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Customs officers of Thanh Thuy international border-gate Customs Branch inspect exported agricultural products.

Accordingly, the General Department of Customs requires the local Customs Department to arrange officials to handle procedures for exported goods 24/7 for consignments gathered at the border gates until the Chinese side closes and the enterprise has no applications.

For consignments that have gone through export customs procedures but have not yet met the standards, quality, traceability and packaging according to Chinese regulations, the customs office shall create conditions for enterprises to carry out activities to change packages, classify, repackage goods, affix stamps on traceability in warehouse and yard areas under the customs supervision. It is ensured that these activities do not change the origin, categories of goods declared on the customs declaration.

In addition, the provincial and municipal Customs Departments must coordinate with competent agencies in the province and warehouse and yard operators at border gates to arrange a reasonable transport channel for imported and exported goods, which gives priority to exported goods.

Arranging and planning warehouse and storage areas at border gates to support loading, storage, preservation and other services involving export goods.

At the same time, publicly posting the regulations of the Chinese side regarding standards, quality, traceability, goods labels; list of Vietnamese goods allowed to be exported to China.

Talking with Chinese authorities to regularly disseminate, introduce, and dialogue with Vietnamese enterprises on Chinese management policies on Vietnamese exported agricultural products and other commodities so that Vietnamese enterprises can know and implement uniformly.

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Previously, the General Department of Customs has received feedback from some localities and the information on the mass media about problems and difficulties in exporting agricultural products to the Chinese market.