Vietnam: Supplementing the quarantine declaration for imported aquatic animal products for processing of foods for export

According to Vietnam’s new regulations, the quarantine declaration for imported aquatic animal products for processing of foods for export, aquatic animal products imported directly from foreign fishing vessels or imported indirectly from foreign fishing vessels and transshipped at transfer ports of other countries for processing of foods for export, aquatic animal products used as samples, or exported aquatic animal products that are recalled or returned includes:

- The quarantine declaration;

- The copy bearing the enterprise’s certification or the original of the Certificate of quarantine granted by a competent authority of the exporting country;

- The copy of the License as prescribed in Point c Clause 2 Article 4 of Circular No. 26/2016/TT-BNNPTNT;

- The copy bearing the enterprise’s certification of the bill of lading of imported aquatic animal products used for processing of foods for export;

- The copies bearing the enterprise’s certification of documents concerning the shipment of the exported aquatic animal products to be recalled or returned;

- The copy bearing the enterprise’s certification of the Captain’s statement or the Seller’s statement;

- If the aquatic animal products are imported indirectly from foreign fishing vessels and transshipped at transfer ports of foreign countries to Vietnam, the enterprise is required to provide the copy of the Certificate given by a competent authority of the country where the transfer port is located (this copy must bear the enterprise’s certification).

Circular No. 36/2018/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development of Vietnam takes effect from February 10, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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