List of approved plant protection chemicals in Vietnam (from December 8, 2023)

List of approved plant protection chemicals in Vietnam

The list of approved plant protection chemicals in Vietnam (Appendix I) includes:

(1) Chemicals used in farming:

- Pesticides: 712 active ingredients and 1725 trade names.

- Fungicides: 683 active ingredients and 1561 trade names.

- Herbicides: 260 active ingredients and 791 trade names.

- Rodenticides: 8 active ingredients and 43 trade names.

- Plant-growth regulators: 60 active ingredients and 178 trade names.

- Pheromones: 8 active ingredients and 8 trade names.

- Snailicides: 31 active ingredients and 152 trade names.

- Supporting Chemicals: 5 active ingredients and 6 trade names.

(2) Termiticides: 16 active ingredients and 23 trade names.

(3) Forest product preservatives: 7 active ingredients and 8 trade names.

(4) Warehouse disinfectants: 3 active ingredients and 9 trade names.

(5) Golf course chemicals:

- Fungicides: 2 active ingredients and 2 trade names.

- Herbicides: 1 active ingredient and 1 trade name.

- Plant-growth regulators: 1 active ingredient and 1 trade name.

(6) Seed treatment chemicals:

- Pesticides: 10 active ingredients and 16 trade names.

- Fungicides: 12 active ingredients and 12 trade names.

(7) Chemicals for postharvest treatment of agricultural products

- 1 active ingredient and 1 trade name.

HS codes of approved and prohibited plant protection chemicals in Vietnam shall comply with Section 22 and Section 23 of Appendix I enclosed with Circular No. 11/2021/TT-BNNPTNT dated September 20, 2021 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam. 

If the legislative document prescribing HS codes is amended, supplemented, or superseded, the new one shall apply.

Circular 09/2023/TT-BNNPTNT takes effect from December 8, 2023.

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