Import Wine grapes to Vietnam: Customs procedures; import duty and transportation

You want to export Wine grapes 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 Wine grapes to Vietnam?  Import procedures for Wine grapes?

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

HS code and import duty of Wine grapes in Vietnam

HS code of Wine grapes 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

Wine grapes’s HS code Chapter 22: Beverages, spirits and vinegar

VAT and preferential import duty on WINE GRAPES to Vietnam in 2023

HS Code	Descriptions	VAT	Preferential Import duty	Normal import tax
2204	Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09.
22041000	– Sparkling wine	8	50	75
	– Other wine; grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol:
220421	– – In containers holding 2 l or less:
	– – – Wine:
22042111	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042113	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol. but not exceeding 23 % vol.	8	50	75
22042114	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.	8	50	75
	– – – Grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol:
22042121	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042122	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
220422	– – In containers holding more than 2 l but not more than 10 l:
	– – – Wine:
22042211	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042212	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol. but not exceeding 23 % vol.	8	50	75
22042213	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.	8	50	75
	– – – Grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol:
22042221	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042222	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
220429	– – Other:
	– – – Wine:
22042911	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042912	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol. but not exceeding 23% vol.	8	50	75
	– – – Grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol:
22042921	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22042922	– – – – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
220430	– Other grape must:
22043010	– – Of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75
22043020	– – Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 % vol.	8	50	75

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 Wine grapes to Vietnam

When importing Wine grapes 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 Wine grapes 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 Wine grapes 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
22041000	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*		25	25	0
22042111	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	9,1	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042113	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	9,1	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042114	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042121	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042122	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	9,1	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042211	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	9,1	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042212	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042213	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042221	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042222	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042911	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	9,1	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042912	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042921	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22042922	0 (-LA, MM)	0	65	65	50	20	65	50	59	*	M: 27; #: 23	*	20	25	25	0
22043010	0 (-MM)	0	65	65	50	40	65	50	59	*	M: 35; #: 30	*	20	27,5	27,5	0
22043020	0 (-MM)	0	65	65	50	40	65	50	59	*	M: 35; #: 30	*	20	27,5	27,5	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 Wine grapes banned from importing to Vietnam?

According to the current regulation, Wine grapes 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 Wine grapes to Vietnam 

What certificates are required in importing Wine grapes to Vietnam?  

Section 5. IMPORT OF ALCOHOL

Article 30. General provisions on import of alcohol

1. The distributor having the license for alcohol distribution shall be entitled to import alcohol and take responsibility for the quality and food safety of imported alcohol. The distributor shall only sell imported semi-finished alcohol to the producer having the license for mass production of alcohol.
2. The producer having the license for mass production of alcohol shall be entitled to import or authorize the import of semi-finished alcohol to produce finished alcohol.
3. Apart from the provision of Article 31 stated herein, imported alcohol shall:
4. a) have labels specified in accordance with the provision of Article 6 stated herein;
5. b) obtain the note of the declaration of conformity or the written confirmation of the declaration of food safety (if types of alcohol are not regulated by technical regulations) granted by a competent state authority before imported and comply with regulations of state inspection on food safety applying to imported food.
6. Alcohol shall only be imported into Vietnam through international checkpoints.

Article 31. Import of alcohol to follow procedures for issuance of notes of declarations of conformity or written confirmations of declarations of food safety

Every enterprise including the enterprise that has not obtained the license for mass production of alcohol or the license for alcohol distribution shall be entitled to import alcohol to follow procedures for issuance of the note of the declaration of conformity or the written confirmation of the declaration of food safety with the total volume not exceeding 3 liters/alcohol label. The imported alcohol mentioned above shall not be sold on the market.
(According to Decree No. 105/2017 / ND-CP dated September 14, 2017: Imported alcohol must be registered for the regulation conformity announcement at the competent authorities of Vietnam before importing and must be granted ” report the results of certification that food meets import requirements ”for each consignment according to current regulations)

Pursuant to Decree No. 38/2012 / ND-CP dated 25/4/2012 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety, stipulating: “Transparent management of food safety process of production, processing, storage, transport, export, import and trading of wines, beer, soft drinks, processed milk, vegetable oil, flour and starch processing products , cakes, jams, candies, and containers under their management. ”

Therefore, alcohol on the list of imported goods must be inspected for quality assurance, technical regulations and food safety before customs clearance under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Trade promulgated under Decision 3648. / QD-BCT dated 08/09/2016 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it is required to conduct specialized inspection according to current regulations)

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Customs procedure to import Wine grapes into Vietnam

What procedure of importing Wine grapes to Vietnam? What documents are needed when importing Wine grapes to Vietnam?

Due to the above-mentioned commodity policy, when carrying out customs procedures for importing grape wines, apart from the same procedure as for ordinary goods, the importer must have a regulation conformity announcement and quality inspection and affix import stamps password

Customs dossier for importing Wine grapes 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)
• Due to the above-mentioned commodity policy, when carrying out customs procedures for importing grape wines, apart from the same procedure as for ordinary goods, the importer must have a regulation conformity announcement and quality inspection and affix import stamps password

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Label for Wine grapes 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;

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