Vietnam Customs Tells Local Branches to Help Fight Origin Fraud of Rice Imports
The General Department of Vietnam Customs directed its local branches to strictly inspect and supervise import entries of rice that are then exported or reexported to other markets, to prevent origin fraud, the state-run CustomsNews said Jan. 29. The customs…
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agency issued such instructions over fears that the rice imports are being illegally labeled and transshipped for rice products with HS codes 1006.20, 1006.30 and 1006.40.90. The GDVC will require local customs units to identify the origin for the rice products with these HS codes using measures that include customs officers conducting a physical inspection of the rice shipments, the report said. Other measures to be used for these efforts include the strengthening of the information collection, which entails a review of the rice export and import activities in the area and analysis of the information used to identify risks of origin fraud or illicit transshipment, the report said.