DECISION

AMENDING THE IMPORT TAX RATES OF A NUMBER OF GOLD ITEMS UNDER HEADING NO. 7108 IN THE PREFERENTIAL IMPORT TARIFF

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 77/2003/ND-CP of July 1, 2003 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Tariff according to the List of commodity groups subject to import tax, promulgated together with Resolution No. 63/NQ-UBTVQH10 of October 10, 1998 of the Xth National Assembly Standing Committee, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 399/2003/NQ-UBTVQH11 of June 19, 2003 of the XIth 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 May 20, 1998 Law No. 04/1998/QH10 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Export Tax and Import Tax;
At the proposal of the director of the Tax Policy Department,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To amend the preferential import tax rates of a number of gold items under Heading No. 7108, prescribed in the Finance Minister's Decision No. 110/2003/QD-BTC of July 25, 2003 promulgating the Preferential Import Tariff, into new preferential import tax rates as follows:

Codes

Description of commodities

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7108

Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in forms of semi-finished products or in powder

- Non-monetary:

7108

11

00

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0.5

7108

12

- - Other unwrought forms:

7108

12

10

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0.5

7108

12

90

- - - Other

0.5

7108

13

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7108

13

10

- - - In rods, bars, profiles, foils and strips

1

7108

13

90

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0.5

7108

20

00

- Monetary

0.5

Article 2.- This Decision takes implementation effect and applies to the import goods declarations submitted to the customs offices 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

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