NameLabelling Requirement for Imported Food
DescriptionAll food imported into Laos must be labelled indicating the correct details and information about the food
CommentsFor the protection of consumers' health
Validity From2009-03-18
Validity To9999-12-31
ReferenceArticle 4, 5 of the Decision No. 519/MOH, article 27 of a decision No. 1166/MOH, and article 29 of the law No. 33/NA o
Technical Code
Measure TypeTBT
AgencyMinistry of Health
Legal Document- Law on Food (Amended) No. 33/NA, dated 24 July 2013
- Decision on Labelling for Food Product No. 519/MOH, dated 18 March 2009
- Decision on Export-Import and Transit of Food No 1166/MoH, dated 21 June 2018
Is StandardNo
UN CodeA31
Measure ClassGood
Created Datetime2014-05-05 14:01:53
Updated Datetime2023-07-18 09:23:08
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
1 Procedure for Import of Food Procedure for importing all food products. Import
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
1 Request for Food Import Permit Request for Food Import Permit Ministry of Health PDF
2 Import Permit (Food) Import Permit (Food) 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 0409000000 Natural honey.
37 1501100000 - Lard
38 1501200000 - Other pig fat
39 1501900000 - Other
40 1502901000 - - Edible
41 1502909000 - - Other
42 1503001000 - Lard stearin or oleostearin
43 1503009000 - Other
44 1504102000 - - Solid fractions
45 1504109000 - - Other
46 1504201000 - - Solid fractions
47 1504209000 - - Other
48 1505001000 - Lanolin
49 1505009000 - Other
50 1506000000 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
51 1507100000 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed
52 1507901000 - - Fractions of unrefined soya-bean oil
53 1507909000 - - Other
54 1508100000 - Crude oil
55 1509901100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
56 1509901900 - - - Other
57 1509909100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
58 1509909900 - - - Other
59 1511100000 - Crude oil
60 1512110000 - - Crude oil
61 1512191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined sunflower-seed oil or safflower oil
62 1512199000 - - - Other
63 1512210000 - - Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed
64 1512291000 - - - Fractions of unrefined cotton-seed oil
65 1512299000 - - - Other
66 1513191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined coconut oil
67 1513199000 - - - Other
68 1513211000 - - - Palm kernel oil
69 1513219000 - - - Other
70 1513291100 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined palm kernel oil
71 1513291200 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined babassu oil
72 1513291300 - - - - Other, of unrefined palm kernel oil (palm kernel olein)
73 1513291400 - - - - Other, of unrefined babassu oil
74 1513299100 - - - - Solid fractions of palm kernel oil
75 1513299200 - - - - Solid fractions of babassu oil
76 1513299400 - - - - Palm kernel olein, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
77 1513299500 - - - - Palm kernel oil, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
78 1513299600 - - - - Other, palm kernel oil
79 1513299700 - - - - Other, of babassu oil
80 1514110000 - - Crude oil
81 1514191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
82 1514199000 - - - Other
83 1514991000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
84 1515110000 - - Crude oil
85 1515190000 - - Other
86 1515210000 - - Crude oil
87 1515291100 - - - - Solid fractions
88 1515291900 - - - - Other
89 1515299100 - - - - Solid fractions
90 1515299900 - - - - Other
91 1515301000 - - Crude oil
92 1515309000 - - Other
93 1515501000 - - Crude oil
94 1515502000 - - Fractions of unrefined oil
95 1515509000 - - Other
96 1515901100 - - - Crude oil
97 1515901200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
98 1515901900 - - - Other
99 1515902100 - - - Crude oil
100 1515902200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
101 1515902900 - - - Other
102 1515903100 - - - Crude oil
103 1515903200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
104 1515903900 - - - Other
105 1515909100 - - - Crude oil
106 1515909200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
107 1515909900 - - - Other
108 1516109000 - - Other
109 1516201100 - - - Of soya beans
110 1516201200 - - - Of maize
111 1516201400 - - - Of coconuts
112 1516201700 - - - Of ground-nuts
113 1516201800 - - - Of linseed
114 1516201900 - - - Other
115 1516205100 - - - Of linseed
116 1516205200 - - - Of olives
117 1516205900 - - - Other
118 1516209200 - - - Of linseed
119 1516209300 - - - Of olives
120 1516209400 - - - Of soya beans
121 1516209600 - - - Refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm kernel stearin
122 1516209800 - - - Of ground-nuts, of oil palm or of coconuts
123 1516209900 - - - Other
124 1517901000 - - Imitation ghee
125 1517902000 - - Liquid margarine
126 1517903000 - - Of a kind used as mould release preparations
127 1517904300 - - - Shortening
128 1517904400 - - - Imitation lard
129 1517905000 - - Other solid mixtures or preparations of vegetable fats or oils or of their fractions
130 1517906100 - - - In which ground-nut oil predominates
131 1517906200 - - - In which crude palm oil predominates
132 1517906300 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight not exceeding 25 kg
133 1517906400 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight exceeding 25 kg
134 1517906500 - - - In which palm kernel oil predominates
135 1517906600 - - - In which palm kernel olein predominates
136 1517906700 - - - In which either soya-bean oil or coconut oil predominates
137 1517906800 - - - In which illipe nut oil predominates
138 1517906900 - - - Other
139 1517909000 - - Other
140 1518001200 - - Animal fats and oils
141 1518001400 - - Ground-nut, soya-bean, palm or coconut oil
142 1518001500 - - Linseed oil and its fractions
143 1518001600 - - Olive oil and its fractions
144 1518001900 - - Other
145 1518002000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions of different animal fats or oils
146 1518003300 - - Of linseed
147 1518003400 - - Of olives
148 1518003500 - - Of ground-nuts
149 1518003600 - - Of soya beans or coconuts
150 1518003700 - - Of cotton seeds
151 1518003900 - - Other
152 1518006000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions thereof and vegetable fats or oils or fractions thereof
153 1520001000 - Crude glycerol
154 1520009000 - Other
155 1521100000 - Vegetable waxes
156 1521901000 - - Beeswax and other insect waxes
157 1521902000 - - Spermaceti
158 1522001000 - Degras
159 1522009000 - Other
160 1701120000 - - Beet sugar
161 1701130000 - - Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
162 1701140000 - - Other cane sugar
163 1701910000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
164 1701999000 - - - Other
165 1702110000 - - Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
166 1702190000 - - Other
167 1702200000 - Maple sugar and maple syrup
168 1702301000 - - Glucose
169 1702302000 - - Glucose syrup
170 1702400000 - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
171 1702500000 - Chemically pure fructose
172 1702601000 - - Fructose
173 1702602000 - - Fructose syrup
174 1702901100 - - - Chemically pure maltose
175 1702901900 - - - Other
176 1702902000 - - Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
177 1702903000 - - Flavoured or coloured sugars (excluding maltose)
178 1702904000 - - Caramel
179 1702909100 - - - Sugar syrups
180 1702909900 - - - Other
181 1703101000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
182 1703109000 - - Other
183 1703901000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
184 1703909000 - - Other
185 1704100000 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated
186 1704901000 - - Medicated pastilles and drops
187 1704902000 - - White chocolate
188 1704909100 - - - Soft, containing gelatin
189 1704909900 - - - Other
190 1803100000 - Not defatted
191 1803200000 - Wholly or partly defatted
192 1804000000 Cocoa butter, fat and oil.
193 1805000000 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
194 1806100000 - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
195 1806201000 - - Chocolate confectionery in blocks, slabs or bars
196 1806209000 - - Other
197 1806901000 - - Chocolate confectionery in tablets or pastilles
198 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
199 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
200 1806909000 - - Other
201 1901101000 - - Of malt extract
202 1901102000 - - Of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04
203 1901103000 - - Of soya-bean powder
204 1901109100 - - - Medical foods
205 1901109900 - - - Other
206 1901201000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa
207 1901202000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, containing cocoa
208 1901203000 - - Other, not containing cocoa
209 1901204000 - - Other, containing cocoa
210 1901901100 - - - Medical foods
211 1901901900 - - - Other
212 1901902000 - - Malt extract
213 1901903100 - - - Filled milk
214 1901903200 - - - Other, containing cocoa powder
215 1901903900 - - - Other
216 1901904100 - - - In powder form
217 1901904900 - - - In other forms
218 1901909100 - - - Medical foods
219 1901909900 - - - Other
220 1902110000 - - Containing eggs
221 1902192000 - - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
222 1902194000 - - - Other noodles
223 1902199000 - - - Other
224 1902201000 - - Stuffed with meat or meat offal
225 1902203000 - - Stuffed with fish, crustaceans or molluscs
226 1902209000 - - Other
227 1902302000 - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
228 1902303000 - - Transparent vermicelli
229 1902304000 - - Other instant noodles
230 1902309000 - - Other
231 1902400000 - Couscous
232 1903000000 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.
233 1904101000 - - Containing cocoa
234 1904109000 - - Other
235 1904201000 - - Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes
236 1904209000 - - Other
237 1904300000 - Bulgur wheat
238 1904901000 - - Rice preparations, including pre-cooked rice
239 1904909000 - - Other
240 1905100000 - Crispbread
241 1905200000 - Gingerbread and the like
242 1905311000 - - - Not containing cocoa
243 1905312000 - - - Containing cocoa
244 1905401000 - - Not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
245 1905409000 - - Other
246 1905901000 - - Unsweetened teething biscuits
247 1905902000 - - Other unsweetened biscuits
248 1905903000 - - Cakes
249 1905904000 - - Pastries
250 1905905000 - - Flourless bakers’ wares
251 1905906000 - - Empty cachets and similar products of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use
252 1905907000 - - Communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
253 1905908000 - - Other crisp savoury food products
254 1905909000 - - Other
255 2001100000 - Cucumbers and gherkins
256 2001901000 - - Onions
257 2001909000 - - Other
258 2002901000 - - Tomato paste
259 2002902000 - - Tomato powder
260 2002909000 - - Other
261 2003100000 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
262 2003901000 - - Truffles
263 2003909000 - - Other
264 2004100000 - Potatoes
265 2004901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
266 2004909000 - - Other
267 2005201100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
268 2005201900 - - - Other
269 2005209100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
270 2005209900 - - - Other
271 2005591000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
272 2005599000 - - - Other
273 2005910000 - - Bamboo shoots
274 2005991000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
275 2005999000 - - - Other
276 2006000000 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
277 2007100000 - Homogenised preparations
278 2007910000 - - Citrus fruit
279 2007991000 - - - Fruit pastes other than of mangoes, pineapples or strawberries
280 2007999000 - - - Other
281 2008111000 - - - Roasted
282 2008112000 - - - Peanut butter
283 2008119000 - - - Other
284 2008191000 - - - Cashew nuts
285 2008301000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
286 2008309000 - - Other
287 2008601000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
288 2008609000 - - Other
289 2008701000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
290 2008709000 - - Other
291 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
292 2008972000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
293 2008979000 - - - Other
294 2008994000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
295 2009110000 - - Frozen
296 2009120000 - - Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
297 2009190000 - - Other
298 2009210000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
299 2009290000 - - Other
300 2009310000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
301 2009390000 - - Other
302 2009410000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
303 2009490000 - - Other
304 2009500000 - Tomato juice
305 2009610000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
306 2009690000 - - Other
307 2009710000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
308 2009790000 - - Other
309 2009811000 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
310 2009819000 - - - Other
311 2009891000 - - - Blackcurrant juice
312 2009899100 - - - - Suitable for infants or young children
313 2009899900 - - - - Other
314 2009901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
315 2101119000 - - - Other
316 2101121000 - - - Mixtures in paste form with a basis of ground roasted coffee, containing vegetable fats
317 2101209000 - - Other
318 2101300000 - Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
319 2102100000 - Active yeasts
320 2102300000 - Prepared baking powders
321 2103100000 - Soya sauce
322 2103200000 - Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
323 2103300000 - Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
324 2104101100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
325 2104101900 - - - Other
326 2104109100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
327 2104109900 - - - Other
328 2104201100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
329 2104201900 - - - Other
330 2104209100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
331 2104209900 - - - Other
332 2105000000 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
333 2106100000 - Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
334 2106902000 - - Powdered alcohol
335 2106903000 - - Non-dairy creamer
336 2106904100 - - - In powder form
337 2106904900 - - - Other
338 2106905300 - - - Ginseng based products
339 2106905900 - - - Other
340 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
341 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
342 2106906400 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
343 2106906500 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in other forms
344 2106906600 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
345 2106906700 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
346 2106906900 - - - Other
347 2106909100 - - - Other, mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used for food processing
348 2106909200 - - - Flavoured or coloured syrups
349 2106909500 - - - Seri kaya
350 2106909600 - - - Other medical foods
351 2106909800 - - - Other flavouring preparations
352 2106909900 - - - Other
353 2201901000 - - Ice and snow
354 2201909000 - - Other
355 2202109000 - - Other
356 2204100000 - Sparkling wine
357 2204211400 - - - - Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.
358 2206001000 - Cider or perry
359 2206002000 - Saké
360 2206009100 - - Other rice wine (including medicated rice wine)
361 2206009900 - - Other
362 2207100000 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher
363 2207201100 - - - Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 99 % vol.
364 2207201900 - - - Other
365 2207209000 - - Other
366 2208205000 - - Brandy
367 2208209000 - - Other
368 2208400000 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products
369 2208500000 - Gin and Geneva
370 2208600000 - Vodka
371 2208901000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
372 2208902000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
373 2208903000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
374 2208904000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
375 2208905000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
376 2208906000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
377 2208907000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength not exceeding 57 % vol.
378 2208908000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength exceeding 57 % vol.
379 2209000000 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid.
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