Title: Joint Circular 14/2009/TTLT-BCT-BTC Guiding the certification of and procedures for import and export of rough diamonds for the purpose of implementing the Kimberley Proces

Type: Joint Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Issuing Date: 23-06-2009

 

Conditions for import or export of rough diamonds

1. Traders may only import rough diamonds from or export rough diamonds to Participants in the KP Certification Scheme (Annex I, not printed herein). In case of any change in the KP Certification Scheme's Participants, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall update, modify and supplement this list.

2. Shipments of rough diamonds may be exported to a Participant only with valid KP Certificates (Annex II. not printed herein) issued by a competent Vietnamese state agency.

3. Shipments of rough diamonds may be imported from a Participant only with valid KP certificates issued by a competent agency of the country of provenance being a Participant.

4. Imported or exported shipments of rough diamonds must be transported in anti-theft containers with unbroken seals.

Transit of shipments of rough diamonds

Traders are required neither to produce KP Certificates nor carry out any procedures specified in Section II or III of this Circular for shipments of rough diamonds transiting the Vietnamese territory but shall observe the Vietnamese law on goods transit.

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