CIRCULAR

INTRODUCING THE LIST OF PESTICIDES PERMITTED OR PROHIBITED IN VIETNAM AND DECLARING HS CODES FOR PESTICIDES PERMITTED OR PROHIBITED IN VIETNAM

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 199/2013/NĐ-CP dated November 26, 2013 on defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

Pursuant to the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine No. 41/2013/QH13 dated November 25, 2013;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 187/2013/NĐ-CP dated November 20, 2013 on providing specific provisions on implementation of the Law on Commerce on international commodity trading operations and operations of commodity buying, selling, processing and transiting agents in association with foreign partners;

Pursuant to the Circular No. 156/2011/TT-BTC of the Minister of Finance dated November 14, 2011 on introduction of the list of imported and exported goods in Vietnam;

Pursuant to the Circular No. 164/2013/TT-BTC of the Minister of Finance dated November 15, 2013 on introduction of the export tax schedule and import incentive tax schedule following the list of taxable commodities;

After considering the request of the Director of Plant Protection Department;

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development hereby introduces the list of pesticides permitted or prohibited in Vietnam and declaring HS codes for pesticides permitted or prohibited in Vietnam.

Article 1. The following lists are annexed to this Circular:

1. The list of pesticides permitted in Vietnam given in the Appendix I enclosed herewith, including:

a) Pesticides used in agriculture:

- Pest control products: 769 active ingredients and 1690 commercial names.

- Disease control products: 607 active ingredients and 1295 commercial names.

- Herbicide: 223 active ingredients and 678 commercial names.

- Rodenticides: 10 active ingredients and 26 commercial names.

- Plant-growth regulators: 51 active ingredients and 143 commercial names.

- Insect attractants: 8 active ingredients and 9 commercial names.

- Molluscicides: 26 active ingredients and 141 commercial names.

- Inert substances (spreaders): 5 active ingredients and 6 commercial names.

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