Import Electro-cardiographs into Vietnam

With practical experience in handling importing Electro-cardiographs, in this article, Logistics HP Global summarizes the contents related to importing Electro-cardiographs into Vietnam: Vietnam’s governmental management policy on importing Electro-cardiographs; Import procedures for Electro-cardiographs; Taxes on importing Electro-cardiographs;… …

HS code of Electro-cardiographs

In order to properly determine policies, procedures of the  import, one of the first thing needed to determine is the HS code of the commodity

Electro – cardiographs’s HS code Chapter 90 – Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof

HS Code	Description
9018	Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro- medical apparatus and sight- testing instruments.
90181100	– – Electro-cardiographs

The classification of a product to a certain HS code is based on the nature, composition, …. of the actual imported 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 good. Importers are ultimately responsible for ensuring that the products are correctly classified.

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

Ban on import, export 

According to the current regulation, Electro-cardiographs 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

Policy on importing Electro-cardiographs

Governmental management on Electro-cardiographs

Electrocardiograph is a medical product (medical equipment) under the management of the Ministry of Health, when importing this item, it is necessary to classify medical equipment and must have a receipt note with the full declaration. conditions for classifying medical equipment for customs clearance

= >> Electrocardiograph items are classified into Class B medical equipment and on the list of medical equipment subject to import permits.

Customs procedure of import Electro-cardiographs into Vietnam

According to Decree 36/2016 / ND-CP on the management of medical equipment, when doing customs procedures for importing medical equipment, enterprises need to prepare:

– Common dossier set when importing goods

– Business certificate or investment certificate

– The manufacturer’s certificate of meeting the international quality management system standard ISO 13485 or ISO 9001 (hereinafter referred to as ISO certificate) is valid at the time of submission.

– Certificate of free sale for imported medical equipment is valid at the time of submission (CFS)

– Authorization letter from the owner of the medical equipment to the organization or individual engaged in the importation of medical equipment.

– Description of product catalog

Technical documents describing the imported medical equipment products in Vietnamese

Documentation for the use of the medical device

The classification of medical equipment

– | Registration certificate number for circulation (type B)

– Import license

Label for import Electro-cardiographs

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

Duties, Taxes on importing Electro-cardiographs

When importing Electro-cardiographs, the importer needs to pay import duty and value added tax (VAT).

VAT on Electro-cardiographs: 5%

Preferential import tax rate on Electro-cardiographs: 0%

In case Electro-cardiographs are 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.

Shipping Cost and time for importing Electro-cardiographs

Shipping costs and transportation time are closely related. Depending on the nature of the commodity and requirement of the shipment, international transportation mode can be by sea, air, road, rail and express delivery. The enterprise should consider to make the most appropriate decision.

For more detailed advice on import procedures, shipping methods and estimate for the full shipping cost, please contact us – Service Provider for importing Electro-cardiographs

Hp Global Company Limited

Freight forwarder and Customs Brokerage

Room 2308, CT2 Van Khe, La Khe, Ha Dong, Hanoi

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