Commodity

Commodity Structure

Tariff Information

Tariff

#	Tariff/Fee Code	Group Description	Activity	Rate	Unit	Valid From	Valid To
1	Normal	Normal Tariff rates	Import	10	NMB	2018-01-01	9999-01-01
2	MFN	Most Favorable Nations (WTO)	Import	5	NMB	2018-01-01	9999-01-01
3	ATIGA	ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement	Import	0	NMB	2018-01-01	9999-01-01

Measures

#	Name	Type	Agency	Description	Law	Procedure	Valid To	Apply To
1	Requirement to obtain import permit - Animal	Permit Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	importers of live animals must conform with specific conditions in annex No. 2 of the decision No. 0795/MAF and submit for the import permit with documents as specified in annex No. 3 to the department of livestock and fisheries to issue the permit according to documents in annex 4	Decree on the Control of the Movement of Animal and Animal Products No. 230/GoL, dated 4 June 2012 Decision on the Import, Export, and Transit of Animal and Animal Products No. 0795/MAF, dated 18 April 2019	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	9999-12-31	ALL
2	Requirement on import of animals and animal products through designated border points	General	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Animal and animal products may only be imported through border points designated by relevant department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and may be revise from time to time.	Decree on the Control of the Movement of Animal and Animal Products No. 230/GoL, dated 4 June 2012	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	9999-12-31	ALL
3	Inspection requirement for imported animals	Inspection Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	the import of live animals must be inspected by the vet checkpoint borders	Decree on the Control of the Movement of Animal and Animal Products No. 230/GoL, dated 4 June 2012 Law on Livestock Production and Veterinary Matters (Amended) No. 08/NA dated 11 November 2016 Decision on the Import, Export, and Transit of Animal and Animal Products No. 0795/MAF, dated 18 April 2019	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	9999-12-31	ALL
4	Requirement to obtain import permit - animal products	Permit Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	importers of animal products (semen, fertile, baby animals, meat, and meat products) must conform with specified conditions in annex No. 2 of the decision No. 0795/MAF and submit for the import permit with documents as specified in annex No. 3 to the department of livestock and fisheries to issue the permit according to documents in annex 4	Decree on the Control of the Movement of Animal and Animal Products No. 230/GoL, dated 4 June 2012 Decision on the Import, Export, and Transit of Animal and Animal Products No. 0795/MAF, dated 18 April 2019	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	9999-12-31	ALL

Standard

Procedures

#	Name	Description	Category	Agency	Measure	Form
1	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	Procedure for importing livestock for which the Department of Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is responsible.	Import	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Requirement to obtain import permit - Animal Requirement to obtain Veterinary Certificate from Exporting Country - animal products Requirement on import of animals and animal products through designated border points Inspection requirement for imported animals Service Fee - Import License for Animal and Aquatic Animal Products Service Fees - Export License for Animal and Aquatic Animal Products Requirement to obtain import permit - animal products Requirement to obtain export permit - animal products Import permit requirement for animal feeds	Application For Import/Export/IN Transit/ Import For RE-Export Of Animals/ Aquatics/Animal-Fisheries Commodity

Legal Documents

#	Title	Type	Issuing Agency	Responsible Agency	Issue Date
1	Law on Livestock Production and Veterinary Matters (Amended) No. 08/NA dated 11 November 2016	Law	Lao National Assembly	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2016-11-11
2	Decision on the Import, Export, and Transit of Animal and Animal Products No. 0795/MAF, dated 18 April 2019	Decision	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2019-04-18

Forms

#	Title	Description	Issued By
1	Application For Import/Export/IN Transit/ Import For RE-Export Of Animals/ Aquatics/Animal-Fisheries Commodity	Application For Import/Export/IN Transit/ Import For RE-Export Of Animals/ Aquatics/Animal-Fisheries Commodity	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry