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PEOPLE IN SOCIAL DISTANCING AREAS MAY SUBMIT SCANNED DOCUMENTS FOR CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

This noticeable content is prescribed in the Circular No. 121/2021/TT-BTC dated December 24, 2021 of the Ministry of Finance providing regulations on customs procedures applicable to goods imported for the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic, submission of documents in customs dossiers, and physical inspection of exported and imported goods amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, documents in a customs dossier for goods imported or exported under Clause 5, Article 1 of the Circular No. 39/2018/TT-BTC must be submitted in paper form, customs declarants may submit scanned copies confirmed by digital signatures via the Customs e-Data Processing System when carrying out customs procedures.

The submission of scanned documents is allowed in the following cases: Customs declarants or Customs Branches with addresses in areas under social distancing, isolation, or lockdown measure as notified by competent agencies for COVID-19 prevention and control; The time for submission of documents in the customs dossier occurs during the announcement of the competent agency on the implementation of social distancing, isolation, or lockdown measures.

In such case, a scanned copy of the competent agency's written notice on the application of social distancing, isolation, or lockdown measure, confirmed by the customs declarant's digital signature is required. Besides, customs declarants must submit additional paper documents in customs dossiers of imported or exported goods within 30 days after registering the customs declarations, or 05 working days from the date of ending the social distancing, isolation or lockdown as notified by the competent agency (in some cases).

This Circular takes effect on the signing date.

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