THE MINISTRY OF TRADE
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Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 0622/BTMPC
Re: Updating the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation and preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam | Hanoi, January 26, 2007 |
To: | - Ministries, Ministry-leval Agencies, Units under the Government - Central Agencies. |
On April 12, 2006, Ministry of Trade issued the Correspondent No. 2246/BTM-PC announcing the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation and special treatment in trade relations with Vietnam, in order to implement the Decree No. 94/1998/NĐ-CP dated November 17, 1998 by the Government detailing implementation of the Law on amendment of and supplement to a number of articles of the Import-Export Tax Law. On September 20, 2006, Ministry of Trade issued the Correspondent No. 5870/BTM-KV4 announcing the adding of Sri Lanka to the list of countries having agreement on the most favoured-nation treatment with.
After Vietnam has officially become a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ministry of Trade would like to announce the list of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation (MFN) and preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam as follows:
Appendix 1: List of countries and territories having agreement on the most favoured-nation treatment in commodity trade relations with Vietnam.
Appendix 2: List of countries and territories having agreement on preferential treatment in trade relations with Vietnam.
Imported goods originated from those countries specified in the Appendix 2, if have not been inluded in the list of goods subject to tax reduction that Vietnam committed to, will be applied with the preferential export rate
The Ministry of Trade hereby notifies related agencies for their acknowledgement and implementation
To:
- As above;
- Concerned Minister and Deputy Ministers;
- Ministry of Trade: Department I, II, III, IV, Import-Export Department, Multilateral Trade Policy Department, E-Commerce Department
- Archive, Legal Department (2). | FOR MINISTER OF TRADE
DEPUTY MINISTER
Luong Van Tu |
APPENDIX 1
LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES HAVING AGREEMENT FOR THE MOST-FAVOURED NATION STATUS IN COMMODITY TRADE RELATION WITH VIETNAM
I. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF WTO
NO | Name of country/ territory |
1. | Republic of Albania |
2. | Republic of Angola |
3. | Antigua and Barbuda |
4. | Republic of Argentine |
5. | Republic of Armenia |
6. | Commonwealth of Australia |
7. | Kingdom of Bahrain |
8. | Peoples Republic of Bangladesh |
9. | Barbados |
10. | Belize |
11. | Republic of Benin |
12. | Republic of Bolivia |
13. | Republic of Botswana |
14. | Federative Republic of Brazil |
15. | State of Brunei Darussalam |
16. | Burkina Faso |
17. | Republic of Burundi |
18. | Kingdom of Cambodia |
19. | Republic of Cameroon |
20. | Republic of Canada |
21. | Central African Republic |
22. | Republic of Tchad |
23. | Republic of Chile |
24. | Peoples Republic of China |
25. | Republic of Colombia |
26. | Republic of Congo |
27. | Republic of Costa Rica |
28. | Republic of Cte dIvoire |
29. | Republic of Croatia |
30. | Republic of Cuba |
31. | Democratic Republic of Congo |
32. | Republic of Djibouti |
33. | Commonwealth of Dominica (island nation) |
34. | Dominican Republic |
35. | Republic of Ecuador |
36. | Arab Republic of Egypt |
37. | Republic of El Salvador |
38. | European Union (27 nations) |
39. | Republic of the Fiji Islands |
40. | Republic of Macedonia |
41. | Republic of Gabon |
42. | Republic of The Gambia |
43. | Republic of Georgia |
44. | Republic of Ghana |
45. | Grenada |
46. | Republic of Guatemala |
47. | Republic of Guinea |
48. | Republic of Equatorial Guinea |
49. | Co-operative Republic of Guyana |
50. | Republic of Haiti |
51. | Republic of Honduras |
52. | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China |
53. | Republic of Iceland |
54. | Republic of India |
55. | Republic of Indonesia |
56. | State of Israel |
57. | Jamaica |
58. | Japan |
59. | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
60. | Republic of Kenya |
61. | Republic of Korea |
62. | State of Kuwait |
63. | Kyrgyz Republic |
64. | Kingdom of Lesotho |
65. | Principality of Liechtenstein |
66. | Macau Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China |
67. | Republic of Madagascar |
68. | Republic of Malawi |
69. | Malaysia |
70. | Republic of Maldives |
71. | Republic of Mali |
72. | Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
73. | Republic of Mauritius |
74. | United Mexican States |
75. | Republic of Moldova |
76. | Peoples Republic of Mongolia |
77. | Kingdom of Morocco |
78. | Republic of Mozambique |
79. | Union of Myanmar |
80. | Republic of Namibia |
81. | State of Nepal |
82. | New Zealand |
83. | Republic of Nicaragua |
84. | Republic of Niger |
85. | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
86. | Kingdom of Norway |
87. | Sultanate of Oman |
88. | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
89. | Republic of Panama |
90. | Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
91. | Republic of Paraguay |
92. | Republic of Peru |
93. | Republic of the Philippines |
94. | State of Qatar |
95. | Republic of Rwanda |
96. | Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
97. | Saint Lucia |
98. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
99. | Kingdom of Saudi Arab |
100. | Republic of Senegal |
101. | Republic of Sierra Leone |
102. | Republic of Singapore |
103. | Solomon Islands |
104. | Republic of South Africa |
105. | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
106. | Republic of Suriname |
107. | Kingdom of Swaziland |
108. | Swiss Confederation |
109. | Chinese Taipei |
110. | United Republic of Tanzania |
111. | Kingdom of Thailand |
112. | Republic of Togo |
113. | Republic of Trinidad v Tobago |
114. | Tunisian Republic |
115. | Republic of Turkey |
116. | Republic of Uganda |
117. | United Arab Emirates |
118. | United States of America |
119. | Eastern Republic of Uruguay |
120. | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
121. | Republic of Zambia |
122. | Republic of Zimbabwe |
II. EUROPEAN UNION
NO | European Union |
123. | Republic of Ireland |
124. | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
125. | Republic of Austria |
126. | Republic of Poland |
127. | Kingdom of Belgium |
128. | Portuguese Republic |
129. | Kingdom of Denmark |
130. | Federal Republic of Germany |
131. | Republic of Estonia |
132. | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
133. | Republic of Hungary |
134. | Hellenic Republic |
135. | Italian Republic |
136. | Republic of Latvia |
137. | Republic of Lithuania |
138. | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
139. | Republic of Manta |
140. | French Republic |
141. | Republic of Finland |
142. | Czech Republic |
143. | Republic of Cyprus |
144. | Slovak Republic |
145. | Republic of Slovenia |
146. | Kingdom of Spain |
147. | Kingdom of Sweden |
148. | Republic of Bulgaria |
149. | Republic of Romania |
III. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF WTO
NO | Name of country/ territory |
150. | Peoples Democratic Republic of Algeria |
151. | Republic of Belarus |
152. | Republic of Kazakhstan |
153. | Islamic Republic of Iran |
154. | Republic of Iraq |
155. | Lao Peoples Democratic Republic |
156. | Republic of Lebanon |
157. | Federation of Russia |
158. | Palestine |
159. | Republic of Tajikistan |
160. | Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea |
161. | Ukraine |
162. | Republic of Uzbekistan |
163. | Republic of Yemen |
164. | Syria Arab Republic |
APPENDIX 2
LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES HAVING AGREEMENT ON SPECIAL TREATMENT IN TRADE RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM
NO | Name of country/ territory |
1 | State of Brunei Darussalam |
2 | Kingdom of Cambodia |
3 | The Republic of Korea |
4 | Lao Peoples Democratic Republic |
5 | Malaysia |
6 | Union of Myanmar |
7 | Republic of the Philippines |
8 | Republic of Singapore |
9 | Kingdom of Thailand |
10 | Peoples Republic of China |
11 | Republic of Korea |
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