C/O MUST BE ISSUED 03 DAYS AFTER EXPORTATION
On March 30, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular No. 07/2020/TT-BCT on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BCT dated
September 24, 2015 of the Ministry of Industry of Trade on the implementation of rules of origin in the Agreement establishing the ASEAN – Australia – New Zealand Free Trade Area.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade amends the regulation on duration of issuing C/O in Appendix III of the Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BCT. To be specific, the C/O shall be issued as soon as possible to, but no later than three (03) working days after the date of exportation; in the former regulation, this duration shall be calculated from the date of exportation.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also supplements the regulation on interpretation of regulation related to the implementation of the Chapter on Rules of Origin. Those instructions and unanimous interpretations shall be alternative agreed by the member countries or be agreed on the report of the implementation meeting of the Sub-Commission on Rules of origin (RC-ROO), the Commission of the Goods (CTG) and the Federal Joint Commission (FJC) within the framework of the implementation of the Agreement. Those instructions shall be the basis for C/O issuing agencies and real customs authorities in implementation.
This Circular takes effect from October 01, 2015.
