Vietnam: Not charging for re-issuing the environmental protection qualification certificate that is still valid but lost or damaged

14:56, 11/07/2024

This is a notable content in Circular 62/2017/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam stipulating the rates of collection, policies for collection, payment, management, and use of the fee for confirming environmental protection eligibility in importing scrap as production materials.

Specifically, Circular 62 stipulates that when reissuing a valid certificate that has been lost or damaged, no fee will be charged. The fee rates in other cases are as follows:

In case an organization or individual entrusts the import of scrap materials for production:

- Organizations or individuals entrusted with the import that have storage facilities: 20 million VND/application.

- Organizations or individuals entrusted with the import that do not have storage facilities: 12 million VND/application.

In case an organization or individual directly uses imported scrap materials for production:

- Certificate issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

No.	Imported scrap	Fee (million dong/application)
No.	Imported scrap	First-time issuance	Re-issuance
I	Scrap materials allowed to be imported
1	Iron, steel scrap
a	Total import volume from 5,000 to 100,000 tons/year	68.000	37,400
b	Total import volume over 100,000 tons/year	72,000	39,600
2	Paper scrap
a	Total import volume from 200 to 10,000 tons/year	60,000	33,000
b	Total import volume over 10,000 tons/year	64,000	35,200
3	Plastic scrap
a	Total import volume from 200 to 500 tons/year	56,000	30,800
b	Total import volume over 500 tons/year	60,000	33,000
4	Other scrap materials
a	Gypsum and small granulated slag (slag sand) from iron or steel production: Total import volume from 500 tons/year and above	52,000	28,600
b	Silk waste and glass scrap materials (including glass fragments, glass debris): Total import volume from 100 tons/year and above	48,000	26,400
c	Other types of scrap materials: Total import volume from 50 tons/year and above	48,000	26,400
II	Scrap materials not in the list allowed to be imported for production testing purposes	80,000

- Certificate issued by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (first-time issuance or reissuance)

No	Type of Imported Scrap Allowed	Fee (million VND/application)
1	Iron scrap: Total import volume below 5,000 tons/year	32,000
2	Paper scrap: Total import volume below 200 tons/year	28,000
3	Plastic scrap: Total import volume below 200 tons/year	26,000
4	Other scrap materials: - Silk waste and glass scrap materials (including: glass fragments, glass debris): Total import volume below 100 tons/year. - Gypsum and small granulated slag (slag sand): Total import volume below 500 tons/year. - Other scrap materials: Total import volume below 50 tons/year.	22,000

More details can be found in Circular 62/2017/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from August 5, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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