Decree on Origin of Import and Export Goods
关于进出口商品原产地的法令
ດຳລັດ ວ່າດ້ວຍແຫຼ່ງກຳເນີດສິນຄ້ານຳເຂົ້າ ແລະ ສົ່ງອອກ
Summary
This Decree prescribes principles and regulations on the origin of imported and exported goods to promote domestic and foreign trade and investment, secure trade preferences, protect the environment, and regulate origin determination, certificate issuance, customs declaration, management, inspection, and handling of violations.
Articles
Article 1
Purpose. This Law stipulates principles and regulations concerning the origin of goods for import and export, aiming to promote domestic and foreign trade and investment, secure preferential trade treatment, protect the environment, enable the national economy to develop, grow stably and robustly, and improve the lives of people of all ethnic groups.
Article 2
Origin of Goods. The origin of goods refers to the place where the goods are produced, or the place where the goods have undergone processing or production under the conditions stipulated in this Decree.
Article 3
Definition of Terms. The terms used in this Decree shall have the following meanings: 1. Preferential rules of origin refer to the system used to determine the origin of goods under free trade agreements between two or more countries, whereby goods originating from a contracting party to such agreement shall receive reductions in import duties; 2. Non-preferential rules of origin refer to the system used to determine the origin of imported goods for the purpose of implementing the most-favored-nation treatment principle, anti-dumping and countervailing measures, protection of domestic producers, import quantity restrictions, government procurement, and the collection of trade statistics; 3. Substantial transformation of goods refers to the processing or production of goods such that they become another type of goods different in nature, form, function, basic characteristics, or purpose of use from the imported raw materials used to produce them; 4. Issuing authority of certificates of origin refers to the competent personnel of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce or authorized representatives who issue certificates of origin for exported goods; 5. Personnel authorized to inspect and approve certificates of origin for imported goods refers to customs officers; 6. Certificate of origin refers to a document issued by competent personnel or authorized agencies of the exporting country to indicate the place where the goods were produced or processed; 7. Goods refer to materials or products that have been produced and possess commercial value; 8. Materials refer to substances, mixtures, components, ingredients, parts, or items that are combined to form another good or are processed through manufacturing to become another good.
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