THE
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
02/2001/TT-BCN
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Hanoi, April 27, 2001
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE
EXPORT OF COMMODITY MINERALS IN THE 2001-2005 PERIOD
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 74/CP
of November 1, 1995 on the functions, tasks, powers and organizational
structure of the Ministry of Industry;
Pursuant to the March 20, 1996 Law on Minerals and the Governments Decree
No. 76/2000/ND-CP of December 15, 2000 detailing the implementation of the Law
on Minerals (amended);
In furtherance of the Prime Ministers Decision No. 46/2001/QD-TTg of April
4, 2001 on management of the export and import of goods in the 2001-2005
period;
The Ministry of Industry hereby guides the export of commodity minerals in
the 2001-2005 period as follows:
I. INTERPRETATION OF TERMS
In this Circular, commodity minerals mean
assorted solid minerals exploited and/or processed by organizations and
individuals under exploitation permits, full exploitation permits or mineral
processing permits, issued by competent bodies according to the law provisions
on minerals, and assorted solid minerals permitted to be imported according to
the law provisions on commerce for processing or re-export (hereinafter called
minerals).
All kinds of metal and alloy shall not fall into
the list of minerals.
II. CONDITIONS FOR THE EXPORT OF MINERALS
1. For domestically-exploited minerals:
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b/ Their export is not banned under separate
regulations of the Prime Minister;
c/ They meet all the quality standards
prescribed in the Appendix to this Circular;
d/ The domestic market has no demand for or
cannot consume the whole volume of exploited minerals.
2. Enterprises permitted to export minerals are
those established under the provisions of law, meeting all conditions specified
in Article 8 of the Governments Decree No. 57/1998/ND-CP of July 31, 1998
detailing the implementation of the Commercial Law concerning the goods export,
import, processing, purchase and sale agency activities with foreign countries,
and:
a/ Possessing mineral exploitation permits or
mineral full exploitation permits, or
b/ Possessing mineral processing permits and
having signed mineral purchase contracts (for processing) with organizations
and/or individuals that possess mineral exploitation permits or mineral full
exploitation permits, or
c/ Having signed mineral purchase and sale
contracts or contracts on entrusted export of minerals, with organizations
and/or individuals that possess mineral exploitation permits, mineral full
exploitation permits or mineral processing permits.
3. Export of minerals by mode of temporary
import for re-export:
To comply with the Regulation on conducting
business by mode of temporary import for re-export (issued together with the
Trade Ministrys Decision No. 1311/1998/QD-BTM of October 31, 1998).
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To comply with the provisions of the Governments
Decree No. 57/1998/ND-CP of July 31, 1998 detailing the implementation of the
Commercial Law concerning the goods export, import, processing, purchase and
sale agency activities with foreign countries.
5. Export of minerals which have been processed
from imported minerals:
Exported minerals which have been processed by
organizations and individuals possessing mineral processing permits.
6. Export of pit coal:
The export of pit coal shall be conducted by the
Vietnam Coal Corporation according to the State-assigned annual plans.
Enterprises outside the Vietnam Coal Corporation
may conduct the export in the form of entrusted export for Vietnam Coal
Corporations member enterprises having the function to export coal, or export
coal sold to them by the Vietnam Coal Corporation for export.
Particularly, the non-quota export of coal to China shall comply with the Trade Ministrys Circular No. 15/2000/TT-BTM of August 10, 2000.
7. The export of minerals by
foreign-invested enterprises shall comply with the provisions of their
investment licenses.
III. IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
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2. In the course of exporting minerals,
enterprises that violate the provisions of this Circular or take advantage of
purchase and sale contracts or entrusted export contracts to export
illegally-exploited minerals; export minerals in volumes exceeding the
exploitation capacity inscribed in their exploitation permits (or full
exploitation permits); or fail to prioritize the sale of minerals to domestic
enterprises that need to use them, shall have to be responsible before law.
FOR THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY
VICE MINISTER
Do Hai Dung
APPENDIX
QUALITY STANDARDS
FOR EXPORT MINERALS
(Issued together with Circular No. 02/2001/TT-BCN)
Ordinal
number
Kinds of exploited or processed products
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Note
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Refined chromite
43% Cr2O3
2
Products from titanium ore
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- Refined ilmenite
52% TiO2
- Refined zircon
57% ZrO2
- Refined rutile
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3
Refined lead sulfide ore
45% Pb
4
Refined copper ore
18% Cu
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Iron ore
54% Fe
6
Products of zinc ore:
- Zinc oxide ore
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- Refined zinc sulfide ore
50% Zn
7
Manganese ore
35% Mn
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Glassware white sand
Already sorted
out and washed
Exploited by Minexco company, Khanh Hoa
province
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Refined wolframite
65% WO3
Notes: In this Appendix, the term
"refined ore" is equivalent to the term "concentrate" in
the "Export and import tariffs" issued together with the Finance
Ministrys Decision No. 67/1999/QD-BTC of June 24, 1999.-