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THE MINISTRY OF TRADE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
03/1999/TT-BTM
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Hanoi, January
15, 1999
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PRIME MINISTER�S DECISION No.254/1998/QD-TTg OF DECEMBER 30, 1998 ON THE
MANAGEMENT OF GOODS IMPORT AND EXPORT IN 1999
Pursuant to the provisions of the Prime
Ministers Decision No.254/1998/QD-TTg of December 30, 1998 on the management of
goods import and export in 1999;
After consulting the Ministry of Planning and Investment as well as the
relevant ministries and branches;
The Ministry of Trade hereby provides guidance for the implementation of the
Prime Ministers Decision No.254/1998/QD-TTg of December 30, 1998 as follows:
I. LISTS OF EXPORT AND IMPORT GOODS
+ A list of goods banned from export and import
(Appendix 1)
+ A list of goods to be exported and imported
under the Ministry of Trades permits (Appendix 2).
II. MANAGEMENT OF GOODS IMPORT AND EXPORT
The management of goods import and export in
1999 shall comply with the provisions of the Prime Ministers Decision
No.254/1998/QD-TTg of December 30, 1998, and the Ministry of Trades detailed
guidance for the implementation of a number of points:
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The rice export shall comply with the Prime
Ministers Decision No.250/1998/QD-TTg of December 24, 1998 and the Trade
Ministrys Circular No.22/1998/TT-BTM of December 30, 1998 on the management of
rice export and fertilizer import in 1999.
2. The export of textiles and garments in 1999
to quota-regulated markets shall comply with the Governments Document
No.1126/CP-KTTH of September 21, 1998 and Joint Circular
No.20/1998/TTLT/BTM-BKHDT-BCN of October 12, 1998 of the Ministry of Trade, the
Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Industry.
3. For rubber export:
After consulting the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development and the Vietnam Rubber Corporation, the Ministry of Trade
shall issue detailed guidance therefor. In the immediate future, the current
relevant regulations still apply.
4. For fertilizer import: It shall comply with
the Prime Ministers Decision No.250/1998/QD-TTg of December 24, 1998 and
Circular No.22/1998/TT-BTM of December 30, 1998 of the Ministry of Trade.
5. For the import of components for assembling
motorcycles in IKD form:
Domestic enterprises investing in the
manufacture and assembly of motorcycles in IKD form shall be entitled to import
IKD components, based on their production capacity, their investment licenses
and in accordance with the provisions of Circular No.04/1998/TT-BTM of March
12, 1998 of the Ministry of Trade.
6. For import goods subject to specialized
management:
Pending the Governments approval of the 1999
list of import and export goods subject to specialized management, the import
and export of those goods shall temporarily be effected as in 1998.
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8. For liquor import:
The liquor import shall be effected through a number
of major enterprises already assigned in 1998 by the Ministry of Trade under
the provisions of Circular No.06/1998/TT-BTM of March 26, 1998.
9. For goods import and export in form of
barter:
The Ministry of Trade shall, after consulting
the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the State Bank and the General
Department of Customs, issue a Regulation to encourage enterprises to export
goods made mainly from domestic raw materials through goods exchange contracts,
which may cover also a number of goods categories subject to conditional
import.
10. For import goods with foreign currency
demand to be balanced by the State such as petrol and oil, fertilizer, iron and
steel, they shall be re-exported only when foreign parties ensure to repay in a
freely-convertible foreign currency(ies) and such payment is approved by the
Ministry of Trade. Those types of fertilizer, iron and steel produced in
Vietnam shall be exported according to the customers demands.
11. For import goods stated in the list provided
for in Appendix 2 of this Circular, which are in 1998 not on the list of those temporarily
banned from import or which do not require the Trade Ministry�s import permits,
if the concerned enterprises sign import contracts before January 15, 1999,
they shall be allowed to clear import procedures at customs offices according
to the current regulations, provided that their goods arrive at Vietnamese
borders by March 31st, 1999 at the latest.
12. In addition to the provisions of the Prime Minister’s
Decision No.254/1998/QD-TTg of December 30, 1998 and detailed guidance in this
Circular, the goods import and export shall be effected according to the 1998
demands and regulations.
III. IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
- The goods import and export by
foreign-invested enterprises shall comply with separate guidances.
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This Circular takes effect 15 days after its
signing till March 31, 2000.
FOR THE MINISTER OF
TRADE
VICE MINISTER
Luong Van Tu
APPENDIX I
LIST OF GOODS
BANNED FROM EXPORT AND IMPORT
(Issued together with Circular No. 03/1999/TT-BTM of January 15, 1999 of the
Ministry of Trade)
I. GOODS BANNED FROM EXPORT:
1. Weapons, ammunitions, explosives, military
technical equipment
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3. Narcotics of all kinds
4. Toxic chemicals
5. Logs, sawed and peeled timber from domestic
natural forest timbers; firewood, charcoal made from wood or firewood;
semi-finished products made from domestic natural forest timbers, which are
banned from export by Decision No.65/1998/QD-TTg of March 24, 1998 of the Prime
Minister.
6. Wild animals, and natural animals and plants
of rare and precious species.
II. GOODS BANNED FROM IMPORT:
1. Weapons, ammunitions, explosives (except for
industrial explosives, which are subject to separate regulations of the Prime
Minister), military technical equipment
2. Narcotics of all kinds
3. Toxic chemicals
4. Depraved and reactionary cultural products
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6. Cigarettes (except for personal use in
prescribed quantity)
7. Used consumer goods (except for properties on
transfer, including goods in service of personal needs of individuals with
diplomatic titles of foreign countries and international organizations and
personal effects in prescribed quantity)
8. Cars with right-hand drive (including those
in knock-down forms and those with drives already switched before their import
into Vietnam)
The import of specialized self-propelled means
with right-hand drive that operate in narrow space, such as: cranes, diggers,
dumpers, road sweepers, road-rollers, passenger transfer vehicles, forklifts in
warehouses, ports... shall be decided by the Minister of Trade when there is a
need to import them.
9. Used spare parts of automobiles, motorcycles
and motor-tricycles, including chassis mounted with used car engines of
different types
10. Asbestosis products of amphibole group
11. Internal combustion engines with acity of
under 30 CV.
APPENDIX II
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Goods imported under permits:
1. Petrol and oil;
2. Motorcycles, motor-tricycles and components
for complete assembly;
3. Electric fans for civil use;
4. Ceramic and granite walling and flooring
tiles;
5. Porcelain consumer goods (including porcelain
sanitation wares), glassware and ceramics;
6. Packs made of plastic finished products;
7. Motors and frames of motorcycles and
motor-tricycles of various types in incomplete form;
8. Liquid caustic soda NaOH;
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10. Refined vegetable oil;
11. DOP;
12. Clinker;
13. Black cement;
14. Refined sugar and raw material sugar;
15. Automobiles:
- Tourist cars of 15 seats or under
- Passenger cars of 50 seats or under
- Cargo-cum-passenger cars
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- Trucks of under 5 tons
16. Assorted steel of the following types:
- Construction smooth steel rods of 6 - 40 mm
- Construction barbed steel rods (stripped,
nodded, twisted, veined) of 10 - 40 mm;
- V-angle and L-angle steel of 20 - 100 mm
- C (U)-shape, I- and H-shape steel of under 120
mm
- Welding steel pipes and tubes of various
kinds: black or zinc-plated of 14 - 115 mm
- Bridge pig iron tubes
- Flat, zinc-plated steel sheets from 0.25 mm to
0.55 mm thick and up to 3,500 mm long, corrugated zinc-plated steel sheets and
corrugated steel sheets plated with non-ferrous metals
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17. Assorted paper:
- Newsprint;
- Writing and common printing paper (with
surface not yet processed) weighing from 50g/m2 to 80g/m2;
- Flat paperboards and cartons (used to make
packs) with anti-tearing degree of 3kgf/cm2 or under and degree of compression
of 14kgf or under.
18. White glass of 1.5 mm - 7 mm: 300,000 m2
(the import quota of such type of glass shall be assigned by the Ministry of
Construction to the Construction Glass and Ceramics Corporation so that the
latter may balance the demand thereof for its consumption as well as for the
supply to domestic mirror and reflector production establishments at the
reasonable prices).
Note: Enterprises shall be
allowed to sign contracts for the import of goods mentioned in Appendix 2 above
only after obtaining permits from the Ministry of Trade.-
FOR THE MINISTER OF
TRADE
VICE MINISTER
Luong Van Tu
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