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	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	Prohibition to import banknote paper, banknote ink, banknote printers and coin making machines	Prohibited Goods	Bank of Lao PDR	Banknote paper, banknote ink, banknote printer and coin making machines are fall under the list of prohibited import goods.	Law on Bank of the Lao PDR (amended version) no. 47/NA, dated 19 June 2018	Procedure for Import or Export of Prohibition Goods	9999-12-31	ALL
2	Import permit Fee for Printing Equipment, Photocopiers	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism	Fee for Importing Printing machines and Photocopiers of 50,000 Kip/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Procedure to request for Import License of Publications	9999-12-31	ALL
3	Export permit Fee for Printers and Photocopiers	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism	Fee for Export permit of Printers and Photocopiers is 50,000 Kip/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Procedure to request for Import License of Publications	9999-12-31	ALL

Standard

Procedures

#	Name	Description	Category	Agency	Measure	Form
1	Procedure to request for Import License of Publications	Procedure to request for Import License of Publications (Department of Publishing, MOICT)	Import	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Requirement to obtain import license - Publications Import permit Fee for Printing Equipment, Photocopiers Export permit Fee for Printers and Photocopiers Permit Fee for Exporting Books and Publication Import permit fee for books and publication	Request to Import/Export Books - Publications Guarantee Letter to Import/Export Publications
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 Bank of the Lao PDR (amended version) no. 47/NA, dated 19 June 2018	Law	Lao National Assembly	Bank of Lao PDR	2018-06-19
2	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 to Import/Export Books - Publications	This application is used to the request for Import License of books, publications, magazines, newspapers and others	Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
2	Guarantee Letter to Import/Export Publications	Guarantee Letter to Import/Export Publications	Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism