List of scrap allowed to be imported from abroad as production materials

Specifically, scrap that is allowed to be imported from abroad as raw materials for production includes: Scrap iron, steel, and cast iron; plastic scraps and scraps; paper scraps; scrap glass; Non-ferrous metal scrap.

In particular, scrap iron, steel, and cast iron include: Scrap and scrap of cast iron (HS code 7204 10 00); scrap and scrap of alloy steel: Of stainless steel (HS code 7204 21 00); scrap and scrap of alloy steel: Other (HS code 7204 29 00); scrap and scrap of iron or tinplated steel (HS code 7204 30 00); Other scrap and scrap: Turning chips, shavings, scraps, rolling scales, sawdust, filing chips, cutting chips and burrs, whether or not pressed into blocks or packed into bales, cakes or bundles (HS code 7204 41 00); Other scrap and scrap: Other (HS code 7204 49 00).

Plastic scraps and scraps include: From ethylene-based polymers: Foam, not hard (HS code 3915 10 10); from ethylene-based polymers: Other (HS code 3915 10 90); from polymers of styrene: Other: Polymer Styrene (PS), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS); High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS); Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) (HS code 3915 20 90);…

Paper scrap: Kraft paper or kraft board or corrugated paper or board, unbleached (HS code 4707 10 00); Other paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not colored throughout (HS code 4707 20 00); paper or paperboard made mainly of pulp obtained by a mechanical process (for example, newsprint, magazines and similar publications) (HS code 4707 30 00).

Organizations and individuals that directly import scrap as raw production materials may only import scrap as raw production materials for their establishments in accordance with the designed capacity to produce products and goods.

Regarding transitional provisions, paper scrap with HS code 4707 90 00 is allowed to be imported from abroad according to the component environmental license (Certificate of eligibility for environmental protection in importing scrap as raw materials for products). export) that has been issued by a competent authority before June 1, 2023 can continue to import until the expiration of the component environmental license.

Plastic scraps and scraps with HS code 3915 90 00 that are allowed to be imported from abroad under the component environmental license or environmental license issued by the competent authority before June 1, 2023 are allowed to import from abroad. Continue import until the expiration date of the component environmental license or environmental license according to the corresponding HS codes specified in the List of scraps allowed to be imported from abroad as raw materials for production issued together with the Decision. This.

Types of scrap that are allowed to be imported from abroad under a component environmental license or environmental license issued by a competent authority before June 1, 2023 have different names (but the HS code does not change) Compared with this Decision, imports may continue until the validity of the environmental license or component environmental license expires.

This Decision takes effect from June 1, 2023 and replaces Decision No. 28/2020/QD-TTg dated September 24, 2020 of the Prime Minister promulgating the List of scrap allowed to be imported from foreign countries as raw materials for production.

From June 1, 2023, the import of small granular slag (sand slag) from the iron or steel industry (with HS code 2618 00 00) as raw material for cement production will be carried out in accordance with the law. products and goods of construction materials.