Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BCT dated January 3, 2013 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade amending and supplementing the Circular No. Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BCT dated March 21, 2011 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade provides for procedures of issuing certificate of origin preferential goods

THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BCT dated January 3, 2013 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade amending and supplementing the Circular No. Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BCT dated March 21, 2011 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade provides for procedures of issuing certificate of origin preferential goods

Pursuant to Decree No. 95/2012/ND-CP of November 12, 2012 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 19/2006/ND-CP of February 20, 2006 of the Government detailing the Commercial Law regarding origin of goods;

The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular amending and supplementing the Circular No. Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BCT dated March 21 , 2011 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade provides for procedures of issuing certificate of origin preferential goods as follows:

Article 1.To amend and supplement Clause 3, Articles 3 and Clause 3, Article 9 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 06/2011/TT- BCT of March 21, 2011

1. To amend Clause 3, Article 3 on applicants for preferential certificates of origin (C/O) as follows:

“3. Applicants for preferential C/O (below referred to as C/O applicants) are Vietnamese traders, including exporters, producers and lawful representatives of exporters or producers.”

2. To add the following Clause 9 to Article 9 on C/O application dossiers:

“9. For exports kept in bonded warehouses, in addition to the vouchers and documents specified in Claus e 1 thru Clause 8 of Article 9, the C/O applicant must submit the following vouchers and documents:

a/ Declaration of goods brought into and out of the bonded warehouses, with the customs office’s certification of goods arriving the border gate of exportation and the ex-warehousing bill: 1 (one) copy with the trader’s true copy mark;

b/ Contract or agreement signed between the Vietnamese trader and the foreign customer consigning goods at the bonded warehouse, which provides that the Vietnamese trader delivers goods to the importer in a country having the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam: 1 (one) certified copy with the trader’s true copy mark; or

c/ Contract or agreement signed by the foreign customer consigning goods at the bonded warehouses and the importer in a country having the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam, which provides that the Vietnamese trader delivers goods to the importer: 01 (one) certified copy with the trader’s true copy mark

Article 2. Effect

This Circular takes effect on February 16, 2013.-

For the Minister of Industry and Trade

Deputy Minister

Tran Tuan Anh