Commodity

Commodity Structure

Tariff Information

Tariff

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

Measures

#	Name	Type	Agency	Description	Law	Procedure	Valid To	Apply To
1	Service Fee - Import License for Animal and Aquatic Animal Products	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	fees for risk assessment and import license for animal and aquatic animal products is 50.000 KIP/each time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Procedure for Import of Livestock and livestock production	9999-12-31	ALL
2	Inspection requirement for the import of aquatic animals	Inspection Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	The import of aquatic animals must be inspected by the veterinarians at the border checkpoints	Decision on Import, Export and Transit of Aquatic Animals and Aquatic Products No. 4211/MAF, dated 29 November 2019.		9999-12-31	ALL
3	Import permit requirement for animal feeds	Permit Requirement	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	the import of animal feeds must be permitted by the department of livestock and fisheries or the provincial/capital department of livestock and fisheries	Decree on animal feed, No. 02/GoL, Dated 02 January 2020	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	Decision on Import, Export and Transit of Aquatic Animals and Aquatic Products No. 4211/MAF, dated 29 November 2019.	Decision	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2019-11-29
2	Decree on animal feed, No. 02/GoL, Dated 02 January 2020	Decree	Government of Lao PDR	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	2020-01-02
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	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