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THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No: 752-TTg
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Hanoi, December 10,
1994
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DECISION
ON COMMODITIES POLICY AND THE CONDUCT OF IMPORT-EXPORT WORK
IN 1995
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law
on Organization of the Government on the 30th of September 1992;
Pursuant to Decree No. 33-CP on the 19th of April 1994 of the Government on
State management over import-export activities;
Pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Government at its session on the 9th
and 10th of November 1994;
At the proposals of the Chairman of the Sate Planning Committee and the
Minister of Trade, and the suggestions of the concerned ministries and branches
at the meeting on the 7th of December 1994,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To include the below-listed goods in the list of goods
under the orientational import-export plan for 1995:
a) Export goods: Rice.
b) Import goods: Oil
and gas, fertilizers, steel for common use, Portland cement, sugar, motor
vehicles of less than 12 seats, and motor bicycles.
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- Rice: About
2,000,000 tons; with immediate quotas totaling about 1,600,000 tons
- Oil and gas: About
4,800,000 tons; with immediate quotas totaling about 4,500,000 tons.
- Fertilizers: About
1,300,000 tons; with all quotas binge assigned right at the start of the plan
year.
- Steel of common use:
About 600,000 tons; with all quotas being assigned right at the start of the
plan year.
- Portland cement:
About 2,200,000 tons, with clinker accounting about 1,000,000 tons. Immediate
quotas shall be about 2,000,000 tons.
- Sugar: About 70,000
tons, including crude sugar; with all quotas being assigned right at the start
of the plan year.
- Motor vehicles of
less than 12 seats: 6,500 units, including between 1,500 and 2,000 units
assembled domestically; with all quotas binge assigned right at the start of
the plane year.
- Motor bicycles:
350,000 units, including components of 180,000 non-assembled units and 170,000
assembled units. All quotas shall be assigned right at the start of the plan
year.
The assignment of the
quotas of the above-said goods shall be made only once by the Ministry of Trade
and shall be announced right at the start of the plan year so as to help
enterprises make their own preparations in capital and market to meet the
demand of the domestic market.
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a) With regard to rice
and fertilizers: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry is to work with
the State Planning Committee to determine the amounts to be imported and
exported in the year; to take charge of regulating the circulation of rice so
as to ensure the rice supply throughout the country; to take charge of
regulating the supply of fertilizers to meet the needs of each region and
cropping season, and ensure the supply of fertilizers for the whole country.
The ministry of Trade is to conduct import and export in line with the overall
plan and the specific distribution plan to be worked out by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food Industry. All specific issues shall be tackled in line
with Document No 6842 issued on the 6th of December 1994, by the Government.
b) With regard to
cement: The Ministry of Construction shall determine the need and the about of
cement to be imported, which shall be the basis for the Ministry of Trade to
conduct the importation of cement. Apart from the importation of cement and
clinker by the Union of Cement Enterprises, the Ministry of Trade shall, after
discussion with the Ministry of Construction, assign the importation of this
commodity to a number of businesses in areas and cities where large needs exist
so as to further balance regional demands and supplies.
c) With regard to
steel: The Ministry of Heavy Industry shall discuss with the Ministry of
Construction and the Ministry of Trade about the categories of steels of common
use to determine which categories are not yet produced domestically, or are
produced below demand or below required quality, and have to be balanced with
imports by the Ministry of Trade. As regards special-purpose steels, the
Ministry of Trade shall respond to requests from the Ministries and branches in
charge of the demand of production. The allocation of the quotas for
importation of conventional steels of common use shall be decided specifically
by the Ministry of Trade after consulting with the Ministry of Heavy Industry.
d) With regard to oil
and gas, sugar, motor vehicles and motor bicycles, the Ministry of Trade is to
assure that the needs of production and social life be met, as well as to
conduct the importation of these goods.
With regard to sugar
specifically, the Ministry of Trade shall discuss with the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food Industry to determine the amount of crude sugar to be
imported for domestic refineries and assign the import quotas to the sugar
mills; the amount of crude sugar (produced at home or acquired through import)
needed for reserve for production and circulation shall be decided by the
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry. With regard to refined sugar, the
Ministry of Trade shall assign the import to a number of businesses in large
cities as well as those under it so as to ensure the supply for each region as
well as the whole country.
Article 4.- The Ministry of Trade is to take charge of the
importation of goods listed as materials and components for consumer goods,
maintaining them at lower than 20% of the total annual import value; and, when
necessary, to recommend to the Ministry of Finance to adjust the tariffs on the
imports.
Article 5.- With regard to importation of used goods:
a) As regards the
importation of used technologies, production chains, facilities and equipment
which are to be used for manufacturing production materials and consumer goods;
means for goods transportation, vehicles for construction projects and road and
bridge building, etc., their importation shall be decided by and come under the
responsibility of the Ministries and branches which are in charge of their
utilization and by the investors, if the latter are convinced of their
efficiency.
The Ministry of
Science, Technology and Environment shall discuss with the Ministries and
branches in charge of these imports to set the base technical standards to be
used as guidance for the importation.
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c) The General
Department of Customs shall direct customs offices at ports of entry to tax
imported used goods at 70% of the tariffs on brand-new goods of the same
category.
d) Other used goods
shall not be imported in any form.
Article 6.- With regard to goods of under preferential policies
toward ethnic minority groups: In order to implement the policy of replacing
assistance in kind with assistance in cash, the State Planning Committee and
the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas shall work with the
Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and
the Ministry of Health, to determine the beneficiaries of the subsidies and the
standards, categories and quantities of goods for each area. On that basis,
they shall arrange with each of the localities the forms of deduction from the
1995 Support Fund for mountain-our areas, and then assign the Presidents of
provincial People's Committees to manage and distribute the assistance to the
beneficiaries, and shall be responsible to the Prime Minister.
Article 7.- The Minister of Trade is to discuss with the concerned
Ministries and branches to provide detailed guidance for the implementation of
this Decision.
Article 8.- This Decision shall take effect as from the 1st of
January 1995 to the 31st of March 1996. In the course of its conduct, the
Ministry of Trade shall monitor and gather comments and suggestions from other
Ministries and branches and localities, and, if necessary, shall report to the
Prime Minister for modifications of the commodities policy.
Article 9.- The Ministers, the Heads of ministerial-level agencies,
the Heads of agencies attached to the Government, and the Presidents of the
People's Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central
Government, are responsible for the implementation of this Decision.
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai
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