Vietnam: Regulations to know on statutory inspection of imported good quality

Circular 07/2017/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam provides regulations on statutory inspection of imported good quality, however, the following imported goods shall not be subject to inspection regulated by Circular 07/2017/TT-BKHCN and Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BKHCN:

- Baggage of incoming persons; personal belongings within duty-free allowance;

- Goods of diplomatic organizations and individuals, international organizations within duty-free allowance;

- Samples for advertisement purpose that have no use value; sample goods for scientific research, research for production purposes; sample goods for testing for inspection, certification of conformity with national technical regulations, inter-laboratory testing;

- Goods temporarily imported for display or presentation at trade fairs or exhibitions;

- Gifts within duty-free allowance;

- Exchanged goods of border residents within duty-free allowance;

- Goods temporarily imported for business;

- Goods in transit, merchanting trade, transshipment;

- Goods imported to bonded warehouses (not applicable to goods brought from bonded warehouses to domestic consumption);

- Direct material used for processing of foreign traders or manufacturing exported goods;

- Goods sold free of charge to outbound passengers (under temporary importation management);

- Good re-imported for repair, recycling, destruction at the request of foreign partners;

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

- Good imported for national defense and security purposes;

- Goods to be exempt from quality inspection a case-by-case basis by the Ministry of Science and Technology;

- Other goods for non-business purposes (non-trade type) as per the law.

View relevant provisions at Circular 07/2017/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from October 01, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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