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LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
PEACE INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRACY UNITY PROSPERITY

Ministry of Finance                                                                                No. 08005/CD
Customs Department                                                  Vientiane Capital, Dated 27 JUL 2016

Notification

            To: Provincial and Vientiane Capital Director of Customs, Customs Inspection Unit, and International Border Checkpoint Nationwide.

            Subject:  the Use of Pricing to Compare Some Goods and Objects Imported for Re-Export.

-          Pursuant to the Law on Customs No. 04/NA, dated 20 December 2011 and Law on Customs Revised Version of Some Articles No. 057/NA, dated 24 December 2014;

-          Pursuant to the Instruction of Customs Department No. 274/CD, dated 14 October 2015 on the management of goods import for re-export.

In order to enhance the management on collecting revenue from goods and objectives imported for re-export, in compliance with growing economic era, consistent with laws and regulations, Customs Department hereby notify to implement as followings:

1.      The border checkpoint authority shall inspect evidences on pricing for the import of goods for example: invoice, packing list, purchase-sale agreement, transaction via bank, and other relevant evidences to evaluate value for customs declaration based on actual purchase-sale value according to WTO principles.

2.      The determination of value for customs declaration of some goods and objects imported for re-export can be increased and the authority shall use the comparison price. In case the price declares by customs declarer is higher than the pricing for the comparison, the customs authority shall use the price declares by declarer. However, if pricing declares by customs declarer is lower than the pricing for the comparison, the customs authority shall use the pricing for the comparison as value for declaration.

3.      The determination of price for comparison will be periodically revised base on trade change and the pricing in this notification shall be use for customs authority only. In case any difficulty is found on the implementation, the authority shall report to Department of Customs to find solution according to laws and regulations.

4.      This notification is temporarily effective until further change and it is effective on the date of its signatory; (Table of goods imported for re-export is attached herewith).

Therefore, this order is to notify you for acknowledgement and implement accordingly.           

                        Acting Director General of Customs Department, 

[Sign and seal]

                                                                                    Mr. Bounpasert Sikounlabouth


LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
PEACE INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRACY UNITY PROSPERITY

Customs Department                                                                                      No. 02704/CRPR
Customs Rules and Procedures Division                    Vientiane Capital, Dated 27 JUL 2016

Table of Pricing for Comparison of Some Goods Imported for Re-export

No.

Description

Unit

Amount

Fixed Fee

Price per unit ($)

Note

1

Cow (live)

form

1

15.00

 

 

2

Buffalo (live)

form

1

20.00

 

 

3

Pig (live, below 5kg)

form

1

10.00

 

 

4

Pig (live, over 5kg)

form

1

12.00

 

 

5

Gecko (live)

Kg

1

 

6.00

 

6

Chicken (live)

Kg

1

 

1.50

 

7

Freeze chicken part

Kg

1

 

1.50

 

8

Freeze pig part

Kg

1

 

1.50

 

9

Freeze cattle part

Kg

1

 

2.00

 

10

Rice

Kg

1

 

0.68

 

11

Sticky rice

Kg

1

 

0.58

 

12

Fresh mango

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

13

Rose apple

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

14

Fresh tamarin

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

15

Fresh longan

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

16

Fresh durian

Kg

1

 

1.00

 

17

Pomelo

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

18

All fruit juice

Liter

1

 

1.00

 

19

Fruit juice brand Meiji

Liter

1

 

0.50

 

20

Dish washer

Liter

1

 

1.00

 

21

All chips

Kg

1

 

2.00

 

22

Monosodium glutamate

Kg

1

 

1.50

 

23

Feedstuff

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

24

Sugar

Kg

1

 

0.50

 

25

Instant coffee

Kg

1

 

1.80

 

 

                                                    Director of Customs Rules and Procedures Division

                                                                                [Sign and seal]

                                                                               Vongkhamheng Vongthachak

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