RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.3 
27 April 2004 
 (04-1870) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Viet Nam Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF VIET NAM 
 
Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures  
 
Revision  
  The following information on Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures, dated April 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.  
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 Viet Nam's Non-Tariff Measures (Hanoi, April 2004)
 
 
TABLE 1 
 
IMPORT PROHIBITIONS 
 
 The following products are not allowed to be circulated in the domestic market on a normal 
commercial basis. The importation of these products for non-commercial goals, however, might be permitted under exceptional circumstances.  
 
Notes
:  NA stands for "Not Applicable". 
 
HS Description Rationale Note 
1207 91 00 Poppy seeds Materials for  
production of 
opium   
1302 11 00 Opium, anhydrous morphine anhydrous content   Materials for  
production of opium  
2402,  
2403 Tobacco, cigarettes, and other kinds of 
manufactured tobacco  Limit the 
consumption of 
cigarettes.  Import prohibition 
to be abolished 
upon accession   
2618 00 00 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture 
of iron or steel Residues causing 
environmental 
pollution   
2619 00 00 Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings 
and other waste from the manufacture of iron 
orngs steel Residues causing 
environmental 
pollution   
2620 Ash and residues (other than from the manufacture 
of iron or steel) containing metals or metal compounds Residues causing 
environmental pollution   
2621 00 00 Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp) Residues causing 
environmental 
pollution   
3601 00 00 Propellant powders Materials for 
production of 
explosives   
8710 00 00 Tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 
motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles Military equipment   
ex 8711 Motorcycles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 
175cc Security and traffic 
safety  
9301 00 00 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and 
the arms of heading 307: revolvers, pistols Military equipment    
9302 00 00 Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 
9303 or 9304 Weapons  
9304  Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns       
and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 9307 Weapons   
9305 Parts and  accessories of  articles of headings 9301 
to 9304 Weapons   
9306 Bombs, grenades, torp edoes, mines, missiles and 
similar munitions of war and parts thereof;  cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles 
and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge 
wads Weapons    WT/ACC/VNM/25/Rev.3 
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 HS Description Rationale Note 
9307 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar         
arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereof Weapons   
NA Second-hand consumer goods, including: 
- Textiles and clothes; footwear 
- Electronic goods 
- Refrigerating equipment and products 
- Household electric goods - Furniture 
- Household goods made from porcelain, clay, 
glass, metal, resin, rubber, plastic, and other materials  Product safety  
NA Used materials and e quipment, including: 
- Used machines, structures, inner tires, tires, 
accessories, motors of au tomobiles, tractors, 2-
wheel and 3-weel motorbikes  
- Internal combustion engines and machines with 
internal combustion engines having capacity below 30 CV  
- Bicycles, 2-wheel and 3-wheel vehicles; 
- Passenger cars of less than  16 seats, trucks with 
loading capacity of less than 5 tons, ambulances.  Traffic safety  
NA Toxic chemicals  
List published by the Ministry of Industry  Environment 
protection, 
protection of human health   
NA Garbage and waste materials which may cause 
environmental pollution and epidemics  List published by the Ministry of Science and 
Technology Environment 
protection, protection of human 
health   
NA Depraved and reactionary cultural products  Public morals   
NA Children toys having adverse effect in moral 
education, public order and security  Public morals & 
social security  
NA Narcotics  Protection of 
human life  
NA Firecrackers (excluding fire signal used for 
maritime safety and other purposes as stipulated 
by the Prime Minister in  the official Document 
No.1383/CP-KTTS dated 23/11/1998)  Protection of 
human health & life  
NA Right-hand steering vehicles (including their 
components and those modified to left-hand drive 
ones prior to importation into Viet Nam), except for specialized right-hand steering vehicles 
operating in small areas such as cranes, trench and 
canal digging machines, garbage trucks, road sweepers, road construction trucks, airport 
passenger transportation buse s, fork-lifts used at 
warehouses and ports.    Traffic safety  
NA Asbestos products and materials under amphibole 
group  Protection of 
human health  
NA Specialized encryption machines and encryption 
software subject to State secret National security  
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 TABLE 2 
 
SCHEDULE FOR PHASING-OUT 
IMPORT QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS 
 
Viet Nam commits to eliminate all quantitative import restrictions in the forms of quotas and 
restrictive licences upon its accession.  
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