Vietnam has favorable natural conditions for the cultivation of chili and chili peppers with good quality without pesticides, ensuring the quality standards of food hygiene and safety and at reasonable prices, so Vietnam is the choice. Imported from China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, USA, Europe.
In order to properly determine import policies and procedures, it is necessary to first determine the HS code of the item.
HS Code for chili pepper
Chili peppers are specified under HS code: 07096010, which is an export tax-free item, and there is no export VAT.
The prerequisites for exporting chili are to issue a code of the growing area and a packing facility for chili for export, use only drugs on the list of pesticides permitted for use in Vietnam, and comply with the deadlines. isolation period to ensure drug residues do not exceed the regulations of the import market.
Issuing the code of the area for growing chili for export
Growing area code is an identification number for a growing area in order to monitor and control the production situation; Product quality control; traceability of plant products.
Step 1: Submit a request for registration of a planting area code
The gardener shall send a technical declaration requesting the grant of a planting area code and detailed dossiers to the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department.
Step 2: Survey and evaluate the chili growing area to apply for a code
The Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department considers and reviews the documents submitted by the establishment. If the application is met, an inspection and survey of the planting area will be conducted to apply for a code.
Step 3: Approve the issuance of the planting area code
The Plant Protection Department will appraise and issue a code for the satisfactory growing area, and send detailed information about the issued code to the importing country.
After the management agency of the importing country approves, the Plant Protection Department will notify and send the code to the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Provincial Sub-Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection to manage and supervise the planting area that has been granted the code.
Step 4: Hand over the planting area code
After the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Provincial Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department receives the notice, the notification will be sent to the grower who has been granted the planting area code.
Sub-Department of Plant Protection or Provincial Sub-Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection is in charge of periodic monitoring and evaluation in the planting area.
Certification that chili is grown and harvested from a qualified raw material area
Accordingly, in order for chili plants to meet Vietgap standards, it is necessary to note the following issues:
Should choose F1 chili varieties with good resistance to pests and diseases
Do not choose soil contaminated with chemicals or heavy metals
Apply fertilizers that are on the permitted list of the Ministry of Agriculture and use the correct procedure given
Apply agricultural mulch to reduce the amount of fertilizers and pesticides.
About chili harvesting conditions
General Requirements: Peppers must be harvested in dry and cold weather. Only fruits of suitable maturity, e.g. fruits of the characteristic shape, growth and color of the variety, are harvested. Chilli can also be harvested at the physiological (red) ripening stage.
Quality characteristics: Selection and grading should be done immediately after harvest. Chilies used for storage must be healthy, clean, hard, well developed, free from surface moisture, free from head damage and free from frost damage (cold wilt) and sunburn.
Storage: Peppers should be stored as quickly as possible after picking and sorting. Before storing, peppers must be kept for several hours in a cool place. When grading quality and size, each package must contain only chili peppers of the same variety or commercial variety, grade and size. Packaging must be handled carefully so as not to damage the surface of the peppers. The packages are stacked in such a way as to ensure air circulation through the stacks.
1. Temperature: The standard for assessing chili exports to China in terms of recommended storage temperature is that for other chili varieties, green peppers should be stored at a temperature of 7oC to 8oC and red peppers should be preserved. Store at 4°C to 6°C
2. Air circulation: The air circulation system used in the storage place must ensure stable temperature and uniform relative humidity
3. Relative humidity: Relative humidity is the most important factor to maintain fruit firmness. In storage, the relative humidity of the air should be between 90% and 95%. If the humidity of the air falls below 90%, the firmness of the fruit can be preserved by covering the packaging with polyethylene sheet and removing the cover every 1 to 2 hours to allow air circulation.
4. Storage time: For other chili varieties, the storage time ranges from 10-30 days depending on the variety, maturity level, climatic conditions and farming system.
5. Activities during and at the end of storage: Chili peppers are susceptible to rot, so it is necessary to check the quality of the fruit every 2-3 days and the fruits show signs of reduced firmness or damage due to pests or insects. , it must be removed immediately
Issuing a number of establishments packing chili for export
A packer number is a specified identifier assigned to a packer.
Packing House is a gathering place for an agricultural product. All processes from sorting, preliminary processing, storage and packaging are done here and follow the process in accordance with the phytosanitary requirements of the importing country.
Step 1: Register for a packing facility code
The establishment sends a technical declaration requesting the issuance of the packing establishment code and necessary information to the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Provincial Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department where the packing establishment is located.
Step 2: Evaluate the packing facility
Experts from the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department will directly visit the packing facility and give suggestions for the establishment to meet the regulations on setting up a packing facility.
Support to fix inappropriate content.
Step 3: Approve the issuance of the packing establishment code
The Plant Protection Department will conduct an appraisal and issue a code to a satisfactory packer, and send detailed information about the issued code to the importing country.
After the importing country approves, the Plant Protection Department will notify and send the code to the Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Provincial Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department to manage and supervise the packing facility that has been granted the code.
Step 4: Hand over the packing facility code
After the Sub-department of Plant Protection or the Sub-Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection of the province receives the notice, the notice will be sent to the establishment that has been granted the packing establishment code.
The Plant Protection Sub-Department or the Provincial Plantation and Plant Protection Sub-Department is in charge of periodic monitoring and evaluation at the packing facility.
Conformity announcement
According to Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP of the Government; stipulates that all organizations and individuals that are producing and trading food in Vietnam must conduct self-declaration of products (or declaration of conformity) for their products with competent state agencies before for sale and circulation in the market. Therefore, announcing the quality of dried chili is a mandatory activity that enterprises must perform.
How to set the test criteria for chili powder, chili fruit based on
Regulations on maximum limits of biological and chemical contamination in food (Decision No. 46/2007/QD-BYT);
National Technical Regulation on Microbial Contamination in Food (QCVN 8-3:2012/BYT);
National Technical Regulation on Metal Contamination Limits in Food (QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT);
The criteria of testing chili powder, chili
Sensory criteria: Color, Odor, Taste, Status, …
Quality indicators: Protein, Lipid, etc.
Microbiological criteria: E.coli, Salmonella, Aerobic microbiology, etc.
Indicator of heavy metals: Mercury content (Hg)
Average testing time is 05 – 07 working days.
Testing is carried out at state-recognized testing centers.
The test results are valid only when the testing centers meet the VILAS standard (Vietnam’s calibration and testing laboratory accreditation system) and Ilac-MRA International standard (the testing laboratory accreditation organization). international experience) implemented.
Phytosanitary Chili
According to Circular 33/ BNNPTNT/2041, when exporting chili peppers, they need to fill out a declaration on plant quarantine. If the enterprise exports for the first time, it will have to check at the packing warehouse.The shipment of chili peppers for export must undergo phytosanitary treatment, including 2 treatments with Methyl Bromide and cold treatment. Specifically:
treat Methyl Bromide with a dose of 32g/m3 in 2 hours or 18g/m3 in 5 hours;
cold treatment after Methyl Bromide treatment at 0.56-2.77°C for 4 days or 3.33-8.33°C for 11 days.
The Plant Protection Department will issue a Phytosanitary Certificate to a batch that meets the following requirements:
Goods from growing areas Plant Protection Department has granted the planting area code and packing establishment code which has been recognized by the importing country;
Confirming information about the phytosanitary treatment process based on the certificate of sterilization performed by service providers eligible to practice phytosanitary treatment;
Write an additional notice on the Phytosanitary Certificate with the content agreed with the General Department of Customs of the importing country.
Bring the dossier to the Plant quarantine sub-department to register for quarantine so that the Sub-department can check the validity of the dossier.
Quarantine agency conducts sampling for PLANT CHECKLIST at warehouses, ports – where consignments are awaiting export.
After taking the PLANTS sample, fumigate the consignment (required: bill of lading)
The time to issue a Phytosanitary Certificate for the consignment is within 24 hours from the beginning of the quarantine.
Time to issue fumigation certificate is from 1-2 days from the time of spraying.
Procedures for exporting chili
Prepare necessary documents to proceed
– Sales invoice (Bill);
– Bill of Lading (Bill of Lading);
– Red Invoice (Invoice);
– Packing list;
– Certificate of quality (CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY / QUALITY);
– Certificate of Origin (PHYTOSANITARY);
– Fumigation certificate (FUMIGATION);
– Commercial contract with the buyer
Bring the dossier to the customs office to register (in case the shipment is divided into yellow or red channel)
Certificate of C/O – Certificate of Origin
For export goods owners, the application for C/O is only in accordance with the provisions of the contract with foreign buyers. As for foreign buyers, the most important factor is a valid C/O that will help businesses enjoy import tax incentives.
For enterprises applying for C/O for the first time, they must have a Trader Profile Registration and a C/O application
Registration Trader profile includes:
– Register the signature sample of the person authorized to sign the C/O application form and the trader’s seal;
– Certificate of business registration (copy with a true copy of the original);
The list of goods-producing establishments applying for certificates of origin (if any) is made according to Form No. 02 specified in the Appendix to this Decree.
How to perform
– Internet (traders declare electronically for C/O application dossiers); declare through the Electronic Certificate of Origin and Management System at www.ecosys.gov.vn
Time limit for settlement
– Online: Within 6 working hours after the C/O issuer receives a complete and valid electronic dossier, the results of the C/O application review will be notified on the website. system.
– Directly: Within 8 working hours
– Postal: Within 24 working hours
The HS code of the goods declared on the Certificate of Origin is the HS code of the exporting country. In case the HS code of the exporting country is different from the HS code of the importing country for the same item, the trader is allowed to use the HS code of the importing country and is solely responsible for the accuracy of the HS code of the importing country. declared by the trader.
Dossier of application for C/O includes:
– An application form for a Certificate of Origin, fully and duly declared according to Form No. 04 specified in the Appendix to this Decree;
– C/O form has been completely declared: 01 original and 03 copies;
The export customs declaration that has gone through customs procedures (a copy with the signature of the competent person and the mark “true copy”), except for the cases in which the export goods are not required to declare the export customs declaration. according to the provisions of the law. In case there is a legitimate reason, the C/O applicant may submit this document after but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of the C/O;
A detailed declaration of exported goods meeting the preferential origin criteria or non-preferential origin criteria according to the form prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade
– And some other papers if the C/O-issuing agency considers it necessary such as: Customs declaration for import of raw materials and auxiliary materials; export license; sale contract; value-added invoices for domestic purchase and sale of raw materials; samples of raw materials, auxiliary materials or exported products; sea waybill; air waybill and other documents to prove the origin of exported products; Commodity production process
C/O issuers include: Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and authorized agencies.
Time limit: The time limit for issuance of C/O is not more than 03 working days from the time of receipt of complete and valid dossier.
Clearance of shipments, liquidation of export customs clearance declarations
