Criteria, documentation, procedures for import of used machinery, equipment, and technological lines

Criteria, documentation, procedures for import of used machinery, equipment, and technological lines

Rules for management of import of used machinery, equipment, and technological lines

Used machinery, equipment, and technological lines are not on the lists of goods banned from import or List of technologies prohibited or restricted from transferring promulgated compiled by the government, the Prime Minister, Ministries, and ministerial agencies

Import of used machinery, equipment, and technological lines must comply with regulations of the Law on goods import.

Directly serve the manufacturing of enterprises in Vietnam

Satisfy safety, energy-saving, and environmental protection requirements prescribed by applicable law.

Import criteria for used technological lines

It is manufactured in accordance with National Technical Regulations (QCVN) on safety, energy-saving, and environmental protection. In case of unavailability of National Technical Regulations (QCVN) for a technological line to be imported, it must be manufactured in conformity with technical indicators of Vietnam’s Standards (TCVN) or Standards of G7 countries or Korea with regard to safety, energy-saving, and environmental protection.

The remaining capacity (which is the number of products that the technological line produce in a given time period) or performance must achieve at least 85% of its design capacity or performance.

The amount of raw materials or energy consumed by the technological line shall not exceed 15% of its design consumption level.

A technology comprised in the technological line to be imported is being applied by at least 03 manufacturers of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Import criteria for used machinery and equipment

Its age does not exceed 10 years or follow rules with machinery and equipment in certain specific fields

It is manufactured in accordance with National Technical Regulations (QCVN) on safety, energy-saving, and environmental protection. In case of unavailability of National Technical Regulations (QCVN) for the type of machinery or equipment to be imported, it must be manufactured in conformity with technical indicators of Vietnam’s Standards (TCVN) or Standards of G7 countries or Korea with regard to safety, energy-saving, and environmental protection.

Documentation for importing used technological lines and machinery and equipment

The import documents prescribed by the Law on customs

The copy of the Certificate of enterprise registration bearing the importer’s seal. In case of entrusted import, the import entrustment agreement must be submitted;

For importing used technological lines: The inspection certificate issued by a designated inspection body that meets the requirements and contents of such inspection certificate must conform to Points a, b, c, d, dd Clause 1 Article 10 under the Government’s Decree No. 18/2019/QĐ-Ttg.

For importing used machinery and equipment: The original manufacturer’s certification that the manufacturing year and manufacturing standards applied to the used machinery or equipment if the machinery or equipment to be imported have been manufactured in any G7 countries or Korea. That certification must be consularly legalized and accompanied by its Vietnamese translation; The inspection certificate issued by a designated inspection body that meets the requirements if the machinery or equipment to be imported has been manufactured in any G7 countries or Korea without the manufacturer's certification or the machinery or equipment to be imported has been manufactured in a country other than G7 countries and Korea. Contents of such inspection certificate must conform to Points a, b, c, d, e Clause 1 Article 10 under the Government’s Decree No. 18/2019/QĐ-Ttg.

Procedures for importing used technological lines, machinery and equipment

The importer shall submit a set of import documents and additional documents to the customs authority where the customs declaration is registered;

The customs authority shall only initiate customs clearance procedures as regulated if received import documents and additional documents are sufficient and valid. The inspection certificate must include the conclusion that the used technological lines, machinery or equipment satisfies requirements.