Verification schedule of more than 600 C/O form E is overdue

VCN – The General Department of Vietnam Customs issued notifications and sent them to provincial Customs Department the list of more than 600 C/O form E that exceeded the verification schedule.
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Customs official of Bac Thanh Long Industrial Park Customs Branch (Hanoi Customs Department) performed duty. Photo: N. Linh

The C/O form E sent to the agency granting C/O of the exporting country for verification but exceeding time limit as specified in Clause 6, Article 19 of Circular 38/2018/TT-BTC dated April 20, 2018 of the Ministry of Finance, it did not receive the verification results.

Specifically, this was a list of C/O form E in 2019 that was overdue the time for responding to the verification.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs requested units carry out procedures for refusing C/O form E in accordance with regulations and notify to the enterprise.

Clause 6, Article 19 of Circular 38/2018/TT-BTC stipulates: “6. The verification process (including conducting on-site inspection in the exporting country, group of countries or territories and announcing the inspection conclusion) should be within 180 days since the date of sending request for verification by the General Department of Vietnam Customs, unless international treaties Vietnam is a member of have a longer verification period. If the verification schedule is overdue, without receiving verification results, the customs authority would refuse the certificate of the origin of goods.

If the customs authority received a notice of verification result that was exceeded the time limit specified in this clause, the customs authority would consider accepting or not accepting the certificate of origin based on the verification result and explanation of the agency, organisation or manufacturer, exporter issuing certificate of origin or the customs authority of the exporting country. The explanation of the agency, organisation or manufacturer, exporter issuing the certificate of origin or customs authority of the exporting country should be detailed and justified problems addressed by the customs authority and must be sent directly in document to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.”

By N.Linh/Thanh Thuy

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