DECISION

AMENDING THE IMPORT TAX RATES OF A NUMBER OF COMMODITY ITEMS UNDER HEADING No. 2710 IN THE PREFERENTIAL IMPORT TARIFF

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the tax rate brackets prescribed in the Import Tariff according to the list of taxable commodity groups, promulgated together with Resolution No. 63/NQ-UBTVQH10 of October 10, 1998 of the X^th National Assembly Standing Committee;
Pursuant to Article 1 of the Government’s Decree No. 94/1998/ND-CP of November 17, 1998 detailing the implementation of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of May 20, 1998 Law No. 04/1998/H10 on Import Tax and Export Tax;
At the proposal of the General Director of Tax,

DECIDES:

Article 1To amend the preferential import tax rates of a number of commodity items under Heading No. 2710 prescribed in the Finance Minister’s Decision No. 104/2002/QD-BTC of August 28, 2002 into new ones as follows:

Code number

Description of commodity groups/items

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Heading

Subheading

2710

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations

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- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations:

2710

11

- - Light oils and preparations:

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...

...

11

11

- - - Lead petrol for engines, of high-grade type

25

2710

11

12

- - -Non-lead petrol for engines, of high-grade type

25

...

...

...

11

13

- - - Lead petrol for engines, of common type

25

2710

11

14

- - - Non-lead petrol for engines, of common type

25

...

...

...

11

15

- - - Other lead petrol for engines

25

2710

11

16

- - - Other non-lead petrol for engines

25

...

...

...

11

17

- - - Aircraft gasoline

15

2710

11

21

- - - White spirit

10

...

...

...

11

22

- - - Solvent petrol with low-content aroma, of less than 1%

10

2710

11

23

- - - Other solvent petrol

10

...

...

...

11

24

- - - Naptha, Reformate and other preparations for preparing petrol

25

2710

11

25

- - - Other light oils

25

...

...

...

11

29

- - - Other

25

2710

19

- - Other:

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...

...

- - - Medium oils and preparations:

2710

19

11

- - - - Common kerosene

10

...

...

...

19

12

- - - - Other kerosene, including vaporized oils

10

2710

19

13

- - - - Flight fuel, igniting at 23⁰C or higher

25

...

...

...

19

14

- - - - Flight fuel, igniting at less than 23⁰C

25

2710

19

15

- - - - Straight-circuit paraffin

10

...

...

...

19

19

- - - - Other medium oils and preparations

10

- - - Other:

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...

...

19

21

- - - - Original oil for preparing lubricants

10

2710

19

22

- - - - Lubricating oils used for aircraft engines

5

...

...

...

19

23

- - - - Other lubricating oils

20

2710

19

24

- - - - Grease

10

...

...

...

19

25

- - - - Oil used in hydraulic arresters

3

2710

19

26

- - - - Transformer oil and oil for electric circuit breakers

10

...

...

...

19

27

- - - - Diesel fuel for high-speed engines

5

2710

19

28

- - - - Other diesel fuel

5

...

...

...

19

29

- - - - Other fuel oil

0

2710

19

30

- - - - Other

10

...

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90

00

- Other

10

Article 2This Decision takes implementation effect and applies to the import goods declarations already submitted to the customs offices as from September 17, 2002. All the previous stipulations contrary to this Decision are hereby annulled.

FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER




Truong Chi Trung