Import Cotton tote bag to Vietnam: Customs procedures; import duty and transportation

You want to import Cotton tote bag into Vietnam? You need to calculate freight from export warehouse to Vietnam? You want to know about Vietnam’s procedure and import duties on importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam?  Import procedures Cotton tote bag?

In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years in providing freight and logistics services import Cotton tote bag into Vietnam, will share knowledge and advise on above issues.

HS code of Cotton tote bag in Vietnam

In importing/exporting any commodity, In order to properly determine duties, policies, procedures of the commodity, one of the first thing needed to determine is the HS code of the commodity

Cotton tote bag under Chapter 63: OTHER MADE UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN TEXTILE ARTICLES; RAGS:

HS Code	Descriptions	VAT	Preferential Import duty	Normal import tax
63052000	Of cotton	8%	12%	18%

The classification of a product to a certain HS code is based on the nature, composition, …. of the actual exported commodity at the import time, based on catalogue, technical documents (if any) or /and decided by the Customs Department of Commodity Verification. The actual inspection results of the Customs and announcement by the Customs Department of Commodity Verification are legal basis for applying HS code to imported goods. Importers are ultimately responsible for ensuring that the products are correctly classified.

Our above advised HS codes are for reference only.

→ For more information about this content, please refer to the article Definition of HS code in Vietnam

Duties, Taxes on importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam:

When importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam, the importer needs to pay import value added tax (VAT) and Import duty. The above table shows VAT and Preferential Import duty based on HS code.

Currently, Vietnam have signed FTA with more than 50 countries in the world. In case Cotton tote bag is imported from countries with free trade agreements with Vietnam, they may enjoy special preferential import duties if they meet the conditions set by the agreement.

Special Preferential Import duty of Cotton tote bag to Vietnam year 2022 under some FTAs:

		ACFTA	ATIGA	AJCEP	VJEPA	AKFTA	AANZFTA	AIFTA	VKFTA	VCFTA	VN-EAEU	CPTPP	AHKFTA	EVFTA	UKVFTA
63052000	Of cotton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	5

→ To check whether your country and Vietnam have MFN (Most favoured nation) and FTA (Free Trade Agreement), you can check at the article: Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World

Import duty from some major markets that export Cotton tote bag to Vietnam:

Below is table of preferential import duty/ special preferential import duty on Cotton tote bag to Vietnam from some major markets:

Description	HS	No FTA or the shipt does not meet criterial of FTA	ACFTA	AKFTA	VKFTA
Import duty on Cotton tote bag into Vietnam  from China 2022	63052000	10%	0%
Import duty on Cotton tote bag into Vietnam  from Korea 2022	63052000	10%		0(-KH) %	0%
Import duty on Cotton tote bag into Vietnam  from Taiwan 2022	63052000	15%
Import duty on Cotton tote bag into Vietnam  from U.S.A 2022	63052000	10%

Updated Import Duty on Cotton tote bag to Vietnam under all FTA can be found HERE

→ To check whether your country and Vietnam have MFN (Most favoured nation) and FTA (Free Trade Agreement), you can check at the article: Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World

Are Cotton tote bag banned from importing to Vietnam?

According to the current regulation, Cotton tote bag is not in the List of prohibited imports into Vietnam, so the enterprise can do the import procedure pursuant to current stipulations.

→ For more information, read the article List of prohibited imports into Vietnam

Governmental management on importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam

What certificates are required in importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam? 

There isn’t no any special governmental management policy on importing Cotton tote bag

→ Contact us for inbound and outbound shipment to / from Vietnam – Email: info@hpgloballtd.com

Customs procedure of import Cotton tote bag into Vietnam:

What procedure of importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Cotton tote bag to Vietnam?

Customs dossier for importing Cotton tote bag normally are as below:

• Commercial Invoice (Commercial Invoice)
• Bill of lading (Bill of Lading)
• Certificate of origin (Certificate of origin – in case the importer wants to enjoy special preferential import tax)
• In some cases: Packing List (Goods packing slip)

→ Contact us for inbound and outbound shipment to / from Vietnam – Email: info@hpgloballtd.com

Label for Cotton tote bag imported to Vietnam:

According to current stipulation, cargo imported into Vietnam need to have sufficient label

Imported goods need to be fully labeled according to current regulations.

Goods labels must show the following contents:

a) Name of goods;

b) Name and address of the organization or individual responsible for the goods;

c) Origin of goods;

d) Other contents according to the nature of each type of goods

HP Global Vietnam – Freight Fowarder provide sea, air freight and customs brokerage, import – export license service for cargo transportation from Vietnam to the world and vice versa

Shipping time by sea and by air

To check the time and freight for specific point to point, you can email to info@hpgloballtd.com or call/Zalo to ++8488-611-5726;++84 984870199

Besides, you can refer to the detailed shipping time from some major markets of Cotton tote bag to Vietnam at the articles:

• Vận Chuyển Hàng Hóa Nhập Khẩu Hà Lan – Việt Nam

• Vận Chuyển Hàng Hóa Nhập Khẩu Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ – Việt Nam

• Vận Chuyển Xuất Nhập Khẩu Hàng Hóa Việt Nam – Anh (UK)

Vietnam’s Cotton tote bag Import Turnover

Import turnover of Cotton tote bag is an important part of the export turnover of Fabric.

Vietnam’s Import Turnover for Fabric annually:

Updated Vietnam’s Import value of Fabric per territories/countries:

Which countries/territories do Vietnam import Cotton tote bag from?

Country/territory	Unit	Sep-22	First 9 months 2022
ARGENTINA	USD	5.264.910	27.147.949
INDIA	USD	6.943.837	63.785.630
ENGLAND	USD	4.108.789	27.676.722
AUSTRIA	USD	166.155	1.654.111
POLAND	USD	197.744	2.598.637
BANGLADESH	USD	759.574	5.551.154
BRAZIL	USD	8.356.945	68.681.554
CANADA	USD	315.015	1.568.390
TAIWAN	USD	34.122.798	356.761.551
DENMARK	USD		154.562
GERMANY	USD	2.912.528	26.290.791
NETHERLANDS	USD	290.389	1.802.697
KOREA	USD	40.091.989	464.085.538
AMERICA	USD	36.392.932	331.425.482
HONGKONG	USD	9.220.074	97.284.621
INDONESIA	USD	5.656.806	51.788.474
ITALIA	USD	14.701.114	164.895.314
MALAYSIA	USD	2.462.663	19.651.342
NEW ZEALAND	USD	137.761	5.878.350
JAPAN	USD	20.782.467	199.656.215
AUSTRAYLIA	USD	2.780.621	15.449.966
PAKISTAN	USD	1.710.963	24.349.832
FRANCE	USD	411.120	5.063.679
SINGAPORE	USD	197.634	3.909.204
SPAIN	USD	417.531	4.344.163
THAILAND	USD	26.012.667	260.175.956
CHINA	USD	278.137.061	2.667.566.184

Source: Synthesized data from statistics of the General Department of Customs Vietnam

Select HP Global as the freight forwarder/customs brokerage for your shipments import Cotton tote bag into Vietnam

HP Global is the freight forwarder with top reputation in Vietnam. We are member of WCA (top network for independent forwarders in the world). HP Global is also a customs broker who is certified by Vietnam Customs department (by Decision No. 3629/QĐ-TCHQ) , we provide following services:

• Sea freight from Vietnamese ports to other countries and vice versa.
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You may concern:

• Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World

• Overview of Vietnam Seaports

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