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Decree 125/2016/ND-CP: Preferential Import Tariff for Goods from Japan

Decree 125 stipulated the Vietnam’s preferential import tariff in particular to implement the Vietnam – Japan agreement on economic partnership in the period 2016 -2019 and the conditions for enjoying this preferential import tariff under this agreement. The Decree is issued by the Vietnam Government.

Decree 125 includes 7 specific provisions: the scope of regulation, subjects of application, the preferential import tariff tables, conditions for applying the preferential import tariff, goods from the duty free area of Vietnam, validity and responsible for implementation.

Issued together with this Decree is a long list of goods and commodities with specific tax rates.

Decree 125 comes into effect from September 1st 2016. Along with this issuance is the abolition of Circular 25/2015/TT-BTC dated February 14th 2015 issued the preferential import tariff tables of Vietnam in particular to implement the agreement between Vietnam and Japan on economic partnership in the period 2015 – 2019.

Tuan Nguyen

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