Imports of outdated machinery halted
VGP – The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) has decided to temporarily suspend imports of secondhand, outdated, and pollution-caused machines, equipment, production lines and technologies.
The regulation is applied to the equipment that the Chinese authorities had no longer used in 18 fields, namely iron production, coal refinery, metallurgy of copper, lead and zinc, electrolysis of aluminium, production of calcium carbide, chemical fiber, cement, flat glass, paper, wine, seasoning powder, citric acid, leather, dying and printing.
It is, however, invalid to second hand machines, equipment and line technologies which are imported for non-use purposes like temporary imports, re-importing, transit and trans-shipment.
Since September 15, 2012, Viet Nam Customs only allows the imports of second-hand equipment, machines and line technologies which were recognized by the MST for not belonging to the list of temporary suspension.
Importers have to submit dossiers of import and product origin to the MST for consideration./.
By Kim Loan
