Import Cake, candy to Vietnam: Customs procedures; import duty and transportation
You want to export Cake, candy, jam 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 Cake, candy to Vietnam? Import procedures for Cake, candy?
In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years in providing freight and logistics services import Cake, candy, jam from many countries to Vietnam, will share knowledge and advise on above issues.
HS code of Cake, candy
HS code of Cake, candy 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
Cake, candy, jam ‘s HS code in Heading as bellow:
Heading 17.04 – Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa.
Heading 18.06 – Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa.
Heading 19.05 – Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.
Heading 20.07 – Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
1704 | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa. | Preferential import tax rate | VAT | Normal import tax |
17041000 | – Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated | 25 | 8 | 37.5 |
170490 | – Other: | |||
17049010 | – – Medicated pastilles and drops | 20 | 8 | 30 |
17049020 | – – White chocolate | 20 | 8 | 30 |
– – Other: | ||||
17049091 | – – – Soft, containing gelatin | 15 | 8 | 22.5 |
17049099 | – – – Other | 15 | 8 | 22.5 |
1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. | Preferential import tax rate | VAT | Normail import tax |
18061000 | – Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 20 | 8 | 30 |
180620 | – Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg: | |||
18062010 | – – Chocolate confectionery in blocks, slabs or bars | 20 | 8 | 30 |
18062090 | – – Other | 18 | 8 | 27 |
– Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: | ||||
18063100 | – – Filled | 13 | 8 | 19.5 |
18063200 | – – Not filled | 20 | 8 | 30 |
180690 | – Other: | |||
18069010 | – – Chocolate confectionery in tablets or pastilles | 13 | 8 | 19.5 |
18069030 | – – Food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, containing 40 % or more but not exceeding 50 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis | 25 | 8 | 37.5 |
18069040 | – – Food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, containing 5 % or more but not exceeding 10 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, specially prepared for infants or young children, not put up for retail sale | 25 | 8 | 37.5 |
18069090 | – – Other | 20 | 8 | 30 |
1905 | Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. | Preferential import tax rate | VAT | Normal import tax |
19051000 | – Crispbread | 40 | 8 | 60 |
19052000 | – Gingerbread and the like | 40 | 8 | 60 |
– Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: | ||||
190531 | – – Sweet biscuits: | |||
19053110 | – – – Not containing cocoa | 15 | 8 | 22.5 |
19053120 | – – – Containing cocoa | 15 | 8 | 22.5 |
190532 | – – Waffles and wafers: | |||
19053210 | – – – Waffles | 35 | 8 | 52.5 |
19053220 | – – – Wafers | 35 | 8 | 52.5 |
190540 | – Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products: | |||
19054010 | – – Not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit | 40 | 8 | 60 |
19054090 | – – Other | 40 | 8 | 60 |
190590 | – Other: | |||
19059010 | – – Unsweetened teething biscuits | 20 | 8 | 30 |
19059020 | – – Other unsweetened biscuits | 20 | 8 | 30 |
19059030 | – – Cakes | 30 | 8 | 45 |
19059040 | – – Pastries | 30 | 8 | 45 |
19059050 | – – Flourless bakers’ wares | 30 | 8 | 45 |
19059060 | – – Empty cachets and similar products of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use | 10 | 8 | 15 |
19059070 | – – Communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products | 30 | 8 | 45 |
19059080 | – – Other crisp savoury food products | 20 | 8 | 30 |
19059090 | – – Other | 20 | 8 | 30 |
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.
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 Cake, candy to Vietnam:
When importing Cake, candy 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 Cake, candy, jam 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 Cake, candy to Vietnam year 2024 under some FTAs:
Mã HS
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ATIGA | ACFTA | AKFTA | AJCEP | VJEPA | AIFTA | AANZFTA | VKFTA | CPTPP | AHKFTA | |||||
2024 | 2022 – 2027 | Nước không được hưởng ưu đãi | 2022 – 2027 | Nước không được hưởng ưu đãi | 1/4/2023 – 31/3/2024 | 1/4/2024 – 31/03/2025 | 01/4/2023 – 31/3/2024 | 01/4/2024 – 31/3/2025 | 31/12/2023 – 30/12/2024 | 2022 – 2027 | 2024 | 2024 Mexico | 2024 các nước CPTTP khác Mexico | 2024 | |
17041000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3,5 | 0 | 25 | ||
17049010 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | PH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 20 |
17049020 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | PH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 20 |
17049091 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | PH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 15 |
17049099 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | PH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 15 |
18061000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 8 | ||
18062010 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,8 | 0 | 8 | |
18062090 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
18063100 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
18063200 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
18069010 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
18069030 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
18069040 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
18069090 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
19051000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
19052000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
19053110 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
19053120 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
19053210 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
19053220 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
19054010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
19054090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
19059010 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
19059020 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
19059030 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
19059040 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
19059050 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
19059060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
19059070 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
19059080 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
19059090 | 0 | 0 | MM | 0 | KH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Mã HS
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EVFTA
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UKVFTA
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RCEP |
VCFTA
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VNCBFTA
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Việt – Lào
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VN – EAEU FTA
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ASEAN | Australia | Trung Quốc | Nhật Bản | Hàn Quốc | New Zealand | |||||||
2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 – 2027 | 2023 – 2027 | 2024 | |
17041000 | 9,3 | 9,3 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2,3 | ||
17049010 | 7,5 | 7,5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
17049020 | 7,5 | 7,5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
17049091 | 5,6 | 5,6 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,9 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 0 | 0 | ||
17049099 | 5,6 | 5,6 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,9 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 0 | 0 | ||
18061000 | 7,5 | 7,5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1,8 | ||
18062010 | 7,5 | 7,5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1,8 | ||
18062090 | 6,7 | 6,7 | 12,6 | 12,6 | 12,6 | 13,1 | 12,6 | 12,6 | 4 | 0 | ||
18063100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
18063200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,8 | ||
18069010 | 2 | 2 | 9,1 | 9,1 | 9,1 | 9,5 | 9,1 | 9,1 | 6 | 0 | ||
18069030 | 9,3 | 9,3 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 18,2 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 6 | 2,3 | ||
18069040 | 9,3 | 9,3 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 18,2 | 17,5 | 17,5 | 6 | 2,3 | ||
18069090 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1,8 | ||
19051000 | 6,6 | 6,6 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29,1 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 3,6 | ||
19052000 | 6,6 | 6,6 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29,1 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 3,6 | ||
19053110 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,9 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 6 | 0 | ||
19053120 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 10,9 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 6 | 0 | ||
19053210 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 25,5 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 8 | 3,2 | ||
19053220 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 25,5 | 24,5 | 24,5 | 8 | 3,2 | ||
19054010 | 6,6 | 6,6 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29,1 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3,6 | ||
19054090 | 6,6 | 6,6 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29,1 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3,6 | ||
19059010 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | ||
19059020 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | ||
19059030 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21,8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2,7 | ||
19059040 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21,8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2,7 | ||
19059050 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21,8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2,7 | ||
19059060 | 1,6 | 1,6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7,3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
19059070 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21,8 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2,7 | ||
19059080 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0 | ||
19059090 | 3,3 | 3,3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14,5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 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 Cake, candy banned from importing to Vietnam?
According to the current regulation, Cake, candy 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 Cake, candy to Vietnam
Governmental management on Cake, candy
Confectionery and jam are under the specialized management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP, dated February 2, 2018, when importing into Vietnam, enterprises need to self-declare food safety and inspect food hygiene and safety.
Complete Self-Declaration Documentation for Confectionery and Jam Products to Submit to the Department of Industry and Trade
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Documentation Set Required for Quality Inspection Registration of Confectionery and Jam Products
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Customs procedure to import Cake, candy into Vietnam:
What procedure of importing Cake, candy, jam to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Cake, candy to Vietnam?
Customs dossier for importing Cake, candy, jam commodity normally are as below:
- Customs dossiers for import of common confectionery and jam include:
- Commercial Invoice – Copy of the business, with some branches, the original needs to be submitted when the shipment is subject to special preferential tax with some C/O forms (eg Form E)
- Bill of lading – Copy of business
- Introduction – Original
- Certificate of origin – Original or electronic version in case the importer wants to enjoy special preferential import tax
- In some cases, add: Packing List – Copy of business
- For some branches: add the Agreement to develop the Customs – Enterprise Partnership – Original
- In addition, due to quality inspection and self-declaration, when doing customs procedures for importing confectionery and jam, in addition to the procedures and documents for customs presentation as with normal goods, the importer needs to export the goods. submit the certificate of registration of imported food inspection to the customs for release of goods.
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Label for Cake, candy 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;
For goods being food, when importing, the label needs to have additional mandatory information:
- Quantitative;
- Date of manufacture;
- Expiry date;
- Composition or ingredient quantity; nutritional composition, nutritional value (if any);
- The content and manner of recording nutritional ingredients, nutritional values and the roadmap shall comply with the guidance of the Minister of Health;
- Warning information;
- Instructions for use, instructions for preservation.
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You may concern:
- Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World
- Overview of Vietnam Seaports
- Import Cosmetics to Vietnam: Procedure and Duty
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