VietNamNet Bridge – The Chinese authorities have taken a lot of
enigmatic moves recently, thus leading to the stagnation of the cross-border
trade.
The bank accounts of some
Vietnamese businessmen who have business relations with Chinese businessmen in
Dongxing City have been unexpectedly blocked, according to VnExpress.
A lot of Vietnamese people, who
worked in China under the labor contracts signed with Chinese employers, have
complained that the money they earned in China has been confiscated at the
border gates.
A series of abnormal phenomenas
have occurred since mid-2012 in the Mong Cai border gate area in Quang Ninh
province. Vietnamese exporters cannot go through the border gate because the
Chinese authorities have reinforced the verification over the goods from
Vietnam. Even raw materials and frozen seafood products, which were always in
high demand, could not be exported.
Nguyen Tien Dung, Deputy Chair of
the Mong Cai City People’s Committee, has confirmed that some abnormal things
have occurred recently.
Being the biggest border city in
the north, Mong Cai has 400 enterprises which have regularly business
activities with Chinese across the border. About 450 containers of goods are
exported to China every day and 1600 boats carry goods to China, mostly on Ka
Long River and Luc Lam habor.
The cross-border import-export
turnover in 2005-2011 reached 23,866 million dollars which had been increasing
steadily since early 2012. In the first seven months of the year, the
import-export turnover in the city was 2,607,641 million dollars, just equal to
78.9 percent of that of the same period of the last year.
There have been no official
figures for August 2012, but observers believe that the export volume was much
lower than the months before. The main export items were farm, forestry and
seafood produce, cassava starch and tobacco. Meanwhile, minerals, the export
items Chinese once most preferred, have been left unsold. China has suddenly
stopped buying from Vietnam, both through official or cross-border channels.
According to the Mong Cai City’s
Customs Agency, by August 9, 3860 containers had been still waiting for being
exported.
Nguyen Van Tinh, a local
official, said the goods deadlock occurred some times in the past, but all the
exporters then could go through, sooner or later. Meanwhile, a lot of
consignments have been stuck there for the last many years, while no one knows
when the consignments can be cleared.
Vietnamese businessmen have
learned that Chinese authorities have set up a lot of armed inspection stations
along the border line for the last month. The bank accounts of some businessmen
have been blocked by the Chinese authorities, while Vietnamese workers cannot
bring the money they earn from legal works in China to Vietnam.
Some sources have said that China
has been strengthening the control in the border areas as a security measure
taken on the threshold of the Chinese communist party congress. The campaign is
expected to end on August 31. However, observers have warned that it is still
unclear if China would open the border gate or continue closing the gate after
the congress.
The Ministry of Industry and
Trade has gathered urgent meetings with local trade departments and the Mong
Cai City’s people’s committee to discuss the measures to clear the deadlock.
However, to date, no reasonable solution has been found.
Meanwhile, speaking on Thoi bao
Kinh te Saigon, Pham Chi Lan, a well-known economist, urged the Ministry of
Industry and Trade to work out with Chinese competent agencies to find out the reasons.
Vietnamese businessmen need to be informed with necessary information to set up
their business plans.
Compiled by C. V
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