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THE
PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom Happiness
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No.
141-TTg
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Hanoi,
March 08, 1997
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DECISION
ON
THE MANAGEMENT OF RICE EXPORT AND FERTILIZER IMPORT IN 1997.
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to Decision No.140-TTg of March 7, 1997 of the Prime Minister on
the policy and measures for management of food and fertilizer business
undertaking;
At the proposals of the Minister of Trade and the Minister of Agriculture
and Rural Development,
DECIDES:
I. ON RICE EXPORT:
Article 1.- The
quota for the export of 2.5 million tons of rice shall be allocated at one time
from March to September of 1997, of which about 150,000 tons shall be used for
additional allocation as incentive to provinces and enterprises with high
export efficiency, at the proposal of the inter-ministerial working group set
up under Article 8 of this Decision to manage rice export and fertilizer
import.
By September 1997, based on the
production situation and the export result, the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development and the Ministry of Trade shall propose to the Prime Minister
for consideration the possibility of increasing the rice export quotas for
1997.
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a) Quotas shall be given to the
designated rice exporting enterprises in the provinces which are permitted to
directly export rice in 1997, proportionally to their respective rice export
capability.
b) For provinces having
commercial rice output exceeding one million tons/year, under the guidance of
the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee, the President of the
provincial People’s Committee shall consider and assign an additional
enterprise to directly export rice if it is necessary and such enterprise is
qualified. At the request of the President of the provincial People’s
Committee, the Ministry of Trade shall issue a business license to such
enterprise.
Particularly for Can Tho
province, in addition to the enterprises which have conducted direct rice
export in the locality, the Song Hau farm is permitted to directly export rice
as an experimental model of the rice production-cum-export enterprise .
c) For Ben Tre and Ca Mau
provinces, under the direction of the Standing Board of the provincial Party
Committee, the Presidents of the provincial People’s Committees shall consider
and decide an additional enterprise to directly export rice if such enterprise
is so qualified, or to entrust one other eligible enterprise to directly export
rice in the form of commissioned export.
Article 3.- To
approve the rice export quotas allocated to the provinces and the centrally-run
enterprises in accordance with Appendix No.1 attached to this Decision.
The allocation of specific
quotas to the enterprises in the areas of the provinces (for direct export or
commissioned export on the principles defined in Article 2 of this Decision)
shall be decided by the Presidents of the provincial People�s Committees after
consulting the Southern Food Corporation.
II. ON FERTILIZER IMPORT:
Article 4.- The
quotas for the import of 1.5 million tons of urea and a quantity of other kinds
of fertilizer in 1997 shall be allocated at one time in March 1997 so that the
provinces and centrally-run enterprises can take the initiative in importing
and distributing fertilizer in service of production.
Article 5.- The approval
of the urea import quotas shall be assigned to the provinces and centrally-run
enterprises in accordance with Appendix No.2 attached to this Decision.
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The Presidents of the provincial
People’s Committees shall decide which enterprises in their respective
localities to be assigned to import fertilizer.
III. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION:
Article 6.- With regard
to rice-exporting enterprises and fertilizer importing enterprises in their
respective localities, the Presidents of the provincial People’s Committees
shall, under the direction of the Standing Board of the provincial Party
Committee, have to carefully select qualified enterprises to ensure the
fulfillment of allocated quotas and take responsibility before the Prime Minister
for their decisions.
After issuing specific
decisions, within March 1997 the Presidents of the provincial People�s
Committees shall notify the Ministry of Trade, the General Department of
Customs, the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development of the names of the enterprises in their
respective localities permitted to export rice and/or import fertilizer and the
quotas allocated to them.
Article 7.- The
provincial People’s Committees shall have to regularly coordinate with the
Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in
closely directing the enterprises of the provinces to organize together with
major central corporations the purchase of commercial rice from farmers, and
the efficient export thereof and to ensure the timely supply of materials at
reasonable prices for agricultural production; to gradually combine rice
trading with the supply of fertilizer and other services for agricultural
production with a view to implementing the Prime Minister�s policy on food and
fertilizer business stipulated in Decision No.140-TTg of March 7, 1997.
The provincial People�s
Committees shall supervise, control and take responsibility for the fulfillment
of the allocated export-import quotas by enterprises in their respective
localities; they shall not permit the sale, purchase or transfer of quotas in
any form. Any enterprise which cannot fulfil the assigned quota must promptly
report to the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development so that the Prime Minister can make the readjustment and/or
re-assign the quota to another enterprise.
Article 8.- The Ministry
of Trade shall set up an inter-ministerial working group, headed by a
Vice-Minister of Trade and composed of representatives from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the
State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance, the Government Pricing
Committee, the Office of the Government and those from major rice and
fertilizer trading enterprises, to direct the activities in rice export and
fertilizer import.
Monthly the working group shall
hold a briefing to promptly solve newly arising matters, report in details on
the performance by the enterprises; in case of any matter that is beyond the
competence, the ministries and/or branches the Ministry of Trade shall have to
report to the Prime Minister for direction.
Article 9.- The
Ministers, the Heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the Heads of the
agencies attached to the Government, the Presidents of the People’s Committees
of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government shall have to
implement this Decision.
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THE
PRIME MINISTER
Vo Van Kiet
APPENDIX
NO.1
attached
to Decision No.141-TTg of March 8, 1997 of the Prime Minister
ALLOCATION
OF RICE EXPORT QUOTAS FROM MARCH TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER 1997
Unit: ton
Number Regions uotas
A. Localities 1,670,000
(*)
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2 Can Tho province 175,000
3 Dong Thap province 230,000
4 Long An province 155,000
5 Vinh Long province 100,000
6 Kien Giang province 170,000
7 Tien Giang province 130,000
8 Tra Vinh province 80,000
9 Soc Trang province 150,000
10 Bac Lieu province 65,000
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12 Ben Tre province 20,000
13 Thai Binh 30,000
14 Ho Chi Minh City 75,000
B. Centrally-run enterprises 680,000
15 The Southern Food Corporation
480,000
16 The Northern Food Corporation
180,000
17 Petch Company under the MOT
20,000
C. Back-up quotas 150,000(**)
The total = A + B + C 2,500,000
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(*) Including the rice exporting
companies under the Southern Food Corporation located in the Mekong delta
provinces.
(**) For additional allocation
as incentive to enterprises with high efficiency in rice export.
Appendix No.2
Attached to Decision
No.141-TTg of March 8, 1997 of the Prime Minister
ALLOCATION OF THE 1997 UREA
IMPORT QUOTA OF 1.5 MILLION TONS TO THE PROVINCES AND CENTRALLY RUN ENTERPRISES
(*)
Unit: Ton
Number Regions Quotas
A. Provinces (**)
In the South: 305,000
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2. Dong Thap province 40,000
3. An Giang province 35,000
4. Tien Giang province 30,000
5. Vinh Long province 42,000
6. Tra Vinh province 16,000
7. Can Tho province 40,000
8. Soc Trang province 20,000
9. Kien Giang province 20,000
10. Bac Lieu province 10,000
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In the North: 80,000
12. Hai Phong city 25,000
13. Hanoi city 15,000
14. Nghe An province 20,000
15. Thanh Hoa province 20,000
In Central Vietnam 80,000
16. Da Nang city 20,000
17. Dac Lac province 20,000
18. Phu Yen province 20,000
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B. A number of centrally run
enterprises
20. The Agricultural Supplies
Corporation 340,000
21. The Cereals Export-Import
Company 210,000
22. The Southern Food Corporation
45,000
23. The Northern Food
Corporation 30,000
24. The Vietnam Coffee
Corporation 20,000
25. The Vietnam Rubber
Corporation 10,000
26. General Export-Import
Company III 20,000
The Chemicals Corporation under
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Notes:
* The total demand for imported
urea in 1997 is 1.5 million tons. In January 1997, 340,000 tons were imported;
the remaining 1,160,000 tons shall be imported to meet the need of the Summer
and Winter-Spring crops in 1997.
** Dong Nai shall import other kinds
of fertilizer.
*** The Chemicals Corporation
shall conduct import in service of domestic fertilizer production, not for
trading.