On 27/06/2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 23/2019/QD – TTg on the List of goods subject to customs clearance at the entry gate. This decision takes effect from 01/09/2019.
Decision No. 23/2019/QD-TTg, the number of items that have to go through customs procedures at import border gates has been reduced compared to the previous regulations. Specifically, the items must go through customs procedures at the import gate including 14 items such as:
Cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products used for smoking, inhaling, chewing, smelling, sucking;
Alcohol;
Beer produced from malt;
Passenger cars under 16 seats;
Two-wheel motorcycles, complete three-wheel motorcycles, with internal combustion piston engine with cylinder capacity over 125cc;
Aircraft, yachts;
Petrol types;
Air conditioning, with a capacity of 90,000 BTU or less;
Playing cards;
Votive paper;
Pre-substances of explosives and industrial explosives according to the list prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
Imported goods which are on the list of those affecting national defense and security issued by the Government;
Imported goods from countries and territories have warnings about risks of epidemics as notified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Goods in cases of application of trade defense measures and measures to prevent and avoid trade defense measures under decisions issued by the Minister of Industry and Trade.
Scrap items that are no longer in the list of imported goods must go through customs procedures at the import border gates. Imported waste will comply with separate regulations on import gates in Circular 01/2019 / TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In addition, this Decision also stipulates the location of customs procedures and goods that are imported under the attached list, the customs declarers may select the locations to carry out the procedures at the import border-gate Customs Sub-Department at the locations specified in this Decision or the locations outside the border gate in certain cases.