Strengthen management over mineral exports

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Accordingly, to comply with the provisions of the law, the General Department of Customs has requested the Customs Departments of provinces and cities to direct their customs branches to strictly follow Directive 38/CT-TTg dated September 29, 2021 of the Prime Minister on further strengthening state management over activities of exploration, extraction, processing, use and export of minerals and the provisions of the law on minerals, customs legislation, guiding documents of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the General Department of Customs.

Customs branches have been required to regularly review the implementation of customs procedures for exported minerals at their units; strictly handle cases of violations.

Customs branches shall take samples and prepare applications for analysis for classification according to the provisions of Decision 2166/QD-TCHQ dated August 4, 2021 or take samples and prepare applications for inspection under Decision 2999/QD-TCHQ dated September 6, 2017 of the General Department of Customs for ordinary limestone and construction stone which have a particle size smaller than 100mm, have been not declared with CaCO3 content or declared CaCO3 content less than 85%, with declared HS code of heading 25.17 (excluding white marble blocks, granite and other minerals identified as not common building materials as prescribed in Article 64 of the Law on Minerals).

On the basis of the results of analysis, classification or inspection of goods, the customs branches shall base on the provisions of the Law on Minerals and guiding documents and check customs dossiers to consider and handle customs procedures for mineral exports according to regulations, ensuring that exported minerals are exploited from mines of lawful origin and licensed for mining by a competent authority.

The Customs Inspection Agency shall carry out analysis and assessment under the direction of the General Department of Customs.

The sample shall be saved at the customs branch and the Customs inspection agency within 120 days from the date the customs branch hands over the sample to the Customs inspection agency.

Exported minerals (except for minerals on the list of items that have not been analyzed and inspected at Customs inspection agencies under the notice of the General Department of Customs), that are required for both analysis to classify them and analysis to define eligibility for export according to specialized laws, shall comply with Decision 2166/QD-TCHQ dated August 4, 2021 of the General Department of Customs, the sampling for inspection shall not be performed at a Vilas-standard laboratory. The Customs branch shall base on the results of analysis and classification and the list of categories, specifications and technical criteria of exported minerals issued by the specialized management ministry to carry out customs clearance.