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The Ministry of Finance is drafting a Circular regulating customs procedures; Customs inspection and supervision of export and import activities of petroleum, petroleum ingredients, and exported and imported crude oil. Download the new Proposal on customs procedures; Customs inspection and supervision of export and import activities of petroleum, raw materials for petroleum preparation, exported and imported crude oil. The Ministry of Finance said that on May 6, 2016, the Minister of Finance issued Circular No. 69/2016/TT-BTC regulating customs procedures for petroleum, chemicals, gas exported, imported, temporarily imported for re-export, transferred, and transited; imported raw materials for production and preparation or export processing of petroleum and gas; crude oil exports and imports; exported and imported goods serving oil and gas activities. After 10 years of implementing Circular No. 69/2016/TT-BTC, basically the regulations in the Circular have been implemented stably, with no problems arising. However, in recent years, the Government has issued many instructions on administrative reform, simplifying administrative procedures, and creating favorable investment and business environments. Besides, through the survey process, according to feedback from local customs, Circular No. 69/2016/TT-BTC is currently too detailed, technical, and the date of issuance from 2016 may have points that are no longer appropriate to the present; At the same time, this Circular also imposes many responsibilities on direct supervisory civil servants while in current practice, at some stages of the export and import process, there is the participation of machinery and equipment to support supervision. Therefore, it is necessary to review regulations to reduce risks for civil servants performing inspection and supervision on this item. In the draft, the Ministry of Finance has proposed customs procedures for imported and exported petroleum and petroleum mixing raw materials. import, temporary import and re-export business, processing of exported petroleum, exported and imported crude oil. In which: Procedures for import, export, and temporary import for re-export business are basically unchanged compared to Circular No. 69/2016/TT-BTC and are referred to the general regulations: Customs procedures for petroleum and raw materials imported, exported, and temporary import for re-export business comply with the provisions in Circular No. 38/2015/TT-BTC amended and supplemented in Circular No. 39/2018/TT-BTC and Circular No. 121/2025/TT-BTC and has a number of specific provisions as follows: Regarding state inspection of quality: Petroleum and petroleum mixing raw materials, if on the List of high-risk goods, must carry out state inspection procedures for quality according to regulations. In case the corresponding technical regulations require sampling to assess conformity, sampling is done before pumping from the vehicle into the tank or tank. Handling of quality inspection results: In case the shipment meets import quality, the goods will be cleared and released according to regulations. In case the shipment does not meet import quality, it will be processed for recycling or re-export according to the provisions of the law on product quality; In case the shipment has been pumped together with the existing shipment in the tank, the entire amount of goods in the tank will be re-exported or recycled. Handling of violations for shipments that do not meet import quality shall comply with the provisions of law on penalties for administrative violations in the customs field. For temporary import and re-export of petroleum and raw materials for petroleum preparation, in case of temporarily imported gasoline and raw materials for domestic consumption or re-export, traders are allowed to take gasoline and raw materials of the same type. available at other warehouses of that same trader that have been recognized by the customs authority as eligible for gathering, inspection, and customs supervision according to regulations for transfer to domestic consumption or re-export. Location for customs procedures: For temporarily imported petroleum and raw materials: Carry out at the Customs at the import border gate or at the Customs where the trader has a warehouse recognized by the customs authority to meet the conditions for gathering, inspection, and customs supervision according to regulations. For petroleum and raw materials for re-export: Real Currently, the Customs office has carried out procedures for temporary import of the same shipment or at the Customs where the trader has a warehouse of goods recognized by the customs authority as meeting the conditions for gathering, inspection and customs supervision according to regulations. For petroleum and raw materials transferred for domestic consumption: Carry out procedures for transfer of domestic consumption at the Customs where the procedure for temporary import of the same shipment is carried out or at the Customs where the trader has a warehouse for goods applying for transfer for domestic consumption and recognized by the customs agency as meeting the conditions for gathering and inspection. Customs supervision according to regulations. For petroleum supply activities for ships (mainly from temporarily imported petroleum sources) According to previous regulations, petroleum supply activities for ships can be from domestic export sources or from re-export sources. To prevent fraud and tax loss in cases where gasoline and oil are supplied to ships traveling on international routes but then transferred to another seaport in Vietnam for exit or change the schedule to add domestic routes later.For those who have just exited the country, the previous period had very strict regulations on documents in addition to the customs dossier that traders must provide when carrying out procedures such as: Agency contract with the ship supply company, Captains orders, Norms of
