Hon Gai Customs: Proactively adapting to the new phase

Hon Gai Port Customs performs the task of state management of customs in a large area, stretching across 18 seaports operating 24/7, many industrial parks, bonded warehouses, and locations for goods inspection at enterprises and production facilities. This special area requires the unit's management to be flexible and proactive in adapting to ensure that budget revenue meets the assigned target.

Customs officers at Hon Gai port supervise import and export goods.

During the 2020-2025 term, Hon Gai Port Customs is assigned a budget revenue target of VND 5,000-8,000 billion/year, accounting for more than 40% of the total revenue of the entire Customs Branch of Region VIII. This is a great pressure, especially in the context of the unit facing many difficulties, such as: lack of human resources, uneven quality, changes in unit leadership; seaport infrastructure has not yet fully exploited its potential, international container shipping routes have not yet been formed and the supporting logistics ecosystem is still weak. Meanwhile, enterprises outside the province account for over 70% of the number of operating enterprises, and these enterprises are under pressure from localities in transferring revenue to the locality.

In particular, in the 2020-2021 period, the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the supply chain, causing the unit's state budget revenue to decrease sharply. In 2021, revenue reached only over VND 4,900 billion (down 13.6% compared to 2020). In the following years, the impact of natural disasters, price fluctuations, tax policies, etc. continued to seriously affect the unit's revenue. Faced with this situation, in the 2020-2025 period, Hon Gai Port Customs identified supporting businesses as the "key" to maintaining, expanding and exploiting sustainable revenue sources.

The unit's working groups have approached businesses and investors in industrial parks, both inside and outside the province, to gather information, guide procedures, and resolve hundreds of difficulties and problems. At the same time, they have worked with businesses that often declare incorrect codes and product names to reduce errors and increase compliance. Ms. Vu Thi Chuc, Director of MOCHI LLC (Cao Xanh Ward) said: By accompanying and helping businesses improve compliance, it has contributed to building trust and creating a bond between businesses and customs authorities.

At the same time, the unit also modernizes its business processes. The application of IT in receiving, processing declarations, inspecting, supervising, collecting taxes, etc. is promoted, saving time for businesses and increasing management efficiency. The organization is streamlined in the direction of clearly assigning responsibilities, roadmaps, and closely monitoring the progress of each professional task.

The above approach has helped Hon Gai Port Customs successfully complete the assigned State budget collection task in the 2020-2025 term. The unit has processed 212,320 declarations of 940 enterprises with a total import-export turnover of 42.81 billion USD (the turnover is equal to 199%, the number of declarations increased by 265%, the number of enterprises processing procedures increased by 43% compared to the period 2015-2019). State budget revenue reached over 34,887 billion VND (140% of the assigned plan target).

Customs officers at Hon Gai port guide businesses through customs clearance procedures.

In the 2025-2030 term, Hon Gai Port Customs has many opportunities but many challenges related to the increasingly fierce competitive environment to attract revenue sources; international economic integration policies continue to cut tariffs; seaport infrastructure in the region has not yet been invested in and upgraded to meet international route needs... In particular, revenue from imported petroleum (the largest source of revenue, accounting for over 50% of the unit's revenue) continues to face many difficulties because key enterprises must prioritize the consumption of products from the two oil refineries Nghi Son and Dung Quat, while basically there are no new goods with large revenues to compensate.

In addition, Decree No. 73/2025/ND-CP, effective from March 31, 2025, amends and supplements preferential import tax rates for a number of goods. Accordingly, the preferential import tax rate for corn kernels and soybean meal (this is also one of the main revenue groups of the unit) is reduced to 0%, causing the tax revenue from raw materials for animal feed production in the second quarter of 2025 to not arise and will no longer exist in the last 6 months of 2025.

Mr. Vu Hong Chung, Captain of the Hon Gai Port Customs Team, said: In the face of new requirements and challenges, the unit has also proactively grasped, analyzed and forecasted developments that may affect the import-export activities of enterprises, thereby building appropriate revenue management scenarios. At the same time, directing the improvement of the quality of support work to accompany enterprises, creating maximum convenience for import-export activities through the area on the basis of ensuring state management according to regulations; analyzing data, forecasting trends, effectively exploiting the potential of the Hon Gai - Cai Lan port area, taking advantage of every opportunity to increase legal revenue. At the same time, the unit recommends eliminating unnecessary specialized inspection procedures for items that pose little risk to safety, such as: electric vehicle batteries, automobile fuel tanks, motor vehicle interior materials, etc. Products can be registered and inspected by businesses themselves after customs clearance, thereby reducing administrative burdens and costs for businesses, reducing customs clearance time, and quickly putting goods into production and business.

Hoang Nga

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