The People’s Committee of the northern province of Lao Cai, whichborders China, has decided to halt temporary import and re-exportactivities through its Ban Vuoc auxiliary border gate from August 22.
Under Decision 1336/QD-UBND issued by the provincialPeople’s Committee on May 21, 2014, goods were allowed to be temporarilyimported and re-exported to China via Ban Vuoc auxiliary border gateand Muong Khuong border gate.
According to thecommittee, the decision comes as temporary and re-export activities havesince then exposed infrastructure weaknesses at the gate, evidenced bystorage capacity, as well as custom clearance incompetence.
The move also aims to ease overload in Ban Vuoc border gate which wassparked by a large volume of goods subject to these activities, said thecommittee.
The local Industry and Trade Departmentreported that during only two months of pilot implementation, as many as1,589 containers of goods were temporarily imported and re-exportedthrough Muong Khuong and Ban Vuoc gates, with a total value of 88million USD.
Meanwhile, a number of domesticcompanies voiced their complaints to the Prime Minister and relevantauthorised agencies as the temporarily imported and re-exported goodsblocked their exports of farm produce to China through Ban Vuoc gate.-VNA
Under Decision 1336/QD-UBND issued by the provincialPeople’s Committee on May 21, 2014, goods were allowed to be temporarilyimported and re-exported to China via Ban Vuoc auxiliary border gateand Muong Khuong border gate.
According to thecommittee, the decision comes as temporary and re-export activities havesince then exposed infrastructure weaknesses at the gate, evidenced bystorage capacity, as well as custom clearance incompetence.
The move also aims to ease overload in Ban Vuoc border gate which wassparked by a large volume of goods subject to these activities, said thecommittee.
The local Industry and Trade Departmentreported that during only two months of pilot implementation, as many as1,589 containers of goods were temporarily imported and re-exportedthrough Muong Khuong and Ban Vuoc gates, with a total value of 88million USD.
Meanwhile, a number of domesticcompanies voiced their complaints to the Prime Minister and relevantauthorised agencies as the temporarily imported and re-exported goodsblocked their exports of farm produce to China through Ban Vuoc gate.-VNA
