Promulgated together with this Circular is the
List of goods items of Lao origin eligible for 50% (fifty per cent) import tax
reduction when being imported into Vietnam in 2003.
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2. Having a certificate of origin (C/O) issued
by the Trade Ministry or the Trade Bureaus or Trade Services of Vientiane city
and Saysomboun special zone of Laos.
3. Obtaining a written certification that they
are covered by the tax preferential program under the agreement between the two
governments, issued by the Trade Ministry or Trade Services of Vientiane city
and Saysomboun special zone of Laos.
4. Being imported into Vietnam through
border gates officially opened along the Vietnam-Laos border.
B. Procedures for producing and checking
certificates of origin (C/O):
Enterprises that import Lao goods, which are on
the List of goods items eligible for 50% import tax reduction, promulgated
together with this Circular, and wish to enjoy the import tax reduction
preference, shall have to produce to the customs offices the original
certificates of origin of the goods together with the prescribed import
document sets upon carrying out the import procedures.
In cases where enterprises have not yet obtained
C/O for production upon carrying out the import procedures, the customs offices
shall apply the ordinary tax rates or CEPT preferential tax rates (if the
conditions therefor are fully met) and accept the delayed C/O production within
30 days counting from the date of submitting the customs declarations. After
submitting C/O, enterprises shall be considered for reimbursement of overpaid
tax amount (the difference between the paid tax amount calculated at the
ordinary tax rate or CEPT preferential tax rate and that calculated at
50%-reduced preferential import tax rate specified in the Import Tariff).
Importing enterprises shall be held responsible
before law for the legality and validity of the already submitted C/O. If any
C/O fraudulence is detected, the concerned importing enterprise(s) shall be
handled according to the current law provisions.
When having any doubt about the truthfulness and
accuracy of certificates of origin, the customs offices may request the
concerned enterprises to supply written evidences. The time limit for
enterprises to supply additional documents shall be 30 days after the C/O is
submitted. Pending the re-inspection result, the 50% tax rate reduction for the
concerned goods lots shall temporarily not be given, and the ordinary tax rates
or CEPT preferential tax rates (if the conditions therefor are fully met) shall
be applied. And at the same time, the procedures for goods release shall
continue to be carried out if such goods items are not banned or restricted
from import and there is no doubt about false declarations of goods. In cases
where the goods owners have sufficient documents to prove the Lao origin of
their goods, the overpaid tax amount shall be considered and reimbursed (the
difference between the already paid tax amount calculated at the ordinary tax
rate or CEPT preferential tax rate and that calculated at 50%-reduced
preferential import tax rate specified in the Import Tariff).
II. OTHER REGULATIONS
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2. The tax calculation bases, tax collection and
payment regime, accounting of tax amounts, report on tax collection and payment
results, import tax reduction, tax reimbursement, tax arrears collection and
handling of violations shall comply with the provisions of the Law on Export
Tax and Import Tax and the current guiding documents.
III. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION
Once every three months (by the 15th day of the
following month at the latest) and annually (by February 15th of the following
year at the latest), the General Department of Customs shall sum up and report
the volumes and value (calculated at the import tax calculation prices) of
import goods subject to this Circular to the Trade Ministry and the Finance
Ministry. In cases where it detects that the Lao side issues written
certifications for goods in excess of the volume already agreed upon, the Trade
Ministry shall work together with the Lao Trade Ministry in devising
appropriate remedial measures.
This Circular takes effect 15 days after its publication
in the Official Gazette and applies to the import goods declarations registered
with the customs offices as from January 9, 2003 (the effective date of the
2003 Treaty on economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation between
the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic).
Those cases of importing goods of Lao origin,
entitled to the 50% import tax reduction, with their import declarations
registered with the customs offices as from January 9, 2003 to the effective
date of this Circular, shall be eligible for the import tax reimbursement. The
import tax amount to be reimbursed shall be the difference between the tax
amount already paid by enterprises and the import tax amount already reduced by
50% under this Circulars guidance. Enterprises shall contact the Customs
Departments of the localities where they import goods for carrying out the
procedures for tax reimbursement. A dossier of application for tax
reimbursement comprises:
+ A written request for reimbursement of already
paid import tax;
+ Import goods customs declaration with customs
liquidation;
+ Foreign trade contract, foreign trade purchase
and sale invoices;
+ Documents evidencing that import goods are of
Lao origin according to the guidance in this Circular.
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Any problems arising in the course of
implementation should be promptly reported by the concerned units to the
Finance Ministry and the Trade Ministry for study, timely guidance and supplements.
FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Truong Chi Trung
FOR THE MINISTER OF TRADE
VICE MINISTER
Phan The Rue
THE LIST AND QUANTITIES
OF GOODS OF LAO
ORIGIN ELIGIBLE FOR THE 50% PREFERENTIAL IMPORT TAX REDUCTION WHEN BEING
IMPORTED
INTO VIETNAM
IN 2003
(According to Appendix No. 3 to the 2003
Treaty on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Lao
Peoples Democratic Republic, signed on January 9, 2003)
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No
Names of
goods
Headings
under the Import Tariff
Calculation
units
Quantities
I
Wood and wood products
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1
Flooring planks
4418
m2
210,000
2
Household wood furniture made of timber
4414, 4419, 9401, 9403
m3
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3
Plywood
4412
ton
100,000
4
Finished and semi-finished products
4407
m3
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II
Assorted minerals
1
Plaster
2520
ton
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2
Tin
2609
ton
1,000
III
Forest
products
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1
Chai pha
1301
ton
2,500
2
Vang dang (coscinium usitatum pierre)
1211
ton
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3
Orang-outang fruit
0813
ton
50
4
Fruit for making jelly
0813
ton
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5
Amomum longiligulare
0908
ton
300
6
Jobs tears
1211
ton
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IV
Farm and husbandry products
1
Sticky rice, long-grain rice
1006
ton
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2
Sesame
1207
ton
1,000
V
Processing-industry products
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1
Jip-lai blanket
6301
unit
50,000
2
Jip-lai fan
8414
unit
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3
Electric rice cooker
8516
unit
100,000
FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Truong Chi Trung
FOR THE MINISTER OF TRADE
VICE MINISTER
Phan The Rue