To: Customs Departments of provinces and cities

In order to implement electronic GPS tracker seals in accordance with Decision No. 138/QD-TCHQ dated January 21, 2020 of the General Director of General Department of Vietnam Customs, the General Department of Vietnam Customs issued Official Dispatch No. 5227/TCHQ-GSQL dated August 7, 2022 and Official Dispatch No. 1023/TCHQ-GSQL dated March 25, 2022 guiding the use of electronic GPS tracker seals for sealing and implementing customs supervision for goods transported under customs supervision. However, by monitoring and recording the use of electronic GPS tracker seals in Customs Departments of provinces and cities, entities have not been entirely compliant with the use of electronic GPS tracker seals for sealing and implementing customs supervision for goods transported under customs supervision. The General Department of Vietnam Customs hereby requests Custosm Departments of provinces and cities to:

1. Strictly comply with the use of electronic GPS tracker seals to supervise goods transported under customs supervision in accordance with Decision No. 138/QD-TCHQ dated January 21, 2020 and guiding documents of the General Department of Vietnam Customs on the following basis:

a) Regular customs seals for sealing shall only be used if electronic GPS tracker seals for sealing goods under customs supervision transported between Customs Departments run out.

b) In respect of transit goods; goods sent to bonded warehouses; goods temporarily imported - re-exported (including goods temporarily imported - re-exported and sent to bonded warehouses) and transported from import checkpoints to storage location or to export checkpoints, regular customs seals for sealing shall be used if electronic GPS tracker seals run out.

2. Request Directors of Customs Departments of provinces and cities to coordinate Customs Sub-departments: Starting from July 26, 2022, if entities fail to comply with the aforesaid principles, directors of corresponding Customs Sub-departments shall be met with disciplinary actions as per the law and Directors of Customs Departments of provinces and cities shall be responsible to the General Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

For your stringent compliance./.

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PP. GENERAL DIRECTOR
VICE GENERAL DIRECTOR




Mai Xuan Thanh

Công văn 3002/TCHQ-GSQL năm 2022 về chấn chỉnh việc sử dụng seal định vị điện tử để niêm phong, giám sát hải quan đối với hàng hóa vận chuyển chịu sự giám sát hải quan do Tổng cục Hải quan ban hành