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Unreasonable procedures cause goods congestions
A lot of new regulations have been issued with an aim to keep a tighter control over the imports-exports and goods circulation. However, it is the new regulations which have caused big losses to businesses.
“The year 2011 could be seen as a year that witnesses the boom of ministries’ circulars,” said Nguyen Quoc Toan, Deputy Head of the Management Supervision Division of the HCM City Customs Agency at the dialogue between businesses and customs agencies held in HCM City on December 7, 2011.
“My calculation is that 25 circulars have been issued by ministries and branches so far this year, many of which were issued in the last six months of the year,” he added.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MARD alone, has issued 50 percent of the total number of circulars. Seven circulars of the ministry came out in the period from August to the end of the year.
The problem is that the new regulations, as commented by some analysts, “bring more harm than good”. Many of the new legal documents have shown their problems since the day they came out.
The Circular No 55 that guides the examination of export seafood products, which took effect on July 1, has been cited as an example. The regulation stipulates that enterprises must have the production bases that are recognized as meeting the food hygiene standards.
As a result, a lot of consignments still have been left unclear at the customs agencies, because very few enterprises can satisfy the new requirements.
“MARD proves to be the first ministry in Vietnam that issues the circular guiding the implementation of the law on food safety, no need to refer to the government’s decree,” the HCM City’s customs agency talks about the circular.
The Circular No 66 that guides the implementation of the Decree No 08 of the government on the management over animal feed, which took effect on October 15, has also led to the goods deadlock at the ports. It is because businesses still have not approached the new circular.
Since businesses complained about the new regulation, MARD on December 1, had to make a decision to delay the implementation time of the circular until June 30, 2012.
Not only MARD, the Ministry of Construction has also had a circular that has caused a chaos to the market.
The Circular No 11 issued on August 30, which took effect on October 15, sets up technical standards on construction materials. It stipulates that import enterprises must show ISO certificates on the environment granted by export countries.
Meanwhile, no one knows what the “ISO certificate on environment of the export countries” means. As a result, goods get stuck at ports. Enterprises have been told to contact Quatest 3, a center for measurement, quality and standard. However, Quatest 3 says it has not received any guidance about ISO certificate on environment.
Speaking at the meeting between customs agencies and businesses, Nguyen Huu Nghiep, Deputy Head of the HCM City Customs Agency, said that enterprises meet difficulties because they still do not understand the laws very well, and admitting that even customs agencies have also met problems with new policies.
According to Toan, a lot of new legal documents are promulgated this year, because ministries and branches strive to implement the government’s Resolution No 11 on the main measures to curb inflation and ensure macroeconomic stability.
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