Trucks pass the International Land Border Gate No.2 - Kim Thanh in Lao Cai province (Photo: VNA) Lao Cai (VNA) -Border gates in northern Lao Cai province which borders China posted recordtrade value of 3 billion USD in 2018, according to the customs office at the LaoCai International Border Gate.
Nguyen The Hung, deputy head ofthe Lao Cai Border Gate Customs Sub-department, said the customs sector nowoffers round-the-clock e-customs declaration and the sub-department has easedcustoms procedures for export goods, especially agricultural products.
It has prioritised completingcustoms clearance as soon as possible to export all Vietnamese agriculturalproducts in the morning, he said.
Now, dozens of agriculturalproducts are facilitated for export to China, such as dragon fruit, pepper,lychee, watermelon, mango, banana, cassava and potato.
Thanks to these efforts, lastyear, the export value of agricultural products through the Lao Cai border gatereached 600 million USD, 60 percent of total export value.
Nguyen Viet Quang, Director ofthe Lao Cai Customs Department, said businesses have enjoyed convenient customsprocedures at border gates. Statistics showed that in 2018, 50 more businessesexported or imported through Lao Cai than the previous year.
In recent years, the provincehas won contracts due to having many trade promotion activities, such as aconference on connecting farming product importers and exporters between thetwo countries, an international trade conference, export promotion conferenceand the meeting of Vietnamese and Chinese export-import enterprises, accordingto the Lao Cai Department of Industry and Trade.-VNA
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