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Circular on detailing regulations on a number

Official title

Circular on detailing regulations on a number of articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management and Government Decree No. 292/2026/ND-CP dated July 22, 2026, detailing a number of articles and measures for the organization and guidance of the implementation of the Law on Foreign Trade Management; Vietnamese, number of pages: to be determined

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 30 July 2026. The comment period closed on 29 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Used consumer goods and used vehicles prohibited from importation; rough diamonds subject to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (HS 7102); and products subject to import tariff-rate quotas, including birds' eggs (HS 0407), sugar (HS 1701), unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse (HS 2401)

HS codes
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
  • 24 · Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
    • 2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
  • 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
    • 2501 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing…
  • 71 · Natural, cultured pearls; precious, semi-precious stones; precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
    • 7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set (excl. unmounted stones for pick-up styluses, worked stones, suitable for use as parts of meters…
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • National security requirements
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/439

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 29 August 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 29 August 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/439; it can take them up with Vietnam.

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What the notification says

This Circular provides: (i) detailed lists, by HS code, of used consumer goods and used vehicles prohibited from importation under the authority of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; (ii) the list of rough diamonds subject to export and import control under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the related certification and confirmation procedures; (iii) goods subject to import tariff-rate quotas under Viet Nam's WTO commitments and the principles, methods and procedures for allocating and licensing such quotas; (iv) reporting obligations applicable to traders importing goods under tariff-rate quotas; and (v) mechanisms for the provision and exchange of information among competent authorities for foreign trade administration.

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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