Enterprises don’t need to submit CFS paper in customs dossiers

VCN – The General Department of Vietnam Customs has issued documents guiding the provincial customs departments relating to the Certificate of free sale (CFS) in customs dossiers.
enterprises dont need to submit cfs paper in customs dossiers
Enterprises implement procedure at Investment - Processing Customs Branch (Hanoi). Photo: N.Linh

Accordingly, the guidance of the General Department of Customs solved problems for local customs when implementing the Decree No.69/2018/ND-CP of the Government relating to the CFS.

Specifically, the provisions in Articles 10 and 11 of Decree 69/2018 / ND-CP do not require enterprises to submit or present a CFS to Customs authority when carrying out customs procedures.

In Article 16 of Circular 38/2015 / TT-BTC (amended and supplemented in Clause 5, Article 1 of Circular No. 39/2018 / TT-BTC), CFS is not a document to be submitted in the customs dossier for import-export goods.

Accordingly, the General Department of Vietnam Customs directed the local customs units in accordance with the provisions of Decree 69/2018 / ND-CP, Circular 39/2018 / TT-BTC, guiding customs branches to implement unitedly and not request enterprises to submit and present the CFS in the customs dossier when carrying out the customs procedures for export or import goods.

By N.Linh/Thanh Thuy

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