Vietnam: Cases granted exemption from pre-clearance specialized inspection

Specifically, according to Decree No. 85/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, cases granted exemption from specialized inspection are specified by the law and regulations of adopted international conventions. Besides these cases, exemption from state inspection of food safety is granted to the following cases:

- Imports which are delivered by post or EMS and under the de minimis value according to regulations of tax laws;

- Imports which are included in list of duty-free goods, within the duty-free allowance prescribed by law, and of service to operation and daily life of foreign organizations granted diplomatic privileges and immunities

- Inbound person’s baggage that is within the duty-free allowance;

- In-country exports.

Besides the cases mentioned in Clause 1 Article 22 of this Decree, exemption from specialized inspection is granted to the following cases:

- Imports which are delivered by post or EMS and under the de minimis value according to regulations of tax laws;

- Goods temporarily imported to be sold in duty-free stores;

- In-country exports.

It should be noted that the above regulations are not applicable to the cases issued with a warning about food safety, the spread of epidemics, environmental pollution, or posing threat to human health or lives, morals, fine traditions and customs, the economy or national security; or with a written notice of annulment of exemption from pre-clearance specialized inspection by supervisory ministries.

View full text at Decree No. 85/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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