Aluminum Export Company Charged With Falsely Declaring Goods for Export in Vietnam

Vietnam Customs charged Thao Khoa Import-Export Trading Service Co. with falsely declaring aluminum goods' names, codes and quantity, leading to underpaid taxes, CustomsNews reported May 18. Following an initial customs declaration by Thao Khoa saying that the unprocessed aluminum alloy shipment was 13.5 tonnes, a physical inspection by the Export Cargo Procedures Team at Saigon Port Zone 1 found that the shipment was more than 24 tonnes. The false declaration led to the company's prosecution by the customs agency.