Vietnam: Which packages are non-consumer ones?

Currently, consumer packages and non-consumer packages are distinguished according to provisions of Clause 5 Article 3 of Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government. According to Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, the following types of containers are non-consumer:

- Containers for storing, transporting, preserving goods which were labeled;

- Bags for carrying purchased goods;

- Containers for bulk goods or retailed goods.

In particular, in order to replace labels, the following types of containers shall have documents presenting the contents written in Vietnamese which are prescribed in Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP and other related legislative documents: containers, cargo hold, tankers of bulk goods, liquid or gases.

For example: containers used in transporting aquatic products, such as containers (including containers containing single or various types of aquatic products in bulk, or in blocks with one or different sizes), cargo hold containing single or various types of seafood, tankers carrying unpackaged bulk or liquid cargoes.

Notably, in this case, such goods need not to be labeled but must have attached documents presenting the contents written in Vietnamese which are prescribed in Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP and other related legislative documents.

In case the attached documents are written in languages other than Vietnamese, importers shall have Vietnamese translations of such documents.

View more details at Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2021.

Thu Ba

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