This automated customs system has applied international standards in the management and supervision of goods transported by air.
At the launching ceremony
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Enterprises importing and exporting through automated management and monitoring systems will know goods information and the location of goods in warehouse to speed up customs procedures, helping them reduce the cost and time to store goods in warehouses. Meanwhile, aviation warehouse businesses are provided with goods information through the system. They do not waste time, money or labour to write, print, prepare or deliver documents of each flight to the customs office.
Appreciating the results of the system, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Customs Hoang Viet Cuong affirmed that this event was not only important for customs but also for all businesses, especially exporters and importers doing business in Noi Bai Airport.
“This system has adopted international standards in the management of goods transported by air. This represents the commitment of the customs sector in the process of reform and modernisation,” said Cuong.
"In the future, units under the General Department of Customs and Hanoi Customs Department should continue to complete the system, expanding it to meet the requirements of reform and modernisation to generate favourable conditions for people and businesses," Cuong noted.
Hanoi officially puts automated customs system into operation at Noi Bai Airport
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The department will apply information technology to exchange and update information with businesses operating in warehouses and ports to monitor the goods from locations under customs supervision. The management and supervision of goods transported by air will be based on information before flights, with goods automatically assigned numbers linked to import and export declarations.
The department also said 48 airlines operating at the airport sent documents certifying registration in the national aviation customs single window as well as information about passengers, luggage and flight crew. The information will help implement e-customs procedures and risk management on transit flights.
The department has cooperated with the General Department of Customs and the three warehouse firms to receive information on goods transported by the airlines. The General Department of Customs received information from nine international airports through the national aviation customs single window.
Tran Quoc Dinh, Deputy Director of Hanoi Customs Department, said the system would automatically send information to warehouses to take cargo which completed customs clearance procedures. This could help warehouses return goods, saving time as well as providing timely and accurate information to prevent fake documents.
“The system is expected to shorten time and costs on completing customs clearance procedures while enhancing goods management to avoid trade fraud, smuggling and ensuring national security,” Dinh said. He added that it would also help customs offices manage inventories at warehouses.
After a five-month pilot period, the system had benefited importers and exporters, warehouse businesses and customs because the system links goods management information at three stages: pre-clearance, customs clearance and post-clearance.
Accordingly, customs offices applied concentrated information technology to exchange and update information with warehoure businesses, helping them monitor goods from arrival to departure and transportation between locations subject to customs supervision.
