Vietnam: 3 special situations of import of cosmetic where proclamation is not required

According to Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, import of cosmetic shall comply with the following regulations:

1. Cosmetic products which have been issued the valid cosmetic product proclamation receipt number by the Medicine Management department – the Health Ministry, permitted to import in Vietnam. The import procedure is implemented at the Customs agency according to the current regulations. When implementing the import procedure, the enterprise presents to the Customs agency the cosmetic product proclamation report which has been issued the receipt number by the Medicine Management department – the Health Ministry.

2. Import of cosmetic in some special situations (not obligated to implement the cosmetic product proclamation according to this Circular’s regulation);

(1) Organization or individual who imports cosmetics in order to study and experiment must send the cosmetic import bill used for studying and experiment to the Medicine Management department – the Ministry of Health (Appendix No 14-MP). The maximum amount for each product is 10 patterns.

The cosmetic import bill which is used for studying and experiment is made into 03 versions. After approval, 02 versions are saved at the Medicine Management department, 01 version is sent back to the organization. The version which is sent back to the organization shall be sealed with “the version for sending to enterprise” in order to present to the customs agency when make customs clearance procedure.

The cosmetic products which are imported for studying, experiment have to be used in the right purpose and not to permit to put on the market.

(2) The organizations, individuals who receive cosmetic as gifts must implement the import procedure at the customs agency as the regulations. The overall value of each gift receiving time is not to exceed the cargo quantum which is exempted of the imposed tax in the current regulations.

(3) The import cosmetic patterns such as gifts shall be not permitted to put on the market. The organizations, individuals who imports cosmetic for displaying at fair, gallery and other temporary import for re-export situations must implement procedure of applying for temporary import for re-export license of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in accordance with the current regulations.

View details at Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from April 01, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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