Import Dentures to Vietnam: Customs procedures; import duty and transportation

You want to export Dentures 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 Dentures to Vietnam?  Import procedures for Dentures?

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

HS code and import duty of Dentures in Vietnam 

HS code of Dentures 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

Dentures under Chapter 90  – OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

VAT and preferential import duty on Dentures to Vietnam in 2023

HS Code	Descriptions	VAT	Preferential Import duty	Normal import tax
9021	Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.
902110	– Orthopaedic or fracture appliances
	– Artificial teeth and dental fittings:
90212100	– – Artificial teeth	Goods are not subject to VAT at the stage of self-production, fishing and selling, at the stage of importation, and the VAT rate of 5% is applied at the stage of commercial business (the import stage is not subject to VAT).	0	5
90213900	— Other	Goods are not subject to VAT at the stage of self-production, fishing and selling, at the stage of importation, and the VAT rate of 5% is applied at the stage of commercial business (the import stage is not subject to VAT).	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 Dentures to Vietnam:

When importing Dentures 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 Dentures 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 Dentures 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
90212100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
90213900	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 Dentures banned from importing to Vietnam?

According to the current regulation, Dentures 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 Dentures to Vietnam

What certificates are required in importing Dentures to Vietnam?

Medical cotton, bandages, gauze are under the specialized management of the Ministry of Health. When importing enterprises have to classify medical equipment

According to Decree 36/2016 / ND-CP on management of medical equipment, businesses need to prepare:

-The usual set of documents when importing goods

-Import license (if the item has HS code of Circular 14/2018 / TT-BYT)

-Business certificate or investment certificate

-The certificate of ISO 13485 or ISO 9001 international quality management standard is valid and the validity period of the manufacturer or manufacturer of the imported medical equipment.

-Certificate of free circulation for imported medical equipment and CFS products

-Authorization letter

-Product description catalog

-Technical document describing imported medical equipment and products in Vietnamese (Appendix 4)

– Results of clinical trial evaluation of medical equipment applied for import

=> Records published

-Classification paper

– Number of the receipt of application file (type A) or number of certificate of registration of circulation (B, C, D)

Management on declaration value

Dentures are under the specialized management of the Ministry of Health. When importing enterprises have to classify and have a receipt papers for dossiers of announcement of eligibility for classification for customs procedures.

According to Circular No. 14/2018 / TT-BYT dated May 15, 2018 and Circular 30/2015 / TT-BYT, the importer of dentures must apply for an import license when importing

What procedure of importing Dentures to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Dentures to Vietnam?

Customs dossier for importing Dentures 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 Dentures

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;

Medical equipment labels need to show:

a) Registration number or import license number of medical equipment;

b) Batch number or serial number of medical equipment;

c) Date of manufacture, expiry date: Specify expiry dates of sterilized or disposable medical equipment, reagents, calibration substances, control materials, chemicals. Specify date of manufacture or expiry date of other equipment/substances shall be presented with date of manufacture or expiry date; if medical equipment is a machine/equipment, year of manufacture or month, year of manufacture shall be specified;

d) Warnings, instructions for use, instructions for storage, warranty conditions or instructions on where to find them must be displayed on the label of medical equipment.

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