Decision No. 34/2006/QĐ-BTM on the importation under tariff quotas with a zero percent import duty for goods originating from Cambodia.

Pursuant to …;

REGARDING THE IMPORT OF GOODS FROM CAMBODIA UNDER THE QUOTA DUTY WITH A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE

||| MINISTER OF TRADE

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BASED ON THE DECREE NO. 29/2004/NĐ-CP OF JANUARY 16, 2004 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF TRADE;

BASED ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VIETNAM MINISTRY OF TRADE AND THE CAMBODIA MINISTRY OF TRADE ON CAMBODIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ENJOYING A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE IN VIETNAM SIGNED ON AUGUST 3, 2006;

IMPLEMENTING THE GUIDANCE OF THE PRIME MINISTER AS STATED IN DOCUMENT NO. 44/TTg-QHQT OF AUGUST 18, 2006 ON THE AGREEMENT ON CAMBODIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS BEING EXEMPTED FROM IMPORT DUTIES;

AT THE PROPOSAL OF THE HEAD OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT DEPARTMENT

||| TO APPLY THE QUOTA DUTY FOR TWO GROUPS OF IMPORTED GOODS FROM CAMBODIA ENJOYING A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE INCLUDING RICE AND DRIED TOBACCO LEAVES. THE COMMODITY CODES AND THE TOTAL QUOTA DUTY AMOUNT ENJOYING A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE FOR THESE GROUPS OF GOODS ARE LISTED IN ANNEX I ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION.,

DECISION:

Article 1VIETNAMESE TRADERS ARE ALLOWED TO IMPORT RICE AND DRIED TOBACCO LEAVES UNDER THE QUOTA DUTY ENJOYING A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE. SPECIFICALLY, FOR DRIED TOBACCO LEAVES, ONLY TRADERS WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED AN IMPORT LICENSE FOR TOBACCO RAW MATERIALS BY THE MINISTRY OF TRADE PURSUANT TO CIRCULAR NO. 04/2006/TT-BTM OF APRIL 6, 2006 ARE PERMITTED TO IMPORT (THE IMPORT QUANTITY IS SUBTRACTED FROM THE IMPORT LICENSE FOR TOBACCO RAW MATERIALS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRADE).

Article 2. ||| THE GOODS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 1 OF THIS DECISION SHALL BE CLEARED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL BORDER GATES LISTED IN ANNEX II ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION.

Article 3THE PROCEDURE FOR IMPORTING GOODS UNDER THE QUOTA DUTY ENJOYING A ZERO PERCENT IMPORT DUTY RATE SHALL BE HANDLED AT THE CUSTOMS PORT WHERE THE IMPORT PROCEDURE IS CONDUCTED, FOLLOWING THE AUTOMATIC REVERSE DEDUCTION PRINCIPLE (THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF IMPORTED GOODS ENJOYING THE DUTY EXEMPTION IS SUBTRACTED BY THE QUANTITY OF EACH COMMODITY WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN FORM S - C/O FORM S) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

Article 4. THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT 15 DAYS AFTER ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.

Article 5THIS DECISION REPLACES DECISION NO. 33/2006/QĐ-BTM OF OCTOBER 16, 2006 ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF TRADE.

Article 6. This Decision replaces Decision No. 33/2006/QĐ-BTM dated October 16, 2006, of the Minister of Trade./.