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Northern quarantine checks delay 1,700 meat containers
(08-05-2009)
HA NOI ? Stringent quarantine regulations being applied by importing countries have blocked thousands of containers of frozen products at many northern ports, particularly in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.
Hai Phong municipal Customs Department director Tran Van Hoi said the importing countries were concerned about disease outbreaks.
The Hai Phong Customs Department said nearly 1,700 containers, holding about 1,120 tonnes of frozen products, are stuck at city ports. They contain frozen meat (mainly chicken, pork and beef) and inner organs and other products ready for shipping.
Vu Nam Thang, director of the Hai Phong-based Chua Ve container loading and unloading company, said it stopped receiving containers with imported frozen products from last month when its freight yard became overloaded.
The 1,100 containers stuck at Chua Ve Port were almost double the yard?s normal capacity, he said.
Most containers were in transit from Hong Kong and were to be transported to China via the Mong Cai border gate in Quang Ninh Province.
The majority landed up to 20 days ago and some about a month ago. Thang said the container stack affected port operations.
Customs help
Businesses would suffer considerable losses as each day of storage at the port costs VND800,000-1 million (US$44-55).
Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, deputy head of the Hai Phong Customs Department?s export bureau, said his organisation would help businesses complete essential documentation needed to move their products.
"Businesses should promptly register with the department and work with their partners to export the containers," he said.
The containers would be handled in line with regulations. If they were stuck at the ports for more than 90 days and not registered with customs officials, the goods might be destroyed, Khanh said.
The Quang Ninh provincial Customs Department proposed measures to help tackle the problem, such as forcing businesses to return their products to export partners, probably in Hong Kong, if they couldn?t continue to the intended destinations, said Hoi.
"Businesses should carefully study foreign markets and their import policies to avoid losses," he said.
During the past two days, 48 containers with nearly 1,000 tonnes of frozen products, were moved. The remainder were in depots awaiting export, the Hai Phong customs department said. ? VNS
(08-05-2009)
HA NOI ? Stringent quarantine regulations being applied by importing countries have blocked thousands of containers of frozen products at many northern ports, particularly in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh.
Hai Phong municipal Customs Department director Tran Van Hoi said the importing countries were concerned about disease outbreaks.
The Hai Phong Customs Department said nearly 1,700 containers, holding about 1,120 tonnes of frozen products, are stuck at city ports. They contain frozen meat (mainly chicken, pork and beef) and inner organs and other products ready for shipping.
Vu Nam Thang, director of the Hai Phong-based Chua Ve container loading and unloading company, said it stopped receiving containers with imported frozen products from last month when its freight yard became overloaded.
The 1,100 containers stuck at Chua Ve Port were almost double the yard?s normal capacity, he said.
Most containers were in transit from Hong Kong and were to be transported to China via the Mong Cai border gate in Quang Ninh Province.
The majority landed up to 20 days ago and some about a month ago. Thang said the container stack affected port operations.
Customs help
Businesses would suffer considerable losses as each day of storage at the port costs VND800,000-1 million (US$44-55).
Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, deputy head of the Hai Phong Customs Department?s export bureau, said his organisation would help businesses complete essential documentation needed to move their products.
"Businesses should promptly register with the department and work with their partners to export the containers," he said.
The containers would be handled in line with regulations. If they were stuck at the ports for more than 90 days and not registered with customs officials, the goods might be destroyed, Khanh said.
The Quang Ninh provincial Customs Department proposed measures to help tackle the problem, such as forcing businesses to return their products to export partners, probably in Hong Kong, if they couldn?t continue to the intended destinations, said Hoi.
"Businesses should carefully study foreign markets and their import policies to avoid losses," he said.
During the past two days, 48 containers with nearly 1,000 tonnes of frozen products, were moved. The remainder were in depots awaiting export, the Hai Phong customs department said. ? VNS