State budget collection from export-import drops in January
State budget collection from export-import activities in January topped 24.8 trillion VND (1.07 billion USD), or 5.8% of the estimate, down 42.3% annually, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).
Hanoi (VNA) – State budget col🦩lection from export-import activities in January toppeꦇd 24.8 trillion VND (1.07 billion USD), or 5.8% of the estimate, down 42.3% annually, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).
This year, the National Assembly assigned the GDVC to collect 425 trillion VND in revenue to the State budget, based on the estimate that the gross domestic product grows 6-6.5%, the price of crude oil stands at 70 USD per barrel, export turnover increases by 8-9% while imports rises by 7-8%.
The sector will clos🤡ely monitor tax exemptions, reductions and refunds to ensure that they target the right beneficiaries in line with regulations.
At the same time, the GDVC will step up reform and simplification of procedures, including partnering with banks to launch the pilot of an electronic tax payment portal.
It will also strive to prevent tax debts as of December 31, 2023 from rising higher than that recorded on December 31, 2022.
Also in January, Vietnam’s total export-import value was estimated at 46.56 billion USD, down 17.3% month-on-month and 25.01% year-on-year.
Of the figure, 25.08 billion USD was exports and the remainder was imports, marking respective decreasﷺes of 13.66 and 21.3% and bringing a trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD to Vietnam./.
The total State budget collection in the first eight months of this year has been estimated at 1.2 quadrillion VND (51.3 billion USD), equivalent to 85.6% of the annual target, according to the Ministry of Finance.
State budget collection in the January-September period was estimated at over 1.32 quadrillion VND (55.9 billion USD ), reaching 94% of the yearly target, and up 22% from the same period last year, according to Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi.
Ho Chi Minh City’s State budget collection has reached its target ahead of schedule, surpassing 392.7 trillion VND (17 billion USD) in the first ten months of this year, up 1.6% from the estimate and 22.3% year-on-year, reported the municipal Statistics Office.
Total State budget collection was estimated at over 1,803 trillion VND (76.6 billion USD) in 2022, equivalent to 127.8% of the estimate, up 15% year on year, reported the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on January 3.
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