Vietnam: Regulations on declaration of imported chemicals

Declarants shall create accounts to get access to the national single-window website, specifically as follows:

- The declarant shall create a log-in account according to the specimen provided on the national single-window website, including information and attached files;

- A declaration-receiving authority may request the declarant to submit the documents and documentation specified in Point a this Clause in hard copy to clarify or confirm information of the declarant if necessary.

Information about the declaration of imported chemicals

- Information declared according to the specimen provided in Appendix VI herein on the national single-window website including information about the declarant and imported chemicals;

- Sale and purchase invoices of chemicals;

- Safety data sheets in Vietnamese;

- For non-commercial goods without chemical purchase or sale invoices, the declarant may use port return papers instead of commercial invoices.

Article 28 of Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government stipulates cases where declaration of chemicals is exempted, including:

- Chemicals produced or imported for the purposes of national security and response to natural disasters and epidemics.

- Chemicals that are precursor chemicals of narcotics, precursor chemicals of explosives, industrial explosives and chemicals on the chemical table licensed to produce or import.

- The amount of chemicals is under 10 kg/shipment. Exemption mentioned in this Point shall not apply to restricted industrial chemicals.

- Chemicals that are raw materials for medicine production issued with certificates of registration for sale of medicines in Vietnam, raw materials for the medicine production that are pharmaceutical substances for production under medicine registration applications which have been granted certificates of registration for sale of medicines in Vietnam.

- Chemicals that are raw materials for pesticide production with certificates of pesticide registration in Vietnam.

Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government officially comes into force from November 25, 2017.

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