THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No:
04/2003/TT-BTC
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Hanoi,
January 10, 2003
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING SOME FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S DECISION No. 80/2002/QD-TTg OF JUNE 24,
2002 ON POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE CONTRACTUAL CONSUMPTION OF COMMODITY FARM PRODUCE
In furtherance of the Prime
Minister’s Decision No. 80/2002/QD-TTg of June 24, 2002 on policies to
encourage contractual consumption of commodity farm produce, the Ministry of
Finance hereby guides some financial issues as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
1. Subjects governed by this Circular are enterprises of various
economic sectors, which sign contracts on the consumption of commodity farm
produce with cooperative unions, cooperatives, peasant households, farm owners
or representatives of peasant households (hereinafter called the producers for
short).
2. Contracts on the consumption of commodity farm produce signed
between enterprises and producers, shall comply with the forms prescribed at
Point 2, Article 2 of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 80/2002/QD-TTg of June
24, 2002 and the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry’s Circular No.
77/2002/TT-BNN of August 28, 2002 on the forms of farm produce-consumption
contracts.
II. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
1. On investment in and support
for infrastructure construction:
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Mountainous provinces and
provinces with small budget revenues left for investment shall be partially
supported by the central budget through the annual capital construction plans
of the localities.
Apart from the above-mentioned
capital sources, projects on development of rural traffic roads, infrastructure
for aquaculture and infrastructure in rural craft villages may borrow capital
from the State’s investment credit source, which shall be incorporated in the
annual plans of the provinces and centrally-run cities at the interest rate of
0%. The provision of support from local budgets for, as well as the capital
borrowing and loan repayment by, these above-mentioned projects shall comply
with the provisions in the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 132/2001/QD-TTg of
September 7, 2001.
2. On the State’s development
investment credit:
- The producers and enterprises,
that sign farm produce-consumption contracts and have projects on agricultural
production, perennial tree planting, cattle rearing, aquatic animal catching
and rearing, salt production and development of farm produce processing for
export, shall be entitled to benefit from the State’s investment in various
forms from the Development Assistance Fund under the provisions in Decree No.
43/1999/ND-CP of June 29, 1999 on the State’s development investment credit and
the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 02/2001/QD-TTg of January 2, 2001 on policies
on investment support from the Development Assistance Fund for projects on
export goods-production and/or processing projects on agricultural production.
- Post-investment interest rate
support: Enterprises which sign farm produce-consumption contracts with
producers and have joint-venture projects or projects on production and/or
processing of farm produce for export, when borrowing capital from Vietnam’s
lawful credit institutions, shall be entitled to post-investment support for
the difference between the interest rates of the credit institutions and the
interest rates of the Development Assistance Fund at the same time according to
the provisions in the Finance Ministry’s Circular No. 76/2001/TT-BTC of
September 25, 2001 on the Regulation on export-support credit.
- The contractual parties shall
negotiate with one another on handling of risks brought about by natural
disasters, sudden changes in the market prices or other force majeure causes on
the principle of sharing risks, and shall be considered by the State for
partial support for their damage according to law provisions.
3. The State’s short-term
credit:
Enterprises which sign farm produce-consumption
contracts with producers and have projects on export-goods production and
trading shall be entitled to borrow capital from the Export Assistance Fund
under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 133/2001/QD-TTg of September 10, 2001
and the Finance Ministry’s Circular No. 76/2001/TT-BTC of September 25, 2001 on
the Regulation on export-support credit;
- Where the enterprises sign
with producers contracts on the consumption of farm produce for export by the
mode that the enterprises shall advance capital and supplies or sell supplies
for the purchase of farm produce and directly consume farm produce for the
producers, they shall be entitled to borrow capital from the Development
Assistance Fund.
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4. Financial support for
difficulty-hit areas:
- For deep-lying, far-flung,
special difficulty-hit, border and/or island areas, where exist investment
projects on farm produce production, processing and/or consumption, such
projects shall be entitled:
+ To borrow capital from the
Development Assistance Fund at the annual interest rate of 3%.
+ If the above projects are
implemented by State enterprises, when being put into operation, they shall be
fully allocated 30% of their working capital by the State budget.
The procedures, order and
dossiers for allocation of working capital shall comply with current
regulations.
5. Support for the transfer of
technical advances and technologies:
The Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development, the Ministry of Aquatic Resources and the
provincial/municipal People’s Committees shall, basing themselves on the
assigned annual budget plans, consider and prioritize the provision of support
for the work of agricultural, forestry and fishery promotion in concentrated
commodity-producing zones under consumption contracts and at the same time, reserve
some funding from the State budget to support enterprises and producers having
farm produce-consumption contracts in the following cases:
- Providing partial support for
the importation, application and quick popularization of assorted new strains.
- Providing partial support for
the purchase of strains for projects on crop and husbandry restructuring,
application of technical advances and new technologies, and market information
and prices to producers and enterprises.
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Based on the specific conditions
of each branch and the efficiency of the above-said projects on technical and
technological transfer, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and
the Ministry of Aquatic Resources shall coordinate with the Ministry of Finance
in deciding the support for enterprises set up under decisions of the
Government, ministries or central branches.
The provincial/municipal
People’s Committees shall decide on the support for enterprises set up by their
respective localities.
6. Support for export and trade
promotion:
Enterprises which sign farm
produce-consumption contracts with the producers for export thereof, apart from
current financial support policies such as export quota rewards, support for
interest on loans borrowed for temporary reserves, trade promotion and market
development, and subsidy for loss due to force majeure incidents, shall be
given priority to export farm produce under commercial export contracts signed
between the Vietnamese Government and foreign countries.
7. On tax policies:
Enterprises of all economic
sectors and producers, that have farm produce-consumption contracts, shall enjoy
the current tax policies on encouraging the production and processing of
commodity farm produce according to law provisions.
III. IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
This Circular takes effect as
from the issuance date of Decision No. 80/2002/QD-TTg on policies on the
contractual consumption of commodity farm produce.
In the course of implementation,
if meeting with any difficulties or problems, enterprises and producers are
requested to report them to the Ministry of Finance for study and settlement.
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FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Tran Van Ta