Vietnam: Commodities that may cause harm shall be exempted from the quality inspection upon importation

According to regulations, commodities that may cause harm must be checked for quality upon import, but there are still some cases when importing these products are exempt from quality inspection. Specifically the following cases:

- Luggage of incoming passengers and portable belongings of organizations and individuals within the relevant duty-free allowance (excluding motor vehicles, special-duty vehicles and electric bicycles);

- Goods of diplomatic organizations and individuals or international organizations within the relevant duty-free allowance (excluding motor vehicles, special-duty vehicles and electric bicycles);

- Sample products for advertising purpose only, not being meant for consumption; sample products used in scientific and production-oriented researches ; sample products used in tests carried out for the purpose of inspection and certification of conformity with the national regulations, or inter-laboratory tests;

- Goods temporarily imported for display or advertisement at trade fairs or exhibitions (excluding motor vehicles, special-duty vehicles, and electric bicycles);

- Gifts or donations within the specified duty-free allowance (excluding motor vehicles, special-duty vehicles, electric bicycles)

- Goods exchanged between border residents that fall within the specified duty-free allowance;

- Goods, supplies, machinery and equipment temporarily imported for re-export which are not used in Vietnam (excluding motor vehicles, special-duty vehicles, electric bicycles);

- In-transit, merchanting and transshipment goods;

- Goods sent to bonded warehouses from abroad (excluding goods sold domestically from bonded warehouses)

- Raw materials, input materials and sample products provided by foreign traders for outward processing or for manufacture of exports;

- Duty-free goods sold to passengers on exit (managed as temporarily imported goods for export);

- Goods re-imported for repair or recycling at the request of a foreign partner;

- Goods imported upon the urgent request of the Government or the Prime Minister;

- Goods imported for national defense or public security purposes;

- Other goods serving non-business purposes (in the non-trade form) as per the law.

View more details at Decree No. 74/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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