Continues to propose to reduce agricultural fees

	Propose to reduce a series of fees and charges
	Exemption from nationality fees, civil status fees and residence registration fees
	Expenditure for environmental protection is higher than the revenue from environmental protection fees

The Ministry of Finance proposes to reduce from 10% to 201% of protective fee rate for forestry plant.

According to the Ministry of Finance, on August 9, 2017, the Government issued Decree 75/ND-CP on monthly Government meeting for June 2017, in which assigning the Ministry to collaborate with ministries, sectors, localities and units which are providing public service and collecting fees to synchronously reduce fees related to business’s cost and submit to competent agency for decision or promulgation under its competency.

Implementing Resolution No.75 and basing on the Law on fee and charge, the Ministry of Finance has issued draft revised Circular 2017/2016/TT-BTC regulating the rate, collection, submission, management and use of the fees and charges in the field of cultivation and forestry plant.

Specifically, the draft Circular regulates that reducing from 10% to 20% of each protective fee rate for forestry plant.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance has issued draft revised Circular No. 279/2016/TT-BTC regulating the rate, collection, submission, management, and use of the fees for food hygiene and safety.

Accordingly, the draft Circular regulates that reducing from 10% to 83% of fee rate for verification of business conditions in the field of food safety, fee for evaluating contents of film scripts, program on tapes, discs, software and other materials and documents in advertising of food, food additives and processing aids in medical field.

The Ministry also proposed to revise Circular No.284/2016/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance regulating the rate, collection, submission, management, and use of the fees and charges in quality management of aquaculture supplies.

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Especially, the draft Circular regulates that reducing 0.5% of fee rate for granting a certificate of imported aquaculture supplies and 5.66% of fee rate for granting a certificate of circulation of aquaculture supplies and products for registration or renewal.

Previously, the Ministry consulted about 6 circulars on fee and charge in the field of veterinary, food safety and quality management, verification of means of fire prevention and fighting and verification of technical safety standards and etc to reduce the cost for business.