THE PILOT APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL SINGLE-WINDOW CUSTOMS SYSTEM
On June 25, 2013, the Joint – Ministries of Finance, Industry and Trade and Transport issues the Joint Circular No. 84/2013/TTLT-BTC-BCT-BGTVT the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 48/2011/QD-TTg of August 31, 2011, on pilot application of the national single-window customs system.
At this Circular, the Joint-Ministries provides a list of administrative procedures applying the national single-window customs system on a pilot basis (below referred to as single-window administrative procedures) including single-window administrative procedures of the Ministry of Finance; single-window administrative procedures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; and single-window administrative procedures of the Ministry of Transport.
The Circular also explain clearly that the national single-window customs system is an integrated system consisting of the national single-window portal, the customs clearance system of the customs, licensing systems of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the communication system of the Ministry of Transport and other information technology systems (below referred to as specialized processing systems).
Within that, the single-window customs administrative procedures and the exchange of information between processing agencies through the national single-window portal shall be are carried out in 04 steps such as declarants and processing agencies send information on the single-window customs administrative procedures to the national single-window portal; the national single-window portal receives and forwards information to specialized processing systems; processing agencies receive and process information, notify the status of information receipt/processing and processing results to the national single-window portal; the national single-window portal notifies the status of information receipt/processing and processing results to declarants and involved specialized processing systems.
This Circular is applicable for enterprises having imports and exports or vehicles on entry or exit or in transit; and organizations and persons involved in import and export activities and vehicles on entry or exit or in transit that choose to carry out single-window administrative procedures through the national single-window portal and meet the conditions on information technology and technical requirements.
This Circular takes effect on August 28, 2013.
