General Department of Customs: Asanzo’s products cannot be called ‘Made in Vietnam’

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Nguyen Van Can, General Director of the General Department of Customs, 389 National Steering Committee.

The General Department of Customs issues an initial investigation report verifying the Asanzo case. These reports relate to the counterfeiting of origin, infringement of industrial trademark protection, allegations of “deceiving consumers”, the use of the name “high quality Vietnamese goods” …

These results in turn are published by agencies such as customs, taxation, market management … recently. After that, representatives of ministries and agencies will give their opinions on the initial conclusions.

At the press conference, the General Director of Customs confirmed that Asanzo’s assembly process was not as advertised. Accordingly, the assembly of TVs, air conditioners, and blenders is determined to take place on manual tables without modern lines.

According to the General Department of Customs, Asanzo products are not manufactured by themselves, but mainly imported components from domestic enterprises and then assembled manually to create complete goods and sell them on the market. These components are mainly imported by some other enterprises from China, then sold to Asanzo.

General Director of General Department of Customs Nguyen Van Can. (Photo: Zing.vn)

The manual assembly of domestic products creates a low value-added content, only about 1-2%, so if based on the regulations, these products cannot be called “made in.” Vietnam “. The General Department of Customs concluded that Asanzo had signs of infringement on the origin of goods.

The General Department of Customs also announced the decision to propose a fine and collect 47 billion dong of tax. According to the conclusion of the Tax Inspectorate No. 650 / KLTT-CT signed on October 15 of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department and related documents, Asanzo established 19 associate companies under the family and employee’s name to import goods. to resell to Asanzo.

Asanzo purchased refrigeration components from Tran Thoan, Viet Tai, and An Thien companies, then partially reprocessed and assembled finished products, affixed Asanzo stamps and sold them to Asanzo corporations. Buy “components” but Asanzo inscribed the invoice contents as “finished goods” so as not to declare excise tax, then sold the finished goods without invoice.

From this basis, Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department signed a decision to sanction administrative violations of tax against Asanzo with violations of value added tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax, and related transactions, sale of goods without invoices, illegal use of invoices, purchase of components and hiring assembly but not declaring and paying special consumption tax …

Asanzo’s total fines, arrears and late payment are 47 billion dong.

General Department of Customs: In addition to tax evasion, Asanzo also shows signs of trademark infringement

Mr. Nguyen Van Ba, Anti-smuggling Investigation Department – General Department of Customs said that, besides tax evasion, Asanzo also shows signs of trademark infringement.

Asanzo’s tax violation fine is nearly 48 billion dong

The amount of Asanzo fined after the company’s tax violation file was transferred to the investigating agency was nearly 48 billion.