
Import Electro-cardiographs into Vietnam: Customs procedures; import duty and transportation
You want to export Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam? You need to calculate freight from export warehouse to Vietnam? You want to know about Vietnam’s procedure and import duties on importing Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam? Import procedures for Electro-cardiographs?
In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years in providing freight and logistics services import Electro-cardiographs from many countries to Vietnam, will share knowledge and advise on above issues.
HS code and import duty of Electro-cardiographs in Vietnam
HS code of Electro-cardiographs 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
Electro-cardiographs under Chapter 90 – Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
VAT and preferential import duty on Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam in 2023
HS Code | Descriptions | VAT | Preferential Import duty | Normal import tax |
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 | 5% | 0% | 5% |
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 Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam:
When importing Electro-cardiographs 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 Electro-cardiographs 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 Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam year 2023 under some FTAs:
HS | ACFTA | ATIGA | AJCEP | VJEPA | AKFTA | AANZFTA | AIFTA | VKFTA | VCFTA | VN-EAEU | CPTPP | AHKFTA | VNCU | EVFTA | UKVFTA | VN-LAO |
90181100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
→ 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 Electro-cardiographs banned from importing to Vietnam?
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
Governmental management on importing Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam
What certificates are required in importing Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam?
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
What procedure of importing Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Electro-cardiographs to Vietnam?
Customs dossier for importing Electro-cardiographs commodity 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 import Electro-cardiographs
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.
Select HP Global as the freight forwarder/customs broker for your shipments import Electro-cardiographs into Vietnam
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We provide following services:
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- Consultation on the following contents: HS code, import tax, payment, product import policy, effective shipping solutions,…
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- For Electro-cardiographs, we provide full services including international freight, customs clearance
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