On 06/11/2018, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce issued Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BCT specifying the list of discarded temporary discontinued business, re-export, transfer. This Circular shall be effective from December 20, 2018, to December 31, 2019.
Accordingly, the list of discarded temporary import, re-export and transshipment goods issued together with this Circular includes some commodity codes such as commodity code 2520 as gypsum; dry gypsum; Gypsum plaster whether or not colored, with or without small amounts of a catalyst or an inhibitor. In addition, there is also code 2618 is sand slag from the iron or steel industry; Item 2619 is slag, slag, slag and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel.
In addition, other commodities are also listed as temporary discontinued, re-exported or transhipped items, including code 4707, which are recovered paper or paper; code 5003 is silk scrap; Code 5103 is waste sheepskin or fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding fur; Code 5104 is wool or fine or coarse animal hair; Code 5202 is cotton waste; Code 5505 is scrap.
In addition, code 6310 is used rags, pieces of rope, ropes, ropes, and cables, used or new, and waste of twine, cordage, rope, rope or cables, of textile materials; Code 7001 is glass and other waste and scrap glass; glass in blocks; 7204 is scrap and scrap of iron; cast iron scrap from iron or steel; Code 7404 is scrap and debris of copper.
For lots of discarded goods which have gone through customs procedures temporarily imported or transferred before the effective date of this Circular, they may continue to be re-exported or transferred from border-gates according to the provisions of Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP. dated 15/5/2018 of the Government detailing some articles of the Law on foreign trade management and current regulations
As can be seen, Circular No. 41/2018/TT-BCT was issued to implement urgent measures to manage the import of discarded materials, enhance the management of imports and use of scrap materials imported as raw materials to make effective implementation of trade remedies, to strictly control the import of scraps remotely, minimize the risk of causing environmental pollution.