On May 30/05/2018, the General Department of Customs issued the Plan No.3009/KH-TCHQ on the implementation plan of automatic customs management system at ports, warehouses and yards. This plan took effect from the date of its promulgation.
Accordingly, Plan No.3009/KH-TCHQ sets out the principles and roadmap for implementing the system as follows:
– Having high transaction frequency and volume of import and export goods;
– High availability of information technology systems;
– Deploying synchronously from ports to warehouses and yards to ensure the coherence between the professional operations in the supervision of goods transportation.
– Review and evaluate the current situation and determine the implementation of enterprises: Completed in June, 2018;
– Development of implementation plan: Completed in July 2018;
– Other contents such as sending staff to participate in training, organizing seminars, introducing, guiding and supporting departments and enterprises to study information exchange process: To be carried out in parallel during implementation process.
By providing a detailed roadmap with drastic measures, the General Department of Customs has shown the industry’s determination to deploy an automated customs management system at ports, warehouses and yards to speed up the implementation of the state management.
