TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CIRCULAR NO. 03/2019/TT-BCT ON THE RULE OF ORIGIN
The Ministry of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular No. 06/2020/TT-BCT on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT dated January 22, 2019 of the
Ministry of Industry and Trade on providing the rules of origin under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on March 24, 2020.
In accordance with this Circular, the Ministry of Industry and Trade supplements the regulations on De Minimis for textile and apparel goods in Article 29 of the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT. Specifically, the Ministry explains the concept of "wholly formed" in Clause 3 as: the entire manufacturing process and finishing stage, from extruding filament, strip, film or sheet, and including stretching filaments or films or sheets into strips, or the process of drawing fibers into yarns, or both, and finally acquiring a finished yarn or plied yarn.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also replaces 04 Appendices attached to the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BCT by Appendices attached to this Circular. The replaced Appendices include: Appendix III - De Minimis exceptions, Appendix IV - Vietnam’s CPTPP C/Os form, Appendix V - Form of supplementary declaration to Vietnam’s CPTPP C/Os and Appendix VI - Guidance for filling CPTPP C/Os and supplementary declarations.
This Circular takes effect on May 08, 2020.
