THE MINISTRY OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
AND ENVIRONMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 01/2013/TT-BTNMT
Hanoi, January 28, 2013
CIRCULAR
STIPULATING ON SCRAPS PERMITTED TO BE IMPORTED FOR USE AS RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION
Pursuant to the Law on Environment protection, of November 29, 2005;
Pursuant to the Commercial Law, of June 14, 2005;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 12/2006/ND-CP of January 23, 2006, detailing the implementation of Commercial Law
on international purchases and sales of goods; and agency for sale and purchase, processing and transit of goods involving foreign parties;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP of August 09, 2006 detailing and guiding execution of a number of articles of the
Law on Environment protection;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.25/2008/ND-CP of March 04, 2008 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational
structure of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment which has been amended and supplemented at the Decrees
No. 19/2010/ND-CP of March 05, 2010 and No. 89/2010/ND-CP of August 16, 2010;
At the proposal of the General Director of Vietnam Environment Administration, General director of the Legal Affair Department;
The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment promulgate this Circular stipulating on scraps permitted to be imported for use as raw
materials for production,
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Circular:
1. List of scraps permitted to be imported for use as raw materials for production (Annex I);
2. List of scraps gained in production process of the exporting and processing enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones permitted to be
imported into inland for use as raw materials for production
Article 2. Before import, import scraps must ensure meeting conditions as prescribed by law on conditions of importing scraps to use as
raw materials for production; have been cleaned in order to reject waste, raw materials, items, goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law and international treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member; have been selected, classified separately
under HS code, name of scrap, description of scrap, quality requirement in conformity with regulations on the Lists promulgated together
with this Circular.
Article 3. The exporting and processing enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones importing scraps from foreign countries for use as raw
materials for production must comply with full provisions in Article 1 and Article 2 of this Circular.
Article 4. This Circular takes effect as from April 01, 2013.
The Decision No. 12/2006/QD-BTNMT of September 08, 2006 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment on promulgation of
the list of scraps permitted to be imported for use as raw materials for production shall cease to be effective on the effective date of this
Circular.
Article 5. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment assigns the General Department of environment to guide, inspect, monitor,
urge implementation of this Circular.
Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies, agencies of the Government, People’s Committees at all levels and relevant organizations, individuals
shall implement this Circular.
In the course of implementation, any arising problems should be reported to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for
consideration and settlement.
FOR THE MINISTER OF NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
DEPUTY MINISTER
Bui Cach Tuyen
ANNEX I
LIST OF SCRAPS PERMITTED TO BE IMPORTED FOR USE AS RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION
(Promulgated together with the Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BTNMT, of January 28, 2013 of the Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment)
Ordinal
HS Code
number
1
Name of scraps
Description of scraps, quality
requirement, use purpose
- Shells of molluscs, crustaceans or
invertebrate echinoderms such as:
Cockle shells, snail shells, oyster
shells, etc, of which meat part and
Shells of molluscs, crustaceans other impurities have been removed
0508 00 20
and dried under sunlight (of
or invertebrate echinoderms
humidity below than 50%)
- Imported for use as raw materials
for production of Handicrafts and
fine-arts.
2
2520 10 00 Plaster.
- The synthetic plaster, or FGD
plaster (flue gas desulphurization),
being sulfat canxi compound gained
from the process of
desulphurisation in emissions from
fossil fuel incinerator
- Imported for use as raw materials
for production of materials,
structural components used in
construction sector.
3
- Granulated slag processed from
slag of pig iron, iron or steel blastfurnace. Meeting requirements for
granulated slag blast-furnace used
for cement production under
National technical regulation on
Granulated slag (slag sand)
2618 00 00 from the manufacture of iron or building material products, goods
QCVN 16-3:2011/BXD group
steel.
ofadditive products for cement and
concrete, promulgated by the
Ministry of Construction.
- Imported for use as additive for
cement production.
4
Chemical elements doped for
3818 00 00 use in electronics, in the form
of discs, wafers or similar
- Debris under form of wafers or
discs with silicon (Si) content not
less than 99%.
forms.
5
Plastic waste, parings and
3915 10 10 scraps frompolyethylene (PE):
Spongy, non-hard
6
Plastic waste, parings and
3915 10 90 scraps from polyethylene (PE):
Other.
7
Plastic waste, parings and
3915 20 10 scraps fromPolystyrene (PS):
Spongy, non-hard
8
9
- Plastic scraps imported in Group
3915 must meet National technical
regulation on environment
applicable to import plastic scrap
Plastic waste, parings and
QCVN 32:2010/BTNMT
3915 20 90 scraps from Polystyrene (PS): promulgated by the Ministry of
Other.
Natural Resources and
Environment.
Plastic waste, parings and
scraps fromPolyvinyl
- Imported for use as raw materials
3915 30 10
clorua (PVC): Spongy, nonfor production of plastic products.
hard
10
Plastic waste, parings and
3915 30 90 scraps from Polyvinyl clorua
(PVC): Other.
11
3915 90 00
12
13
14
- Imported for processing into raw
materials in service for sun energy
module production.
Other plastic waste, parings and
scraps.
Recovered (waste and scrap)
paper or paperboard
4707 10 00 Unbleached kraft paper or
paperboard or corrugated paper - Paper or paperboard scraps
or paperboard
imported in Group 4707 must meet
National technical regulation on
Recovered (waste and scrap)
environment applicable to import
paper or paperboard: Other
paper scrap QCVN
paper or paperboard essentially
4707 20 00
33:2010/BTNMT promulgated by
made of pulp gained from
the Ministry of Natural Resources
chemical process, bleached,
and Environment.
have not yet dyed for entire.
- Imported for use as raw materials
Recovered (waste and scrap) for production of pulp, paper or
paper or paperboard:
paperboard products.
4707 30 00 Other paper or paperboard
essentially made of pulp gained
from mechanical process
(example, paper used for
printing of newspaper,
magazine, and similar
publications)
15
Recovered (waste and scrap)
paper or paperboard: Other,
4707 90 00
including unclassified waste
and scraps.
16
- Silk, cocoon waste gained from
Silk waste (including cocoons process of silkworm processing,
production of yarn.
5003 00 00 unsuitable for reeling, yarn
waste and garnetted stock).
- Imported in order to salvage for
production of silk, yarn, fabric.
17
Cullet and other waste and
7001 00 00 scrap of glass; glass in the
mass.
- Not to mix cullet or scrap of glass
from package containing chemical,
glass from cathode ray tube (CRT)
of television, computer, fluorescent
lamps, glass package and other
active glass.
- Imported for production of glass
products.
18
7204 10 00 Cast iron waste and scraps
19
7204 21 00
20
21
22
Alloy steel waste and
scraps: Made of stainless steel - Scraps imported in Group 7204
Alloy steel waste and scraps: must meet National technical
7204 29 00 Other (different than type made regulation on environment
applicable to import iron, steel
of stainless steel)
scraps QCVN 31:2010/BTNMT
Iron or tinned steel waste and promulgated by the Ministry of
7204 30 00
scraps
Natural Resources and
Other Iron or steel waste and Environment.
scraps:Turnings, shavings,
7204 41 00 chips, milling waste, trimmings
and stampings, whether or not
in bundles.
23
Other Iron or steel waste and
7204 49 00
scraps: Other.
24
7204 50 00
25
7404 00 00 Copper waste and scraps
- Import scraps in Group 7204 may
be in bulk or tied into bunch, but
not pressed into blocks or baled.
- Not permit to import sawdusts,
filings om iron, steel scraps of code
HS 7204 4100.
Remelting scrap ingots of iron,
steel, or cast iron
- Import non-ferrous metal scraps
26
7503 00 00 Nickel waste and scraps
27
7602 00 00 Aluminium waste and scraps
28
7902 00 00 Zinc waste and scraps
29
8002 00 00 Tin waste and scraps
30
8101 97 00 Tungsten waste and scraps
31
8102 97 00 Molypden waste and scraps
32
8104 20 00 Magnesium waste and scraps
33
8108 30 00 Titanium waste and scraps
34
8109 30 00 Zircon waste and scraps
35
8110 20 00 Antimony waste and scraps
36
8111 00 00 Manganese waste and scraps
37
8112 22 00 Chrome waste and scraps
and waste with HS code
proportional to ordinal number from
25 to 37 which maybe include the
following types:
● Metal or alloy rod sections, pipe
sections, nodes, tips, shavings,
strings or pieces discharged from
the production process;
● Metal or alloy recovered from
construction works, means of
transport, machines, equipment and
other products which have been cut
or disassembled in countries or
territories of exportation
● Copper or aluminum cores of
electric wires and cables, which
have been stripped off their
insulating coats of plastic, rubber or
other insulating materials;
● Electromagnetic wires (copper
wires coated with insulated enamel
paints, cotton fibers or paper) used.
- Import non-ferrous metal scraps
and waste with HS code
proportional to ordinal number from
25 to 37, may be in bulk or tied into
bunch, pressed into blocks or baled.
Note: Based on provisions in item VIII, Annex 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 12/2006/ND-CPof January 23, 2006, detailing the
implementation of Commercial Law on international purchases and sales of goods; and agency for sale and purchase, processing and
transit of goods involving foreign parties; HS code and name of scraps in this List are used under the Circular No.193/2012/TT-BTC of
November 15, 2012 of the Ministry of Finance, promulgating the preferential import and export tariff according to the list of taxable products.
ANNEX II
LIST OF SCRAPS GAINED IN PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE EXPORTING AND PROCESSING ENTERPRISES, ENTERPRISES IN
NON-TARIFF ZONES PERMITTED TO BE IMPORTED FOR USE AS RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION
(Promulgated together with the Circular No. 01/2013/TT-BTNMT, of January 28, 2013 of the Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment)
Ordinal
number
1
HS Code
Name of scraps
2525 30 00 Mica scraps
Description of scraps, quality requirement,
use purpose
- Mica discharged from the production and
business activities of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
classified in order to reject waste and items,
goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than mica mixing
in each import consignment of mica scraps
not exceeding 5% volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of products.
2
- Paraffin wax scraps (including candles)
discharged from the production and business
activities of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
classified in order to reject waste and items,
goods banned from import as prescribed by
2712 90 90 paraffin wax scraps Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than paraffin wax
mixing in each import consignment of
paraffin wax scraps not exceeding 5%
volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of products.
3
Chemical elements
doped for use in
electronics, in the
3818 00 00
form of discs,
wafers or similar
forms.
4
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 10 10 from polyethylene
(PE): Spongy, nonhard
5
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 10 90
from polyethylene
(PE): Other.
6
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 20 10 from Polystyrene
(PS): Spongy, nonhard
7
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 20 90
from Polystyrene
(PS): Other.
- Debris under form of wafers or discs with
silicon (Si) content not less than 99%.
- Imported for processing into raw materials
in service for sun energy module production.
- Imported plastic scraps in group 3915
including types of plastic materials with
various forms and sizes (including: Spongy or
non-porous plastic sticked on cloth; plastic
parts corrupted; plastic products corrupted;
shealth of plastic packagings not sticked oil,
chemical too much to be considered as
hazardous waste according to guidance in
point 3 part A of Annex 8 (promulgated
together with the Circular No.12/2011/TTBTNMT of April 14, 2011 of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment,
stipulating hazardous waste management),
discharged from production and business
activities of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
classified in order to reject waste and items,
goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law.
8
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 30 10 from Polyvinyl
clorua (PVC):
Spongy, non-hard
9
Plastic waste,
parings and scraps
3915 30 90 from Polyvinyl
clorua (PVC):
Other.
10
3915 90 00
11
- The rate of materials other than plastic
mixing in each imported consignment of
plastic scraps not exceeding 5% volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of plastic products.
Other plastic waste,
parings and scraps.
- Rubber waste, parings and scraps with
various shapes and sizes (including rubber
sticked on cloth), discharged from the
production and business activities of
exporting and processing enterprises,
Rubber waste,
enterprises in non-tariff zones, classified in
parings and scraps order to reject waste and items, goods banned
4004 00 00
(excluding hard
from import as prescribed by Vietnamese law.
rubber)
- The rate of materials other than rubber
mixing in each imported consignment of
rubber scraps not exceeding 5% volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of rubber products.
12
Hard rubber
4017 00 90 (example as
ebonite) scraps.
- Hard rubber with various shapes and sizes,
discharged from the production and business
activities of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
classified in order to reject waste and items,
goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than rubber
mixing in each imported consignment of
rubber scraps not exceeding 5% volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of rubber products.
13
Sawdust and wood - Sawdust and wood scrap (including particle
scrap (in various board, plywood scrap, wood in billets, milled4401 39 00 shapes), whether or wood, wood in chips or particles) discharged
not agglomerated from the production and business activities of
in logs, briquettes, exporting and processing enterprises,
pellets or similar
forms.
enterprises in non-tariff zones, classified in
order to reject waste and items, goods banned
from import as prescribed by Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than wood
mixing in each import consignment of
sawdust and wood scrap not exceeding 5%
volume.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of wood products or fuel.
14
Recovered (waste
and scrap) paper or
paperboard:
Unbleached kraft
4707 10 00
paper or
paperboard or
corrugated paper or
paperboard
15
Recovered (waste
and scrap) paper or
paperboard: Other
paper or
paperboard
4707 20 00
essentially made of
pulp gained from
chemical process,
bleached, have not
yet dyed for entire.
16
17
- Imported paper or paperboard scraps in
Group 4707 including products, items,
materials made of paper or paperboard,
discharged from the production and business
activities of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
classified in order to reject waste and items,
goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than paper or
Recovered (waste paperboard mixing in each imported
and scrap) paper or consignment of paper or paperboard scraps
paperboard: Paper not exceeding 5% volume.
or paperboard
- Imported for use as raw materials for
essentially made of
production of pulp, paper or paperboard
pulp gained from
products.
4707 30 00
mechanical process
(example, paper
printting news,
magazines, and
similar
punlications).
Recovered (waste
and scrap) paper or
4707 90 00
paperboard: Other,
including
unclassified waste
and scraps.
18
Yarn waste
5202 10 00 (including thread
waste)
New rags
(classified)
- Yarn waste or thread discharged from
production of yarn, thread or clothes of
exporting and processing enterprises,
enterprises in non-tariff zones.
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of yarn, thread.
- Rags discharged from production of cloth or
clothes of exporting and processing
enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones.
19
6310 10 10
20
6310 90 10 New rags (other)
21
- Not to mix cullet or scrap of glass from
Cullet and other
cathode ray tube of television, computer,
waste and scrap of fluorescent lamps and other active glass.
7001 00 00
glass; glass in the
- Imported for use as raw materials for
mass.
production of glass products.
22
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of yarn, cloth or other products.
- Fringe or waste of Insulating sheet made of
Glass yarn coated synthetic resin, discharged
from production of cloth or clothes of
Insulating sheet
7019 39 90 made of Glass yarn exporting and processing enterprises,
enterprises in non-tariff zones.
scraps
23
7204 10 00
24
7204 21 00
25
7204 29 00
26
7204 30 00
27
7204 41 00
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production of insulating materials.
Cast iron waste and - Imported scraps in group 7204 including
types of iron, steel of cast iron materials with
scraps
various forms and sizes (including: Iron, steel
Alloy steel waste or cast iron parts corrupted; Iron, steel or cast
and scraps: Made iron products corrupted; shealth of Iron, steel
of stainless steel. or cast iron packagings not sticked oil,
Alloy steel waste chemical too much to be considered as
and scraps: Other hazardous waste according to guidance in
(different than type point 3 part A of Annex 8 (promulgated
made of stainless together with the Circular No.12/2011/TTBTNMT of April 14, 2011 of the Ministry of
steel)
Natural Resources and Environment,
Iron or tinned steel stipulating hazardous waste management),
waste and scraps discharged from production and business
Other Iron or steel activities of exporting and processing
waste and scraps: enterprises, enterprises in non-tariff zones,
Turnings, shavings, classified in order to reject waste and items,
chips, milling
waste, sawdust,
filings, trimmings
and stampings,
whether or not in
bundles.
goods banned from import as prescribed by
Vietnamese law.
- The rate of materials other than iron, steel or
cast iron mixing in each import consignment
of mica scraps not exceeding 5% volume.
28
- Imported for use as raw materials for steel
Other Iron or steel production.
7204 49 00 waste and scraps:
Other.
29
Remelting scrap
7204 50 00 ingots of iron, steel
or cast iron.
30
7404 00 00
Copper waste and
scraps
31
7503 00 00
Nickel waste and
scraps
32
7602 00 00
Aluminium waste
and scraps
33
7902 00 00
Zinc waste and
scraps
34
8002 00 00
35
8101 97 00
36
8102 97 00
37
8104 20 00
38
8108 30 00
39
8109 30 00
Zircon waste and
scraps
40
8110 20 00
Antimony waste
and scraps
41
8111 00 00
Manganese waste
and scraps
42
8112 22 00
Chrome waste and
scraps
- Imported non-ferrous metal scraps with HS
code corresponding to ordinal number from
30 to 42 including materials made of
Tin waste and
corresponding metals or alloy of those metals
scraps
with different shapes and sizes, discharged
Tungsten waste and from the production and business activities of
scraps
exporting and processing enterprises,
Molybdenum waste enterprises in non-tariff zones, classified in
order to reject waste and items, goods banned
and scraps
from import as prescribed by Vietnamese law.
Magnesium waste
- The rate of materials other than non-ferrous
and scraps
metal corresponding to HS code mixing in
Titanium waste and each imported consignment of paper or
paperboard scraps not exceeding 5% volume.
scraps
- Imported for use as raw materials for
production.
43
8534
Printed circuit
scraps
- Fringe or waste of all types of printed circuit
sheet in group 8534, yet not fitted with or
removed from electronic components,
discharged from production of cloth or clothes
of exporting and processing enterprises,
enterprises in non-tariff zones.
- Imported for use as electronic circuit boards.
44
8544
Insulated section - Section of wire, cable or waste of all electric
and wate of electric wires, cables in group 8544, discharged from
wire, (including co- production of cloth or clothes of exporting
axial cable) cables and processing enterprises, enterprises in non((including
tariff zones.
enamelled or
anodised) and other - Imported for selection to use as electric wire,
cable or classify into raw materials in service
insulated
for production of plastic, rubber, metal.
conductors.
Note: Based on provisions in item VIII, Annex 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 12/2006/ND-CPof January 23, 2006, detailing the
implementation of Commercial Law on international purchases and sales of goods; and agency for sale and purchase, processing and
transit of goods involving foreign parties; HS code and name of scraps in this List are used under the Circular No.193/2012/TT-BTC of
November 15, 2012 of the Ministry of Finance, promulgating the preferential import and export tariff according to the list of taxable products.