The new Decision is scheduled to take effect on November 15, 2020, replacing Decision No. 73/2014/QD-TTg dated December 19, 2014 providing the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
Decision No. 28 specifies 23 types of wastes/scraps permitted for import, down 13 types of wastes as regulated in Decision No. 73.
The following is the new list of wastes/scraps allowed to be imported until the end of 2021:
No |
Name of waste |
HS CODE |
||
1 |
Waste and scrap of cast iron |
7204 |
10 |
00 |
2 |
Waste and scrap of alloy steel: Of stainless steel |
7204 |
21 |
00 |
3 |
Waste and scrap of alloy steel: Other (other than those of stainless steel) |
7204 |
29 |
00 |
4 |
Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel |
7204 |
30 |
00 |
5 |
Other waste and scrap of iron or steel: Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles |
7204 |
41 |
00 |
6 |
Waste and scrap of iron or steel: Other |
7204 |
49 |
00 |
7 |
Waste and scarp of plastics off polyethylene (PE): soft, not firm |
3915 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
Waste and scarp of plastics of polyethylene (PE): Others |
3915 |
10 |
90 |
9 |
Waste and scarp of plastics of polystyrene (PS): Others |
3915 |
20 |
90 |
10 |
Waste and scarp of plastics of polyvinyl chloride (PVC): Others |
3915 |
30 |
90 |
11 |
Waste and scrap of other plastics of PET, PP, PC, PA, ABS, HIPS, POM, PMMA, EPS, TPU, EVA |
3915 |
90 |
00 |
12 |
Recovered paper or paperboard (waste and scarp): Unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard |
4707 |
10 |
00 |
13 |
Recovered paper or paperboard (waste and scarp): Other paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not colored in the mass |
4707 |
20 |
00 |
14 |
Recovered paper or paperboard (waste and scarp): Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (e.g., newsprints) |
4707 |
30 |
00 |
15 |
Recovered paper or paperboard (waste and scarp): Other, including also unsorted waste and scarp |
4707 |
90 |
00 |
16 |
Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in mass |
7001 |
00 |
00 |
17 |
Copper waste and scrap |
7404 |
00 |
00 |
18 |
Nickel waste and scrap |
7503 |
00 |
00 |
19 |
Aluminum waste and scrap |
7602 |
00 |
00 |
20 |
Zinc waste and scrap |
7902 |
00 |
00 |
21 |
Tin waste and scrap |
8002 |
00 |
00 |
22 |
Manganese waste and scrap |
8111 |
00 |
10 |
23 |
Granulated slag (slag sand) from manufacture of iron or steel |
2681 |
00 |
00 |
(Source:VGP)