Decision No. 22/2000/QĐ-BTC On the Issuance of the Tariff for Fees and Charges for Plant Quarantine and Protection

This Decision stipulates fees and charges in the field of plant quarantine, including fees for issuing certificates of quality for plant protection chemicals, testing new chemicals, and quarantine of goods with small and large quantities. Notably, foreign organizations and individuals, and overseas Vietnamese residents must pay an additional 100% over the prescribed rates for these fees.

Document No.22/2000/QĐ-BTC
Document typeDecision
Issuing authorityMinistry of Finance
Signed byPhạm Văn Trọng — Thứ trưởng
Updated21/06/2026
SectorFinance
FieldUncategorized
Issued date21/02/2000
Effective date07/03/2000
Expiry date09/12/2003
StatusExpired
✦ Smart summary

This Decision stipulates fees and charges in the field of plant quarantine, including fees for issuing certificates of quality for plant protection chemicals, testing new chemicals, and quarantine of goods with small and large quantities. Notably, foreign organizations and individuals, and overseas Vietnamese residents must pay an additional 100% over the prescribed rates for these fees.

Scope of application

Organizations and individuals operating in the field of plant quarantine in Vietnam.

Key points

  • Fee for issuing certificates of quality for plant protection chemicals
  • Fee for testing new chemicals
  • Fee for quarantine of goods with small and large quantities
  • Additional 100% fee for foreign organizations and individuals, and overseas Vietnamese residents.
  • Details on how to calculate fees based on the weight of the consignment and the type of organism being quarantined

🌐 Social impact of this document

  • Strengthening the management of the quality of plant protection chemicals
  • Minimizing risks from harmful organisms in international agricultural trade.
  • Ensuring safety for the environment and public health.

❓ Frequently asked questions

What is the quarantine fee for consignments with small quantities?

Consignments under 1 kg are VND 10,000, between 1-10 kg are VND 30,000, and above 10 kg are calculated according to specific provisions in the decision.

What is the quarantine fee for consignments with large quantities?

For consignments from less than 1 ton to 500 tons, fees are calculated based on the detailed tariff schedule according to weight. Above 500 tons, they are divided into lots for quarantine and charged accordingly.

What is the supervision fee for monitoring the fumigation treatment of objects subject to plant quarantine?

This fee is calculated at 30% of the prescribed rate set forth in the decision.

Full text

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness

Number: 22/2000/QĐ-BTC

Hanoi, February 21, 2000

 

Pursuant to …;

Regarding the issuance of the Table of Fees and Charges for Plant Protection and Quarantine

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to Decree No. 15/CP dated March 2, 1993 of the Government on the tasks, powers, and responsibilities for management of ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 853/1997/CT-TTg dated October 11, 1997 on combating smuggling under new circumstances;

Pursuant to Decree No. 04/1999/NĐ-CP dated January 30, 1999 of the Government on fees and charges under the State budget;

Pursuant to Article 13, Article 14 of the Regulations on the organizational system, specialized inspection, dispute resolution, and fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine work issued together with Decree No. 92/CP dated November 27, 1993 of the Government guiding the implementation of the Ordinance on Plant Protection and Quarantine;

After reaching consensus with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and upon the proposal of the Director General of the General Department of Taxation,

DECISION:

Article 1.- Issuing this Decision the Table of Fees and Charges for Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine shall be collected in Vietnamese Dong. In cases where the prescribed rates are denominated in US Dollars (USD), they shall be converted to Vietnamese Dong at the exchange rate published by the State Bank of Vietnam at the time of collection; If foreign organizations or individuals wish to pay fees and charges in foreign currency, they may pay in USD according to the prescribed rates.

Article 2.- The entities subject to the payment of fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine as stipulated in Article 1 of this Decision are organizations and individuals authorized by competent state agencies to carry out plant protection and quarantine activities in accordance with the law, except for the following cases that are exempt from paying such fees and charges:

1. Quarantine of personal items containing plant products for use during travel.

2. Quarantine of floral bouquets and wreaths for diplomatic ceremonies when entering or leaving the country.

3. Quarantine of small consignments of plant seeds for research and scientific and technical exchanges (not for commercial purposes) as decided by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

For the service of controlling harmful organisms in plant resources at cooperatives under the Law on Cooperatives, separate regulations will apply.

Article 3.- The agencies collecting fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine are entitled to retain a portion of the collected fees and charges before remitting them to the State Budget to support plant protection and quarantine activities and the organization of fee and charge collection, based on the approved budget, after obtaining written agreement from the same-level financial authority; however, the maximum retention rate shall not exceed 80% (eighty percent) of the collected fees and charges; the remaining amount (at least 20%) must be remitted to the state budget.

The agencies collecting fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine are responsible for organizing the collection, declaration, payment, management, and settlement of fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine in accordance with the provisions of Circular No. 54/1999/TT-BTC dated May 10, 1999 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the implementation of Decree No. 04/1999/NĐ-CP dated January 30, 1999 of the Government on fees and charges within the State Budget.

Article 4.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its date of signature. All provisions regarding fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine that conflict with this Decision are hereby abolished.

Article 5.- Organizations and individuals subject to the payment of fees and charges for plant protection and quarantine, units assigned the task of organizing the collection of such fees and charges, and related agencies are responsible for implementing this Decision.

 

DEPUTY MINISTER

DEPUTY MINISTER

(Signed)

Pham Van Trong

 

SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES

PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE
(Issued together with Decision No. 22/2000/QĐ-BTC

dated February 21, 2000 of the Minister of Finance)

I. FEES FOR APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF IMPORTATION, PRODUCTION, AND BUSINESS (BUSINESS) OF PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS AND DISINFESTATION PRACTICES:

1. Approval and registration of business of plant protection chemicals (PPCs):

Serial number

Index

One-time registration fee

 

 

Domestic organizations and individuals, including domestic enterprises with foreign investment (1,000 VND)

Foreign organizations and individuals and overseas Vietnamese, excluding foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam (USD)

1

Approval and registration for limited area trials of PPCs

600

150

2

Approval and registration for wide area trials of PPCs

1.000

200

3

Approval and registration for formal PPCs

3.000

500

4

Supplementary registration for PPCs (each additional type)

600

150

5

Re-registration and extension of PPC registration

600

150

6

Technical condition assessment and issuance of confirmation certificates for PPC production, processing, and packaging

2.000

500

7

Technical condition assessment and issuance of business operation permits for PPCs

500

As specified separately

8

Approval and issuance of business operation permits for PPCs

500

As specified separately

2. Issuance of disinfestation business operation permits:

Index

One-time registration fee (1,000 VND)

1. Self-disinfestation of own objects.

1.000

2. Disinfestation of domestic goods.

1.500

3. Disinfestation of import-export goods.

2.500

Disinfestation business operation permits have a validity period of five years. When renewing the permit upon expiration, only 50% of the initial registration fee will be charged.

II. FEES FOR TESTING AND QUARANTINE OF PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS AND PLANTS:

1. Testing of plant protection chemicals (PPCs):

Serial number

Index

Rate of Collection

 

 

Domestic organizations and individuals, including domestic enterprises with foreign investment
(1,000 VND)

Foreign organizations and individuals and overseas Vietnamese, excluding foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam (USD)

a

The Standing Office of the Council for International Cooperation on Non-Governmental Organizations (Vietnam Friendship Association) is the agency responsible for receiving registration dossiers, leading, and coordinating with member agencies of the Council to examine dossiers and return results of reviews of registration dossiers of foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.

of

For coal-fired thermal power plants where the enterprise holds 100% of the registered capital and uses 100% of its own capital to invest in the project approved by the competent authority, E is determined as 100%;

1

Testing and issuing quality certificates for PPCs (excluding imported/exported PPCs):

 

 

 

a. Quantitative analysis of PPCs

200/1 active ingredient

(or 1 impurity)

30/1 active ingredient

(or 1 impurity)

 

b. Qualitative analysis of PPCs.

400/1 impurity

60/1 impurity

 

c. Combined qualitative and quantitative analysis of PPCs

550/1 active ingredient

80/1 active ingredient

 

d. Quantitative analysis of herbal PPCs or PPCs containing Validamicin A or rodenticides.

300/1 active ingredient

50/1 active ingredient

 

e. Determination of physical properties:

- Suspension rate or storage stability.

- Other properties.

200/1 criterion


50/1 criterion

30/1 criterion


8/1 criterion

2

Registration for sampling, testing, and issuing quality certificates for imported/exported PPCs.

0,1%

(Minimum 300, maximum 20,000)

0,1%

(Minimum 30, maximum 2,000)

3

Testing and issuing residue certificates for PPCs:

- 1 criterion/sample.

- Second criterion onwards (same group of PPCs)/sample.

300

150/1 criterion

50

20/1 criterion

4

Sampling costs include travel, sample collection, sampling tools, and sample containers (not applicable for imported/exported PPCs under Decree 86).

Based on reasonable actual expenses

5

New PPC trials:

- Limited area trial (one PPC, one pest, one location, one crop, three to five formulations, three to four repetitions, plot size 25-50 m²)2).

- Wide area trial (one PPC, one pest, one location, one crop, up to four formulations, minimum plot size 300 m²)2).


5.500



5.000


700



600

2. Plant Quarantine (PQ):

a- Small consignment:

Index

PQ fee (1,000 VND)

1. Commercial consignment: < 1 kg

1 - 10 kg

> 10 kg

10

30

As per item b

2. Seed consignment: ≤ 1 kg

> 1 kg

90

As per item b

3. For consignments of seedlings, scions, buds, and cuttings: up to 10 individuals

11 - 100 individuals

101 - 1,000 individuals

over 1,000 individuals

15

40

80

150

Research and scientific technical consignments of seeds are exempted in the following cases: up to 01 kg (for seeds), up to 10 individuals (scions, buds, cuttings, tubers) for one variety of seeds per import or export transaction.

Particularly, for small consignments weighing up to 0.1 kg (seeds), up to 10 individuals (scions, buds, cuttings, tubers including different varieties) shall be charged with KDTV fees equivalent to those of one consignment.

b- Large consignments:

Weight of consignment (tons, m3)

Collection rate (1,000 VND)

 

Documents

Inspection and collection of harmful organisms

Sampling

Analysis and identification

Total

 

 

 

 

Insects

Fungi

Route

Nematodes

Weeds

Viruses

 

a

The Standing Office of the Council for International Cooperation on Non-Governmental Organizations (Vietnam Friendship Association) is the agency responsible for receiving registration dossiers, leading, and coordinating with member agencies of the Council to examine dossiers and return results of reviews of registration dossiers of foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.

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For coal-fired thermal power plants where the enterprise holds 100% of the registered capital and uses 100% of its own capital to invest in the project approved by the competent authority, E is determined as 100%;

Average loan repayment period is 10 years;

g

h

international

k

l

< 1

8

8

10

30

50

40

30

100

276

1 - 5

8

10

15

30

50

40

30

100

283

6 - 10

8

12

20

30

50

40

30

100

290

11 - 15

8

14

25

30

50

40

30

100

297

16 - 20

8

16

30

30

50

40

30

100

304

21 - 25

8

18

35

30

50

40

30

100

311

26 - 30

8

20

40

30

50

40

30

100

318

31 - 35

8

22

45

30

50

40

30

100

325

36 - 40

8

24

50

30

50

40

30

100

332

41 - 45

8

26

55

30

50

40

30

100

339

46 - 50

8

28

60

30

50

40

30

100

346

51 - 60

8

35

70

30

50

40

30

100

363

61 - 70

8

40

75

30

50

40

30

100

373

71 - 80

8

45

80

30

50

40

30

100

383

81 - 90

8

50

85

30

50

40

30

100

393

91 -100

8

55

90

30

50

40

30

100

403

101-120

8

60

100

30

50

40

30

100

418

121-140

8

65

105

30

50

40

30

100

428

141-160

8

70

110

30

50

40

30

100

438

161-180

8

75

115

30

50

40

30

100

448

181-200

8

80

120

30

50

40

30

100

458

201-230

8

90

130

30

50

40

30

100

478

231-260

8

95

135

30

50

40

30

100

488

261-290

8

100

140

30

50

40

30

100

498

291-320

8

105

145

30

50

40

30

100

508

321-350

8

110

150

30

50

40

30

100

518

351-400

8

115

155

30

50

40

30

100

528

401-450

8

120

160

30

50

40

30

100

538

451-500

8

125

165

30

50

40

30

100

548

- Costs for traveling to sampling sites and inspecting objects subject to KDTV shall be added to the inspection fee according to actual reasonable expenses.

- Fees shall be collected based on the analysis and identification criteria applied.

- Planting, monitoring, and quarantine inspection of imported plant varieties in nurseries for one variety according to actual costs.

c- Consignments weighing more than 500 (tons, m3)3are divided into lots according to ship holds or warehouses for quarantine inspection and charging KDTV fees, or additional KDTV fees for the remaining part (document fees remain unchanged for the entire consignment) with the KDTV fees of the 500 (tons, m3) lot.3).

d- Foreign organizations and individuals, and overseas Vietnamese residents (excluding foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam) shall pay an additional 100% of the collection rates under this annex.

e- The supervision fee for the inspection and treatment of objects subject to plant quarantine shall be calculated at 30% of the collection rates under this annex.

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