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WTO notification · TBT

VietnamProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their…

Official title

Draft National Technical Regulation for Refined Vegetable Oils

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 December 2025. The comment period closed on 10 February 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified); Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified

HS codes
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified)
    • 1518 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert…
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 12 December 2025. Check WTO ePing or Vietnam for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/387
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 10 February 2026
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 10 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/VNM/387; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

This draft national technical regulation stipulates the limits of physical and chemical indicators, safety and management requirements for refined vegetable oils, including: Arachis oil (peanut oil; groundnut oil); Coconut oil; Cottonseed oil; Maize oil; Palm oil; Palm kernel oil; Palm Olein; Palm Stearin; Palm Superolein; Rapeseed oil; Safflower seed oil; Sesame seed oil; Soya bean oil; Olive oil; Rice bran oil; Sunflower seed oil. This technical regulation does not apply to crude vegetable oils. This regulation applies to: - Organizations and individuals involved in production, trading, import and export related to refined vegetable oil. - Management agencies, organizations and individuals related to refined vegetable oil

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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