Change in the deadline and process of annual report for importer

In the circular 17/2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade informed that the current date for enterprises to submit their annual report has changed from January 15th to February 15th. Additionally, organizations no longer have to submit hard copies of their annual report, instead they can submit the digital version by filling in the form in the national chemical database. 

The annual report is mandatory for organizations that have trading activities with chemical substances belongs to the following lists according to current law, decrees and circulars: 

1. Chemicals subject to conditional production and trading 

2. Restriction chemicals 

3. Prohibited chemicals 

4. Industrial precursors 

5. Chemicals requiring incident prevention plan 

6. Chemicals subject to declaration  

Chemicals belonging to the first and second lists also require import permission certificate from Vietnam chemical agency. The permits are valid for 6 months. 

Any organizations wanting to import any chemicals in the above lists have to register themselves to become a legal entity and have their business registration certificate to obtain their tax number in Vietnam. The tax number is used for the trading activities as well as an account on Vietnam national chemical database system to submit their annual report.