Circular 20/2025/TT-BCT providing import quotas for material tobacco in 2025

, April 22, 2025

CIRCULAR

Providing import quotas for material tobacco in 2025

Pursuant to the June 12, 2017 Law on Foreign Trade Management;

Pursuant to the June 18, 2012 Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP of February 26, 2025, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 67/2013/ND-CP of June 27, 2013, detailing a number of articles of, and measures to implement, the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms regarding tobacco trading;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 106/2017/ND-CP of September 14, 2017, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 67/2013/ND-CP of June 27, 2013, detailing a number of articles of, and measures to implement, the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms regarding tobacco trading;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 08/2018/ND-CP of January 15, 2018, amending a number of Decrees concerning business investment conditions in the fields under the state management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 17/2020/ND-CP of February 5, 2020, amending the Decrees concerning business investment conditions in the fields under the state management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

At the proposal of the Director of the Import-Export Department;

The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular providing import quotas for material tobacco in 2025.

Article 1. Import quota volume for material tobacco in 2025

The import quota volume for material tobacco (HS code 2401) in 2025 is 75,427 tons.

Article 2. Subjects eligible for allocation of import quotas for material tobacco in 2025

Import quotas for material tobacco in 2025 shall be allocated to traders that possess cigarette production permits or tobacco material processing permits granted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and wish to use material tobacco imported within import quotas for cigarette production or tobacco material processing for the production of cigarettes for domestic consumption.

Article 3. Methods of allocation of import quotas for material tobacco in 2025

The subjects specified in Article 2 of this Circular may be allocated quotas for import of material tobacco in 2025 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade by the method of granting import permits in accordance with the Government’s Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management, and the Minister of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BCT of June 15, 2018, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management and the Government’s Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP of May 15, 2018.

Article 4. Time of allocation of import quotas for material tobacco in 2025

The point of time for allocating import quotas for material tobacco in 2025 is the effective date of this Circular.

Article 5. Effect

This Circular takes effect from the date of its signing through December 31, 2025.-

For the Minister of Industry and Trade

Deputy Minister

NGUYEN SINH NHAT TAN