VietNamNet Bridge – State management agencies are considering ending the activities of
importing goods temporarily for re-export later. The information has made
businesses worried stiff.
Trinh Van Minh, a businessman, said that he has
invested multi-billion dong to build a storage-yard to keep the temporary
imports for re-export. However, if the above said plan by the state management
agencies is implemented, his business strategy would fail completely.
Minh is not alone. Many other companies in Mong Cai
City, which have invested tens or hundreds of billions of dong to develop
storage-yards. “If we are not allowed to do this kind of business any more, we
will suffer heavily,” a businessman said, adding that other investors, who are
building cold storehouses, have stopped the construction to listen for the
news.
Especially, many of the businesses build
storehouse-yards with the borrowed money. If they cannot implement their
business plans, they would not be able to pay bank debts.
The failure of the plans of enterprises would
certainly make thousands of workers become unemployed. It is estimated that
20-30,000 laborers are working in the field for the enterprises in the economic
zone in the Mong Cai border gate area.
According to a high ranking official of the Mong
Cai City authorities, there are hundreds of enterprises in the city have the
activities of importing goods temporarily for re-export.
Therefore, state management agencies have warned
that once the decision is made, it would have very big impacts, not only on
local businesses, but on the community’s life as well.
The idea of stopping the activities of importing
goods temporarily for re-export lager was raised at a conference discussing the
measures to fight against smuggling, counterfeiting and trade frauds held in
Hanoi.
At the conference, officials from relevant
ministries said that the activities have been exploited by foreigners and
Vietnamese to bring banned imports to the domestic market.
The officials said that it is really very difficult
to fight against the activities, because the violators would cite the articles
in the Maritime and Commercial Laws to refuse to receive the goods, when their
illegal activities are discovered.
It happens that goods are carried to Vietnam before
they are shipped to China across the border gates. However, as the Chinese government
tightens the imports, the goods cannot penetrate the Chinese market and they
are kept for a long time in Vietnam, thus causing negative environmental and
economic impacts.
The Ministry of Public Security believes that
Vietnam should not allow the economic model of temporarily importing goods for
re-export to exist, saying that there are too many existing problems, while the
profits are not high. At present, only some private enterprises still operate
in the field, while there are too many risks Vietnam has to face.
In many cases, goods were imported to Vietnam, but
they were not re-exported as promised. Tobacco and wine products, for example,
would appear on the domestic market just several hours after the importers
fulfilled the procedures to get customs clearance. It is obvious that the
importers intended to import the goods for domestic consumption instead of
re-exporting to third countries.
Besides, the representative of the ministry has
also pointed out that while the profits are modest, the goods, mainly carried
on container vehicles, thus causing damages to the roads, bridges and hindering
the traffic.
However, the proposal on ending the activities has
raised debate. An economist has warned that this would lead to a big loss of
revenue.
According to the Mong Cai City’s authorities, the
activities bring a revenue of 200-300 billion dong to the local budget, which
is a big financial resource for the locality.
Source: Phap luat
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