Import Wood and wood products from Vietnam
Vietnam’s wood and wood products export has increased over past few year, during March 2021, Vietnam has 2nd ranking in the world related to wood and wood products exports.
Main markets for Vietnam’s wood and wood products currently are America, Japan, China, Korea, EU. Export turnover of Vietnam’s wood and wood products to those 5 main markets in 2020 are 89,7% of total export turnover of Vietnam’s wood and wood products. Main exported woods and woods products of Vietnam are: wood furniture, seats, particle boards, Plywood, veneered panels, tablets …
You are living outside Vietnam? You want to import Wood and wood products from Vietnam? You need to calculate freight from Vietnam to your place? You are looking for a qualified trust freight forwarder to handle your shipment? You want to know more about Vietnam’s procedure and export duties on exporting Wood and wood products from Vietnam?
In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years in providing freight and logistics services export Wood and wood products from Vietnam, share knowledge and advise on above issues.
Ban on wood and wood products export in Vietnam
- Logs, sawn timber from domestic natural forests in the List of prohibited Exports from Vietnam
> For more information, read the article List of prohibited exports from Vietnam
- Wood spicies belongs to forest fauna threatened with extinction and banned from exploitation or use for commercial purpose and species in CITES Appendix I naturally inhabiting Vietnam are listed in Group IA, Artical 4, Degree No. 06/2019/ND-CP dated 22 Jan 2019 by Vietnamese Government. Check the List of Restricted and Endangered Wood Species in Vietnam HERE
Dossiers on wood and wood products export in Vietnam
>> For more information about Vietnam customs system, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Customs System
Customs Duties on exporting Wood and wood products in Vietnam:
VAT on exporting Wood and wood products: pursuant to current stipulations, VAT on exported commodity is 0%
Export duty: Wood and wood products is not in Vietnam’s nomenclature of taxable exports, therefore, the exporters do not have to pay export tax.
Wood and wood products export from Vietnam are mainly in Chapter 44 Wood and Articles of Wood, Wood charcoal and Chapter 94 Furniture, Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and similar stuffed furnishings, lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illumiated signs, illuminated name – plates and the like, prefabricated buildings
Products under Chapter 94 are NOT BELONG to list of export dutiable goods
Many items under Chapter 44 are export dutiable goods. Export duties from 0% to 25%
Export wood and wood products to to members of CPTTP, EVFTA, UKVFTA can enjoy preferential export duty (eg. from 25% to 10%; from 10% to 5%)
HS of wood and wood products in Vietnam
To check details of HS and export duty of wood and wood products, you can refer to article: Export Duty on Wood and Wood Products in Vietnam
Common HS of wood and wood products exported from Vietnam are:
HS | Descriptions |
Chapter 44 | Wood and Articles of Wood, Wood charcoal |
4401 | Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms |
4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. |
4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood. |
4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end- jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm. |
4408 | Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm. |
4409 | Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V- jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed. |
4410 | Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances. |
4411 | Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances. |
4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood. |
441300 | Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes. |
441400 | Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects. |
4415 | Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood. |
4416 | Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves. |
4418 | Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes. |
Chapter 94 | Furniture, Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and similar stuffed furnishings …. |
9401 | Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof. |
94014000 | – Seats other than garden seats or camping equipment, convertible into beds |
– Other seats, with wooden frames: eg: Sofa, Sofa funiture; chair, table…. | |
94016100 | – – Upholstered: |
940169 | – – Other: |
940330 | – Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices |
940340 | – Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen |
940350 | – Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom |
940360 | – Other wooden furniture: |
Certificate of Vietnam origin of Wood and wood products
Currently, Vietnam have signed FTA with more than 50 countries in the world, there is possibility that you can enjoy special preferential import duty when you import Wood and wood products from Vietnam
List of some main export market for Vietnam wood and wood furniture, seats and other wood products…:
Country/Territory | FTA | Preferential export duty | Form C/O often used |
America | Not yet | No | Form B |
Japan | VJEPA, AJCEP, RCEP, CPTPP | CPTPP | Form CPTPP or VJ, AJ |
China | ACFTA, RCEP | No | Form E |
EU_27 | EVFTA | EVFTA | Form EUR.1 |
Korea | VKFTA, AKFTA, RCEP | No | Form AK or VK |
Australia | AANZFTA, RCEP, CPTTP | CPTPP | Form AANZFTA or CPTTP |
Canada | CPTPP | CPTPP | Form CPTTP |
Hongkong | AHKFTA | No | From AHK |
India | AIFTA | No | Form AI |
Taiwan | Chưa có | No | Form B |
Malaysia | ATIGA, CPTPP + FTAs signed together with ASEAN | CPTPP | From D or CPTPP |
UK | UKVFTA | UKVFTA | Form EUR.1 |
Thaland | ATIGA + FTAs signed together with ASEAN | No | From D |
Indonesia | ATIGA + FTAs signed together with ASEAN | No | From D |
Philipplines | ATIGA + FTAs signed together with ASEAN | No | From D |
>> 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
Overview of International transportation from Vietnam
Currently, centers of international airports and sea ports of Vietnam are:
From the North of Vietnam:
Export by sea: from Hai Phong (VNHPH)
Export by air: from Ha Noi (VNHAN)
From middle of Vietnam:
Export by sea and air: from Da Nang (VNDAD, VNDTS)
From South of Vietnam:
Export by sea and air: from Ho Chi Minh (VNSGN, VNHCM)
Most of all biggest airlines and shipping lines are having business in Vietnam, therefore, normally, it is convenient to find a shipping space.
For specific transportation time for specific route, you can find them in our website or contact ++84984870199 or info@hpgloballtd.com
>> For more information about this content, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Seaports and Overvew of International Airports in Vietnam
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