Fraud warnings in exporting agricultural products to China
08/01/2024
(binhthuan.gov.vn) Recently, several Vietnamese agricultural
export enterprises have received requests from Chinese customers for the
Registration Certificate from the General Department of Customs of China, which
is registered and paid fees via 02 websites: www.gacc.app and www.aqsiq.net.
For this
information, the Office of Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosaniary
Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam
SPS Office) affirms that the General Department of Customs of China does not
require such type of document nor online fee collection regulations.
Accordingly, the above two websites show signs of
being fake and defrauding businesses when using the English abbreviations of agencies
under the General Department of Customs of China in the website addresses.
These two websites require businesses to pay a fee from 100 to 1,000 USD to
register documents certifying export codes to the Chinese market.
According to the regulations of China and Vietnam
Customs, there is no charge for issuing export codes and issuing certificates
to businesses. In case of receiving such a request from a customer, businesses
need to contact directly the national focal point, the Vietnam SPS Office. This
agency will be responsible for answering relevant regulations to businesses.
The Vietnam SPS Office, under the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, recommends that businesses access official
Chinese websites with the .cn extension to check registration results and look
up information related to import and export activities. At the same time, it
should constantly be alert to unusual requests during trade with partners./.
Hữu Tri