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	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
2	MFN	Most Favorable Nations (WTO)	Import	10	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
3	ATIGA	ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement	Import	0	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
4	AKFTA	ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement	Import	0	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
5	ACFTA	ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement	Import	0	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
6	APTA	Asia Pacific Trade Area	Import	0	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
7	AIFTA	ASEAN–India Free Trade Area	Import	0	KG	2022-01-01	9999-01-01
8	AANZFTA	ASEAN-Australia/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement	Import	0	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
9	LAOVIET	LAO-VIET Trade Agreement	Import	n.a.	KG	2025-01-01	9999-01-01
10	AHKFTA	ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement	Import	5	KG	2026-01-01	2026-12-31
11	RCEP	Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership	Import	2	KG	2026-01-01	2026-12-31
12	AJCEP	ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnerships	Import	0	KG	2026-01-01	9999-01-01

Measures

#	Name	Type	Agency	Description	Law	Procedure	Valid To	Apply To
1	Registration Fee for Imported Traditional Medicines	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Health	registration fees of imported traditional medicines: + charges: - newly developed medicines 2,500,000 kip/5years/time/item - old traditional medicines (ancient heritage recipe) 1,500,000 kip/5year/time/item + service fee: research and consider the registration of traditional medicines is 100,000 kip/item	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Registration and Import of Drugs, Cosmetics and Traditional Medicines	9999-12-31	ALL
2	charge fee for the import license of traditional medicine	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Health	charge fee for the import license of traditional medicine is 20,000/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Registration and Import of Drugs, Cosmetics and Traditional Medicines	9999-12-31	ALL
3	Specified Ports of Customs - Import of Plant, Plant Products and Controlled Items	General	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Such products must be imported through ports of customs as specified by the ministry of agriculture and Environment	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 Environment	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	service fee - export certificate of traditional medicines	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Health	service fee charged on issuing export certificate of traditioncal medicines is 200,000 kip/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Registration and Import of Drugs, Cosmetics and Traditional Medicines	9999-12-31	ALL

Standard

Procedures

#	Name	Description	Category	Agency	Measure	Form
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	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Requirement to register or Notification Prior drugs and medical products before importation Requirement to register cosmetics for import Requirement to register Importer of Food Registration Fee for Imported International Medicines Registration Fee for Imported Medical Equipment Registration Fee for Imported Traditional Medicines charge fee for the import license of traditional medicine registration fee - imported cosmetics Site Inspection Fee for imported medical products (site inspection) Inspection Fee for Imported medical equiptments (Documents scrutiny) Labelling Requirement - Import Cosmetics Labelling Requirement - Imported Drug Requirement to register for import - Narcotic Drugs, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances Requirement to obtain import permit - Narcotic Drugs, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances Labelling Requirement - Imported Narcotic Drugs, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances Storage Requirement - Narcotic Drugs, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances service fee - export certificate of traditional medicines	Request for importation of drug samples for registration in Lao PDR. Checklist of Requirements for Drug Registration Checklist of Requirements for Drug Re-registration
2	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

Legal Documents

#	Title	Type	Issuing Agency	Responsible Agency	Issue Date
1	Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine (Amended) No. 13/NA, dated 15 November 2016	Law	Lao National Assembly	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	2016-11-15
2	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 Environment	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	2019-06-28
3	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

#	Title	Description	Issued By
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
2	Checklist of Requirements for Drug Registration	Checklist of Requirements for Drug Registration	Ministry of Health
3	Checklist of Requirements for Drug Re-registration	Checklist of Requirements for Drug Re-registration	Ministry of Health