01

9302

9303

9304

Gun and bullets for sports training and competition

For the saftety of the nations and the national security

Notification on Importation of Guns and Bullets for Sports No. 799/MPS, dated 13 June 2012.

Department of General Affairs

(Ministry of Public Security)

02

3601

3602

3603

3604

Explosive materials used in the industry:

• Explosive substance;
• Explosive equipment;
• Explosives;
• Pyrotechnic products;
• Raw materials producing bomb;
• Equipment producing bomb.

For the saftety of the nations and the national security

• Decision of Regulations on the Management and Application of the Explosive Substances in Lao PDR No. 39/PM,dated 12 July 2001.

Decision on the Management of Industrial Explosive Materials No. 2450/MND, dated 5 August 2010;

• Provision on management and use of explosive substance in civil projects and other civil society use of the explosive substance. No. 042/NDID, dated 5 November 2008;
• Notification on Procedure and reference in approving an import-export of explosive subject and raw materials in producing industrial explosive substance No. 249/NSID, dated 8 November 2011;
• Instruction on rules for license application for importation of Explosive Substances No. 109/ID, dated 29 May 2012.

Department of National Industry Defense

General Technical Department

(Ministry of National Defence)

03

Gold used for international payment such as: gold bar, silver bar and silver that is not in jewellery form

(Gold bar 99,99%)

To ensure monetary stability and economy security

• Law on Foreign Currency Administration No. 55/NA, dated 22 December 2014;

Decision on a business of import and export gold for international payments, No.461/BOL, dated 03 June 2019.

Department of Monetary Policy

(Bank of Lao PDR)

04

9504

All type of games machines such as Slot Machine, Roulett and other casino game machines.

To ensure social order and manage imports being used for their intended purpose

Provision on Management and Inspection, Authorization of All Type of Gaming no. 664/MICT, dated 22 October 2003.

Department of Art and Culture

(Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism)

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05

Drug and medical products

For consumer health safety.

• Law on Drugs and Medical Products (Revised version) No. 07/NA, dated 21 December 2011;
• Notification on the Documents to Request for Import License of Raw Materials, Container Equipment, Drug, and Medical Equipment for Production and Distribution No. 2660/16.FDD, dated 16 June 2016.

Department of Food and Drug

(Ministry of Health)

06

-

Narcotic drugs and Nerve affecting substance

To manage the usage with the right target

• Law on Narcotic No. 10/NA, dated 25 December 2007;
• Decree on the Implementation of Law on Narcotic no.076/PM, dated 20 March 2009;
• Decision on the Management of Drugs or addictive substance, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances no. 456/MOF, dated 19 April 2006;
• Decision on the List of Narcotic Drugs, Nerve Affecting Substances and Basic Chemical Substances No. 08/MoH, dated 4 Jane 2005.

Department of Food and Drug

(Ministry of Health)

07

8701.20

8702

8703

8704

8705

8711

All land vehicles running by mechines (complete unit or CBU) divided into two types as followings:

a) with two or three wheels;

b) with four or more wheels.

To ensure the source and prevent the illegal car importation

• Governmental Decree on the Management of Land Vehicles business No. 470/GOL on 27 December 2019;
• Decision On the Procedures for Car Import and Distribution in the Lao PDR No.0075/MOIC.DIMEX

Decision on Decentralised management of land vehicle business, No.0023/MOIC, date 06 January 2022.

• Department of Import and Export (Type a and b);
• Vientaine Capital, Provincial Industry and Trade office (Type a and b. For b, is the vehicles under the master list approved by the provincial investment committee)

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

08

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2710.12.11

2710.12.14

2710.12.20

2710.19.71

2710.19.79

2710.19.83

Petroleum products using as buring fuel:

• Premium Gasoline;
• Regular Gasoline;
• Disel;
• Jet fuel (Jet A-1);
•  Kerosene;
• Stove oil.

To ensure the source and prevent the illegal petroleum importation

• Decree on Petroleum Business no. 331/PM, dated 27 Oct 2017;
• Instruction on the Implementation of Some Article Content in Decree on Petroleum Business No. 331/PM, No. 0521/MOIC.DDT, dated 02 May 2018;
• Decision on the import of Petroleum and Lubricant No 0317/MOIC, dated 21 March 2022.

Department of Import and Export

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

09

2711

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

To ensure the economic security with the balancing consumption in orde to avoid the gas shortage that leads to revserving the fuel causing high price

• Decision On the Procedure for Import and Distribution of Gas in the Lao PDR No.0238/MOIC.DIMEX, dated 2 February 2012;
• Provision on management the importation and distribution of cooking gas No. 0756/MOIC.DID, dated 20 June 2001.

Department of Import and Export

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

10

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0601

4401

4403

4406

4407

Logs, stumps, burl, square logs

To ensure the compliance with legal timber quarantee system in Lao PDR

• Law on Forestry (Amended) No. 64/NA date 13 June 2019;
• Decision on the Procedure for Timber Import No. 0451/MOIC.DIMEX, dated 1 March 2012.

Department of Import and Export

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

11

7103.10

7103.21

7103.31

Rough Diamond

To prevent illegal trade of rough diamond under the regulation of

Kimberley Process (KP) that Lao PDR is a party.

Decision on the Import and Export of Rough Diamond, No. 0224/MoIC.DIMEX, dated 8 February 2016.

Department of Import and Export

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce))

12

1006

Rice

To ensure food sufficiency

Decision on the Procedures for Rice Import and Export in the Lao PDR No. 0452/MOIC.DIMEX, dated 1 March 2012.

Vientaine Capital, Provincial Industry and Trade office

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

13

-

Hazadous Chemical Type II and III under the list of industrial chemicals of Ministry of Industry and Commerce

To manage the use with right target

• Chemical Weapons Convention;
• Rotterdam Convention;
• Stockholm Convention;
• Montreal Protocol;
• Law on the Management of Chemicals No. 07/NA, dated 10 November 2016;
• Decision on the Industrial Chemical List, No. 0220/MOIC.DIH, dated 23 March 2021.
• Decision on registration, import, export and transit of chemicals no. 1204/MOIC.DIH, dated 24 December 2020;
• Decision on Chemical Controls under the Montreal Protocol, No. 1686/MONRE, on 7 April 2021.

Department of Industry and Handicraft

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

14

-

Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) List II of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

To protect all kind threatened and endangered species.

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
• Order on the Enhancement of the Strictness in the Administration and Inspection of Legally Prohibited Wild Fauna and Flora No. 05/PM, dated 08 May 2018;
• Decision on the establishment and management of zoos, wildlife farms, centers of rehabilitation and wildlife breeding and plantations No 0188/MAF, date 03 February 2019;
• Decision on timber category I, II and III, No.0448/MOAF, date 06 April 2021;
• Decision on Non-Timber Forest Product List I, II, III no.0279/MAF, dated 19 February 2020.

Vientiane Captial, Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

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15

-

All kind of Wildlife-Aquatic life and their parts under the controlling list Category II and III of CITES

To comply with regulation and commitment of Lao PDR under CITES

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
• Law on Wildlife and Aquatic Resources No. 07/NA, dated 24 December 2007;
• Decision on the adoption of aquatic and wild animals prohibited Category or Category I and Controlling Category or Category II No. 08/PM, date 25 February 2021.
• Order on the Enhancement of the Strictness in the Administration and Inspection of Legally Prohibited Wild Fauna and Flora No. 05/PM, dated 08 May 2018;

• Decision on the establishment and management of zoos, wildlife farms, centers of rehabilitation and wildlife breeding and plantations No 0188/MAF, date 03 February 2019.

Department of Forestry

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

16

3808

Moderately and slightly hazardous pesticide

To protect health, safety of human and environment and to comply with regulation of protocols that Lao is a party. 

• Rotterdam Convention;
• Stockholm Convention;
• Law on the Management of Chemicals no 07/NA, dated 10 November 2016;
• Decree on Pesticide Management in Lao PDR no.258/GOV, dated 24 August 2017;

• Decision on the Management of Pesticide in Lao PDR no.2860/MAF, dated 11 June 2010.

Vientiane Captial, Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

17

-

Minerals and Minerals products excluding Uranium or thorium ores

To protect health, saftety of human and environment and to comply with the regulation of the international conventions that Lao PDR is a party

• Law on Minerals (Revised Version) No. 31/NA, dated 03 November 2017;
• Decision on Import and Export Licensing Procedures of Minerals and Mineral Products No. 0352/MEM, dated 13 June 2012;
• Decision on the List of Mineral Products for the mining industry, No. 2406/MEM, dated 04 December 2019;
• Notification on the Procedure to request Plan and Mineral Product for Distribution No. 0011/DOM3, dated 04 January 2019.

Department of Mine Management

(Ministry of Energy and Mine)

18

     8517

- Satellite phone

- Very small aperture Terminal (VSAT)

For national peace and security

• Law on Radio Frequency no.17/NA, dated 5 May 2017;
• Decree on Satellite Communications, No. 471/GOL, dated 27 December 2019.

Department of Frequency

(Ministry of Technology and Communication)

01

Gold used for international payment such as: gold bar, silver bar and silver that is not in jewellery form

(Gold bar 99,99%)

To ensure monetary stability and economy security

• Law on Foreign Currency Administration No. 55/NA, dated 22 December 2014;
• Decision on a business of import and export gold for international payments, No.461/BOL, dated 03 June 2019.

Department of Monetary Policy

(Bank of Lao PDR)

02

4408 - 4421

6414

9401

9403

9404

Wood products from natural forest

To ensure the compliance with legal timber quarantee system in Lao PDR

• Law on Forestry (Amended) No. 64/NA date 13 June 2019;
• Decision on the wood product lists for export, No. 0851/MOIC, date 14 September 2021;
• Instruction on the exportation of wood products from Natural Forest no. 0332/MOIC, dated 22 March 2022.

Vientaine Capital, Provincial Industry and Trade office

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

03

4401.  
4403. - 4421

6414

9401

9403

9404

Planing wood and planning wood products

To ensure the compliance with legal timber quarantee system in Lao PDR

• Law on Forestry (Amended) No. 64/NA date 13 June 2019;
• Decision on the wood product lists for export, No. 0851/MOIC, date 14 September 2021;
• Instruction for export planting wood, No. 0981/MOIC, date 19 October 2021.

District, City Industry and Trade Office

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

04

White charoal

To ensure the compliance with legal timber quarantee system in Lao PDR

• Decision on the wood product lists for export, No. 0851/MOIC, date 14 September 2021;
• Instruction On Exploration and movement of Cratoxylum Cochinchinense, Domestic and International movement of White Charcoal made from Cratoxylum Cochichinen, no.0050/MAF, datead 18 September 2017.

Vientiane Captial, Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

05

-

Unprocessed Natural resource for medicines

To protect and maintain the sustainability of natural resource

• Decree on Natural resource for medicines (Pharmaceutical Natural resource) No. 155/PM, dated 30 September 2003;
• Instruction on the Implementation of Decree on Medical Natural Resources No. 252/MoH, dated 6 June 2007.

Department of Food and Drug

(Ministry of Health)

06

1006

To ensure food sufficiency

Decision on the Procedures for Rice Import and Export in the Lao PDR No. 0452/MOIC.DIMEX, dated 1 March 2012.

Vientaine Capital, Provincial Industry and Trade office

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

07

7103.10

7103.21

7103.31

Rough Diamond

To prevent illegal trade of rough diamond under the regulation of

Kimberley Process (KP) that Lao PDR is a party.

Decision on the Import and Export of Rough Diamond, No. 0224/MoIC.DIMEX, dated 8 February 2016.

Department of Import and Export

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce))

08

-

Hazardous chemical Type II and III under Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s industrial chemical list

To manage the use with right target

• Chemical Weapons Convention;
• Rotterdam Convention;
• Stockholm Convention;
• Montreal Protocol;
• Law on the Management of Chemicals No. 07/NA, dated 10 November 2016;
• Decision on the Industrial Chemical List, No. 0220/MOIC.DIH, dated 23 March 2021.
• Decision on registration, import, export and transit of chemicals no. 1204/MOIC.DIH, dated 24 December 2020;
• Decision on Chemical Controls under the Montreal Protocol, No. 1686/MONRE, on 7 April 2021.

Department of Industry and Handicraft

(Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

09

-

Non-Timber Forest Prodcuts (NTFP) List II of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

To protect all kind threatened and endangered species.

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
• Order on the Enhancement of the Strictness in the Administration and Inspection of Legally Prohibited Wild Fauna and Flora No. 05/PM, dated 08 May 2018;
• Decision on the establishment and management of zoos, wildlife farms, centers of rehabilitation and wildlife breeding and plantations No 0188/MAF, date 03 February 2019;
• Decision on timber category I, II and III, No.0448/MOAF, date 06 April 2021;

Decision on Non Timber Forest Prodcut List I, II, III no.0279/MAF, dated 19 February 2020.

Vientiane Captial, Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

10

-

All kind of Wildlife-Aquatic life and their parts under the controlling list Category II and III of CITES

To comply with regulation and commitment of Lao PDR under CITES

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
• Law on Wildlife and Aquatic Resources No. 07/NA, dated 24 December 2007;
• Decision on the adoption of aquatic and wild animals prohibited Category or Category I and Controlling Category or Category II No. 08/PM, date 25 February 2021.
• Order on the Enhancement of the Strictness in the Administration and Inspection of Legally Prohibited Wild Fauna and Flora No. 05/PM, dated 08 May 2018;

• Decision on the establishment and management of zoos, wildlife farms, centers of rehabilitation and wildlife breeding and plantations No 0188/MAF, date 03 February 2019.

Department of Forestry

(Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

11

-

Minerals and Minerals products excluding Uranium or thorium ores

To protect health, saftety of human and environment and to comply with the regulation of the international conventions that Lao PDR is a party

• Law on Minerals (Revised Version) No. 31/NA, dated 03 November 2017;
• Decision on Import and Export Licensing Procedures of Minerals and Mineral Products No. 0352/MEM, dated 13 June 2012;
• Decision on the List of Mineral Products for the mining industry, No. 2406/MEM, dated 04 December 2019;

Notification on the Procedure to request Plan and Mineral Product for Distribution No. 0011/DOM3, dated 04 January 2019.

Department of Mine Management

(Ministry of Energy and Mine)