Long Thanh Customs Branch under the Dong Nai Customs Department has issued a decision to impose sanctions for administrative violations on a firm for making a false origin declaration.

Customs officials of Dong Nai Customs Department
inspect import and export goods. Photo: N.H

H.R VN Co.,Ltd imported a shipment of unprocessed and non-alloy zinc under the regime E31 with a quantity of 20,684 kg and valued at VND 1.66 billion.Through physical inspection, Long Thanh Customs Branch discovered the firmmade a false declaration of goods name and origin, as the goods originated from Australia, but the company declared them as Taiwanese origin.

The company violated Article 8 of Decree 128/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020. Therefore, Long Thanh Customs Branch issued a decision to fine the company VND 5.5 million .

Previously, in 2020, Dong Nai Customs Department handled many violations on origin of import and export goods. Typically, D. VN Company traded goods with fake labels and packaging for 575 vacuum cleaners exported to the US with a total value of some US$30,000. These vacuum cleaners are assembled from components and accessories made from China. The assembly is mainly done by hand.Dong Nai Customs Department issued a decision to fine the companyVND 5.5 million .

Similarly, M. Co., Ltd. also exported a shipment of 213 automatic ticket machines and 1,025 safes to the US and declared them asVietnam origin. However, all the components wereimported from China and only wentthrough a simple assembly process. Dong Nai Customs Department issued a decision to fine the company VND 160 million.