Abuse of customs procedures more open, but also gaps, the subjects were perjury, spleen stream … for smuggling, trade fraud

According to the HCM City Customs Department, the first 6 months of 2016, this unit has arrested and make records 694 violations worth 443.4 billion. Although the number of violations decreased by more than 45% but the value rose by 570% compared to the same period of 2015. In particular, in which 621 cases of violation of smuggling – commercial fraud, customs procedures …

Partner … “by mistake”!

Representative Customs Saigon port border region 3 3 said last week, this unit has processed and transfer the file to the authorities prosecute fraud involving customs procedures at national Container Terminal International (VICT).

Accordingly, Biology Co., Ltd. (HCMC) to declare the order of the importing SEL6061000347 cable (the type used to force vessels) of Korean origin. However, the authorities conducting the screening is to detect shipments of automobile accessories and cargo customers. Company representatives explained Biologics Limited Partner in Korea sent the wrong goods. However, this argument was rejected customs agency, said that the company violated the policies of economic management, tax evasion, abuse their risk management mechanisms, false declaration.

In May last, check first container refrigeration declared as an institute of technology import and export addresses in District 2, HCMC, authorities discovered that the goods recorded electric motor with metal casing type, capacity under 1 KW, used, originating in Japan. In fact, that’s the refrigerator, washing machine, refrigerator, rice cooker … has been used, the list of goods banned from import. The representative said authorities in the name of open whether import declarations but above institutes of technology have not come to the customs clearance procedures and refuse to accept the shipment on the grounds that the Japanese company sent the wrong address.

Recently, Customs Branch for Investment Management in collaboration with the HCM City Police conducted tests and discovered an import shipment, including 265 Panasonic air conditioners but the customs declaration is the steel pipe. Audiences imported goods were “hiding the ball” Steel Co. NSSB Center (HCMC) to the customs declaration and agents used code is D6718. The survey results show that the service staff for customs declaration digital signatures used by another business, forged customs agents to declare this form then smuggled goods.

Earlier last June, MB Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Xining) also opens the customs declaration at the customs office of Administration for Investment – HCMC Customs for import shipments declared as garment materials , to the yellow channel, worth more than 250 million. Yet, through inspection, the customs authorities detected this is electronic goods, household appliances used and functional food, cosmetic (type of conditional import), worth more than $ 6 billion. Authorities identify company employees MB Vietnam has advantage of being assigned to manage and use digital signatures and seals of the subsidiary companies to make declarations of imported contraband.

In addition, the customs authorities also found in the first 6 months of 2016, the Company opened 12 MB Vietnam customs declarations over 141 tons of cargo entering the garment materials and accessories. However, Chief Executive Officer Kang Young Keun MB Vietnam also claim the goods are not transported to warehouses of the business and do not know where to go.

Customs officials said the customs declaration procedures electronically, each tier 1 enterprise ID and password to access the digital signature system, implementation of the customs declaration. However, some businesses have been allocated to employees from digital signatures to stamp … should have taken advantage of the implementation of unpredictable violations.

In addition to taking advantage of loopholes in the procedures, customs clearance procedures to bypass flow, misrepresentation of information in order to evade taxes, the subjects also take advantage of the established businesses easy to import, if detected, the accept “walk away from people.” Not to mention, many imported cases pending clearance of goods at the port but find it difficult, they have to row in the harbor and not received.

Proactive prevention, prevention

Le Dinh Loi, Deputy Director of the HCM City Customs, said customs fraud, export and import of goods from the ports, airports, parks and export processing increasingly complex. Businesses took advantage of the loophole of electronic clearance program VNACCS / VCIS (which create favorable conditions for enterprises faster customs clearance) to perjury flows, from red to yellow or blue. Especially the open violation of the booth high tax to low-tax goods tax evasion or shoddy goods imported to Vietnam …

In addition, some businesses do not open declarations in HCMC which port cargo went another port to evade the control of customs authorities. “They take advantage of transit goods through the countries of Vietnam, but when gathered in a certain address in the border regions (such as the Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh) and then again to return to the domestic consumer” – he Loi lead general.

According to his advantage, to have that record, “clean”, the violators were customs offices handling business has dissolved, then go apply for a license to establish new businesses through the authorities. “By the time of the incident, authorities checked, it is hard to come by right owners to prosecution,” – he stated the actual profit.

Huynh Thi Hoang, Vice-Director of the Customs Administration of investment goods, the customs policy for more professional recently, the priority for customs agents in supporting business procedures. However, there should be screening time, statistics these reputable dealer. Because, in principle, the digital signature of the business is because they are easy to manage, but if exposed to bad people take advantage of, including agents or employees. Not to mention, information of each business, especially businesses do well, to be cited objects are also prone to bad note. From there, they took advantage and import goods declarations that businesses absolutely no idea if the authorities fail to detect.