Circular No. 33/2025/TT-BCT
Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of circular no. 01/2018/tt-bct dated february 27, 2018 of the minister of industry and trade providing detailed regulations on goods traded and exchanged through border sub-gates and border openings by traders
In force from 21/07/2025. Effect status per Vietnam's national legal database, checked 29/07/2026 view source.
Unofficial English translation for reference only — the Vietnamese original is the legally authoritative text.
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
No.: 33/2025/TT-BCT
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
Hanoi, June 2, 2025
CIRCULAR
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 01/2018/TT-BCT DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2018 OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE PROVIDING DETAILED REGULATIONS ON GOODS TRADED AND EXCHANGED THROUGH BORDER SUB-GATES AND BORDER OPENINGS BY TRADERS
Pursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade Management dated June 12, 2017;
Pursuant to Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP dated February 26, 2025 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
Pursuant to Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP dated January 23, 2018 of the Government detailing border trade activities;
Pursuant to Decree No. 122/2024/ND-CP dated October 4, 2024 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP;
At the proposal of the Director General of the Import and Export Department,
The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 01/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade providing detailed regulations on goods traded and exchanged through border sub-gates and border openings by traders.
Article 1. Annulment of Point c, Clause 2, Article 3, and replacement of Appendix I of Circular No. 01/2018/TT-BCT dated February 27, 2018 of the Minister of Industry and Trade providing detailed regulations on goods traded and exchanged through border sub-gates and border openings by traders
1. To annul Point c, Clause 2, Article 3 of Circular No. 01/2018/TT-BCT.
2. To replace Appendix I issued together with Circular No. 01/2018/TT-BCT with the Appendix issued together with this Circular.
Article 2. Implementation provisions
This Circular takes effect from July 21, 2025./.
Recipients:
- Office of the General Secretary;
- Office of the President;
- Office of the National Assembly;
- Standing Committee of the National Assembly;
- Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly;
- Office of the Government;
- The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers;
- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies;
- The Supreme People's Procuracy;
- The Supreme People's Court;
- The State Audit Office;
- Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front;
- People's Committees and People's Councils of provinces and centrally-run cities;
- Department of Legal Document Examination and Administrative Sanction Management, Ministry of Justice;
- Department of Administrative Procedure Control, Office of the Government;
- Leaders of the Ministry;
- Units under the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
- Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and centrally-run cities;
- Government Electronic Information Portal; Electronic Information Portal of
the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
- Official Gazette;
- Filed: Administration Department, Import-Export Department (10b).
ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyễn Sinh Nhật Tân
APPENDIX
(Enclosed with Circular No. 33/2025/TT-BCT dated June 2, 2025 of the Minister of Industry and Trade)
LIST OF GOODS TRADED AND EXCHANGED BY TRADERS THROUGH BORDER SUB-GATES AND BORDER OPENINGS OUTSIDE BORDER-GATE ECONOMIC ZONES
I. Application principles
1. Where a 2-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes under this Chapter.
2. Where a 4-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes under this 4-digit heading.
3. Where a 6-digit HS code is listed, it applies to all 8-digit HS codes under this 6-digit subheading.
4. Where an HS code is listed up to 8 digits, it applies only to that specific 8-digit HS code.
II. List of goods
| Chapter | Group | Subheading | Subheading | Description of goods |
| Chapter 07 | 0714 | 10 | - Manioc (cassava): | |
| Chapter 08 | - Cashew nuts: | |||
| 0801 | 31 | 00 | - - In shell | |
| 0801 | 32 | 00 | - - Shelled | |
| Chapter 10 | 1005 | Maize (corn) | ||
| Chapter 11 | The whole of Chapter 11 | |||
| Chapter 12 | 1201 | Soya beans, whether or not broken | ||
| 1212 | 93 | - - Sugar cane: | ||
| Chapter 25 | The whole of Chapter 25 except heading 2501 | |||
| Chapter 26 | The whole of Chapter 26 except HS codes: 2618.00.00, 2619.00.00 and headings: 2620, 2621 | |||
| Chapter 27 | 2701 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | ||
| 2704 | Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon | |||
| Chapter 39 | The whole of Chapter 39 except HS headings: 3915, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926 | |||
| Chapter 40 | The whole of Chapter 40 except HS code 4004.00.00 and headings: 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017 | |||
| Chapter 41 | The whole of Chapter 41 except HS headings: 4101, 4102, 4103 | |||
| Chapter 44 | The whole of Chapter 44 except HS headings: 4403, 4407, 4414, 4415, 4416, 4417, 4418, 4419, 4420 | |||
| Chapter 50 | The whole of Chapter 50 | |||
| Chapter 51 | The whole of Chapter 51 except heading 5103 | |||
| Chapter 52 | The whole of Chapter 52 except heading 5202 | |||
| Chapter 53 | The whole of Chapter 53 | |||
| Chapter 54 | The whole of Chapter 54 | |||
| Chapter 55 | The whole of Chapter 55 | |||
| Chapter 56 | The whole of Chapter 56 | |||
| Chapter 58 | The whole of Chapter 58 except headings: 5805, 5811 | |||
| Chapter 59 | The whole of Chapter 59 | |||
| Chapter 60 | The entire Chapter 60 | |||
| Chapter 72 | 7201 | Pig iron and, spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | ||
| 7202 | Ferro-alloys | |||
| Chapter 73 | The whole of Chapter 73 except headings 7321, 7322, 7323, 7324, 7325, 7326 | |||
| Chapter 74 | The whole of Chapter 74 except HS code 7404.00.00 and heading 7418 | |||
| Chapter 75 | The whole of Chapter 75 except HS code 7503.00.00 | |||
| Chapter 76 | The whole of Chapter 76 except HS code 7602.00.00 and headings 7615, 7616 | |||
| Chapter 78 | The whole of Chapter 78 except HS code 7802.00.00 and heading 7806 | |||
| Chapter 79 | The whole of Chapter 79 except HS code 7902.00.00 and heading 7907 | |||
| Chapter 80 | The whole of Chapter 80 except HS code 8002.00.00 and heading 8007 |
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