Circular No. 34/2025/TT-BCT amends and supplements the List of Goods for Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents as prescribed in Decree No. 122/2024/NĐ-CP. This Circular takes effect from July 21, 2025.
Đối tượng áp dụng
Border residents
Các điểm cốt lõi
- Border residents are permitted to purchase and exchange goods in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 122/2024/NĐ-CP.
- Imported goods under the form of purchase and exchange by border residents shall only apply to the list of goods specified in Appendix I attached hereto.
- Border residents are not allowed to import goods outside the prescribed list.
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has the authority to temporarily suspend the importation of certain goods within the list on a specific local basis for a defined period to ensure food safety and prevent cross-border diseases.
- This Circular takes effect from July 21, 2025.
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- Positive impact: Providing additional choices of goods for border residents, enhancing trade between border regions.
- Negative impact: It may cause difficulties in importing some goods due to the specific regulations regarding the list of goods.
❓ Câu hỏi thường gặp
What types of goods are border residents permitted to buy and sell?
Border residents are only permitted to purchase and exchange goods in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 122/2024/NĐ-CP.
What requirements are there for imported goods under the form of purchase and exchange by border residents?
Imported goods must belong to the list of goods specified in Appendix I attached hereto.
What goods are border residents not allowed to import?
Border residents are not allowed to import goods outside the prescribed list.
When does the Ministry of Industry and Trade have the right to temporarily suspend the importation of certain goods into border areas?
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has the authority to temporarily suspend the importation of certain goods within the list on a specific local basis for a defined period to ensure food safety and prevent cross-border diseases.
From what date does this Circular take effect?
This Circular takes effect from July 21, 2025.
Toàn văn
CIRCULAR
Amending and supplementing certain articles ofiCircular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade detailing
the List of Goods for Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents
Pursuant to Decree No. 40/2025/NĐ-CP dated February 26, 2025 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Pursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade Management dated June 12, 2017;
Pursuant to Decree No. 14/2018/NĐ-CP dated January 23, 2018 of the Government detailing border trade activities;;
Pursuant to Decree No. 122/2024/NĐ-CP dated October 4, 2024 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 14/2018/NĐ-CP;
The Minister of Industry and Trade issues this Circular amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade detailing the List of Goods for Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents.
At the proposal of the Director of the Import-Export Department,
Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade detailing the List of Goods for Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents
"1. Border residents purchasing and exchanging goods across borders as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 1 of Decree No. 122/2024/NĐ-CP."
1. Amend and supplement Clause 1 of Article 2 as follows:
"Article 3. Goods purchased and exchanged across borders by border residents
2. Amending and supplementing Article 3 as follows:
1. Exported goods under the form of purchase and exchange by border residents shall be carried out in accordance with current laws.
2. Imported goods under the form of purchase and exchange by border residents are specified in Appendix I attached hereto.
3. Goods outside the list prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article shall not be imported under the form of purchase and exchange of goods by border residents.
4. In cases where food safety and disease prevention across borders need to be ensured, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, after consultation with relevant ministries and agencies, may decide to temporarily suspend the importation of certain items within the list of goods for purchase and exchange by border residents issued in accordance with Clause 2 of this Article on specific localities for a specific period of time."
Article 2. Replacing Appendix I List of Goods for Import under the Form of Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents in Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT
Replacing Appendix I List of Goods for Import under the Form of Purchase and Exchange by Border Residents in Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT with the Appendix issued herein.
This Circular takes effect from July 21, 2025./.
Article 3. Implementation Provisions
- Department of Administrative Procedures Control, Office of the Government;
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Place of Receipt: - Office of the General Secretary;
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DEPUTY MINISTER DEPUTY MINISTER （Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan）
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Appendix
LIST OF GOODS FOR IMPORT UNDER THE FORM OF PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE BY BORDER RESIDENTS
I. Principles of Application
1. Where two-digit HS codes are listed, they apply to all eight-digit HS codes within that chapter.
2. Where four-digit HS codes are listed, they apply to all eight-digit HS codes within that four-digit group.
3. Where six-digit HS codes are listed, they apply to all eight-digit HS codes within that six-digit sub-group.
4. Where eight-digit HS codes are listed, they only apply to those specific eight-digit HS codes.
II. Detailed List
Sub-group
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Code Number |
Description of Goods |
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Chapter |
Group |
Grouping |
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Chapter 03 |
0301 |
Live Fish |
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0305 |
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during smoking |
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0306 |
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Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking; crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, whether or not chilled or frozen, dried, salted or in brine |
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0307 |
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Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking |
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0308 |
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Other aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during smoking |
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Chapter 04 |
0409 |
00 |
00 |
Natural Honey |
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Chapter 06 |
0601 |
Roots, rootstocks, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes, dormant, growing or harvested for planting; chicory roots and leaves, other than those of heading 12.12 |
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0603 |
Branches and flower buds, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared for bouquets or ornamentation |
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Chapter 07 |
All of Chapter 7 (except HS codes: 0701.10.00, 0703.10.11, 0703.10.21, 0703.20.10, 0703.90.10, 0713.20.10, 0713.31.10, 0713.32.10, 0713.33.10, 0713.34.10, 0713.35.10, 0713.39.10, 0713.40.10, 0713.50.10, 0713.60.10, 0713.90.10) |
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Chapter 08 |
All of Chapter 8 |
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Chapter 09 |
- Pepper of the genus Piper; chillies and peppers of the genera Capsicum and Pimenta, dried or ground |
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0904 |
11 |
-- Not ground: |
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0904 |
11 |
10 |
--- White |
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0904 |
11 |
20 |
--- Black |
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0904 |
11 |
90 |
--- Other |
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0904 |
12 |
-- Ground: |
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0904 |
12 |
10 |
--- White |
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0904 |
12 |
20 |
--- Black |
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0904 |
12 |
90 |
--- Other |
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Chapter 10 |
1005 |
Maize (except HS code: 1005.10.00) |
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1006 |
Rice (except HS code: 1006.10.10) |
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Chapter 11 |
- Wheat flour: |
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1101 |
00 |
11 |
- - Enriched with nutrients |
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1101 |
00 |
19 |
- Paddy: |
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1102 |
Cereal flours other than wheat or meslin flours |
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1108 |
11 |
00 |
- - Refined wheat flour |
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1108 |
12 |
00 |
- - Refined maize flour |
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1108 |
13 |
00 |
- - Refined potato starch |
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1108 |
14 |
00 |
- - Tapioca starch |
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Chapter 12 |
1201 |
Soybeans, whether or not broken |
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1202 |
Unroasted peanuts, whether or not shelled or broken (except HS code: 1202.30.00) |
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1207 |
10 |
- Coconuts and copra: |
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1207 |
40 |
- Sesame seeds: |
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Chapter 13 |
1301 |
Red ant wings; natural gums, resins, balms and natural bitumens (for example, balsam resin) |
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Chapter 14 |
1401 |
Vegetable materials mainly used for weaving (such as bamboo, rattan, willow, reeds, palm fibre, straw, husks of cereals cleaned, bleached or coloured, and bark strips) |
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Chapter 19 |
1902 |
30 |
- Other products of dough: |
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Chapter 20 |
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |
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2008 |
19 |
10 |
- - - Cashew nuts |
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Chapter 25 |
2501 |
00 |
10 |
- Food Salt |
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2505 |
Natural sands, whether or not coloured, other than sands containing metal of Chapter 26 |
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2523 |
Portland cement, aluminium cement, slag cement (expanded), super sulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in clinker form |
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- Portland cement: |
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2523 |
21 |
00 |
- - White portland cement, whether or not coloured artificially |
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2523 |
29 |
- - - Other |
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2523 |
29 |
10 |
- - - Coloured portland cement |
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2523 |
29 |
90 |
- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus |
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2523 |
30 |
00 |
- Aluminium cement |
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2523 |
90 |
00 |
- Other hydraulic cements |
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Chapter 27 |
2701 |
Coal; coal briquettes, anthracite and similar solid fuels obtained from coal |
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2702 |
Brown coal, whether or not in blocks, other than jet |
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2703 |
Coal slurry (including refuse slurry), whether or not in blocks |
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2704 |
Coke and semi-coke of coal, brown coal or coal slurry, whether or not in blocks; coal tar pitch |
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2705 |
00 |
00 |
Coal gas, wet coal gas, coal gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other hydrocarbon gases |
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Chapter 31 |
3102 |
10 |
00 |
- Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution |
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Chapter 39 |
3918 |
Floor coverings of plastic, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in sheets for fitting together; wall or ceiling coverings of plastic, as described in Note 9 to this Chapter |
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3924 |
Sets of tableware, sets of kitchenware, other household articles and articles for personal hygiene, of plastic |
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Chapter 40 |
4001 |
Natural rubber, balata gum, gutta-percha, jelutong, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strips |
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4011 |
Tyres of rubber, new |
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4015 |
19 |
- Paddy: |
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Chapter 42 |
4202 |
12 |
- - Surface of plastics or textile material: |
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Chapter 44 |
Entire Chapter 44 |
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Chapter 48 |
4803 |
00 |
90 |
- Other |
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Chapter 61 |
Entire Chapter 61 |
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Chapter 62 |
Entire Chapter 62 |
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Chapter 63 |
6301 |
Blankets and travelling rugs |
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6302 |
Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen |
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6303 |
Curtains (including decorative curtains) and blinds; valances for curtains or beds |
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Chapter 64 |
Entire Chapter 64 |
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Chapter 66 |
Entire Chapter 66 |
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Chapter 68 |
6801 |
00 |
00 |
Paving stones, setts and slabs of natural stone (excl. slate) |
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Chapter 69 |
6902 |
Fire-clay bricks, fire-clay blocks, fire-clay tiles and similar ceramic building materials, other than those made from fossil silica powder or similar silica earths |
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6907 |
23 |
93 |
- - - - Glazed paving stones, floor tiles or wall tiles |
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6911 |
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and sanitary wares, of porcelain |
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Chapter 73 |
7308 |
Structures (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts thereof (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, culverts, towers, grid structures, roofs, roof frames, doors, windows and similar door or window frames, thresholds, shutters, railings, columns and similar pillars), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, sections, pipes and similar products, prepared for construction purposes, of iron or steel |
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7323 |
Tableware, kitchenware or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; brushes of iron or steel; scourers, scrubbers or burnishers, gloves and similar articles, of iron or steel |
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Chapter 82 |
8201 |
Hand tools, including spades, shovels, pickaxes, mattocks, grub-hoes, pitchforks and similar implements for digging or turning over soil; axes, billhooks and similar implements for cutting down; pruning shears and similar implements for cutting; harvesting implements, garden implements or forestry implements |
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8215 |
Spoons, forks, ladles, dessert spoons, cream spoons, gravy spoons, fish knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar tableware or cutlery |
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Chapter 84 |
8413 |
70 |
31 |
- - - With a suction inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm |
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8413 |
70 |
42 |
- - - With a suction inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm, electrically operated |
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8413 |
70 |
43 |
- - - With a suction inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm, not electrically operated |
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8437 |
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Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seeds, fruits or vegetables which have been dried; machines for use in the milling industry or for processing dried cereals or fruits, other than agricultural machinery |
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Chapter 85 |
8507 |
Accumulators and parts thereof (including separators), whether or not rectangular in shape (including square). (Excl. subheading 8507.10.10) |
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8536 |
Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting or making connections in circuits, or for stopping or regulating the flow of electricity in circuits (for example, circuit breakers, relays, switches, circuit interrupters, fuses, surge protectors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and similar connectors, junction boxes); optical fibre connectors for optical fibres, cables containing optical fibres or optical fibre cables |
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8539 |
Incandescent lamps, arc lamps, projection lamps, mercury vapour lamps, sodium vapour lamps, fluorescent lamps, tungsten filament lamps, discharge lamps, ultraviolet lamps, infrared lamps, halogen lamps, xenon lamps, LED light sources |
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8544 |
Electric wires and cables (including coaxial cables) with insulated conductors (including those coated with enamel or metalized), and similar insulated conductors, whether or not fitted with connecting hardware; optical fibre cables consisting of individual optical fibres each having a separate protective coating, whether or not associated with electrical conductors or fitted with connecting hardware |
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Chapter 87 |
8712 |
00 |
20 |
- Bicycles designed for children |
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Chapter 94 |
9403 |
30 |
00 |
- Wooden office furniture |
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9403 |
40 |
00 |
- Wooden kitchen furniture |
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9403 |
50 |
00 |
- Wooden bedroom furniture |
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- Furniture of materials other than wood, including rattan, bamboo, reed, or similar materials: |
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9403 |
82 |
00 |
- - Bamboo furniture |
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9403 |
83 |
00 |
- - Reed and rattan furniture |
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Chapter 96 |
9608 |
Ballpoint pens; fountain pens and fountain pens with other types of nibs; marking pens; carbon pens; mechanical pencils or propelling pencils; ink cartridges, pencil leads and similar cartridges; parts (including caps and clips) of the above items, except those falling within heading 96.09 |
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9609 |
Pencils (excluding pencils of heading 96.08), colored pencils, pencil leads, pastels, drawing chalks, writing chalks or artists' chalks |
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