NameRequirement to register Importer of Food
DescriptionThe importer of food to be consumed by humans under the responsibility of the ministry of health must be registered with the Department of Food and Drug, Ministry of Health
CommentsTo control, monitor,inspect food business, to ensure the safety of consumers and to avoid falsification by others
Validity From2012-02-24
Validity To9999-12-31
ReferenceArticle 6, point 1, para 6 of a decision No. 297/MOH and article 6, 2, 7.2, and article 13 of a Decision No. 1166/MoH
Technical Code
Measure TypeRegistration Requirement
AgencyMinistry of Health
Legal Document- Decision on Food Inspection No. 297/MOH
- Decision on Export-Import and Transit of Food No 1166/MoH, dated 21 June 2018
Is StandardNo
UN CodeA15
Measure ClassGood
Created Datetime2014-04-29 08:57:54
Updated Datetime2023-07-18 08:26:54
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
1 Registration and Import of Drugs, Cosmetics and Traditional Medicines Procedure for registering drugs prior to importation and Traditional Medicines. Cosmetics require Registration but do not require an Import License or Permit. General
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
1 Request for importation of drug samples for registration in Lao PDR. Request Request for importation of drug samples for registration in Lao PDR.Drug Sample Ministry of Health PDF
2 Checklist of Requirements for Drug Registration Checklist of Requirements for Drug Registration Ministry of Health PDF
3 Checklist of Requirements for Drug Re-registration Checklist of Requirements for Drug Re-registration Ministry of Health PDF
Commodity/s
# HS Code Description
1 0401101000 - - In liquid form
2 0401109000 - - Other
3 0401201000 - - In liquid form
4 0401209000 - - Other
5 0401401000 - - Milk in liquid form
6 0401402000 - - Milk in frozen form
7 0401409000 - - Other
8 0401501000 - - In liquid form
9 0401509000 - - Other
10 0402104100 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
11 0402104900 - - - Other
12 0402109100 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
13 0402109900 - - - Other
14 0402212000 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
15 0402219000 - - - Other
16 0402292000 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
17 0402299000 - - - Other
18 0402910000 - - Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
19 0402990000 - - Other
20 0403901000 - - Buttermilk
21 0403909000 - - Other
22 0404900000 - Other
23 0405100000 - Butter
24 0405200000 - Dairy spreads
25 0405901000 - - Anhydrous butterfat
26 0405902000 - - Butteroil
27 0405903000 - - Ghee
28 0405909000 - - Other
29 0406101000 - - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese
30 0406102000 - - Curd
31 0406201000 - - In packages of a gross weight exceeding 20 kg
32 0406209000 - - Other
33 0406300000 - Processed cheese, not grated or powdered
34 0406400000 - Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by Penicillium roqueforti
35 0406900000 - Other cheese
36 0408110000 - - Dried
37 0408190000 - - Other
38 0408910000 - - Dried
39 0408990000 - - Other
40 0409000000 Natural honey.
41 1501100000 - Lard
42 1501200000 - Other pig fat
43 1501900000 - Other
44 1502901000 - - Edible
45 1502909000 - - Other
46 1503001000 - Lard stearin or oleostearin
47 1503009000 - Other
48 1504102000 - - Solid fractions
49 1504109000 - - Other
50 1504201000 - - Solid fractions
51 1504209000 - - Other
52 1505001000 - Lanolin
53 1505009000 - Other
54 1506000000 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
55 1507100000 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed
56 1507901000 - - Fractions of unrefined soya-bean oil
57 1507909000 - - Other
58 1508100000 - Crude oil
59 1509901100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
60 1509901900 - - - Other
61 1509909100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
62 1509909900 - - - Other
63 1511100000 - Crude oil
64 1512110000 - - Crude oil
65 1512191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined sunflower-seed oil or safflower oil
66 1512199000 - - - Other
67 1512210000 - - Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed
68 1512291000 - - - Fractions of unrefined cotton-seed oil
69 1512299000 - - - Other
70 1513191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined coconut oil
71 1513199000 - - - Other
72 1513211000 - - - Palm kernel oil
73 1513219000 - - - Other
74 1513291100 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined palm kernel oil
75 1513291200 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined babassu oil
76 1513291300 - - - - Other, of unrefined palm kernel oil (palm kernel olein)
77 1513291400 - - - - Other, of unrefined babassu oil
78 1513299100 - - - - Solid fractions of palm kernel oil
79 1513299200 - - - - Solid fractions of babassu oil
80 1513299400 - - - - Palm kernel olein, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
81 1513299500 - - - - Palm kernel oil, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
82 1513299600 - - - - Other, palm kernel oil
83 1513299700 - - - - Other, of babassu oil
84 1514110000 - - Crude oil
85 1514191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
86 1514199000 - - - Other
87 1514991000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
88 1515110000 - - Crude oil
89 1515190000 - - Other
90 1515210000 - - Crude oil
91 1515291100 - - - - Solid fractions
92 1515291900 - - - - Other
93 1515299100 - - - - Solid fractions
94 1515299900 - - - - Other
95 1515301000 - - Crude oil
96 1515309000 - - Other
97 1515501000 - - Crude oil
98 1515502000 - - Fractions of unrefined oil
99 1515509000 - - Other
100 1515901100 - - - Crude oil
101 1515901200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
102 1515901900 - - - Other
103 1515902100 - - - Crude oil
104 1515902200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
105 1515902900 - - - Other
106 1515903100 - - - Crude oil
107 1515903200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
108 1515903900 - - - Other
109 1515909100 - - - Crude oil
110 1515909200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
111 1515909900 - - - Other
112 1516109000 - - Other
113 1516201100 - - - Of soya beans
114 1516201200 - - - Of maize
115 1516201400 - - - Of coconuts
116 1516201700 - - - Of ground-nuts
117 1516201800 - - - Of linseed
118 1516201900 - - - Other
119 1516205100 - - - Of linseed
120 1516205200 - - - Of olives
121 1516205900 - - - Other
122 1516209200 - - - Of linseed
123 1516209300 - - - Of olives
124 1516209400 - - - Of soya beans
125 1516209600 - - - Refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm kernel stearin
126 1516209800 - - - Of ground-nuts, of oil palm or of coconuts
127 1516209900 - - - Other
128 1517901000 - - Imitation ghee
129 1517902000 - - Liquid margarine
130 1517903000 - - Of a kind used as mould release preparations
131 1517904300 - - - Shortening
132 1517904400 - - - Imitation lard
133 1517905000 - - Other solid mixtures or preparations of vegetable fats or oils or of their fractions
134 1517906100 - - - In which ground-nut oil predominates
135 1517906200 - - - In which crude palm oil predominates
136 1517906300 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight not exceeding 25 kg
137 1517906400 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight exceeding 25 kg
138 1517906500 - - - In which palm kernel oil predominates
139 1517906600 - - - In which palm kernel olein predominates
140 1517906700 - - - In which either soya-bean oil or coconut oil predominates
141 1517906800 - - - In which illipe nut oil predominates
142 1517906900 - - - Other
143 1517909000 - - Other
144 1518001200 - - Animal fats and oils
145 1518001400 - - Ground-nut, soya-bean, palm or coconut oil
146 1518001500 - - Linseed oil and its fractions
147 1518001600 - - Olive oil and its fractions
148 1518001900 - - Other
149 1518002000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions of different animal fats or oils
150 1518003300 - - Of linseed
151 1518003400 - - Of olives
152 1518003500 - - Of ground-nuts
153 1518003600 - - Of soya beans or coconuts
154 1518003700 - - Of cotton seeds
155 1518003900 - - Other
156 1518006000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions thereof and vegetable fats or oils or fractions thereof
157 1520001000 - Crude glycerol
158 1520009000 - Other
159 1521100000 - Vegetable waxes
160 1521901000 - - Beeswax and other insect waxes
161 1521902000 - - Spermaceti
162 1522001000 - Degras
163 1701120000 - - Beet sugar
164 1701130000 - - Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
165 1701140000 - - Other cane sugar
166 1701910000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
167 1701999000 - - - Other
168 1702110000 - - Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
169 1702190000 - - Other
170 1702200000 - Maple sugar and maple syrup
171 1702301000 - - Glucose
172 1702302000 - - Glucose syrup
173 1702400000 - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
174 1702500000 - Chemically pure fructose
175 1702601000 - - Fructose
176 1702602000 - - Fructose syrup
177 1702901100 - - - Chemically pure maltose
178 1702901900 - - - Other
179 1702902000 - - Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
180 1702903000 - - Flavoured or coloured sugars (excluding maltose)
181 1702904000 - - Caramel
182 1702909100 - - - Sugar syrups
183 1702909900 - - - Other
184 1703101000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
185 1703109000 - - Other
186 1703901000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
187 1703909000 - - Other
188 1704100000 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated
189 1704901000 - - Medicated pastilles and drops
190 1704902000 - - White chocolate
191 1704909100 - - - Soft, containing gelatin
192 1704909900 - - - Other
193 1803100000 - Not defatted
194 1803200000 - Wholly or partly defatted
195 1804000000 Cocoa butter, fat and oil.
196 1805000000 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
197 1806100000 - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
198 1806201000 - - Chocolate confectionery in blocks, slabs or bars
199 1806209000 - - Other
200 1806901000 - - Chocolate confectionery in tablets or pastilles
201 1806903000 - - Food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, containing 40 % or more but not exceeding 50 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis
202 1806904000 - - Food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, containing 5 % or more but not exceeding 10 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, specially prepared for infants or young children, not put up for retail sale
203 1806909000 - - Other
204 1901101000 - - Of malt extract
205 1901102000 - - Of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04
206 1901103000 - - Of soya-bean powder
207 1901109100 - - - Medical foods
208 1901109900 - - - Other
209 1901201000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa
210 1901202000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, containing cocoa
211 1901203000 - - Other, not containing cocoa
212 1901204000 - - Other, containing cocoa
213 1901901100 - - - Medical foods
214 1901901900 - - - Other
215 1901902000 - - Malt extract
216 1901903100 - - - Filled milk
217 1901903200 - - - Other, containing cocoa powder
218 1901903900 - - - Other
219 1901904100 - - - In powder form
220 1901904900 - - - In other forms
221 1901909100 - - - Medical foods
222 1901909900 - - - Other
223 1902110000 - - Containing eggs
224 1902192000 - - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
225 1902194000 - - - Other noodles
226 1902199000 - - - Other
227 1902201000 - - Stuffed with meat or meat offal
228 1902203000 - - Stuffed with fish, crustaceans or molluscs
229 1902209000 - - Other
230 1902302000 - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
231 1902303000 - - Transparent vermicelli
232 1902304000 - - Other instant noodles
233 1902309000 - - Other
234 1902400000 - Couscous
235 1903000000 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.
236 1904101000 - - Containing cocoa
237 1904109000 - - Other
238 1904201000 - - Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes
239 1904209000 - - Other
240 1904300000 - Bulgur wheat
241 1904901000 - - Rice preparations, including pre-cooked rice
242 1904909000 - - Other
243 1905100000 - Crispbread
244 1905200000 - Gingerbread and the like
245 1905311000 - - - Not containing cocoa
246 1905312000 - - - Containing cocoa
247 1905401000 - - Not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
248 1905409000 - - Other
249 1905901000 - - Unsweetened teething biscuits
250 1905902000 - - Other unsweetened biscuits
251 1905903000 - - Cakes
252 1905904000 - - Pastries
253 1905905000 - - Flourless bakers’ wares
254 1905906000 - - Empty cachets and similar products of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use
255 1905907000 - - Communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
256 1905908000 - - Other crisp savoury food products
257 1905909000 - - Other
258 2001100000 - Cucumbers and gherkins
259 2001901000 - - Onions
260 2001909000 - - Other
261 2002901000 - - Tomato paste
262 2002902000 - - Tomato powder
263 2002909000 - - Other
264 2003100000 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
265 2003901000 - - Truffles
266 2003909000 - - Other
267 2004100000 - Potatoes
268 2004901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
269 2004909000 - - Other
270 2005201100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
271 2005201900 - - - Other
272 2005209100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
273 2005209900 - - - Other
274 2005591000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
275 2005599000 - - - Other
276 2005910000 - - Bamboo shoots
277 2005991000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
278 2005999000 - - - Other
279 2006000000 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
280 2007100000 - Homogenised preparations
281 2007910000 - - Citrus fruit
282 2007991000 - - - Fruit pastes other than of mangoes, pineapples or strawberries
283 2007999000 - - - Other
284 2008111000 - - - Roasted
285 2008112000 - - - Peanut butter
286 2008119000 - - - Other
287 2008191000 - - - Cashew nuts
288 2008301000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
289 2008309000 - - Other
290 2008601000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
291 2008609000 - - Other
292 2008701000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
293 2008709000 - - Other
294 2008971000 - - - Of stems, roots and other edible parts of plants, not including fruits or nuts whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
295 2008972000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
296 2008979000 - - - Other
297 2008994000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
298 2009110000 - - Frozen
299 2009120000 - - Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
300 2009190000 - - Other
301 2009210000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
302 2009290000 - - Other
303 2009310000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
304 2009390000 - - Other
305 2009410000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
306 2009490000 - - Other
307 2009500000 - Tomato juice
308 2009610000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
309 2009690000 - - Other
310 2009710000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
311 2009790000 - - Other
312 2009811000 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
313 2009819000 - - - Other
314 2009891000 - - - Blackcurrant juice
315 2009899100 - - - - Suitable for infants or young children
316 2009899900 - - - - Other
317 2009901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
318 2101119000 - - - Other
319 2101121000 - - - Mixtures in paste form with a basis of ground roasted coffee, containing vegetable fats
320 2101209000 - - Other
321 2101300000 - Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
322 2102100000 - Active yeasts
323 2102300000 - Prepared baking powders
324 2103100000 - Soya sauce
325 2103200000 - Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
326 2103300000 - Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
327 2104101100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
328 2104101900 - - - Other
329 2104109100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
330 2104109900 - - - Other
331 2104201100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
332 2104201900 - - - Other
333 2104209100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
334 2104209900 - - - Other
335 2105000000 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
336 2106100000 - Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
337 2106902000 - - Powdered alcohol
338 2106903000 - - Non-dairy creamer
339 2106904100 - - - In powder form
340 2106904900 - - - Other
341 2106905300 - - - Ginseng based products
342 2106905900 - - - Other
343 2106906100 - - - Preparations of a kind used as raw material for the manufacture of composite concentrates :- - - - Of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
344 2106906200 - - - Preparations of a kind used as raw material for the manufacture of composite concentrates :- - - - Of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
345 2106906400 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
346 2106906500 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in other forms
347 2106906600 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
348 2106906700 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
349 2106906900 - - - Other
350 2106909100 - - - Other, mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used for food processing
351 2106909200 - - - Flavoured or coloured syrups
352 2106909500 - - - Seri kaya
353 2106909600 - - - Other medical foods
354 2106909800 - - - Other flavouring preparations
355 2106909900 - - - Other
356 2201901000 - - Ice and snow
357 2201909000 - - Other
358 2202109000 - - Other
359 2204100000 - Sparkling wine
360 2204211400 - - - - Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.
361 2206001000 - Cider or perry
362 2206002000 - Saké
363 2206009100 - - Other rice wine (including medicated rice wine)
364 2206009900 - - Other
365 2207100000 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher
366 2207201100 - - - Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 99 % vol.
367 2207201900 - - - Other
368 2207209000 - - Other
369 2208205000 - - Brandy
370 2208209000 - - Other
371 2208400000 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products
372 2208500000 - Gin and Geneva
373 2208600000 - Vodka
374 2208901000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
375 2208902000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
376 2208903000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
377 2208904000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
378 2208905000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
379 2208906000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
380 2208907000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength not exceeding 57 % vol.
381 2208908000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength exceeding 57 % vol.
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