THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
------- No. 42/2012/TT-BCT | SOCIALISTREPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
--------- Hanoi, December 27, 2012 |
CIRCULAR
STIPULATING A LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED IN BORDERING COUNTRIES AND IMPORTED INTO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM IN THE FORM OF PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF GOODS AMONG BORDER INHABITANTS
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 95/2012/ND-CP of November 12, 2012 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
Pursuant to the Decision No. 254/2006/QD-TTg of November 07, 2006, of the Prime Minister, on management of border trading activities with bordering countries, amended and supplemented by the Decision No. 139/2009/QD-TTg of December 23, 2009 of the Prime Minister;
After reaching agreement with concerned ministries and branches and People’s Committees of bordering provinces, the Minister of Industry and Trade stipulates a list of goods permitted to import into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants as follows:
Article 1.The list of goods produced in bordering countries and imported in the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants
1.The list of goods produced in bordering countries and imported in the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants is provided in an appendix to this Circular.
2.Goods items apart from provisions in this Circular are not permitted to import into the Socialist Republic of Vietnamin the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants.
Article 2. Restraints and supplementation of goods items
1.In case of assurance for food safety, prevention of epidemics across the border or national foods security, the Minister of Industry and Trade shall, after reaching agreement with members of The Steering Committee of border trade, issue decision to not allow border residents to import some of goods items in the List of goods specified in clause 1 Article 1 of this Circular for each border-gate area or province or all border routes.
2.In case of production impulse or provision of goods which are essential for daily life of border residents or due to influences of epidemics, natural disaster, the Minister of Industry and Trade shall, after reaching agreement with members of The Steering Committee of border trade, issue decision to allow border residents to import and enjoy norm of import tax exemption for some of goods items apart from the List of goods specified in clause 1 Article 1 of this Circular for each border-gate area or province or all border routes.
Article 3. Effectiveness
1. This Circular takes effect on March 01, 2013 and replaces the Circular No. 10/2010/TT-BCTof March 29, 2010 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade stipulating a list of goods produced in bordering countries and imported into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants during 2010-2012.
2. While this Circular has not yet taken effect, as from January 01, 2013 until ending February 28, 2013, the Circular No. 10/2010/TT-BCT of March 29, 2010 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade stipulating a list of goods produced in bordering countries and imported into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the form of purchase, sale and exchange of goods among border inhabitants during 2010-2012 is continued to implement.
3. In the course of implementation, any arising problems should be reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for timely consideration and settlement.
| FOR THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY- AND TRADE
DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyen Cam Tu |
APPENDIX
LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED IN BORDERING COUNTRIES AND IMPORTED INTO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM IN THE FORM OF PURCHASE, SALE AND EXCHANGE OF GOODS AMONG BORDER INHABITANTS
(Enclosed to the Circular No. 42/2012/TT-BCT of December 27, 2012 of the Minister of Industry and Trade)
No. | HS code | Description of goods |
1. | 03.01 | | | Live fish |
2. | 03.05 | | | Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption |
3. | 07 | | | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
4. | 08 | | | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
5. | 10.05 | | | Maize |
6. | 10.06 | | | Rice paddy |
7. | 11.01 | 00 | 10 | Wheat flour |
8. | 12.01 | | | Soya beans, whether or not broken |
9. | 12.02 | | | Ground-nuts, not roasted or cooked by other way, whether or not barked or broken |
10. | 12.07 | 40 | 00 | Sesame |
11. | 13.01 | | | Lac, natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (example: balsam) |
12. | 14.01 | | | Plant material used essentially for plaiting (such as: bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) |
13. | 19.02 | 30 | | Rice noodles; vermicelli, instant noodles |
14. | 20.08 | 19 | 10 | Cashew nuts |
15. | 25.01 | 00 | 10 | Edible salt |
16. | 25.05 | | | Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not dyed, except sands containing metal of Chapter 26 |
17. | 25.23 | | | Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, super sulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers |
18. | 27 | | | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; kinds of mineral waxes |
19. | 31 | | | Fertilizers |
20. | 40.01 | | | Natural rubber, balata resin, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip |
21. | 42.02 | 12 | | Briefcases, school satchels |
22. | 44 | | | Articles of wood |
23. | 62.09 | | | Ready-made clothes and children’s garment accessories |
24. | 64.01 | | | Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes |
25. | 68.01 | 00 | 00 | Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate) |
26. | 69.02 | | | Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than products made of siliceous fossil powders or similar siliceous earths |
27. | 73.08 | | | Structures of iron or steel (apart from Prefabricated buildings of Heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, lowers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for door, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel |
28. | 82.01 | | | Hand tools, including spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools: secateurs and primers of any kinds; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry. |
29. | 82.15 | | | Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-serves, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware |
30. | 85.07 | | | Electric accumulators, including separators thereof, whether or not rectangular (including square) |
31. | 85.36 | | | Circuit-breakers, relays, switches, parts of switching circuits, fuses, power surge suppressors, plugs, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes |
32. | 85.39 | | | Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps |
33. | 85.44 | | | Insulated (including enameled or anodized) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fiber cables, made up of individually sheathed fibers, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors |
34. | 96.08 | | | Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos, propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09 |
35. | 96.09 | | | Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalk and tailors chalks |
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