TIGHTENING CONDITIONS TO EXPORT COAL
On July 15, 2013, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issues the Circular No. 15/2013/TT-BCT regulating on the coal export.
Accordingly, Coal may be exported only if they fully satisfy the conditions such as seeing of lawful origin as stipulated under the Circular no. 14/2013/TT-BTC dated July 15, 2013 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade regulating on doing business in coal and having been processed and reaching quality standards or other regulations (if any) based on the management of the Government on import- export in each period.
Beside above conditions, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall strengthen the control on coal export at the customs agencies, upon carrying out procedures for coal export, in addition to complying with customs regulations, enterprises shall produce the documents such as card of sample analysis for certifying the quality standard conformity of lots of exported minerals, issued by a laboratory that satisfies the VILAS standards and document proving the lawful origin of exported coal.
When carrying out customs clearance procedures, if a border-gate customs office has grounds to suspect that the lot of exported minerals does not satisfy the quality standards under this Circular, it may grant the customs clearance, and shall make a written record and take mineral samples for re-inspection. The inspection is conducted by a laboratory satisfying VILAS standards. If the inspection result confirms the suspicion, the exporter shall be penalized under current regulations and bear testing costs. If the inspection result shows that the lot of exported minerals satisfies the quality standards, the border-gate customs office shall bear testing costs.
This Circular takes effect on September 01, 2013 and replaces the Circular No. 05/2007/TT-BCT dated October 22, 2007.
