THE
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence- Freedom- Happiness
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No.
35/2008/QD-BCT
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Hanoi, October 9, 2008
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DECISION
ON
THE GRANT OF CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN FOR A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES OF TEXTILES AND
GARMENTS TO BE EXPORTED TO THE US
THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
Pursuant to the Governments
Decree No. 189/2007/ND-CP dated December 27, 2007 defining the functions,
tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and
Trade;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. l9/2006/ND-CP dated February 20, 2006,
detailing the Commercial Law regarding goods origin;
Pursuant to the Trade Ministrys Circular No. 07/2006/TT-BTM dated April 17,
2006, on guidance and management of the grant of certificates of origin
according to the Governments Decree No. 19/2006/ND-CP dated February 20, 2006,
detailing the Commercial Law regarding goods origin;
At the proposal of the director of the Import and Export Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1.
- Exporters of all textile and
garment lots of categories 338, 339, 340, 341, 345, 348, 351 and 352 to the US
shall carry out procedures for the grant of certificates of origin (below
referred to as C/O).
Article 2.
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Article 3.
- C/O shall be granted within 4
working hours after C/O granting teams receive complete and valid dossiers. C/O
granting procedures shall be performed according to current regulations and
VCCI'S guidance.
Article 4.
- When carrying out procedures
for the export of textile and garment lots of categories specified in Article 1
above, customs offices shall inspect export dossiers according to current
regulations and C/O (printed copies) or C/O granting data provided on a daily
basis by VCCI.
In exceptional cases, traders
may produce C/O later within 20 days from the date of registration of customs
declarations of exports.
For goods lots which were
granted C/O but were not permitted for export, within 30 days after being
granted C/O, traders shall return C/O to the C/O granting units for withdrawal.
For goods lots which were
exported but different from the statements of their granted C/O, within 30 days
after being granted C/O, traders shall return these granted C/O and carry out
procedures for the re-grant of C/O.
Within 30 days after being
granted C/O, traders shall submit customs declarations of exports (duly signed
copies bearing a "true copy" stamp) to C/O granting teams.
Traders that fail to perform
procedures specified in this Article will not be granted C/O for their
subsequent goods lots of categories specified in Article 1.
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- VCCI shall daily provide C/O
granting data to the General Department of Customs as a basis for comparison
and export customs clearance. Every Monday, the General Department of Customs
shall inform VCCI of goods lots of categories specified in Article 1 for which
customs declarations have been registered but are not permitted for export.
Article 6.
- The Vietnam Textile and
Apparel Association (VITAS) shall supply information on production capacity of
traders and average unit prices of categories in order to help customs offices
and VCCI prevent in time trade frauds. When detecting traders exporting goods
quantities larger than their production capacity, goods lots of too low unit
prices or goods lots assembled from imported semi-products, etc., the Mobile
Team for Inspection of textiles and Garments (under the Ministry of Industry
and Trade) shall promptly take inspection measures and put forward handling
proposals.
Article 7.
- This Decision applies to goods
lots that have export declarations from November 1, 2008, and ceases to be
effective on July 1, 2009.
Article 8.
- The director of the Office,
the director of the Import and Export Department, heads of units of the
Ministry, traders and concerned agencies and individuals shall implement this
Decision.
FOR
THE INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER
VICE MINISTER
Nguyen Thanh Bien
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