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2020 K-V Economic Cooperation Work Program
Disseminating Information on Used Machinery and
Equipment Import Regulations of Viet Nam for K-V Investment Promotion

2. Scope that does not apply to Decision 18

Decision 18 stipulates items that do not apply to import of used machinery, equipment and technological

lines.

<Figure 7> Not applicable items to Decision 18

Article 1. Scope

2. This Decision does not apply to import of used machinery, equipment and technological lines that are:
a) transited or transshipped;
b) under merchanting;
c) temporarily imported for re-export;
d) temporarily imported for re-export in other forms prescribed in Article 15 and temporarily exported for
re-import as prescribed in Article 17 of the Government's Decree No. 69/2018/ND-CP dated May 15,
2018 (except for those temporarily imported to serve execution of processing contracts; those imported
for manufacturing or execution of construction projects);
dd) imported to execute maintenance/repair contracts with foreign parties;
e) traded among enterprises in an export-processing zone or free trade zone; liquidated assets sold by enter
prises in an export-processing zone to other domestic enterprises;
g) transferred from foreign parties upon the expiration of processing contracts or lease-purchase agreements;
repurposed for domestic sale upon the expiration of license for temporary import for execution of
construction contracts or in the lease form for execution of processing contracts with foreign parties;
transferred among enterprises executing processing contracts for foreign parties;
h) meant to serve research and development and cannot be domestically manufactured; meant to serve
national defense and security objectives at the request of relevant Ministries;
i) machinery and equipment on the List of potentially unsafe goods (List of Group 2 goods) issued by
relevant Ministries according to the Law on quality of products and goods;
k) machinery and equipment in specialized sectors provided for in legislative documents of ministries or
ministerial agencies.

[Source] The Prime Minister Decision No.: 18/2019/QD-TTg.

G1.5 Intermediary Trade, Re-import, and Unsafe machinery, etc.

According to this article, Enterprise should be aware if used machinery and equipment
would be fallen into the categories below before exporting them to Vietnam;

Intermediary and merchandising trade: point a) to b)

Temporarily export to Vietnam for re-import: point c) to d)

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