Decree 129/2016/ND-CP on ATIGA Preferential Import Tariff for ASEAN goods

The Government has issued Decree 129/2016/ND-CP on preferential import tariff of Vietnam in particular to implement the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in the period 2016 – 2018.

This Decree prescribed the preferential import tariff of Vietnam to implement the ATIGA period 2016 – 2018 and the conditions for enjoying the preferential import tariff under this Decree.

Issued together with this Decree is the preferential import tariff of Vietnam in particular to implement the ATIGA Agreement in the period 2016 – 2018 (often referred to as ATIGA tax).

Imported goods are applied the ATIGA tax when satisfying the following conditions:

1. Included in the preferential import tariff attaching to this Decree.
2. Being imported into Vietnam from countries that are members of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement, including: Brunei Darussalam; Kingdom of Cambodia; Republic of Indonesia; People’s Democratic Republic of Laos; Malaysia; Federal Republic of Myanmar; Republic of the Philippines; Republic of Singapore, Singapore; Kingdom of Thailand; Socialist Republic of Vietnam (goods in duty free area importing to the domestic market).
3. Being shipped directly from the exporting country to Vietnam.
4. Satisfy the regulations on goods origin in the ATIGA, have certificates of goods origin (C/O) – form D, prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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