Decree No. 53/2018/ND-CP Amending and Supplementing Decree No. 58/2016/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government detailing civil cryptography products and services trading, and civil cryptography product import and export 53/2018/NĐ-CP

✦ Smart summary

Based on the provided information, this is a list of HS codes and classification of goods related to information security equipment such as data storage security, cryptographic components in PKI systems, IP flow security, channels, and radio. These items include computers, television devices, smart cards, integrated circuits, and various other parts.

Scope of application

Those working in import and export, customs, or anyone needing to determine HS codes for information security products.

Key points

HS Code 8523.51 and 8523.52 relate to semiconductor information storage media and smart cards.
HS Codes 8471.30, 8471.60, 8471.80 relate to computers with data storage security functions and cryptographic components in PKI systems.
HS Codes 8525.50, 8525.60, 8528.71 relate to radio wave transmission and television receiving devices with IP flow and channel security functions.
HS Codes 8542.31, 8542.32 relate to integrated electronic circuits used for data storage security and cryptographic components in PKI systems.
HS Codes 8543.70, 8543.90 relate to remote control devices and parts with radio security functions.

🌐 Social impact of this document

To ensure compliance with regulations on the import and export of information technology goods.
To support national cybersecurity management and control.
To provide a legal basis for evaluating and licensing information security products.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Which HS code relates to smart cards?

8523.51 and 8523.52

Is there an HS code for radio wave transmission devices?

8525.50, 8525.60

What HS code applies to integrated electronic circuits used in information security?

8542.31, 8542.32

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THE GOVERNMENT -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------------
Number: 53/2018/NĐ-CP	Hanoi, April 16, 2018

DECREE

AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THE DECREE NO. 58/2016/NĐ-CP OF JULY 1, 2016 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDING FOR DETAILS ON THE BUSINESS OF CIVIL CRYPTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF CIVIL CRYPTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS

Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Cybersecurity Law dated November 19, 2015;

"Based on the proposal of the Minister of National Defense;"

The Government promulgates this Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 58/2016/NĐ-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government providing for details on the business of civil cryptographic products and services and exports and imports of civil cryptographic products.

Article 1. Amending and supplementing Decree No. 58/2016/NĐ-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government providing for details on the business of civil cryptographic products and services and exports and imports of civil cryptographic products

Replacing Appendix II List of Civil Cryptographic Products for Export and Import under Permit of Decree No. 58/2016/NĐ-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government with Appendix II List of Civil Cryptographic Products for Export and Import under Permit attached hereto.

Article 2. Applying the List of Civil Cryptographic Products for Export and Import under Permit

1. The List of Civil Cryptographic Products for Export and Import under Permit shall only apply to civil cryptographic products whose HS code, name, and cryptographic function description match those of goods listed in the List.

2. In cases where there are discrepancies in determining the HS code of goods in the List issued together with this Decree and the List of Exported and Imported Goods of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance (General Department of Customs) shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense (Civil Cryptographic Administration Board) to decide on the HS code for exported and imported goods.

Article 3. Transitional Provisions

Export and import permits for civil cryptographic products already granted to enterprises shall continue to be valid according to the term stated on the permit for civil cryptographic products whose names are consistent with the List of Exported and Imported Goods of Vietnam. Customs authorities shall base their determination of HS code and processing of clearance procedures on the export and import permits already granted and the actual exported and imported goods.

Article 4. Effective date

This Decree takes effect from April 16, 2018.

Article 5. Responsibilities for Implementation

Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of agencies under the Government, Chairpersons of provincial and centrally-run city People's Committees, and related agencies are responsible for implementing this Decree./.

Place of Receipt:
- Central Party Committee Secretariat;
- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers;
- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government;
- People's Councils, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities;
- Central Party Office and Party Committees;
- General Secretary's Office;
- President's Office;
- National Assembly Ethnic Committee and relevant Committees;
- National Assembly's Office;
- Supreme People's Court;
- Supreme People's Procuracy;
- State Audit Office;
- National Financial Supervisory Commission;
- Social Policy Bank;
- Vietnam Development Bank;
- Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front;
- Central agencies of mass organizations;
- Government Cryptographic Agency;
- VPCP: Deputy Chairman, all Vice Chairmen, Assistants to the Prime Minister, Director of the Government Portal, all Departments, Bureaus, subordinate units, Official Gazette;
- Note: VT, NC (2). _XH

PRIME MINISTER
PRIME MINISTER

(Signed)

Nguyen Xuan Phuc

ANNEX II

LIST OF CIVIL CRYPTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT AND IMPORT UNDER PERMIT
(Attached to Decree No. 53/2018/NĐ-CP dated April 16, 2018 of the Government)

Carnidazole	Name	Description of cryptographic function
84.43	Printing machines using printing parts such as printing molds (eight-character molds), printing tubes, and other printing parts of group 84.42; other printing machines, copying machines, and fax machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof
	- Other printing machines, copiers, and fax machines, whether combined or not:
8443.31	- - Combined printing, copying, or fax machines capable of connecting to automatic data processing equipment or networks.
	- - - Combined printing-copying-fax machines:
8443.31.31	- - - - Color type	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
8443.31.39	- - - - Other	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
	- - Other:
8443.31.91	- - - Combined printing-copying-scanning-fax machines	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
8443.31.99	- - - - Other	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
8443.32	- - Other types with the ability to connect to automatic data processing equipment or network:
	- - Fax machines:
8443.32.41	- - - - Color type	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
8443.32.49	- - - - Other	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
8443.32.90	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Products with fax and telegraph security functions.
	- Parts and accessories
8443.99	- Paddy:
8443.99.90	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Parts and accessories used for products with cryptographic functions combined with fax or telegraph.
84.71	Automatic data processing machines and functional units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transmitting data onto storage media in encoded form and processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
8471.30	- Portable automatic data processing machines weighing not more than 10 kg, comprising at least one central processing unit, a keyboard, and a display screen:
8471.30.90	- Paddy:	Products with at least one of the following functions: Key generation; key management or storage; IP flow security and channel security.
	- Other automatic data processing machines:
8471.41	- - Contained within a single housing containing at least one central processing unit, one input unit, and one output unit, whether or not combined:
8471.41.90	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Products with at least one of the following functions: Key generation; key management or storage; IP flow security and channel security.
8471.49	- - Other types, in system form
8471.49.90	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Products with at least one of the following functions: Key generation; key management or storage; IP flow security and channel security.
8471.50	- Central processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, contained or not contained within a single housing of one or two of the following devices: Storage device, input device, output device:
8471.50.90	- Paddy:	Central processing units with encryption functions.
8471.70	- Storage devices:
8471.70.20	- - Hard disk drives	Hard disk drives with encryption functions.
	- - - Other
8471.70.99	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Storage devices with encryption functions.
8471.80	- Other parts of automatic data processing machines:
8471.80.90	- Paddy:	Products with at least one of the following functions: Key generation; key management or storage; PKI component; data storage security; data security; IP flow security and channel security.
8471.90	- Other
8471.90.30	- - Electronic fingerprint recognition systems	Products with data encryption functions.
8471.90.40	- - Other optical character readers	Products with data encryption functions.
8471.90.90	- Paddy:	Products with data encryption functions.
84.73	Parts and accessories (excluding cases, boxes, and similar items) exclusively or mainly used with machines of groups 84.70 to 84.72
8473.30	- Parts and accessories of machines of group 84.71
8473.30.10	- - Assembled printed circuit boards	Assembled printed circuit boards incorporating cryptographic functions.
8473.30.90	- Paddy:	Products incorporating cryptographic functions.
85.17	Telephones, including mobile cellular network or other wireless network telephones; other equipment for transmitting or receiving sound, images, or other data, including wired or wireless communication devices (such as those used in internal networks or wide area networks), except those of headings 84.43, 85.25, 85.27, or 85.28
	- Telephones, including mobile cellular network or other wireless network telephones:
8517.11.00	- - Wired telephones with wireless handsets	Products with at least one of the following functions: Analog or digital voice security; wired voice security.
8517.12.00	- - Mobile cellular network or other wireless network telephones	Products with at least one of the following functions: Analog or digital voice security; wireless voice security.
8517.18.00	- Paddy:	Products with encryption functions.
	- Other equipment for transmitting or receiving sound, images, or other data, including wired or wireless communication devices (such as those used in internal networks or wide area networks):
8517.62	- - Machines for receiving, converting, transmitting, or reproducing sound, images, or other forms of data, including switching and routing equipment:
8517.62.10	- - - Radio frequency transmission and reception equipment for simultaneous interpretation at multilingual conferences	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - - Automatic data processing machines, except those of heading 84.71:
8517.62.21	- - - - Control units and adaptors, including connectors, bridges, and routers	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.29	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.30	- - - Telegraph switching or telephone switching equipment	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - - Equipment for wired carrier systems or digital wired systems:
8517.62.41	- - - - Modems, including cable-connected types and card types	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.42	- - - - Multiplexers or concentrators	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.49	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - Transmission equipment combined with receiving equipment:
8517.62.51	- - - Wireless local area network equipment	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.52	- - - Radio frequency transmission and reception equipment for simultaneous interpretation at multilingual conferences	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.53	- - - Transmission equipment for telegraph or telephone using other forms of waves	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.59	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - Other transmission equipment:
8517.62.61	- - - For telegraph or telephone	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.69	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - Other:
8517.62.91	- - - Hand-held receiving equipment for calling, signaling, or messaging and warning equipment by message, including paging devices	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.92	- - - For radio telegraph or radio telephone	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.62.99	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8517.69.00	- Paddy:	Products with encryption functions.
8517.70	- Parts
8517.70.10	- Of control units, adaptors, and routers, including connectors, bridges, and routers	Parts of control units, adaptors, and routers having encryption functions.
	- - Of transmission equipment, except those for radio broadcasting or television transmitters, or hand-held receiving equipment for calling, signaling, or messaging and warning equipment by message, including paging devices:
8517.70.21	- - - Of cellular telephones	Parts of cellular telephones having encryption functions.
8517.70.29	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Parts of products having encryption functions.
	- - Other printed circuit boards, assembled:
8517.70.31	- - - For wired telephones or telegraphs	Parts for wired telephones or telegraphs having encryption functions.
8517.70.32	- - - For radio telegraph or radio telephone	Parts for radio telegraph or radio telephone having encryption functions.
8517.70.39	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Parts of products having encryption functions.
	- - - Other
8517.70.91	- - - For wired telegraph or telephone	Parts for wired telegraph or telephone having encryption functions.
8517.70.92	- - - For radio telegraph or radio telephone	Parts for radio telegraph or radio telephone having encryption functions.
8517.70.99	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Parts of products having encryption functions.
85.23	Disks, tapes, solid-state storage media, smart cards, and other information storage media for recording sound or other phenomena, recorded or not recorded, including master copies for producing disks, but excluding products of Chapter 37
	- Semiconductor information storage media
8523.51	- - Non-erasable semiconductor storage devices:
	- - - Unrecorded type:
8523.51.11	- - - - For computers	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.51.19	- - - - Other	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
	- - - - Other type:
	- - - - Used for reproducing phenomena other than sound or images:
8523.51.21	- - - - - For computers	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.51.29	- - - - - Other	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.51.30	- - - - Other type, used for copying scripts, data, sound, and images, recorded in binary form that can be read by a machine, and capable of being manipulated or interacted with by a user through an automatic data processing machine; formatted storage media (recorded)	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
	- - - - Other type:
8523.51.91	- - - - - Containing films other than newsreels, travelogues, technical films, scientific films, and other documentary films	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.51.92	- - - - - For cinematography	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.51.99	- - - - - Other	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8523.52.00	- Smart cards	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
85.25	Transmitters for radio broadcasting or television, with or without attached receivers or recorders or sound reproducing equipment; television cameras, digital cameras, and video cameras
8525.50.00	- Transmitters.	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security; radio security.
8525.60.00	- Transmitters with attached receivers	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security; radio security.
85.26	Radar, radio navigation equipment, and remote control equipment by radio
	- - Of ducks, geese
8526.91	- Radio navigation equipment
8526.91.10	- - Radio navigation equipment for civil aircraft, or solely for marine vessels	Products with radio security functions.
8526.91.90	- - Of chickens of the species Gallus domesticus	Products with radio security functions.
8526.92.00	- Remote control equipment by radio	Products with radio security functions.
85.28	Screens and projectors, not attached to receiving equipment for television; receiving equipment for television, with or without attached radio sound receivers or sound or image recording or reproducing equipment
	- Receiving equipment for television, with or without attached radio sound receivers or sound or image recording or reproducing equipment:
8528.71	- - Not designed to be attached to video display equipment or screens:
	- - - Interactive information set-top boxes:
8528.71.11	- - - - Powered by mains electricity	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8528.71.19	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
	- - Other:
8528.71.91	- - - - Powered by mains electricity	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
8528.71.99	- - - - Other	Products with at least one of the following functions: IP stream security; channel security.
85.29	Parts used exclusively or mainly with equipment of headings 85.25 to 85.28
8529.90	- - Of ducks, geese
8529.90.20	- - For decoders	Parts having encryption functions.
	- - Other assembled printed circuit boards:
8529.90.51	- - - For goods of subheading 8525.50 or 8525.60	Parts having encryption functions.
85.42	Integrated electronic circuits
	- Integrated electronic circuits:
8542.31.00	- - Processing units and control units, with or without memory, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clocks, and timing circuits, or other circuits	Products are cryptographic components in a PKI system; secure data storage products.
8542.32.00	- - Memory	Secure data storage products.
85.43	Machines and electrical apparatus, with specific functions, not detailed or recorded elsewhere in this Chapter
8543.70	- Other machines and apparatus:
8543.70.20	- - Remote control equipment, except radio remote control equipment	Products with radio security functions.
8543.70.90	- Paddy:	Products with radio security functions.
8543.90	- Parts:
8543.90.90	- Paddy:	Parts having encryption functions.

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Tiếng Việt Nghị định số 53/2018/NĐ-CP Sửa đổi, bổ sung Nghị định số 58/2016/NĐ-CP ngày 01 tháng 7 năm 2016 của Chính phủ quy định chi tiết về kinh doanh sản phẩm, dịch vụ mật mã dân sự và xuất khẩu, nhập khẩu sản phẩm mật mã dân sự 한국어 시정령 제 53/2018/NĐ-CP는 정부가 2016년 7월 1일에 공포한 시정령 제 58/2016/NĐ-CP를 개정하고 보완하며, 민간 암호 제품 및 서비스의 판매와 민간 암호 제품의 수입, 수출에 관한 세부 규정을 제공한다. 中文令第53/2018/NĐ-CP号法令对2016年7月1日政府第58/2016/NĐ-CP号法令关于民用密码产品和服务的经营以及民用密码产品的进出口所作的详细规定进行了修改和补充。