Issuing Date: 10/10/2022

Issuing authority: Ministry of Industry and Trade

In order to facilitate and reduce costs for enterprises, thus promoting export to promote exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issues Notice No. 257/TB-BCT on that traders requesting the grant of certain type of C/Os may download C/O forms and print such forms from the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Electronic Certificate of Origin Issuance System at the address https://ecosys.gov.vn, by themselves.

Types of C/Os: forms D, AANZ, AK, AI, AJ, E, AHK, RCEP, CPTPP, VK, VJ, VC, VN-CU and S.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has notified the competent authorities of the FTA partner countries about the above content. If any problems arise during the implementation process, enterprises should contact the Import-Export Department - Ministry of Industry and Trade (Tel: 024.2220.5361/5444/2468; Email: xnk-xxhh@moit.gov.vn) for timely handling.

During the transition period, from October 15, 2022 to the end of April 15, 2023, enterprises may continue to use C/O samples of the above types developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Notice (in Vietnamese) is attached below:

• Notice No. 257/TB-BCT on printing Certificate of Origin on A4 paper format

• Decree No.121/2022/ND-CP on Special Preferential Import Tariffs for implementation of the AANZFTA in the period 2022-2027
• Circular No. 07/2020/TT-BCT on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BCT on the implementation of rules of origin in the AANZFTA
• Circular No. 42/2018/TT-BCT amendments to the Circular 31/2015/TT-BCT on application of rules of origin in the AANZFTA
• Decree No.158/2017/NĐ-CP dated December 27th 2017 on promulgating Vietnam's special preferential import Tariff for implementation of the AANZFTA in the period 2018 – 2022