Import Baby diaper into Vietnam

Customs procedures; import duty and transportation 

You want to export Baby diaper 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 Baby diaper to Vietnam?  Import procedures for Baby diaper?

In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years in providing freight and logistics services import Baby diaper from many countries to Vietnam, will share knowledge and advise on above issues.

HS code and import duty of Baby diaper in Vietnam

HS code of Baby diaper 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

Baby diaper’s HS code Chapter 96: miscellaneous manufactured articles

VAT and preferential import duty on BABY DIAPER to Vietnam in 2023

HS Code	Descriptions	VAT	Preferential Import duty	Normal import tax
9619	Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material.
96190013	– – Baby napkins and pads for incontinence, of paper, paper pulp, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres	10%	15%	22.5%

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 Baby diaper to Vietnam

When importing Baby diaper 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 Baby diaper 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 Baby diaper 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
96190013	0 (-KH, MM)	0	2	0	0(-KH, ID, LA, PH)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		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 Baby diaper banned from importing to Vietnam?

According to the current regulation, Baby diaper 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 Baby diaper to Vietnam 

What certificates are required in importing Baby diaper to Vietnam

There isn’t no any special governmental management policy on importing Baby diaper to Vietnam

Customs procedure to import Baby diaper into Vietnam

What procedure of importing Baby diaper to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Baby diaper to Vietnam?

Customs dossier for importing Baby diaper 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 Baby diaper 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;

Select HP Global as the freight forwarder/customs broker for your shipments import Baby diaper into Vietnam

HP Global is the freight forwarder with top reputation in Vietnam

• Member of WCA (top network for independent forwarders in the world
• Registered with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
• Member of VLA (Vietnam Logistics Business Association)
• A customs broker who is certified by Vietnam Customs department

We provide following services:

• Sea freight from Vietnamese ports to other countries and vice versa.
• Air freight from Vietnam Airports to other countries and vice versa
• Customs clearance service in Vietnam: Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh …
• Inland transportation in Vietnam: road, waterway, railway
• Consultation on the following contents: HS code, import tax, payment, product import policy, effective shipping solutions,…
• Other services: quality inspection, machinery inspection, cosmetic announcement, food supplement announcement, import, export license in Vietnam ….

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

You may concern:

• Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World
• Overview of Vietnam Seaports
• Import Cosmetics to Vietnam: Procedure and Duty

For consultation and quotation for cargo import to and export from Vietnam, contact us as below details

Hp Global Company Limited

Freight forwarder and Customs Brokerage

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

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Email: info@hptoancau.com

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