportation to deliver the goods to preservation places.
It can be seen that the instructions of the General Department of Customs through the Official Letter No. 7225/TCHQ-GSQL will help to solve the problems of the customs units in the management and supervision of the preservation of iron, scrap steel imports of traders.