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	Charge fee for Technical Certificate of Imported Telecommunications Equipment	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Technology and Communications	Charge fee for technical certificate of imported telecommunications equipment of 100,000 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 ICT equipment	9999-12-31	ALL
2	Charge fee for Technical Certificate for Exported Telecommunications Equipment	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Technology and Communications	Charge fee for technical certificate for exported telecommunications equipment of 100,000 Kip/time	The President of Lao PDR’s Decree on Fee and Service Charge, No. 002/POL, date 17 June 2021	Import License for Telecom Equipment (Post and Telecommunications)	9999-12-31	ALL
3	Registration Fee for Imported Medical Equipment	Duty/Tax Payable	Ministry of Health	registration fees for imported medical equipments are as followings: + fees: - medical equipment A with low risk (voluntary) is 500.000 kip/year/time/item - medical equipmetn B with low to medium risk is 1.200.000 kip/year/time/item - medical equipment C with medium to high risk is 1.600.000 kip/year/time/item - medical equipment D with high risk is 2.000.000 kip/year/time/item + service charges: research and consideration for the registration of medical equipment 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

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 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	Import License for Telecom Equipment (Post and Telecommunications)	Import License for Telecommunications Equipment (MPT)	Import	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Charge fee for Technical Certificate for Exported Telecommunications Equipment Service fee for Import Business Permit of Telecommunications Equipment Service charge for export business permit of telecommunication equipment Requirement to obtain import permit - Pony equipment
3	Procedure to request for Import License of ICT equipment	Procedure to request for Import License of ICT equipment (Department of Information and Communication Technology, MPT)	Import	Ministry of Industry and Commerce	Charge fee for Technical Certificate of Imported Telecommunications Equipment	Request Letter to Import ICT Equipment

Legal Documents

#	Title	Type	Issuing Agency	Responsible Agency	Issue Date
1	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
4	Request Letter to Import ICT Equipment	Request Letter to Import ICT Equipment	Ministry of Technology and Communications