G/LIC/N/2/VNM/4  
 
16 December  2019 
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF  THE AGREEMENT1 
VIET NAM 
The following notification , dated 29 November 2019 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Viet Nam . 
 
 Category  Notification details  
1 Notifying Member  Viet Nam   
2 Title of new 
legislation/procedure  1. Decree 108/2017/ND -CP dated 20 September 2017 of the 
Government on Fertilizer Management  
2. Circular 15/2018/TT -BNNPTNT dated 29 October 2018 on HS 
code for products under administration of Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development;  
3 Date of Publication  
 1. 20th September 2017  
2. 29th October 2018  
4 Date of entry into force  
 1. 20th September 2017  
2. 1st January 2019  
5 Website link/Official 
publication of the new 
regulation/procedure  1. http://vbpl.vn/TW/Pages/vbpq -
toanvan.aspx?ItemID=124 962&Keyword=nd%20108%202017   
2. http://vbpl.vn/TW/Pages/vbpq -
toanvan.aspx?ItemID=132335&Keyword=th%C3%B4ng%20t%C6%
B0%2015%202018%20bn nptnt  
6 Have you attached a copy of 
the regulation (PDF) to the 
Secretariat   Yes. ( Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification. ) 
 
 No. 
7 Type of notification   (a) New licensing regulation/procedure2; (please answer question 
8 to 14)  
 
 (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been pre viously 
notified in document: ______________ ;  ( please answer question 
15 and 16 ) 
8 List of products subject to 
licensing  See Annex of Circular No. 15/2018/TT -BNNPTNT  
 
9 Nature of licensing  Automatic:  
 
Non-Automatic:  
10 Administrative 
purpose/measure being 
implemented  (a)  Protect public morals;  
(b)  Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect 
environment;  
                                                
1 It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under 
Article  1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form 
in a full and complete manner.  
2 "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or 
procedure, and those which are in force but being no tified for the first time to the Committee.  
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   Category  Notification details  
(c)  Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;  
(d)  Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and 
the prevention of deceptive practices;  
(e)  Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other 
international treaties ( i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)  
(f)  Quota (including TRQ) administration;  
(g)  Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable 
materials and safeguard national security;  
(h)  Other: ______________ (please specify)  
 
11 Administrative body(ies) for  
submission of applications   
 Ministry/authority and Department: Plant Protection Department, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Address: No. 149 Ho Dac Di Street, Dong Da District, Ha Noi  
Website: www.ppd.gov.vn  
Telephone: +84243. 857.4663 
E-Mail: bvtv@mard.gov.vn  
12 Contact point for 
information on eligibility  Ministry/authority and Department: Plant Protection D epartment, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Address: No. 149 Ho Dac Di Street, Dong Da District, Ha Noi  
Website: www.ppd.gov.vn  
Telephone:  +84243. 857.4663 
E-Mail: bvtv@mard.gov.vn  
13 Expected duration of 
licensing procedure  Ongoing  
 
14 A summary of the 
notification in one of the 
WTO official languages   This Decree provides regulations on state administration related to 
fertilizers including recognition, testing, production, trading, export, 
import, quality management, labelling, advertisem ent, seminars and 
use of fertilizers in Viet  Nam. 
Traditional organic fertilizers produced by organizations and 
individuals not for trading shall not be regulated by this Decree.  
15 In the case of 7(b), please 
indicate the type of new 
change(s)  (a)  Termination  
(b)  Suspension  
(c)  Modification of specific details in existing  
procedures:  
 Product coverage;  
 Administrative purpose;  
 Automatic or Non -automatic;  
 Duration of licensing;  
 Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;  
 Eligibility of applicants;  
 Contact information on eligibility;  
 Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;  
 Documentation requirements (including application form);  
 Period for Application;  
 Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;  
 Processing time for issuing licence;  
 Licence fee/administrative charge;  
 Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;  
 Appeal regulations/procedures;  
 Validity of licence;  
 Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, 
penalty of non -use etc.);  
 Foreign exchange requirements;  
 Other: __________ (please specify).  
 
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   Category  Notification details  
16  Please elaborate the 
changes in detail (in one of 
the WTO official languages)  
  
 
 
 
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  ANNEX  
HS CODES FOR FERTILI ZERS  
(ANNEX ATTACHED TO C IRCULAR 15/2018/TT -BNNPTNT ) 
Heading/ 
Subheading  Article description  
31.01  Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not  mixed together or 
chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical 
treatment of animal or vegetable products  
3101.00.10  - Vegetable fertilizers  
 - Others : 
3101.00.92  - - Animal fertilizers  (except for guano ), chemically treated  
3101.00.99  - - Others  
  
31.02  Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous  
3102.10.00  - Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution  
 - Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and 
ammonium nitrate:  
3102.21.00  - - Ammonium sulphate  
3102.29.00  - - Others  
3102.30.00  - Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution  
3102.40.00  - Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non -
fertilising substances  
3102.50.00  - Sodium nitrate  
3102.60.00  - Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate  
3102.80.00  - Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution  
3102.90.00  - Other, including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings  
  
31.03  Mineral or chemical phosphatic fertilisers  
 - Supephosphat:  
3103.11  - - Containing By Weight 35% Or More Of Diphosphorus Pentaoxide ( P2O5): 
3103.11.90  - - - Others  
3103.19  - - Others : 
3103.19.90  - - - Others  
3103.90  - Others : 
3103.90.10  - - Calcined phosphatic fertilisers (SEN) 
3103.90.90  - - Others  
  
31.04  Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic  
3104.20.00  - Potassium chloride  
3104.30.00  - Potassium sulphate  
3104.90.00  - Others  
  
31.05  Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising 
elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers (excl. 
pure animal or vegetable fertilisers or mineral or chemical nitrogenous, 
phosphatic or potassic fertilisers); animal, vege table, mineral or chemical 
fertilisers in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight of 
<= 10 kg  
3105.10  - Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight 
not exceeding 10 kg:  G/LIC/N/2/VNM/4  
 
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  Heading/ 
Subheading  Article description  
3105.10.10  - - Superphosphates and calcined phosphatic fertilisers  
3105.10.20  - - Mineral/chem fertilisers containing the 2 or 3 of the fert elements in tablets or 
similar forms of a gross weight ≤10 kg  
3105.10.90  - - Others  
3105.20.00  - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, 
phosphorus and potassium   
3105.30.00  - Diammonium, hydrogenorthophosphate, diammonium   
3105.40.00  - Ammonium dihydrogen ortho phosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and 
mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogen orthophosphate (diammonium 
phosphate)  
3105.51.00  - - containing nitrates and phosphates  
3105.59.00  - - Others  
3105.60.00  - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements phosphorus 
and potassium  
3105.90.00  - Others  
 
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