Logistics for imported machinery and equipment to build factories in Vietnam

Nowadays, with the increasing demand in construction, the import of equipment from abroad to ensure the construction process becomes an indispensable and necessary action of the construction. The article wants to provide basic and brief information on the import of factory construction machinery for buyers to understand more.

In general, imported machinery and equipment are divided into 2 categories: 100% brand new and used goods

1.Procedure to import 100% new machinery and equipment
The customs dossier includes:

– Commercial Invoice

– Packing list

– Bill of lading

– Bill of freight by sea

– Customs declaration of imported goods

– C / O if any

For 100% new goods, the customs dossier is quite simple, just go to the customs clearance tax declaration and take the goods back.

Procedures for importing used machinery and equipment
Used goods, enterprises need to pay attention to HS codes of imported products Chapter 84 and Chapter 85 (forms of imported consumer business) will be managed according to Circular 23/2015 of the Ministry of Science and Technology. in terms of age, imported machinery.

The specific content of the circular is as follows:

Imported used equipment must satisfy the following conditions:

1.The equipment life should not be more than 10 years
2. To determine the lifespan of equipment or machinery, in addition to providing full information on paper records, enterprises must then register at the center to determine the age of equipment (at the port import).
3.Customs documents include:
– An application form for age guardianship of imported equipment and machinery,

– Commercial Invoice

– Packing list

– Bill of lading

– Customs declaration of imported goods

– Bill of freight by sea

– Proof that the equipment is not more than 10 years old, if required by customs

– Certificate of origin if any to enjoy preferential import tax of 0%.

In addition to the import documents prescribed by the Law on Customs, the enterprise must supplement 01 set of documents including:

1 For used equipment of an investment project specified in Clause 2, Article 6 of this Circular: 01 certified copy of the Decision on investment policy or the Certificate of investment registration, enclosed with 1 copy List of used equipment is expected to be imported in the project file.
2) For other cases of import of used equipment (including the case in which the investment project is approved under the investment policy decision or the investment registration certificate in accordance with the Law on Investment. The list of used equipment is expected to be imported): Technical documents showing the year of manufacture and production standards of imported used equipment, including one of the following documents:
3. a) 01 original copy of the manufacturer’s certification of the year of manufacture and manufacturing standards of the used equipment in accordance with Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular;
4.b) 01 original copy of the inspection certificate issued by an inspecting organization specified in Clause 2, Article 10 of this Circular regarding the year of manufacture and manufacturing standards of the used equipment in accordance with Clause 2, Article 10 of this Circular. 1 Article 6 of this Circular. ”
5. This goods should be taken to the storage warehouse and wait for the certificate to have the inspection results before it will be cleared for customs clearance, in order to avoid the case of contener storing too much, causing costs to be increased.
If you need to clear customs for machinery and equipment, please contact us or international freight services. We believe that with the cost and service, we hope to have a chance to cooperate in the future.

Source: Collector.

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