Currently, aluminum profiles are being used a lot in the construction industry to produce door frames, partitions, facades, ceilings, …
HS CODE OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE – PROFILE
In order to properly determine the import policies and procedures, it is necessary to first determine the .
Profiled aluminum bars of chapter 76 ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM PRODUCTS and under class 7604: “Aluminum in bars, rods and profiles”
IMPORT TAX OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURE – PROFILE
When importing aluminum profiles, enterprises need to pay taxes as follows:
Normal import tax: 7.5%
Preferential import tax: 5-10%
Value Added Tax (VAT): 10%
According to Circular No. 19/2019-TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction promulgating “regulations on national technical standards on products and goods of construction materials, aluminum products and aluminum profiles are in the list of For construction materials, a certificate of conformity is required.
PROCESS OF IMPORTING ALUMINUM BIGGERS
STEP 1: UP CUSTOMS DECLARATION AT IMPORT IMPORT STATE
Documents to make declaration include:Contract
Commercial invoice
Packing slips
Bill of lading
Certificate of Origin (if any)
STEP 2. PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION FOR QUALITY INSPECTION AT THE CERTIFICATE ORGANIZATION
For the certification of conformity for imported building material products and goods in general, enterprises can choose to check in the following two methods:
| Method 1: | Method 7: |
| This method applies to imported products manufactured by overseas production facilities that have built a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001.
Each time of import, Enterprises only need to provide additional “sample test results” to the Department of Construction and Customs. |
This method applies to imported products that do not have sufficient records of certification according to ISO 9001.
Each time of import, Enterprises submit all sample test results and certificate of conformity for each imported shipment to Construction and Customs. |
| The validity of the certificate of conformity according to mode 1 shall not exceed 01 year | The validity of the Certificate of Conformity under method 7 is only valid for batches of products and goods. |
Procedures for registration of quality inspection of building materials according to the Circular are as follows:
Registration documents include:
APPLICATION FOR STATE INSPECTION OF THE QUALITY OF IMPORTED GOODS, made according to Form No. 01 – Decree No. 74/2018/ND-CP
Import declaration
Note: The quality inspection process may change from time to time due to changes in the guiding documents of the Ministry of Construction and the General Department of Customs.
STEP 3: BRING THE GOODS TO THE STORE FOR STORAGE AND ASSESSING THE LOTS, COLLECTING A TEST SAMPLE
Enterprises shall submit a certificate of registration of state quality inspection certified by the Department of Construction to the Customs to bring the goods to the warehouse for preservation.
After that, the Enterprise notifies the certification body to assess the shipment and take test samples.
For aluminum profiles, the following basic criteria will be tested:
Tensile
Minimum elongation
Chemical composition
STEP 4: GET NOTICE OF STATE INSPECTION RESULTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
According to Official Letter No. 3138/BXD- VLXD “The agency performing the state inspection of the quality of imported goods for construction materials is the Department of Construction”
After obtaining the certificate of conformity with the conditions according to QCVN 16:2019/BXD, the Enterprise shall bring the certificate of conformity with the conditions to the Department of Construction to get the Notice of receipt of the Declaration of Conformity.
Depending on the process of each Department of Construction, the time to issue the Notice of State Inspection Results will be different, but the Enterprise needs to monitor the dossier to no later than 15 days.
STEP 5: CUSTOMIZATION OF SHIPMENTS, CLEARANCE OF DECLARATION
The enterprise submits a complete set of import dossiers and the Declaration of Conformity issued by the Department of Construction to the Customs for customs clearance of the shipment.
