Presented by Nguyen Lan PhuongVietnam Customs

General Department of Vietnam Customs;Established 10th September 1945;Under the Ministry of Finance (10th/9/2002);Staff force: about 9000;Big Customs houses: Hochiminh city, Hai Phong, Hanoi, BinhDuong, QuangNinh, Danang, Vungtau and LangsonWebsite: www.customs.gov.vn

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Indicator Value Y 2004 Y 2005 Y 2006 Y 2007 Y 2008 Y 2009

By Sea Export 22 27 33 38 35 27Import 27 31 37 52 64 57

By Air Export 2 3 4 5 10 12Import 4 4 6 8 10 8

By land Export 1 2 2 2 2 2Import 1 1 1 2 3 3

Others Export 0.5 0.8 1.1 3 15 15.5Import 1 0.6 0.6 1 4 2.5

Total 58.5 69.4 84.7 111 143 127

Unit: Bil. USD

Data sources:- Customs export declarations (Vietnam)- Customs import declarations (Vietnam)- Customs export declarations (Malaysia, crude

oil)- Customs valuation Form for Dutiable Imports- Certificate of origins (Form D, Form E, Form

AK,…)- Invoice- Trader (Exportation of Crude oil)

Data collection MethodCustoms organization: Headquarter, city and provincial customs departments, customs checkpoints.Customs statistics: three level management.

CheckpointCheckpoint

Data centers at the city and Data centers at the city and

provincial Customs Dept.provincial Customs Dept.

Data center Data center

at the Headquarterat the Headquarter

Others Relevant Supporting Documents

Trade data of city and provincial Customs Dept

Import and export Customs Declarations

Trade data of Country

Data quality checkCompleteness checks: check of continuity of customs declation number by customs type/regime and customs office/checkpoint. Individual transaction checks: Value, volume, unit value, HS code, exchange rate, country of origin,…

Value checking: All transactions with a value of USD 50 thousand or more (especially value of transactions >500.000 USD)Unit value checking: Unit value range for all main imports and exports (ex: coffee, rice, crude oil,..)Volume and net weight:

+ Net weight is not in declaration+ Use of gross weight in bill of lading

●Value checking: All transactions with a value of USD 50 thousand or more (especially value transactions >500.000 USD)

●Unit value checking: Unit value range for all main imports and exports (ex: coffee, rice, crude oil,..)

+ Checking volume versus volume for individual record (experience-based, regularity of transaction of company,..)

HS code checking: Check if standard HS classification used exactly or not. Customs Statistics spend a lot of time for checking HS code, because: +Tariff schedule: often changes.+ Customs brokers are not developed. + Undervaluation.

Incorrect HS code

●Incorrect HS code lines are highlighted in blue. So we correct the fault depend on product name, company name…

Exchange rate checking: 92 percent of transactions are quoted in USD. Using of exchange rates for converting value quoted in other foreign currencies to USD valueTotal value of import and export by type of currencies

in 2009Type of currency Total value percent

USD 116 92.3

EUR 3.3 2.6

JP 3.7 2.9

CNY 0.5 0.4

Others 2.2 1.8

Total 126 100

Unit:Bil.USD

Country of origin checking: following main products of imports and exports (ex: cotton can not be made in Singapore, steel can be imported from Japan, but wasn’t from Jordan,…Other relevant documents checking: Cross-check of information in the C/O (HS code, country of origin, ..); Customs valuation Form for Import; Invoice (value, volume, …)

Use of Revised Kyoto Convention: Not completely follow definition of Customs procedures under Revised Kyoto Convention.+ In Vietnam, we have a very complicated customs regime/procedure code and they are different from other countries. + There are 6 main customs procedure codes are applied in Vietnam Customs in present: Home use; Investment; Processing type 1; Processing type 2; Temporary admission, other procedures.

In sum, almost all possible errors had been found in Headquarter (Statistics Division) which will be sent back to field Customs

checkpoints and in principal receive corrected/verified data after 5 days.

Trends: unit value range for all main imports and exports.Checking of growth rates: Growth rates of import and export total value; value and volume of main imports and exports; total values/products by country (In pricinpal, Import – Export growth rates of every market does not change very much every month. If there are dramatical changes of importation from any country, we must recheck).

Month US EU ASEAN JAPAN CHINA

EX IM EX IM EX IM EX IM EX IM

1 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9

2 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.9

3 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2

4 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2

5 0.9 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.4

6 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.4

7 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.4 1.5

8 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.3

9 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.7

10 1.1 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.5 1.6

11 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.6

12 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.9

Bil.USD

A NUMBER OF VIETNAM MAIN EXPORT, IMPORT MARKETS EVERY MONTH IN 2009

Customs system used: Declaration Processing and Management System (SLXNK) (for commercial imports and exports;Integrated Statistical System (for non-commercial imports and exports, C/O statistics);E-Declaration/E-Filing System; andE-Customs System.

Data processing and statistics analysis software- Statistical and reporting system.- Data warehouse.- Other small supporting systems.- MS Office tools (Access, Excel,…)- Other package software for forecasting imports

and exports merchandise trade statistics (EVIEW, SPSS,…)

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- Doanh nghiệp- Viện nghiên cứu- Đối tượng khác

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Statistical products of Vietnam Customs:- Main imports and exports (monthly)- Direction of trade (monthly) :- Main Imports by Country of Origin (import)- Main Exports by Country of Last Known Destinations - FDI/main imports and exports (monthly).- Consumer Commodity (Import,monthly).

- Analysis and assessment of merchandise trade of import and export (monthly).

- Merchandise trade statistics yearbook (from 1998 up to now).

Method of Statistics Dissemination - Paper: - Electronic: +National portal on foreign merchandise

trade statistics of Vietnam (only for Government ministries/agencies); + details of trade data (HS 6 digits) sent to GSO, …

- Outlines of Customs Statistics at Customs Website: WWW.customs.gov.vn

+ Legal framework for Customs Statistics+ Introduction of Customs Statistics (Methodology, …)+ Reports/Tables + Analysis and Assessment of development of merchandise

trade statistics

Human Resources: - Vietnam Customs: about 9000 staffs;- Statistics Division: current level of staffing:

14 . In which: 4 staffs were trained in Statistic of economic. Other staffs were trained in International Trade, Law,…

- Provincial level: 10 Departments have Data Center, each Data Center have 5 statistician, 23 other Departments have 1 statistician.

Staffs in Customs Statistics Division – General Department of Vietnam CustomsWebsite: www.customs.gov.vnEmail: statistics@customs.gov.vn

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