The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has deployed an online public service portal to reduce import-export procedure time to no more than 90 hours.
Accordingly, administrative procedures are deployed on the portal such as: level 4 online public service group on “Management of plant protection drugs”, group of public services “Recognition of domestically produced animal feed allowed to circulate in Vietnam”, level 4 online public service “Inspection and certification of aquatic product production and trading establishments for export that meet food safety conditions”.
Regarding the implementation of the national single window, the single window section at the agencies and units under the Ministry has updated, announced, and publicly posted administrative procedures announced by the Ministry according to the unit’s authority.
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Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is directing departments and offices to continue providing nationwide online guidance on procedures for animal and animal product quarantine, veterinary hygiene inspection, plant quarantine, agricultural material management and food safety; integrated on the National Public Service Portal.
The goal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is that by the end of 2017, most of the popular public services directly related to the people and businesses of the sector will be provided online at levels 3 and 4 and by 2020, they will reach the average level of the ASEAN 5 group.
Up to now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has resolved difficulties in regulations on inspection and certification of food safety of exported aquatic products; amended regulations on food safety inspection and quarantine of imported and exported goods; and changed inspection and quarantine methods to reduce time and costs for businesses.
Specifically, for the inspection of exported seafood shipments, the method has been changed to pre-inspection during the production process and the issuance of Certificates immediately upon request by the enterprise, shortening the time from 5-7 days to 1 day (8 working hours) for 1 shipment. In fact, many shipments are issued certificates within 2-3 hours, saving the enterprise 15-20% of costs.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development urgently coordinates with the Ministry of Science and Technology to soon issue a list of import and export goods subject to specialized inspection of the agricultural sector in the direction of minimal inspection, simplified procedures, shortened time and cost savings, creating the most favorable conditions for businesses.
At the same time, continue to research, review and propose amendments to regulations on receiving conformity declarations for imported goods in the direction of abolishing or simplifying procedures. For example, recognizing foreign conformity assessment results for goods with standards and regulations equal to or higher than Vietnam’s; not issuing certificates of conformity to regulations and standards for specialized inspections; promoting conformity certification for products in the exporting country and strengthening post-inspection…
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will strengthen dialogue, receive and promptly resolve recommendations from people and businesses in the Ministry’s state management work, to promptly adjust and perfect the public service implementation process of specialized agencies,” said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan.
– Excerpt from Baochinhphu.vn –