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Phu Tho Customs
Branch innovates
operations,
creating favorable
conditions for
businesses to carry
out import and
export procedures

Efforts to maintain

export momentum

BY THAO NGUYEN

n the first 6 months of the year, the world political security
situation had many unpredictable fluctuations; Strategic
IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE Icompetition between major countries is complex; Global
YEAR, PHU THO PROVINCE’S economic growth, trade and investment plummeted; domestic
EXPORT TURNOVER REACHED market decline and fluctuation; Rising prices of goods, supplies,
MORE THAN 7,100 MILLION USD, and raw materials for production are factors that negatively
AN INCREASE OF 40.5% OVER impact investment, production and business activities, and
export and import markets. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023, have set out for businesses labor standards, intellectual
CONTINUING TO BE A BRIGHT property, and non-tariff barriers for imported goods in the
SPOT IN THE COUNTRY’S IMPORT- markets of countries participating in FTAs with Vietnam

EXPORT TURNOVER. PREVIOUSLY, tends to increase. This is a big challenge for businesses.
IN 2022 AND 2023, PHU THO
WAS RANKED 9TH OUT OF 63 In the province, the departments, branches and localities
PROVINCES AND CITIES WITH have continued to promote digital transformation and
LARGE EXPORT TURNOVER IN THE administrative reform to facilitate businesses in tax payment
COUNTRY. THE NUMBERS SHOW and tax refund; Perform well the management supervision and
modernization of customs, ensuring the customs clearance of
THE PROVINCE’S PERSISTENT enterprises’ goods takes place smoothly and quickly to support
EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE export businesses in the area. The province actively supports
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLUTIONS businesses in accessing market information and participating
TO REMOVE DIFFICULTIES IN in international trade promotion activities; Direct functional
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS units and localities to have solutions to support businesses
WELL AS THE DETERMINATION in recruiting workers to meet the requirements of expanding
OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY production and business scale; Support businesses to speed up
IN THE AREA TO OVERCOME site clearance progress, construction investment procedures...
DIFFICULTIES. shorten the implementation time of investment projects. In
addition, commercial banks and credit institutions in the

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