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THE MINISTRY OF
TRADE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 05/2000/TT-BTM
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Hanoi, May 21, 2000
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER�S DECISION
No.242/1999/QD-TTg OF DECEMBER 30, 1999 ON THE MANAGEMENT OF GOODS EXPORT AND
IMPORT IN 2000
Pursuant to the
provisions of the Prime Minister�s Decision
No.242/QD-TTg of December 30, 1999 on the management of goods export and import
in 2000;
Based on the opinions of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Construction
and the General Department of Customs;
The Ministry of Trade hereby guides the implementation of the Prime Minister�s Decision
No.242/1999/QD-TTg as follows:
I.
THE LISTS OF EXPORT AND IMPORT GOODS
- The lists of goods
banned from export and import (Appendices No.1A and 1B to this Circular).
- The list of import
goods that require the Ministry of Trade�s permits (Appendix No.2 to this
Circular).
II.
MANAGEMENT OF GOODS EXPORT AND IMPORT
The management of
goods export and import in 2000 shall comply with the provisions of the Prime
Minister�s Decision
No.242/1999/QD-TTg of December 30, 1999. The Ministry of Trade further guides
in detail the following points:
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2. Rice export and
fertilizer import:
The rice export and
fertilizer import shall comply with the Prime Minister�s Decision
No.237/1999/QD-TTg of December 24, 1999 and the Ministry of Trade�s Circular
No.35/1999/TT-BTM of December 30, 1999.
3. The export of wood
products and import of raw material wood shall comply with the Prime Minister�s Decisions
No.65/1998/QD-TTg of March 24, 1998, No.136/1998/QD-TTg of July 31, 1998 and
Directive No.19/1999/CT-TTg of July 16, 1999, the Government�s Documents
No.340/CP-NN of April 07, 1999 and No.743/CP-NN of July 19, 1999 and other
current documents.
4. Such goods items,
for which the foreign-currency balance for the import demands is ensured by the
State, as petrol and oil, fertilizer, iron and steel shall be allowed to be
re-exported only when foreign customers pledge to pay therefor in freely
convertible foreign currencies and the Ministry of Trade approves it.
Fertilizer, iron and steel of various kinds manufactured in Vietnam shall be
allowed to be exported according to demands.
5. The export of
rubber and the import of rice, liquors, poultry eggs and steel cast shall still
comply with the 1999 export and import regulations.
6. Foreign-invested
enterprises are allowed to import supplies specified in Appendix No.02 to this
Circular for capital construction to create fixed assets, first of all giving
priority to the use of home-made goods. The consideration and approval of
import plans shall comply with the current regulations on assigned
responsibilities for managing export and import by foreign-invested
enterprises. The import of materials and raw materials (specified in Appendix
No.2 to this Circular) for manufacture of goods must be permitted by the
Ministry of Trade.
III.
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
The Ministry of Trade
requests the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached
to the Government and the People�s Committees of the provinces and
centrally-run cities and the central bodies of the mass organizations to notify
enterprises under their management of the contents of the Prime Minister�s Decision
No.242/1999/QD-TTg of December 30, 1999 on the management of goods export and
import in 2000 and this Circular, so that the latter can implement them. And at
the same time, they shall report to the Ministry of Trade matters and problems
arising in the course of implementation for timely and appropriate readjustments.
This Circular takes
effect as from April 1st, 2000.
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FOR THE
MINISTER OF TRADE
VICE MINISTER
Luong Van Tu
APPENDIX NO. 1A
GOODS BANNED FROM
EXPORT AND IMPORT
(Issued together with the Ministry of Trade�s Circular
No.05/2000/TT-BTM of February 21, 2000)
I. GOODS BANNED FROM
EXPORT
1. Weapons,
ammunitions, explosive materials, military technical equipment and facilities.
2. Antiques.
3. Narcotics of all
kinds.
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5. Log timber, sawed
timber and peeled timber from natural forest timber in the country; firewood,
charcoal made from timber or firewood; products and semi-products made from
natural forest timbers in the country, which are banned from export under the
Prime Minister�s Decision No.65/1998/QD-TTg
of March 24, 1998 and the Government�s Documents concerning this Decision
(Decision No.136/1998/QD-TTg of July 31, 1998; Directive No.19/1999/CT-TTg of
July 16, 1999; Document No.743/CP-NN of July 19, 1999 and Document No.340/CP-NN
of April 7, 1999).
6. Wild animals as
well as animals and plants of precious and rare species according to the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development�s guidance.
II. GOODS BANNED FROM
IMPORT
1. Weapons,
ammunitions, explosive materials (except those for industrial use as specified
in the Prime Minister�s Document
No.1535/CP-KTTH of December 28, 1998), military technical equipment and
facilities.
2. Narcotics of all
kinds.
3. Toxic chemicals.
4. Depraved and
reactionary cultural products.
5. Fireworks of all kinds
(except for signal fireworks of various kinds for maritime safety and other
needs, which are subject to separate regulations of the Prime Minister in
Document No.1383/CP-KTTH of November 23, 1999). Children toys which adversely
affect their ethical education, social order and security.
6. Cigarettes (except
for the prescribed limits included in personal luggage).
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8. Cars with
right-hand drive (including those in knocked down forms and those having their
right-hand drive switched before being imported into Vietnam), except for
special-use self-propelled means with right-hand drive that can operate in
narrow spaces, including: crane trucks, canal excavators, road sweepers,
dumpers, road-surface rollers, airport passenger transfer vehicles, forklifts
at warehouses and ports.
9. Used goods,
including:
- Spare parts,
engines, frames, tires and inner tubes of automobiles, trailers, special-use
vehicles, tractors, motorbicyles and motortricycles.
- Chassis fitted with
automobile engines of all kinds.
- Automobiles of all
kinds designed to carry people.
- Ambulances.
- Passenger-cum-cargo
automobiles.
- Trucks of a tonnage
of under 5 tons, manufactured in 1995 or before.
- Internal combustion
engines of all kinds.
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10. Products and
materials containing asbestos of amphibole group.
APPENDIX NO. 1B
LIST OF USED CONSUMER
GOODS BANNED FROM IMPORT
(Issued together with the Ministry of Trade’s Circular No.05/2000/TT-BTM of
February 21, 2000)
This list was drawn
up on the basis of the Import Tariff issued together with the Finance Ministry�s Decision
No.1803/1998/QD-BTC of December 11, 1998.
Following are
principles for use of this list:
1. Goods items
specified in this list, if they are used ones, shall be banned from import into
Vietnam according to provisions in Section 7, Part II, Appendix No.1 to the
Prime Minister�s Decision
No.242/1999/QD-TTg of December 30, 1999 on the management of goods export and
import in 2000.
2. For cases where
only 4-digit (or 6-digit) codes are listed, all goods under 8-digit codes
belonging to such 4-digit headings (or 6-digit sub-headings) are banned from
import, except otherwise provided for right in the list.
3. For cases where
4-digit and 6-digit codes are extended to 8-digit codes, only goods under such
newly extended 8-digit codes are banned from import.
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5. To avoid a too
long list, the goods item descriptions have been, in some cases, made concise
as compared with those in the Import Tariff (denoted in three dots). The
practical implementation shall be based on descriptions of goods items in the
Import Tariff.
6. This list shall be
used only for implementation of Section 7, Part II, Appendix No.1 to the Prime
Minister�s Decision No.242/1999/QD-TTg
of December 30, 1999.
Chapter Heading
Sub-heading Descriptions of goods items
Chapter 39 3918 Floor coverings
of plastics . . .
3922 Bath-tubs,
shower-baths, wash-basins . . .
3924 Tableware,
kitchenware
3925 Builders� ware of plastics . .
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3926 Other articles
of plastics (excluding riot shields, light-reflecting
nails and nets impregnated with mosquito killer)
Chapter 42 4201 00 00 Saddlery
and harness for any animal . . .
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4203 Apparel and
clothing accessories, of leather . . .
Chapter 43 4303 Apparel and
clothing accessories . . .
4304 Artificial fur
and articles thereof
Chapter 44 4414 00 00 Wooden
frames for paintings, photos . . . similar wood products 4419 00 00 Tableware
and kitchenware of wood
4420 Wood marquetry
and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewelry . . . 4421 Other articles of
wood (except those under subheading
No.4421.90.10)
Chapter 46 The whole chapter 46
Chapter 48 4815 00 00 Floor
coverings on a base of paper or paperboard . . .
Chapter 50 5007 Woven fabrics of
silk or yarn from silk waste
Chapter 51 5111 Woven fabrics of
carded wool or of carded fine animal hair . . . 5112 Woven fabrics of combed
wool or of combed fine animal hair . . .
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Chapter 52 5208 Woven fabrics of
cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than
200g/m2
5209 Woven fabrics of
cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of
cotton, weighing more than 200g/m2
5210 Woven fabrics of
cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton . . . weighing not more
than 200g/m2
5211 Woven fabrics of
cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton . . . weighing more than
200g/m2
5212 Other woven
fabrics of cotton
Chapter 53 5309 Woven fabrics of
flax
5310 Woven fabrics of
jute or other textile bast fibers . . .
5311 00 00 Woven
fabrics of other vegetable textile fibers; woven fabrics
of paper yarn
Chapter 54 5407 Woven fabrics of
synthetic filament yarn, . . .
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Chapter 55 5512 Woven fabrics of
synthetic staple fiber, containing 85% or more by weight of such fiber
5513 Woven fabrics of
synthetic staple fiber, containing less than 85% . . ., . . . not more than
170g/m2
5514 Woven fabrics of
synthetic staple fiber, containing less than 85%, . . ., . . . more than
170g/m2
5515 Other woven
fabrics of synthetic fibers
5516 Woven fabrics of
reconstitutional staple fiber
Chapter 57 The whole chapter 57
Chapter 58 The whole chapter 58
Chapter 60 The whole chapter 60
Chapter 61 The whole chapter 61,
except for 6114.30.10 and 6114.90.10
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Chapter 63 6301 Blankets and
travel rugs
6302 Bed linen, table
linen, toilet linen . . .
6303 Curtains,
(including drapes) and interior blinds . . .
6304 Other textile
products for covering furniture . . .
6307 10 00 - Floor
cloths, dish cloths, duster and similar cleaning cloths
6308 00 00 Sets
consisting of decorating fabrics and yarn . . .
6309 00 00 Worn
clothing and other worn apparel articles
Chapter 64 The whole chapter 64
except for 6405.90.10, 6405.90.20 and heading No.6406
Chapter 65 6503 00 00 Felt hats
and other felt headwear,. . .
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6505 Hats and other
headwear, knitted or crocheted . . .
6506 Other headwear .
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6506 91 00 - Of
rubber or of plastics
6506 92 00 - Of
furskin
6506 99 00 - Of other
materials
Chapter 66 6601 Umbrellas and
sunshades . . .
6602 00 00 Walking
sticks, seat-sticks . . .
Chapter 67 6702 Artificial
flowers, foliage and fruits and parts thereof . . .
6704 Wigs, false
beards, eyebrows . . . specified elsewhere
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6911 Tableware,
kitchenware, household utensils and sanitary ware of porcelain or china . . .
6912 00 00 Tableware,
kitchenware, household utensils and sanitary ware of ceramic, other than those
of porcelain or china . . .
6913 Statuettes and
other ornamental ceramic articles
6914 Other ceramic
articles
Chapter 70 7013 Tableware,
kitchenware. . . of glass
Chapter 71 7117 Imitation
jewelry
Chapter 73 7321 Stoves, ranges,
grates, cookers . . .
7323 Tableware,
kitchenware and other household utensils . . .
7324 Sanitary ware
and parts thereof, of iron or steel
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7418 Tableware,
kitchenware . . . of copper; sanitary ware
Chapter 76 7615 Tableware,
kitchenware . . . of aluminum; sanitary ware
Chapter 82 8210 00 00
Hand-operated mechanical appliances . . . used in preparation of foods or
drinks
8212 Razors and razor
blades . . .
8214 20 00 - Manicure
or pedicure sets . . .
8215 Spoons, folks,
ladles, . . .
Chapter 83 8306 Bells, gongs . .
. frames of pictures, photos . . . mirrors
Chapter 84 8414 51 00 - - Desk,
floor, . . . ventilating fans . . . (excluding industrial fans)
8414 59 00 - - Other
(excluding industrial fans)
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8414 90 90 � Other (including
only parts of those under the above HS codes)
8415 Air conditioners
. . .
8415 10 00 - Window
or wall types, self-contained
8415 20 00 - For
human use, installed in automobiles of all kinds
8415 81 10 - - - Of a
capacity of 90,000 BTU/h or less
8415 82 10 - - - Of a
capacity of 90,000 BTU/h or less
8415 83 10 - - - Of a
capacity of 90,000 BTU/h or less
8415 90 - Parts:
8415 90 19 - - Other
(including only parts of those under the above HS codes)
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- Refrigerators, of
domestic type
8418 21 00 - - Of
compression type
8418 22 00 - - Of
suction type, electrically-operated
8418 29 00 - - Other
8418 30 - Freezers,
of chest type and a capacity not exceeding 800 liters 8418 30 10 - - Of a
capacity of up to 200 liters
8418 40 10 - - Of a
capacity of up to 200 liters
- Spare parts
8418 99 00 - - Other
(including only spare parts of those under the above HS codes)
8421 12 - - Clothes
dryers
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8421 12 20 - - -
Non-electrically-operated
- Spare parts
8421 91 - - Of
centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers (including only spare parts of those
under the above HS codes)
8422 Dish washing
machines . . .
8422 11 00 - - For
household use . . .
8422 90 - Spare parts
8422 90 10 - - Of
dish washing machines for household use
8450 Household
washing machines . . .
- Of a dry linen
capacity not exceeding 10kg:
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8450 12 00 - - Other
washing machines, with built-in centrifugal drier
8450 19 00 - - Other
8450 90 00 - Other
parts (including only parts of those under the above HS codes)
Chapter 85 8509 Domestic
electro-mechanical appliances, with self-contained electric motor
8510 Shavers, hair
clippers and hair-cutting tools, with self- contained electric motor
8516 Electric
instantaneous water heaters . . . (excluding 8516.80 and 8516.90.00)
8518 Microphones and
stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their housing . . .
- Speakers, whether
or not mounted in their housing
8518 21 00 - - Single
loudspeakers, already mounted in their housing
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8518 30 10 - -
Headphones, earphones
8518 40 00 - Audio-frequency
electric amplifiers
8518 50 00 - Electric
sound amplifier sets
8518 90 00 - Spare
parts (including spare parts of those under the above HS codes)
8519 Turntables, . .
. cassette players and other sound reproducing
apparatus . . .
8520 Magnetic tape
recorders and other sound recording apparatus . . . 8520 32 00 - - Of digital
audio type
8520 39 00 - - Other
type, of cassette type
8520 90 00 - Other
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8522 Spare parts and
accessories . . . for equipment of headings from 8519 to 8521 (including only
spare parts and accessories of those under the above HS codes)
8527 Receivers for
telephones, televisions . . .
8528 Television
receivers . . .
8528 12 00 - - Color
8528 13 00 - - Black
and white . . .
8528 30 90 - - Other
8529 Parts used
solely or principally for machines of headings No. from 8525 to 8528 (including
only parts of those under HS codes of headings No. 8527 and 8528 above)
8539 Electric
filament or discharge lamps
8539 22 90 - - -
Other
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8539 31 10 - - - For
decoration . . .
8539 31 90 - - -
Other
Chapter 87 8711 Motorcycles
(including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor
8712 Bicycles . . .
(excluding racing bicycles)
8714 Spare parts and
accessories of vehicles of headings No. from 8711 to 8713 (excluding spare
parts and accessories of heading No. 8713)
Chapter 90 9004 10 00 Sunglasses
Chapter 91 9101 Wrist watches,
pocket watches . . .
9102 Other . . .
wrist watches, pocket watches . . .
9103 Clocks with
watch movements . . .
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Chapter 94 9401 Seats . . .
9401 30 00 - Swivel
seats with variable height adjustment
9401 40 00 - Seats .
. . convertible into beds
9401 50 00 - Seats of
cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials
- Other seats, with
metal frames
9401 61 00 - -
Upholstered
9401 69 00 - - Other
- Other seats, with
metal frames
9401 71 00 - -
Upholstered
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9401 80 00 - Other
seats:
9403 Other furniture
(beds, chests, tables, chairs. . .) and parts thereof
9403 10 00 - Metal
furniture, of kinds used in offices
9403 20 00 - Other
metal furniture
9403 30 00 - Wooden
furniture, of kind used in offices
9403 40 00 - Wooden
furniture, of kind used in kitchens
9403 50 00 - Wooden
furniture, of kind used bedrooms
9403 60 00 - Other
wooden furniture
9403 70 00 - Plastic
furniture
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9404 Mattress
supports; articles of bedding sets . . .
9405 Lamps and
lighting fittings, including searchlights and spotlights . . .
9405 10 - Chandeliers
and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings . . . 9405 10 20 - -
Fluorescent light fittings
9405 10 90 - - Other
9405 20 - Electric
desk, bedside or floor-standing lamps
9405 20 90 - - Other
9405 30 00 - Lighting
sets of a kind used for Christmas trees
9405 50 -
Non-electric lamps and lighting fittings
9405 50 20 - -
Hurricane lamps
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9405 50 90 - - Other
Chapter 95 9504 Articles for
decoration
9505 Festive,
carnival or other entertainment articles
Chapter 96 9603 21 00 - - Tooth
brushes
9603 29 00 - - Other
9603 90 00 - - Other
9605 00 00 Travel
sets for personal hygiene, sewing kits . . .
9613 Cigarette
lighters and other lighters . . .
9614 Smoking pipes
and cigar or cigarette holders
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9617 00 10 - Vacuum
flasks and other vacuum vessels with their cases
APPENDIX NO.2
IMPORT GOODS REQUIRING
THE MINISTRY OF TRADE�S PERMITS
(Issued together with the Ministry of Trade’s Circular
No.05/2000/TT-BTM of February 21, 2000)
1. Ceramic and
granite walling and flooring tiles, of a size of 400 mm x 400 mm or smaller and
those with one of the two dimensions of 400 mm or less.
2. Portland cement
under the following standards:
+ White Portland
cement (TCVN 5691 : 1992);
+ Portland cement
(TCVN 2682 : 1999);
+ Assorted Portland
cement (TCVN 6260 : 1997);
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+ Sulfate-resisting
Portland cement (TCVN 6067: 1995)
+ Low-heat Portland
cement (TCVN 6069 : 1995);
+ Blast-furnace slag
Portland cement (TCVN 4314 -86);
+ Portland cement for
manufacture of asbestos-cement corrugated sheets (TCXD 167 - 89).
Besides white
Portland cement in white color, there are other kinds of cement with technical
specifications as mentioned above and in gray, grayish blue, grayish black,
grayish brown...
Clinker.
3. Colored glass,
white glass, in flat sheets 1.5-12 mm thick (excluding patterned glass,
multiplex glass, safety glass and reinforced glass).
4. Paper of various
kinds:
- Newsprint paper of
heading No. 4801 in the Export and Import Tariff.
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5. A number of
categories of construction steel:
5.1. Construction
smooth steel rods, 6-40 mm in diameter.
5.2. Construction
barbed steel rods (nodded, stripped, ribbed or twisted), 10-40 mm in diameter.
5.3. Regular angle-
(V) and irregular angle-shaped (L) steel, 20-125 mm in diameter.
5.4. Steel in C (U),
I, H shapes, 160 mm or less in diameter.
5.5. Welding steel
pipes and tubes of various kinds: black or zinc-plated, from 14-115 mm in
diameter.
5.6. Flat zinc-plated
steel sheets, from 0.25-0.55 mm thick and up to 3,500 mm long; corrugated
zinc-plated steel sheets; and corrugated steel sheets plated with non-ferrous
metals.
5.7. Common steel
wire: black and mild, black and hard, zinc-plated wire, barbed wire and B-40
steel grids.
6. Refined vegetable
oils in liquid form, including: peanut oil, sesame oil, soybean oil and palm
oil.
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8. Motorbicycles and
motortricycles in complete units and their SKD and CKD assembly parts in
complete sets; engines and frames of motorbicycles and motortricycles of all
kinds in incomplete sets.
9. Cars of 16 seats
or less.
Notes: Enterprises shall be
allowed to sign contracts for import of goods items specified in this list only
when they obtain the Ministry of Trade�s permits.