On the morning of January 10, Guangxi province (China) officially restored customs clearance at border gates/gateways bordering Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province to solve the congestion of goods at the border gate. , especially agricultural products and frozen goods.
According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on the morning of January 10, Guangxi province (China) officially restored customs clearance at border gates / openings in Dongxing city (Vietnam is Mong Cai city). , Quang Ninh province, including Bac Luan 1 bridge, Bac Luan 2 bridge and Km 3+4 pontoon bridge.
These are border/gateway pairs that are very important for import and export goods of both sides. The Guangxi side said that in the immediate future, priority will be given to handling backlogged goods at the border gate, especially agricultural products and frozen goods.
Previously, to review and strengthen measures to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic, Guangxi province temporarily suspended customs clearance at border gates in Dongxing city from December 21, 2021.
After a period of review, based on developments and actual epidemic prevention and control at each border gate, Guangxi decided to restore customs clearance at these border gates/openings to coordinate with Vietnam to resolve the situation. current import and export congestion.
Thus, after many efforts to communicate and exchange goodwill between the two sides, since January 5, 2022, the government of Guangxi province has in turn reopened many pairs of border gates/gateways between Guangxi and China. Vietnam, in which there is a cluster of border gates / openings that are important for the export of Vietnamese agricultural products in the area of Dong Hung – Mong Cai.
In recent working sessions with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Chinese side has repeatedly emphasized the high requirements for epidemic prevention and control and asked Vietnam to work together to ensure the safety of vehicles and goods. As agricultural products and frozen foods, consider this the most important measure to ensure uninterrupted circulation of goods at the border area.
With the motto “it is safe to export, export must be safe”, the Ministry of Industry and Trade once again recommends that localities in growing areas, businesses, traders, and long-distance drivers increase the application of measures to ensure that the production, packaging and transportation process of goods is absolutely safe, in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, thereby helping stakeholders to open and sustainably open the reopening of border gates. .
The Ministry also asked border localities to also strengthen inspection and supervision measures to ensure that the safety process of goods and means is carried out correctly and seriously; resolutely remove consignments showing signs of violation of epidemic prevention and control rules so as not to affect import and export in general and export of agricultural products in particular, and strictly handle relevant organizations and individuals. in connection with such shipments.
However, the Ministry of Industry and Trade recommends that, as the epidemic continues to be complicated globally and in the region, it is expected that the customs clearance process at all border gates will continue to be tightened. The progress of customs clearance, therefore, will not be able to return to normal in a short time.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade requires the People’s Committees of the localities in the growing areas and exporting enterprises to actively monitor the situation to take measures to regulate production and harvest, especially regulating the amount of goods brought to the border appropriately. With clearance capacity, avoid creating congestion at the border gates causing damage to all parties.
In a related development, at the Conference to review the work in 2021 and deploy the tasks in 2022, the industry and trade sector took place on January 9, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh raised a number of limitations of the industry and trade industry. in 2021, including the situation of congestion of agricultural products at the border gate.
The Deputy Prime Minister asked the industry and trade industry to promote exports, diversify markets and export goods, especially potential and traditional markets.
Along with that, it is effectively solving problems in customs clearance activities, preventing congestion at seaports and border gates, especially Vietnam – China border gates as time goes on. past; coordinate with local ministries and branches to have radical and comprehensive solutions to increase the rate of official exports to China.
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