Customs procedures and tax for importing milk into Vietnam

You want to import milk into Vietnam? You need to calculate freight from export warehouse to Vietnam? You want to know about Vietnam’s procedure and import duties on importing milk to Vietnam? Import procedures milk ?

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

HS code of milk 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

milk’s HS code

HS Code	Describe
0401	Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0402	Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
2202	Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non- alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.

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

Are milk banned from importing from Vietnam?

According to the current regulation, milk 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 milk to Vietnam

What certificates are required in importing milk to Vietnam?

According to state documents of Vietnam (ND 15/2018/ND-CP), when importing fresh milk, importers need to register of the product declaration and state inspection of food hygiene and safety. (Exempt from inspection of imported food hygiene and safety if the product has been granted a certificate of registration of the product announcement) – See more cases of exemption from food hygiene and safety inspection in Article 13 of Decree 15/ 2018/ND-CP

Summary of the fresh milk import process:

Step 1: Complete the purchase and transportation contract.

Step 2: If a sample is not available, import a sample for food safety testing. If a sample is available in Vietnam, take the sample for testing.

Step 3: After obtaining the testing results, allow the shipment to enter and submit the product declaration to the regulatory authority.

Step 4: Once the shipment arrives at the port/airport, complete customs clearance and submit the acceptance certificate of the declared product issued by the regulatory authority.

Step 5: After successful customs clearance, retrieve the goods and transport them to the warehouse.

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Customs procedure of import milk into Vietnam

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

Customs dossier for importing milk 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)
• The certificate of registered product declaration

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Label for milk 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;

d) Other contents according to the nature of each type of goods

In addition, with copper drinks, the label requires additional information:

a) Quantitative;

b) Date of manufacture;

c) Expiry date;

d) Composition or ingredient quantity;

d) Warning information;

e) Instructions for use, instructions for preservation.

Duties, Taxes on importing milk to Vietnam

When importing milk to Vietnam, the importer needs to pay import duty and value added tax (VAT).

VAT on milk: 8%

Preferential import duty on milk: 

• HS code 0401: 15%
• HS code 0402: 2-5%
• HS code 2202: 20 – 30%

Currently, Vietnam have signed FTA with more than 50 countries in the world. In case milk 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.

→ 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

Select HP Global as the freight forwarder/customs brokerage for your shipments import milk into Vietnam 

HP Global is a freight forwarder with a top reputation in Vietnam.

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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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