New Decree on penalties for administrative customs offenses in Vietnam

08:33, 22/10/2020

Recently, the Government of Vietnam has issued the Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP on penalties for administrative customs offences.

Clause 1 Article 12 of the Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government has supplemented offenses against regulations on customs supervision compared to Decree No. 127/2013/NĐ-CP amended by Decree No. 45/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government. Specifically, supplementing that a fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following offenses:

- Destroying waste or scrap generated from the processing or manufacturing of goods for export or from activities of an export processing enterprise without notifying the customs authority;

- Moving raw materials, supplies, machinery and equipment to another factory for re-processing or to another factory or storage area other than the original one already notified to the customs authority for the purposes of processing or manufacturing of goods for export without notifying the customs authority;

- Transporting goods from the duty-free goods warehouse to a duty-free shop or aircraft and vice versa without notifying the customs authority or obtaining approval from the customs authority.

View more details at the Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 10, 2020.

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