Commodity

Commodity Structure

Tariff Information

Tariff

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

Measures

#	Name	Type	Agency	Description	Law	Procedure	Valid To	Apply To
1	Prohibition to import prohibitied narcotic drugs.	Prohibited Goods	Ministry of Public Security	Narcotic drugs such as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine, ketamine, opium, marijuana and other narcotic drugs are not allowed to import into Lao PDR	Law on Narcotic No. 10/NA, dated 25 December 2007	Procedure for Import or Export of Prohibition Goods	9999-12-31	ALL
2	Requirement to obtain Phytosanitary Certificate from original country for Import of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items	SPS	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	All imports of plants must be accompanied by phytosanitary certificates issued by the country of origin and and such phytosanitatary certificate must be presented at the border checkpoint.	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	9999-12-31	ALL
3	Specified Ports of Customs - Import of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items	General	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Such products must be imported through ports of customs as specified by the ministry of agriculture and forestry	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016 Decision on the Phytosanitary Measures for Import and Transit of plants, plant product, and control materials No. 2985/MAF, dated 28 June 2019	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	9999-12-31	ALL
4	Inspection Requirement - Imports of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items	Inspection Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	All imports of plants shall be subject to inspection by a Plant Protection Officer at the border checkpoint.	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016 Decision on the Phytosanitary Measures for Import and Transit of plants, plant product, and control materials No. 2985/MAF, dated 28 June 2019	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	9999-12-31	ALL
5	Import License Requirement - Imports of Plant, Plant Products, and Controlled Items	Permit Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Such imports must be authorized by the department of agriculture, ministry of agriculture and forestry	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016 Decision on the Phytosanitary Measures for Import and Transit of plants, plant product, and control materials No. 2985/MAF, dated 28 June 2019 Guidelines on the import and export plants, plant products and controlled substances, No. 2881 / MAF, dated 11 December 2019.	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	9999-12-31	ALL
6	Certification Requirement for the re-export of plant and plant products	Certificate Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	the re-export of plant and plant product must obtain the phytosanitary certificate by the plant control administration at central level according to cases .	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016 Decision on Phytosanitary measure for export and transit plants, plant products, and control materials, No.2986/MOAF, date 28 June 2019		9999-12-31	ALL
7	Fee - Import License of Fertilizer	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Fee - Import License of Fertilizer is 25.000 kip/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	9999-12-31	ALL

Standard

Procedures

#	Name	Description	Category	Agency	Measure	Form
1	Procedure for Import and Export Pesticides	Before import/export pesticides that must be registered by the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Import/Export	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Transport and storage requirement - Pesticide Labelling requirement for import and export - Pesticide Registration requirement - Cassava Planting Material Requirement to obtain Import Permit - Cassava Planting Material Inspection requirement - Cassava Planting Material Requirement to obtain Import Permit - Rubber young tree and varieties Requirement to obtain Phytosanitary Certificate from original country for Import of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items Specified Ports of Customs - Import of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items Inspection Requirement - Imports of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items Requirement to obtain Phytosanitary Certificate from Exporting Country - Cassava Planting Material Requirement to obtain Phytosanitary Certificate from Exporting Country - Young Plant and Rubber Seed Requirement to obtain import permit - Fertilizer Labelling requirement - Fertilizer Packaging Requirement - Fertilizer Inspection Requirement For Import- Fertilizer Import License Requirement - Imports of Plant, Plant Products, and Controlled Items Requirement to obtain export permit - Fertilizer Fee - Import License of Fertilizer Fee - Export License of Fertilizer Fee - Import License for Pesticide Fee - Export License of Pesticide Import Permit Fee for Plant Seed and Material Fee - Export License of Plant Seed Requirement to register for import - Fertilizer Register Requirement - Import of Plant Seeds Import Permit Requirement - Plant Seeds Labeling Requirement - Import of Plant Seeds Inspection requirement for import - Pesticide Sanitary Certificate Requirement - Import of Plant Seeds	Import Permit for agricultural products
2	Procedure for Import or Export of Prohibition Goods	The goods covered by this Procedure are subject to Prohibition. This means that every application to import or export these goods is considered separately and judged on its own merits. There is no automatic granting of Permits and Licences for Goods cover	Import/Export	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Requirement to obtain import license for bullets and weapons Prohibition to export certain archeological objects Prohibition to export bat guano/manure Prohibition to import banknote paper, banknote ink, banknote printers and coin making machines Prohibition to import prohibitied narcotic drugs. Prohibition to import high dangerous chemicals (Type 1) Prohibition to import destructive fishing tools Export Prohibition - Raw medicinal natural resource Prohibition to export - Logs, trunk, bark, transformed timber

Legal Documents

#	Title	Type	Issuing Agency	Responsible Agency	Issue Date
1	Law on Narcotic No. 10/NA, dated 25 December 2007	Law	Lao National Assembly	Ministry of Public Security	2007-12-25
2	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016	Law	Lao National Assembly	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2016-11-15
3	Decision on the Phytosanitary Measures for Import and Transit of plants, plant product, and control materials No. 2985/MAF, dated 28 June 2019	Decision	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2019-06-28
4	Decision on Phytosanitary measure for export and transit plants, plant products, and control materials, No.2986/MOAF, date 28 June 2019	Decision	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2019-06-28
5	Guidelines on the import and export plants, plant products and controlled substances, No. 2881 / MAF, dated 11 December 2019.	Instruction	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2019-12-11
6	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Edict	Office of the President	Office of the President	2021-06-21

Forms