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Circular No. 34/2025/TT-BCT dated June 02, 2025 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on amendment to certain articles of the Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade elaborating the List of goods traded and exchanged by border residents

Date: 6/2/2025

 
THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 34/2025/TT-BCT
Hanoi, June 02, 2025
 
Pursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade Management dated June 12, 2017;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP dated February 26, 2025 defining functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP dated January 23, 2018 elaborating upon border trade activities;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 122/2024/ND-CP dated October 04, 2024 on amendments to some Articles of the Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP;
At the request of the Director General of the Agency of Foreign Trade,
The Minister of Industry and Trade hereby promulgates a Circular on amendments to certain Articles of the Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade elaborating the List of goods traded and exchanged by border residents.
1. Clause 1 of Article 2 is amended as follows:
“1. Border residents trading and exchanging goods across border specified in clause 1 Article 1 of the Decree No. 122/2024/ND-CP”.
2. Article 3 is amended as follows:
“Article 3. Goods traded and exchanged across border by border residents
1. Goods exported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents shall comply with applicable laws.
2. Goods imported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents are specified in the Appendix I to this Circular.
3. Goods other than those on the List specified in clause 2 of this Article shall not be imported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents.
4. In case it is needed to ensure food safety and prevent cross-border diseases, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall, after discussing with related ministries and central authorities, decide to suspend the import of several goods on the List of goods traded and exchanged by border residents promulgated under clause 2 of this Article in each locality for a specific period of time”.
The Appendix I - List of goods imported in the form of trading and exchange by border residents under the Circular No. 02/2018/TT-BCT is replaced with the Appendix I to this Circular.
This Circular comes into force from July 21, 2025./.
 
 
 
PP. THE MINISTER
THE DEPUTY MINISTER
(Signed and sealed)




Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan
 
(Enclosed with the Circular No. 34/2025/TT-BCT dated June 02, 2025 of the Minister of Industry and Trade)
I. Principles of application
1. If a 2-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes belonging to this Chapter will apply.
2. If a 4-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes in such heading will apply.
3. If a 6-digit code of a HS code is mentioned, all of 8-digit codes in such subheading will apply.
4. If an 8-digit code is mentioned, only such code will apply.
II. List
HS code
Description
Chapter
Heading
Subheading
 
Chapter 03
0301
 
 
Live fish
 
0305
 
 
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
 
0306
 
 
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
 
0307
 
 
Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
 
0308
 
 
Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
Chapter 04
0409
00
00
Natural honey
Chapter 06
0601
 
 
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12
 
0603
 
 
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
Chapter 07
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 7 (except the following HS codes: 0701.10.00, 0703.10.11, 0703.10.21, 0703.20.10, 0703.90.10, 0713.20.10, 0713.31.10, 0713.32.10, 0713.33.10, 0713.34.10, 0713.35.10, 0713.39.10, 0713.40.10, 0713.50.10, 0713.60.10, 0713.90.10).
Chapter 08
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 8
Chapter 09
 
 
 
- Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta
 
0904
11
 
-- Neither crushed nor ground:
 
0904
11
10
--- White
 
0904
11
20
--- Black
 
0904
11
90
--- Other
 
0904
12
 
-- Crushed or ground:
 
0904
12
10
--- White
 
0904
12
20
--- Black
 
0904
12
90
--- Other
Chapter 10
1005
 
 
Maize (corn) (except HS code: 1005.10.00)
 
1006
 
 
Rice (except HS code: 1006.10.10)
Chapter 11
 
 
 
- Wheat flour:
 
1101
00
11
- - Fortified with micronutrients
 
1101
00
19
- - Other
 
1102
 
 
Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin
 
1108
11
00
- - Wheat starch
 
1108
12
00
- - Maize (corn) starch
 
1108
13
00
- - Potato starch
 
1108
14
00
- - Manioc (cassava) starch
Chapter 12
1201
 
 
Soya beans, whether or not broken (except HS code: 1201.10.00)
 
1202
 
 
Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken (except HS code: 1202.30.00)
 
1207
10
 
- Palm nuts and kernels:
 
1207
40
 
- Sesamum seeds:
Chapter 13
1301
 
 
Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)
Chapter 14
1401
 
 
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)
Chapter 19
1902
30
 
- Other pasta:
Chapter 20
 
 
 
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
 
2008
19
10
- - - Cashew nuts
Chapter 25
2501
00
10
- Table salt
 
2505
 
 
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of Chapter 26
 
2523
 
 
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
 
 
 
 
- Portland cement:
 
2523
21
00
- - White cement, whether or not artificially coloured
 
2523
29
 
- - Other:
 
2523
29
10
- - - Coloured cement
 
2523
29
90
- - - Other
 
2523
30
00
- Aluminous cement
 
2523
90
00
- Other hydraulic cements
Chapter 27
2701
 
 
Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
 
2702
 
 
Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
 
2703
 
 
Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
 
2704
 
 
Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
 
2705
00
00
Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
Chapter 31
3102
10
00
- Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution
Chapter 39
3918
 
 
Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter
 
3924
 
 
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics
Chapter 40
4001
 
 
Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
 
4011
 
 
New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
 
4015
19
 
- - Other
Chapter 42
4202
12
 
- - With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials:
Chapter 44
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 44
Chapter 48
4803
00
90
- Other
Chapter 61
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 61
Chapter 62
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 62
Chapter 63
6301
 
 
Blankets and travelling rugs
 
6302
 
 
Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen
 
6303
 
 
Curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances
Chapter 64
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 64
Chapter 66
 
 
 
All articles mentioned in Chapter 66
Chapter 68
6801
00
00
Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)
Chapter 69
6902
 
 
Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths.
 
6907
23
93
- - - - Paving, hearth or wall tiles, glazed
 
6911
 
 
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china
Chapter 73
7308
 
 
Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
 
7323
 
 
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel
Chapter 82
8201
 
 
Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry
 
8215
 
 
Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware
Chapter 84
8413
70
31
- - - With an inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm
 
8413
70
42
- - - With inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm, electrically operated
 
8413
70
43
- - - With inlet diameter not exceeding 200 mm, not electrically operated
 
8437
 
 
Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm-type machinery
Chapter 85
8507
 
 
Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square). (Except HS code: 8507.10.10)
 
8536
 
 
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
 
8539
 
 
Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; lightemitting diode (LED) light sources
 
8544
 
 
Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
Chapter 87
8712
00
20
- Bicycles designed to be ridden by children
Chapter 94
9403
30
00
- Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
 
9403
40
00
- Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen
 
9403
50
00
- Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
 
 
 
 
- Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials:
 
9403
82
00
- - Of bamboo
 
9403
83
00
- - Of rattan
Chapter 96
9608
 
 
Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09
 
9609
 
 
Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors’ chalks
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