Circular No. 44/2011/TT-BCT Regarding Import under Tariff-Rate Quota in 2012 with a Zero Percent Import Duty for Goods Originating from the Lao PDR

CIRCULAR

Regarding the import under tariff quotas for the year 2012 with a customs duty rate of 0% for goods originating from the Lao People's Democratic Republic

On the basis of Decree No. 189/2007/NĐ-CP dated December 27, 2007 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; Decree No. 44/2011/NĐ-CP dated June 14, 2011 of the Government amending and supplementing Article 3 of Decree No. 189/2007/NĐ-CP;

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On the basis of the Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on goods subject to preferential tariff rates under the Vietnam-Laos Preferential Tariff Agreement signed on December 1, 2011;

The Minister of Industry and Trade hereby stipulates the import under tariff quotas for the year 2012 with a customs duty rate of 0% for goods originating from the Lao People's Democratic Republic as follows:

Article 1. List of Goods and Quantity of Tariff Quota (TQ) for Import in 2012

Apply a tariff quota for import in 2012 for two categories of goods originating from the Lao People's Democratic Republic including: rice and other paddy, tobacco leaves and stems, with a customs duty rate of 0% (zero percent). The commodity codes and total quantity of the tariff quota for each category of goods benefiting from a customs duty rate of 0% are set out in Appendix No. 01 attached hereto.

1. Imported goods must have a Certificate of Origin in Form S issued by the competent authority of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in accordance with regulations and cleared through the border gates listed in Appendix No. 02 attached hereto. Customs clearance procedures for imported goods shall be handled at the customs office where the import procedures are carried out according to the principle of automatic retroactive reduction (the total quantity of imported goods benefiting from a customs duty rate of 0% is reduced by the quantity already imported for each item).

Clause 1. Goods imported must have a Certificate of Origin in Form S issued by the competent authority of the Lao PDR in accordance with regulations and cleared through the border gates listed in Appendix No. 02 attached hereto. Import procedures for goods shall be handled at the customs office where the import procedures are carried out according to the principle of automatic retroactive reduction (the total quantity of goods imported at a customs duty rate of 0% is reduced by the quantity already imported for each item).

2. Vietnamese traders may import rice and other paddy under the tariff quota.

For tobacco leaves and stems, only traders holding import licenses for tobacco raw materials under the tariff quota issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in accordance with Circular No. 04/2006/TT-BTM dated April 6, 2006 of the Ministry of Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade) guiding certain provisions of Decree No. 12/2006/NĐ-CP dated January 23, 2006 of the Government detailing the implementation of the Law on Trade regarding international trade activities and foreign trade agency buying, selling, processing, and transshipment activities are permitted to import; the quantity imported shall be deducted from the tariff quota for import as specified in the license issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2012./.

Article 3. Effectiveness

This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012./.