THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 34/2025/TT-BCT
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Hanoi, June 02, 2025
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CIRCULAR
AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CIRCULAR NO.
02/2018/TT-BCT DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2018 OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
ELABORATING THE LIST OF GOODS TRADED AND EXCHANGED BY BORDER RESIDENTS
Pursuant to the Law on
Foreign Trade Management dated June 12, 2017;
Pursuant to the
Government’s Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP dated February 26, 2025 defining
functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of
Industry and Trade;
Pursuant to the
Government’s Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP dated January 23, 2018 elaborating upon
border trade activities;
Pursuant to the
Government’s Decree No. 122/2024/ND-CP dated October 04, 2024 on amendments to
some Articles of the Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP;
At the request of the
Director General of the Agency of Foreign Trade,
The Minister of
Industry and Trade hereby promulgates a Circular on amendments to certain
Articles of the Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the
Minister of Industry and Trade elaborating the List of goods traded and
exchanged by border residents.
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1. Clause 1 of Article 2 is amended as follows:
“1.
Border residents trading and exchanging goods across border specified in clause
1 Article 1 of the Decree No. 122/2024/ND-CP”.
2. Article 3 is
amended as follows:
“Article
3. Goods traded and exchanged across border by border residents
1. Goods
exported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents shall comply
with applicable laws.
2. Goods
imported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents are specified
in the Appendix I to this Circular.
3. Goods
other than those on the List specified in clause 2 of this Article shall not be
imported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents.
4. In
case it is needed to ensure food safety and prevent cross-border diseases, the
Ministry of Industry and Trade shall, after discussing with related ministries
and central authorities, decide to suspend the import of several goods on the
List of goods traded and exchanged by border residents promulgated under clause
2 of this Article in each locality for a specific period of time”.
Article 2. Replacing
the Appendix I - List of goods imported in the form of trading and exchange by
border residents under the Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT
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Article 3.
Implementation clause
This Circular comes into
force from July 21, 2025./.
PP. THE MINISTER
THE DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan
APPENDIX
(Enclosed with the Circular No. 34/2025/TT-BCT dated June
02, 2025 of the Minister of Industry and Trade)
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I.
Principles of application
1. If a
2-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes belonging to this
Chapter will apply.
2. If a
4-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes in such heading
will apply.
3. If a
6-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes in such subheading
will apply.
4. If an
8-digit code is mentioned, only such code will apply.
II.
List
HS code
Description
Chapter
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Subheading
Chapter 03
0301
Live fish
0305
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Fish, dried, salted or
in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking
process
0306
Crustaceans, whether in
shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked
crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during
the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling
in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
0307
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Molluscs, whether in
shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked
molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the
smoking process
0308
Aquatic invertebrates
other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and
molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
Chapter 04
0409
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Natural honey
Chapter 06
0601
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous
roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory
plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12
0603
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Cut flowers and flower
buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh,
dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
Chapter 07
All articles mentioned
in Chapter 7 (except the following HS codes: 0701.10.00, 0703.10.11,
0703.10.21, 0703.20.10, 0703.90.10, 0713.20.10, 0713.31.10, 0713.32.10,
0713.33.10, 0713.34.10, 0713.35.10, 0713.39.10, 0713.40.10, 0713.50.10,
0713.60.10, 0713.90.10).
Chapter 08
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All articles mentioned
in Chapter 8
Chapter 09
- Pepper of the genus
Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the
genus Pimenta
0904
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-- Neither crushed nor
ground:
0904
11
10
--- White
0904
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--- Black
0904
11
90
--- Other
0904
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-- Crushed or ground:
0904
12
10
--- White
0904
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--- Black
0904
12
90
--- Other
Chapter 10
1005
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Maize (corn) (except HS
code: 1005.10.00)
1006
Rice (except HS code:
1006.10.10)
Chapter 11
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- Wheat flour:
1101
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- - Fortified with
micronutrients
1101
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- - Other
1102
Cereal flours other
than of wheat or meslin
1108
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- - Wheat starch
1108
12
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- - Maize (corn) starch
1108
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- - Potato starch
1108
14
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- - Manioc (cassava)
starch
Chapter 12
1201
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Soya beans, whether or
not broken (except HS code: 1201.10.00)
1202
Ground-nuts, not
roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken (except HS
code: 1202.30.00)
1207
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- Palm nuts and
kernels:
1207
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- Sesamum seeds:
Chapter 13
1301
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Lac; natural gums,
resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)
Chapter 14
1401
Vegetable materials of
a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds,
rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)
Chapter 19
1902
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- Other pasta:
Chapter 20
Preparations of
vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
2008
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- - - Cashew nuts
Chapter 25
2501
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10
- Table salt
2505
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Natural sands of all
kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
2523
Portland cement,
aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic
cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
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- Portland cement:
2523
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- - White cement,
whether or not artificially coloured
2523
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- - Other:
2523
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- - - Coloured cement
2523
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- - - Other
2523
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- Aluminous cement
2523
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- Other hydraulic
cements
Chapter 27
2701
Coal; briquettes,
ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
2702
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Lignite, whether or not
agglomerated, excluding jet
2703
Peat (including peat
litter), whether or not agglomerated
2704
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Coke and semi-coke of
coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
2705
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Coal gas, water gas,
producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous
hydrocarbons
Chapter 31
3102
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- Urea, whether or not
in aqueous solution
Chapter 39
3918
Floor coverings of
plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles;
wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter
3924
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Tableware, kitchenware,
other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics
Chapter 40
4001
Natural rubber, balata,
gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or
in plates, sheets or strip
4011
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New pneumatic tyres, of
rubber
4015
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- - Other
Chapter 42
4202
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- - With outer surface
of plastic sheeting or of textile materials:
Chapter 44
All articles mentioned
in Chapter 44
Chapter 48
4803
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- Other
Chapter 61
All articles mentioned
in Chapter 61
Chapter 62
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All articles mentioned
in Chapter 62
Chapter 63
6301
Blankets and travelling
rugs
6302
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Bed linen, table linen,
toilet linen and kitchen linen
6303
Curtains (including
drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances
Chapter 64
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All articles mentioned
in Chapter 64
Chapter 66
All articles mentioned
in Chapter 66
Chapter 68
6801
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Setts, curbstones and
flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)
Chapter 69
6902
Refractory bricks,
blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than
those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths.
6907
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- - - - Paving, hearth
or wall tiles, glazed
6911
Tableware, kitchenware,
other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china
Chapter 73
7308
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Structures (excluding
prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for
example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts,
roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds
for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel;
plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use
in structures, of iron or steel
7323
Table, kitchen or other
household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool;
pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or
steel
Chapter 82
8201
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Hand tools, the
following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes,
bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind;
scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of
a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry
8215
Spoons, forks, ladles,
skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar
kitchen or tableware
Chapter 84
8413
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- - - With an inlet
diameter not exceeding 200 mm
8413
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42
- - - With inlet
diameter not exceeding 200 mm, electrically operated
8413
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- - - With inlet
diameter not exceeding 200 mm, not electrically operated
8437
Machines for cleaning,
sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables; machinery used
in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous
vegetables, other than farm-type machinery
Chapter 85
8507
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Electric accumulators,
including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square).
(Except HS code: 8507.10.10)
8536
Electrical apparatus
for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to
or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge
suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction
boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical
fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
8539
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Electric filament or
discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or
infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; lightemitting diode (LED) light sources
8544
Insulated (including
enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other
insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical
fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not
assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
Chapter 87
8712
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- Bicycles designed to
be ridden by children
Chapter 94
9403
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- Wooden furniture of a
kind used in offices
9403
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- Wooden furniture of a
kind used in the kitchen
9403
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- Wooden furniture of a
kind used in offices
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- Furniture of other
materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials:
9403
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- - Of bamboo
9403
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- - Of rattan
Chapter 96
9608
Ball point pens; felt
tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph
pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils;
pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and
clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09
9609
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Pencils (other than
pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals,
writing or drawing chalks and tailors’ chalks