THE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
48/2001/QD-BTC
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Hanoi,
May 28, 2001
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE MARITIME CHARGE AND FEE RATES
THE FINANCE MINISTER
Pursuant to Vietnam Maritime Code of June 30,
1990;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No.15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks,
powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and
ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks,
powers and organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on
charges and fees belonging to the State budget;
After obtaining the opinions of the Ministry of Communications and Transport
(Official Dispatch No. 672/GTVT-TCKT of March 12, 2001) and at the proposal of
the General Director of Tax,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To
promulgate together with this Decision the Table of rates of tonnage charges,
maritime security charges, anchorage and mooring charges and dock-using charges
and State management procedure fees (referred collectively to as maritime
charges and fees), including:
1. Maritime charges and fees for international
transportation ships (Appendix No. 1).
Particularly the tonnage charge and maritime
security charge collection rates as from January 1, 2002 shall be equal to 85%
of the corresponding rates prescribed in Section I and Section II of Appendix
No. 1 promulgated together with this Decision.
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3. Special maritime charges and fees (Appendix
No. 3).
4. Maritime charges and fees at crude oil
exporting port sections (sans-wharf oil pumping stations) and special-use
petroleum ports (Appendix No.4).
Particularly the tonnage charge and maritime
security charge collection rates as from January 1, 2002 shall be equal to 85%
of the corresponding rates prescribed in Section I, Part B, Section I and
Section II, Part C, Appendix No.4 promulgated together with this Decision.
Article 2.- The bases
for determining the payable maritime charges and fees shall be the collection
rates prescribed in Article 1 of this Decision, calculated according to the
gross tonnage (GT), main engines capacity (CV) of ship, the time (hour), cargo
volume (tons or m3), distance (nautical miles), concretely as follows:
1. The gross tonnage (GT):
a) For cargo ships (excluding oil tankers), it
is the maximum GT inscribed in the tonnage certificates granted by competent
registries.
b) For oil tankers, it is 85% of the maximum GT
inscribed in the tonnage certificates.
c) For passenger ships, the charge-calculation
tonnage shall be equal to 50% of the maximum GT inscribed in the tonnage
certificates.
d) For ships without GT inscription, it is
determined as follows:
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- Tug boats, push boats: 1 horse-power is equal
to 0.5 GT.
- Barge: 1 ton of registered tonnage is equal to
1 GT.
e) For ships being a convoy of barges and tug
boat (or push boat), it is the total GT of the whole convoy of barges and tug
boat (push boat).
2. The engine capacity unit is horse power (CV),
the decimals of 1 CV shall be rounded up to 1 CV.
3. The time unit: 24 hours is equal to 1 day, if
the odd constitutes 12 hours or less, it shall be calculated as 1/2 day, if the
odd constitutes over 12 hours, it shall be rounded up to 1 day; 60 minutes are
calculated as 1 hour, if the odd constitutes 30 minutes or less, it shall be
calculated as 1/2 hour, if the odd constitutes over 30 minutes, it shall be
rounded up to 1 hour.
The daily working hours shall be from 07.00 hrs
to 17.00 hrs. In case of working beyond the hours prescribed at this point
(particularly holidays, New Year days, it shall be calculated as full day
according to the prescribed regime), the procedure fees shall be 10% higher
than the prescribed rates.
4. The cargo volume (including packing) shall be
calculated in tons or cubic meters (m3), the odd part of under 0.5 ton or under
0.5 m3 shall not be counted, and of 0.5 ton or 0.5m3 or more shall be rounded
up to 1 ton or 1 m3. For single bill of lading, the minimum volume for charge
calculation shall be 1 ton or 1 m3/bill of lading. For cargo, of which each ton
occupies 1.5m3 or more, every 1.5 m3 shall be calculated as 1 ton.
5. The distance for charge calculation shall be
nautical mile, the odd being less than 1 nautical mile shall be rounded up to 1
nautical mile. The unit for dock and wharf charge calculation is meter (m); the
odd being less than one meter shall be rounded up to 1m.
6. The currency used for maritime charge and fee
collection shall be the corresponding type of currency prescribed in the charge
and fee rates table. Agencies which collect charges and fees in one currency
shall pay them into the State budget in that currency. In cases where the US
dollars must be converted into Vietnam dong, the conversion shall be made at
the average exchange rate on the inter-bank foreign currency market, announced
by Vietnam State Bank at the time of payment.
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1. International transportation means the
transportation of cargo or passengers from Vietnamese ports to foreign
countries and from foreign countries to Vietnamese ports, including Vietnam
transit transportation and the transportation out of or into export-processing
zones.
2. Domestic transportation means the
transportation of cargo or passengers between Vietnamese ports.
3. Ships shall include sea-going ships, river
ships and assorted ships, boats and other means (regardless of whether they are
mounted with engines or not), which enter and leave Vietnamese ports.
4. Hazardous goods mean goods of hazardous
character, which pose danger to human being and the environment under the
provisions of Vietnamese law and relevant international agreements which
Vietnam has signed, acceded to or recognized.
5. The carriers mean persons who use ships under
their ownership or charter ships under other peoples ownership to provide
services of goods or passenger transportation.
6. The entrusted mean organizations and
individuals authorized by goods owners or carriers.
7. Port regions are divided as follows:
- Region 1 shall embrace all ports from parallel
20 northward.
- Region 2 shall embrace all ports from parallel
11.5 to parallel 20.
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Article 4.- Agencies
tasked to exercise the State management over maritime activities and maritime
safety shall have to organize the collection of maritime charges and fees
(hereinafter referred collectively to as the collecting agencies) strictly
according to the provisions of this Decision.
1. The maritime charge and fee collecting
agencies may deduct a part in percentage of the total amount of actually
collected charges and fees before remitting them into the State budget in order
to cover expenses for the work of State management in the maritime domain and
the organization of charge and fee collection according to the following
provisions:
a) The tonnage charge, the anchorage and mooring
charge, the State management procedure fee: 25% of the total amounts of
actually collected tonnage charge, anchorage and mooring charge and procedure
fee.
b) The maritime security charge: 90% of the
total amount of actually collected maritime security charge.
The management of the use of deducted charge and
fee amounts prescribed in Items a and b of this Point shall comply with the
Finance Ministrys guidance.
2. The remainder of the total charge and fee
amount actually collected in the period minus the amount deducted according to
the percentages prescribed at Point 1 above must be remitted into the State
budget at the State Treasury of the localities where arises the source of
revenue according to corresponding chapter, category and item, Section 040 of
the current State budget index.
Article 5.- This
Decision takes effect as from July 1, 2001. All provisions on maritime (sea
port) charges and fees contrary to this Decision are now annulled.
Article 6.-
Organizations and individuals being charge and fee payers, maritime charge and
fee collecting agencies and the concerned units shall have to implement this
Decision.
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FOR THE FINANCE MINISTER
VICE MINISTER
Vu Van Ninh
APPENDIX 1
MARITIME CHARGES AND FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SHIPS
(Promulgated together with Decision No. 48/2001/QD-BTC of May 28, 2001 of
the Finance Minister)
A. APPLICATION OBJECTS
Subject to the application of this charge and
fee table shall be organizations and individuals that have ships engaged in the
transportation of cargo and/or passengers from Vietnam to foreign countries and
from foreign countries to Vietnam, the Vietnam transit transportation and the
transportation out of or into export processing zones (referred collectively to
as international transportation) and actually entering, leaving or anchoring
and mooring in the maritime zones or water areas of Vietnamese ports.
B. COLLECTION RATES
I. TONNAGE CHARGES
1. The tonnage charge rates:
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b) Each departure: USD 0.085/GT.
2. The below-prescribed collection rates shall
apply to a number of cases:
a) For a ship entering and leaving many
Vietnamese sea ports, the collection rates shall be applied as follows:
a1. For the first port, the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 of this Section shall apply.
a2. For the second port on (not under the
management of the same port authority), the collection shall be made at the
rate equal to 50% of the rates prescribed at Point 1 of this Section.
Particularly for the second port on under the management of the same port,
charges shall not be collected.
b) The following cases shall enjoy the 30%
reduction of the collection rates prescribed at Point 1 of this Section.
b1. Ships entering and leaving ports to take
fuel, foodstuff, fresh water, crew change; transiting without loading and
unloading cargoes or without taking and discharging passengers.
b2. Ships entering and leaving ports with the
cargo volume for each loading or unloading at ports being smaller than 50% of
the total dead weight tonnage (DWT) of the ships.
c) The following cases shall enjoy 50% reduction
of the collection rates prescribed at Point 1 of this Section:
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c2. Ships entering and leaving ports with the
cargo volume for each loading or unloading at ports being smaller than 30% of
the total dead weight tonnage (DWT) of the ships.
c3. Ships carrying goods into and out of ports
(in the same maritime zone under one port authoritys management) for more than
8 shipments in a month (one entry and one departure shall be calculated as one
shipment) shall enjoy 50% reduction of the collection rates prescribed at Point
1 of this Section for the ninth shipment on in the month.
c4. Ships carrying passengers into and out of
ports (in the same maritime zone under one port authoritys management) for more
than 4 shipments in a month (one entry and one departure shall be calculated as
one shipment) shall enjoy 50% reduction of the collection rates prescribed at
Point 1 of this Section for the fifth shipment on in the month; except for
special cases to which the Finance Ministrys separate regulations shall apply.
d) The following cases shall enjoy 70% reduction
of the collection rates prescribed at Point 1 of this Section:
d1. Ships entering and leaving ports for repair
or dismantlement.
d2. Ships of a gross tonnage (GT) of 40,000 GT
or more entering and/or leaving Vietnamese ports for repair (without goods
loading and unloading, without taking and discharging passengers). If the
collection rates calculated under this condition is lower than the charge
collection rates applicable to ships of 40,000 GT, the collection shall be made
at the rate equal to that applicable to ships of 40,000 GT. If the collection
rates calculated under this condition is higher than the charge collection
rates applicable to ships of 100,000 GT, the collection shall be made at the
rates applicable to ships of 100,000 GT.
e) Tonnage charges shall be exempt for the
following cases:
e1. Ships entering, leaving ports for storm
shelter, medical emergency for patients, scientific research under agreements
signed between the two governments.
e2. Affiliate ships carrying passengers from
their parent ships mooring in maritime zones, which are allowed to go ashore
(or vice versa).
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f1. For LASH ships: For parent ships, the
collection rate equal to 50% of the corresponding rates prescribed above shall
apply (not to affiliate barges). For the attached barges, the rate equal to 50%
of the collection rate prescribed at Point 1 above shall apply but only to
cases where the barges leave their parent ships for ports other than ports
where the parent ships gather (at ports where barges leave the parent ships,
charges shall not be collected).
f2. Ships enjoying different reduction levels
for each port entry or departure may only enjoy the highest reduction level.
II. MARITIME SECURITY CHARGES
1. The maritime security (MS) charge collection
rates for each port entry or departure or passage through channels subject to
MS charge payment are prescribed as follows (except some cases subject to
separate regulations):
Calculation unit:
USD/GT
Ship types
Regions 1
and 3
Region 2
1. Ships (except LASH)
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- Entry:
0.24
0.18
- Departure:
0.24
0.18
2. LASH ships:
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a) Parent ship:
- Entry:
0.09
0.07
- Departure:
0.09
0.07
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(Charges shall
be collected only when they are detached from parent ships and travel on
lanes)
- Entry:
0.13
0.080
- Departure:
0.13
0.080
2. The following collection rates shall apply to
a number of cases:
a) For a ship entering, leaving many Vietnamese
ports at a time:
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a2. For the second port on (not managed by the
same port authority), the collection shall be made at a rate equal to 50% of
the rate prescribed at Point 1 of this Section. Particularly for the second
port on in the same area managed by one port authority, MS charges must not be
paid.
b) The 30% reduction of the rates prescribed at
Point 1 of this Section shall apply to the following cases:
b1. Ships carrying passengers into maritime
zones of Vietnam, allowed to anchor in anchorage and mooring zones, using other
water means to carry and receive passengers for sightseeing and visits at
islands (for affiliate ships carrying passengers from parent ships ashore or
vice versa, maritime safety security charges shall not be collected).
b2. Ships entering, leaving ports with goods
volume for each loading or unloading at ports being smaller than 50% the total
dead weight tonnage (DWT).
c) The 50% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 of this Section shall apply to the following cases:
c1. Ships entering, leaving ports for medical
emergency to patients (calling at docks).
c2. Ships used exclusively for transportation of
vehicles and wheeled equipment entering and leaving Vietnamese seaports to hand
over and/or receive goods.
c3. Ships entering, leaving ports with the
volume of goods loaded or unloaded at ports being smaller than 30% of the total
dead weight tonnage (DWT) of the ships.
c4. Organizations and individuals having ships
which carry goods into and/or out of ports (in the same maritime zone managed
by one port authority) for more than 8 shipments in a month (one entry and one
departure shall be calculated as one shipment) shall enjoy the 50% reduction of
the prescribed collection rates for the ninth shipment on in the month.
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d) Some other regulations:
d1. The 70% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 of this Section shall apply to ships arriving at the
permitted maritime positions (not entering the ports) to take fuel, fresh
water, foodstuff, to change crew members or to ask for emergency treatment of
patients (except for case of calling at docks as prescribed at Point c).
d2. The 70% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 of this Section shall apply to damaged ships which must
enter or leave ports for repair or liquidation.
d3. Transiting ships on their way to Phnom Penh
(Cambodia) shall be subject to the 50% increase (about 1.5 time) of the
collection rates prescribed at Point 1 of this Section.
d4. For a ship enjoying different reduction
rates upon each port entry or departure, only the highest reduction rate shall
apply.
III. CHARGES FOR ANCHORAGE/MOORING AT DOCKS,
BAYS AND USING DOCKS, WHARVES, MOORING BUOYS:
1. Charges for anchorage/mooring at docks, bays:
a) For ships:
a1. Ships mooring at docks, bays managed by the
port authorities shall have to pay charges therefor at the rate of USD
0.0006/GT-hour.
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b) For cargo (cargo transported through docks,
bays):
b1. For ships handling cargo at docks or bays,
the ship owners or the entrusted persons shall have to pay charge at the rate
of USD 0.15 /ton.
b2. For goods being transport, loading and
loading means and special-use means:
- Freezing cars, caterpillars, excavators, road
rollers, fork lifts, cranes: USD 3/unit.
- Cars of 15 seats or under, trucks of 2.5 tons
or under: USD 1/ unit.
- Automobiles other than those prescribed above:
USD 2/ unit.
2. Charges for using docks, wharves. anchorage
buoys built with State budget and managed by the port authorities:
a) For ships:
a1. Ships stopping at docks, buoys shall have to
pay charges as follows:
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- At buoys: USD 0.0014/GT-hour
a2. Where a ship stops at many places within a
port managed by the port authority, the charge shall be calculated according to
the actual time of stopping at each place, then make the total thereof.
a3. In case of receiving the port-leaving order
but the ships still occupy docks, buoys, the charge shall be paid at the
following rate:
- Dock occupation: USD 0.006/GT-hour.
a4. Where a ship stops close to the side of
another ship at docks, only 50% of the charge for stopping at docks shall be
collected.
a5. Where cargo cannot be handled for more than
one day (24 hours in a row) due to weather or where the dock must be given way
to other ships on the order of the port authority, the charge for the use of
dock, wharves, mooring buoys shall be exempt for the time when cargo cannot be
handled.
b) For cargo:
b1. For cargo transported through docks, buoys,
the goods owners or the entrusted persons shall have to pay charge at the
following rates:
- Handling cargo at docks: USD 0.3/ton
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b2. For cargo being transport, loading and
loading and special-use means:
- Freezing cars, caterpillars, excavators, road
rollers, fork lifts, cranes : USD 3/unit.
- Cars of 15 seats or under, trucks of 2.5 tons
or under: USD 1/unit.
- Automobiles other than those prescribed above:
USD 2/unit.
- For liquid cargo (liquefied gas, petroleum,
liquid asphalt) which are handled by method of pumping from ships to tank cars,
it is USD 1/ton.
c) For passengers: Passengers passing through
docks, wharves shall have to pay charges therefor (except under 12-children) at
the rates:
c1. Each entry: USD 1/person/entry.
c2. Each departure: USD 1/person/departure.
For canoes, water means carrying passengers from
big ships to islands or ashore, the charge shall also be collected at the above
rates. For special cases, the Finance Ministry�s
separate regulations shall apply.
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IV. PROCEDURE FEES
1. Ships entering, leaving Vietnamese ports
shall have to carry out State management procedures according to Vietnamese law
and have to pay fees at the following prescribed rates (one port entry and one
port departure shall make a shipment):
a) Ships of tonnage of under 600 GT: USD
20/shipment.
b) Ships of tonnage of between 600 GT and 1,000
GT: USD 50/shipment.
c) Ships of tonnage of over 1,000 GT: USD
100/shipment.
2. Fee for certification of maritime protest:
USD 20/copy/protest.
APPENDIX NO. 2
MARITIME CHARGES AND FEES FOR DOMESTIC
TRANSPORTATION SHIPS
(Promulgated together with the Finance Ministrys Decision No.48/2001/QD-BTC
of May 28, 2001)
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Subject to the application of this charge and
fee table shall be organizations and individuals having ships which carry
cargoes or passengers between Vietnamese ports and actually enter, leave, pass
through or anchor/moor in the maritime zones and/or water areas of Vietnamese
seaports.
B. COLLECTION RATES
I. TONNAGE CHARGES
1. Tonnage charge rates:
a) Each entry; VND 250/GT.
b) Each departure: VND 250/GT.
2. A number of cases entitled to the following
collection rates:
a) The 30% reduction of the rates prescribed at
Point 1 of this Section for ships entering or leaving maritime zones or water
areas managed by the port authorities for repair, fuel, foodstuff, fresh water,
change of crew members but without loading and/or unloading cargoes and without
taking and discharging passengers.
b) The 50% reduction of the rates prescribed at
Point 1 of this Section for ships which only stop at buoy areas, docks or bays
during the goods unloading.
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c1. Ships of the armed forces, police force and
customs which are performing official duties (in cases where such ships
carrying out economic activities and are hired by economic units for transport
of goods, they shall not be exempt from charges).
c2. Ships which enter ports for storm sheltering
or emergency treatment of patients but without loading and/or unloading goods
or without taking and discharging passengers.
II. MARITIME SECURITY CHARGES
1. The maritime security (MS) charge rates
applicable to ships entering and/or leaving ports or passing through lanes
shall be as follows:
a) Ships of a tonnage of 2,000 GT or under:
a1- Each entry: VND 250/GT.
a2- Each departure: VND 250/GT.
b) Ships of a tonnage of over 2,000 GT:
b1- Each entry: VND 500/GT
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2. Where organizations and individuals
having ships which enter and leave ports (in the same maritime zone managed by
one port authority) for more than 8 shipments a month, they shall enjoy the 50%
reduction of the maritime security charges for the ninth shipment on in the
month.
3. MS charges shall be exempt for the following
cases:
a) Ships of a tonnage of under 50GT.
b) Ships entering and leaving ports for
sheltering from storms, emergency treatment of patients, taking foodstuff, fuel
and/or fresh water, but without loading and/or unloading goods, or without
taking and discharging passengers.
c) River ships, including tug ships, push ships,
towage ships, sea barges, LASH barges categorized as river transport means,
which have already paid river security charges, shall not be subject to the
payment of MS charges.
III. CHARGES FOR ANCHORAGE, MOORING AT DOCKS, BAYS
AND CHARGES FOR USING DOCKS, WHARVES, MOORING BUOYS
1. Charge for anchorage, mooring at
docks, bays: VND 4/GT-hour.
2. Charges for using docks, wharves,
mooring buoys built with State budget investment and managed by the port
authorities:
a) Ships stopping at docks: VND 15/GT-hour.
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IV. PROCEDURE FEES
1. Ships entering and leaving ports shall have
to carry out State management procedures as prescribed by law and have to pay
fee at the following rates (an entry and a departure shall make a shipment):
Calculation unit:
VND/shipment
Ordinal
number
Types of
means
Collection
rates
1
Ships, small passenger boats, self-propelled
barges of a tonnage of 200 tons or under
10,000
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Ships of a tonnage of under 200 GT. River
barge convoy (including towage, tug, push ships)
30,000
3
Ships of a tonnage of between 200 GT to under
1,000 GT
50,000
4
Ships of a tonnage of between 1,000 GT and
under 5,000 GT
100,000
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200,000
2. Fee for certification of maritime protest:
VND 30,000/copy/protest.
APPENDIX NO. 3
SPECIAL MARITIME CHARGES AND FEES
(Promulgated together with the Finance Ministrys Decision No. 48/2001/QD/BTC
of May 28, 2001)
I. APPLICATION OBJECTS
Subject to the application of the special
maritime charge and fee table shall be:
1. Ships of Vietnamese organizations or
individuals as well as foreign-invested enterprises operating under the Law on
Foreign Investment in Vietnam (referred collectively to as Vietnamese
organizations and individuals) engaged in international transportation
activities.
2. Ships owned by Vietnamese organizations or
individuals and leased to foreign organizations or individuals for international
transportation activities.
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4. Ships (regardless of whether they are owned
by foreign or Vietnamese organizations or individuals) transporting export or
transit goods for goods owners being enterprises operating under the Law on
Foreign Investment in Vietnam (except for goods manufactured in Vietnam,
transported and consumed domestically).
Objects of application of the special maritime
charge and fee table prescribed in this Section must supply (produce the
originals, supply copies) the charge collecting agencies the dossiers of
certification of their entitlement to the application thereof as provided for
by Vietnam Maritime Bureau. In case of failing to provide enough dossiers as
prescribed, they shall have to pay charges at the rates prescribed for
international transportation (Appendix No.1).
II. METHODS OF DETERMINING MARITIME CHARGES AND
FEES FOR A NUMBER OF SPECIAL CASES
1. Cases of transporting export, import or
transit goods and charter transport for foreign countries:
a) If taking export goods at many ports: The
maritime charge shall be collected for the departure at the final export port
according to the international transport charge table. For the earlier ports
and the entry into the final export port, the charge shall be collected
according to the domestic transport charge table.
b) If returning import goods, then taking goods
for transportation between Vietnamese ports: The maritime charges shall be
collected for the entry according to the international transport charge table;
for the departure according to the domestic transportation charge table.
c) If discharging domestic goods, then taking
export goods: The maritime charges shall be collected according to the
international transportation charge table for the departure and according to
the domestic transport charge table for the entry.
d) If carrying import goods and returning them
at many Vietnamese ports (regardless of whether or not taking goods for
domestic transportation): The maritime charges shall be collected for the entry
into the first port according to the international transportation charge table,
for the departure at the first port and for the subsequent ports shall be
collected according to the domestic transportation charge table.
e) If in the course of transportation, ships
enter and leave Vietnamese ports (without taking or discharging goods) for
plausible maritime reasons: The maritime charges shall be collected according
to the domestic transportation charge table.
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3. The tonnage charges shall be exempt for ships
used exclusively for fishing and sport sails of Vietnam.
4. The charges for anchorage, mooring at docks,
bays shall be exempt for Vietnamese ships (including chartered ships) engaged
in international transport.
5. The maritime charge rates applicable to
subjects prescribed in Section I of this charge table shall be as follows:
a) Tonnage charges:
a1- Each entry: USD 0.05/GT
a2- Each departure: USD 0.05/GT
b) Maritime security charges:
Calculation unit:
USD/GT
Ordinal
number
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Regions 1
and 3
Region 2
1
Ships (except LASH)
- Each departure
0.14
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- Each entry
0.14
0.11
2
LASH ships
a)
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- Each departure
0.05
0.04
- Each entry
0.05
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b)
Attached barges
- Each entry
0.08
0.05
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0.08
0.05
Charges shall
be collected for affiliate barges when they are detached from parent ships
and travel on lanes
6. Regarding the time for calculation of charges
for anchorage/mooring at docks, bays and charges for use of docks, wharves,
mooring buoys built with State budget investment and managed by the port
authorities:
a) Vietnamese ships returning import goods: The
international transport charge table shall apply as from the time the ships
enter the ports till the time the handling of import goods ends; as from the
end of the import goods handling on, the domestic transport charge table shall
apply.
b) Vietnamese ships entering ports to return
domestically transported goods or running unloaded into ports to take export
goods: While goods are not loaded yet (counting from the time the ships enter
the ports), the domestic transportation charge table shall apply. As from the
time of the goods loading starts to the time the ships leave the ports, the
international transportation charge table shall apply.
7. The procedure fees:
In cases where at a port, a ship is subject to a
payment according to the international transportation maritime charge table and
a payment according to the domestic transportation maritime charge table, the
collected procedure fee shall be equal to 50% of the international
transportation charge rate plus (+) 50% of the domestic transportation rate.
8. For the transshipment zone of Van Gia in Hai Ninh
district, Quang Ninh province:
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b) The procedure fees shall apply at the
following rates:
b1- Ships of a tonnage of less than 500GT : USD
10/shipment
b2- Ships of a tonnage of 500 GT or above: USD
20/shipment.
APPENDIX NO. 4
MARITIME CHARGES APPLICABLE AT CRUDE OIL EXPORT
PORT DIVISION (SANS-WHARF OIL PUMPING STATIONS) AND SPECIALIZED PETROLEUM PORTS
(Promulgated together with the Finance Ministrys Decision No. 48/2001/QD/BTC
of May 28, 2001)
A. APPLICATION OBJECTS
Subject to the application of this charge table
shall be:
1. Ships carrying crude oil at crude oil export
ports (sans-wharf oil pumping stations).
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3. Goods transported through docks, wharves at
specialized petroleum ports.
B. MARITIME CHARGES APPLICABLE AT CRUDE OIL
EXPORT PORT DIVISION
I. TONNAGE CHARGES
1. All ships operating at crude oil export port
divisions (sans-wharf oil pumping stations shall be liable to tonnage charge.
2. The tonnage charges calculated for each time
a ship enter or leave the maritime zones or port water areas managed by the
port authorities at the following rates:
- Each entry: USD 0.085/GT
- Each departure: USD 0.085/GT.
II. MARITIME SECURITY CHARGE
The maritime security charges shall be exempt
for ships entering and leaving crude oil export port divisions (sans-wharf oil
pumping stations)
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The charges for anchorage, mooring at docks,
bays shall be collected at the following rate: USD 0.0003/GT- hour.
IV. THE PROCEDURE FEES
Ships entering, leaving crude oil export port
divisions shall have to carry out the procedures according to the current
regulations of the State and have to pay the procedure fee at the rate of USD
100/shipment (including an entry and a departure)
C. MARITIME CHARGES AT SPECIALIZED PETROLEUM
PORTS
I. TONNAGE CHARGES
All ships operating in specialized petroleum ports
shall have to pay tonnage charges.
The tonnage charges calculated for each time a
ship enters or leaves the maritime zones or port water areas, managed by the
port authorities shall be as follows:
a) Each entry: USD 0.085/GT
b) Each departure: USD 0.085/GT.
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a1. For the first port, the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 shall apply.
a2. For the second port on (not under the
management of the same port authority), the following rates shall apply:
- Each entry: USD 0.04/GT.
- Each departure: USD 0.04/GT.
For the second port on in the same area managed
by the port authority, the charges shall not be collected.
b) The 30% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 shall be made for ships entering and/or leaving ports for
change of crew members without loading and unloading cargoes.
c) The 50% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 shall be made for ships entering and/or leaving ports for
repair.
d) The tonnage charges shall be exempt for ships
entering and/or leaving ports for storm to sheltering from storms, for
emergency treatment of patients provided that they strictly abide by the port
authorities orders to enter and leave the wharves.
e) A ship simultaneously enjoying different
reduction levels for each port entry and departure, it shall only enjoy the
highest reduction level.
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II. MARITIME SECURITY CHARGES
1. Ships, upon each port entry, departure or passage
through lanes, shall have to pay the maritime security charges at the following
rates:
a) Each entry: USD 0.24/GT
b) Each departure: USD 0.24/GT
2. For cases here in a shipment a ship enters,
leaves many Vietnamese seaports:
a) For the first port, the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 shall apply.
b) For the second port on (not under the
management by the same port authority), the following rates shall apply:
b1- Each entry: USD 0.12/GT.
b2- Each departure: USD 0.12/GT.
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c) The 50% reduction of the collection rates
prescribed at Point 1 shall be made for ships entering, leaving ports for
emergency treatment of patients (calling at docks).
d) Ships entering, leaving ports (in the same
maritime zone managed by the port authority) for more than 8 shipments in a
month (a shipment includes an entry and a departure) shall enjoy the 50%
reduction of the maritime security charges from the ninth shipment on in the
month.
e) Ships enjoying many reduction levels for each
port entry and departure shall only enjoy the highest reduction level.
III. CHARGES FOR USE OF DOCKS, WHARVES AND
MOORING BUOYS BUILT WITH THE STATE BUDGET INVESTMENT AND MANAGED BY THE PORT
AUTHORITIES
1. For means:
a) For ships directly calling at wharves and
handling goods or taking oil, fresh water, the collection rate of USD
0.33/m-hour shall apply, the minimum collection rate for each dock call shall
be USD 90/ship.
b) For ships directly calling at docks, wharves
without handling goods or without taking oil, fresh water, the collection rate
of USD 0.4/m-hour shall apply, the minimum collection rate for each dock call
shall be USD 110/ship.
c) For ships stopping alongside other ships
calling at docks, the collection rate of USD 0.09/m-hour shall apply, the
minimum collection rate for each alongside stop shall be USD 25/ship.
2. For cargo, it is USD 1/ton. The payers of
charges for the use of docks, wharves, mooring buoys shall be the goods owners
or their authorized persons.
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Ships entering, leaving Vietnamese seaports
shall have to carry out procedures according to the current regulations of the
State and have to pay fees as follows: USD 100/shipment (a shipment includes an
entry and a departure).-