New list of wastes allowed to be imported for use as production materials

04:09, 28/09/2020

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed Decision No. 28/2020/QD-TTg providing the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
 
 

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed Decision No. 28/2020/QD-TTg providing the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.

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)