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Draft Circular of the Minister of Agriculture

Official title

Draft Circular of the Minister of Agriculture and Environment Providing for the Quarantine of Animals and Animal Products

Vietnam notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 17 August 2026. The comment period closed on 16 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Live terrestrial and aquatic animals; meat, fish and other products of animal origin; animal genetic material; and other commodities listed in Appendices Ia and Ib of the Draft Circular (HS chapters: 01-05, 15, 16, 23, 30, 41, 43, 51, 67 and 96, as applicable; an

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 03
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 15
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
All 14 codes
  • 30 · Pharmaceutical products
    • 30
  • 41 · Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
    • 41
  • 43 · Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
    • 43
  • 51 · Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
    • 51
  • 67 · Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made of feather or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
    • 67 PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
  • 96 · Miscellaneous manufactured articles
    • 96
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/VNM/190
Keywords
Animal health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 16 October 2026
Proposed adoption
November 2026
Proposed entry into force
45 days after the date of publication.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 16 October 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/VNM/190; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

The Draft Circular consolidates and updates Viet Nam's rules on quarantine of terrestrial and aquatic animals and animal products. It establishes the lists of commodities subject to or exempt from quarantine, quarantine targets, and commodities subject to import risk analysis. It prescribes requirements and procedures for transport out of province-level administrative divisions; export; import; temporary import for re-export; temporary export for re-import; border-gate transfer; bonded warehousing; transit; accompanied or postal consignments; fairs, exhibitions, competitions and performances; and transport of disease specimens. Measures include registration and declaration, documentary and physical or clinical inspection, quarantine isolation where applicable, sampling and testing, cleaning and disinfection, identification and sealing, electronic submission and certification, processing time limits, and issuance of quarantine certificates. The measure applies to all trading partners dealing in covered commodities. It is expected to clarify and simplify procedures, strengthen traceability and risk-based controls, facilitate electronic processing, and provide specified exemptions for listed lower-risk or traceable commodities and cases, while maintaining protection against animal diseases and zoonoses. The Draft Circular will replace or repeal: Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated 1 June 2016; Circular No. 01/2026/TT-BNNMT dated 1 January 2026; Circular No. 03/2026/TT-BNNMT…

Sources

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