List of Imported Goods under the Form of Trade and Exchange by Border Residents in Vietnam

23:26, 11/07/2024

Circular 02/2018/TT-BCT detailing the List of goods traded and exchanged by border residents in Vietnam was promulgated on February 27, 2018. What are details included in the List?

According to the regulations in Appendix I issued together with Circular 02/2018/TT-BCT, the application of the list of imported goods under the form of buying, selling, and exchanging by border residents in Vietnam is implemented according to the following principles:

- In cases where the 2-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes within that Chapter;

- In cases where the 4-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes within that 4-digit group;

- In cases where the 6-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes within that 6-digit subgroup;

- In cases where the 8-digit HS code is listed, it applies only to that 8-digit HS code.

The detailed list of imported goods under the form of buying, selling, and exchanging by border residents is as follows:

Code			Description of goods
Chapter	Group	Subgroup	Description of goods
Chapter 01				Live animals
Chapter 03	0301			Live fish
	0305			Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal, suitable for human consumption
Chapter 04	0407			Birds' eggs, in the shell, fresh, preserved, or cooked
	0409	00	00	Natural honey
Chapter 06	0601			Bulbs, tubers, roots, corms and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12
	0603			Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated, or otherwise prepared
Chapter 07				All of Chapter 7
Chapter 08				All of Chapter 8
Chapter 09	0904			- Pepper:
		11		-- Uncrushed or unground:
		11	10	--- White
		11	20	--- Black
		11	90	--- Other
		12		-- Crushed or ground:
		12	10	--- White
		12	20	--- Black
		12	90	--- Other
Chapter 10	1005			Corn
	1006			Rice
Chapter 11				- Wheat flour
	1101	00	11	- - Fortified with nutrients
	1101	00	19	- - Other
	1102			Cereal flours other than wheat or meslin flour
	1108	11	00	Wheat starch
	1108	12	00	Corn starch
	1108	13	00	Potato starch
	1108	14	00	Cassava starch
Chapter 12	1201			Soybeans, whether or not broken
	1202			Peanuts, unroasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
	1207	10		Palm nuts and kernels
	1207	40		Sesame seeds
Chapter 13	1301			Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (e.g. balsams)
Chapter 14	1401			Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (e.g. bamboo, rattan, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed straw and cereal straw, and lime bark)
Chapter 19	1902	30		- Other pasta products
Chapter 20				Preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts, or other parts of plants
	2008	19	10	- - - Cashews
Chapter 25	2501	00	10	- Table salt
	2505			Natural Sands, whether or not colored, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
	2523			Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulfate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers
				- Portland cement:
	2523	21	00	- - White Portland cement, whether or not artificially colored
	2523	29		- - Other:
	2523	29	10	- - - Colored cement
	2523	29	90	- - - Other types
	2523	30	00	- Aluminous cement
	2523	90	00	- Other hydraulic cements
Chapter 27	2701			Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar fuels manufactured from coal
	2702			Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
	2703			Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
	2704			Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
	2705	00	00	Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
Chapter 31	3102	10	00	- Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution
Chapter 39	3918			Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter
	3924			Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics
Chapter 40	4001			Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle, and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
	4011			New pneumatic tires, of rubber
	4015	19	00	- - Other types
Chapter 42	4202	12		- - With outer surface of plastics or textile materials
Chapter 44				Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 48	4803	00	90	Toilet paper, tissues
Chapter 61				Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
Chapter 62				Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Chapter 63	6301			Blankets and travel rugs
	6302			Bed, table, toilet and kitchen linens
	6303			Curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances
Chapter 64				Footwear, gaiters, and the like; parts of such articles
Chapter 66				Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops, and parts thereof
Chapter 68	6801	00	00	Setts, curbstones, and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)
Chapter 69	6902			Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, except those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths
	6908	90	91	Glazed ceramic flags, paving, hearth, or wall tiles
	6911			Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles, and toilet articles, of porcelain or china
Chapter 73	7308			Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (e.g. bridges and bridge sections, locks, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors, windows, and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, railings, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes, and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
	7323			Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves, and the like, of iron or steel
Chapter 82	8201			Hand tools, including spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, and rakes; axes, bill hooks, and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges, and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry
	8215			Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar-tongs, and similar kitchen or tableware
Chapter 84	8413	70	41	Water pumps, with a suction aperture diameter not exceeding 200mm
	8413	70	42	- - - With a suction aperture diameter not exceeding 200 mm, electrically operated
	8413	70	43	- - - With a suction aperture diameter not exceeding 200 mm, not electrically operated
Chapter 85	8507			Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square). (Except for HS code 8507.10.10)
	8536			Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (e.g. switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000V; optical fiber connectors, bundles, or cables
	8539			Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infrared lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
	8544			Insulated wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fiber cables, made up of individually sheathed fibers, whether or not fitted with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
Chapter 87	8712	00	20	- Bicycles designed for children
Chapter 94	9403	30	00	Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
		40	00	Wooden furniture of a kind used in kitchens
		50	00	Wooden furniture of a kind used in bedrooms
		81	00	Furniture of bamboo or rattan
Chapter 96	9608			Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylographic pens, and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen cores, pencil cores and similar products; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09
	9609			Pencils (other than those of heading 96.08), crayons, leads, chalks, drawing charcoals, tailors' chalks

Note:

- Items outside this list are not allowed to be imported under the form of buying, selling, exchanging goods by border residents in Vietnam.

- In case of food safety assurance and prevention of cross-border disease, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, after consulting with relevant Ministries and sectors, decides to temporarily suspend the import of some items in the list of goods for buying, selling, and exchanging by border residents in each locality for a specific period.

More details can be found in: Circular 02/2018/TT-BCT which comes into effect on February 27, 2018.

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