In Order To Take The Initiative To Crack Down On Fraud In Origin, The Vietnamese Customs Put Forward 8 Applicable Measures.

According to the General Administration of Customs of the Ministry of finance of Vietnam, the Vietnamese customs authorities have taken the initiative to report the current situation of Vietnamese origin fraud and illegal transshipment in order to take the initiative to prevent fraudulent origin and illegal transshipment, and suggest measures for the relevant departments. At the same time, the decision No. 1662/QD-BTC of August 23, 2019 was issued to implement the decision of the prime minister in this (2019) July 4th decision 824/QD-TTg, and approved the proposal for "anti circumvention trade remedy measures and prevention of fraud by origin".

Among them, the Vietnamese customs authorities focus on 8 measures;

The first is to supplement and amend the Announcement No. 38/2018/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance in April 20, 2018, which stipulates that the inspection should determine the origin of import and export goods (Announcement No. 62/2019/TT-BTC of September 5, 2019).

Second: to supplement and amend the relevant provisions of 127/2013/ND-CP, such as the relevant sanctions on origin, the label of goods, and the provisions on the enforcement of administrative sanctions against customs in May 26, 2016, and the enforcement of administrative decisions, including penalties for fraud in origin, counterfeiting of goods and illegal transshipment, etc. in 45/2016/ND-CP.

Third: training of civil service formalities to enhance inspection, detect fraud and illegal transshipment.

Fourth: apply various risk management measures, such as collecting and analyzing domestic and foreign information to identify goods with high risk origin fraud, goods labeling and counterfeiting and intellectual property infringement, and adopt various business measures to check, investigate and confirm all illegal activities. Inspecting and determining the volume and volume of imports and exports that are higher than production capacity and scale increase, so as to collect and analyze information, and decide to check, confirm and investigate the signs of breaking the law.

Fifth: the customs authorities plan and implement various projects to check and confirm the specific product industries, such as imported synthetic boards, wooden flooring, bicycles and electric bicycles. We should strengthen the inspection and inspection of products after clearance, so as to find out the illegal activities.

The sixth is to hold seminars on the origin of goods and strengthen the inspection and discovery capabilities of customs officers for fraud, so as to enhance publicity, guidance to the origin of goods, prevent fraud, counterfeiting and illegal transshipment. At the same time, we will also report on customs detection and handling cases in conjunction with media publicity and reporting on measures to prevent fraud, counterfeit goods and illegal transshipment.

Seventh: cooperate with relevant departments, such as the Ministry of Commerce and industry, and the Federation of Vietnamese chambers of Commerce and industry. Cooperate with various associations to evaluate the production and export capacity of various industries, determine the import and export sudden increase of goods, and identify manufacturers with fraud, counterfeiting and illegal transit crises to implement the business measures that are in line with them. In addition, the General Administration of customs also suggests that the departments concerned will improve the legal basis. For example, it is suggested that the Ministry of science and technology should amend 43/2017/ND-CP as soon as possible, and agree that the Ministry of Commerce and industry should inspect and supplement the relevant regulations of the origin of the goods as soon as possible and promulgate the relevant standards of origin for the sale of domestic goods as early as possible.

Eighth: strengthen international cooperation through information exchange in preventing fraud, counterfeiting and illegal transshipment in origin. In conjunction with the European anti fraud Office (OLAF), it has identified several product fraudulent practices, such as solar panels, color steel plates, prawn, white shrimp, bicycles, electric bicycles and solar cells.