On December 19, 2014, the Prime Minister signed the Decision No. 73/2014/QD-TTg providing the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
The List includes 36 wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials. Within that gypsum; granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel; chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; waste and scarp of plastics of polyethylene (PE); waste and scarp of plastics of polyvinyl chloride (PVC); waste and scarp of other plastics; recovered paper or paperboard (waste and scrap); silk waste; cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass; waste and scrap of cast iron; waste and scrap of alloy steel; waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel; other waste and scrap of iron or steel; remelting scrap ingots; copper waste and scrap; nickel waste and scrap; aluminum waste and scrap..
This Decision does not apply to the temporary import for re-export, border-gate transfer and transit via the Vietnamese territory of wastes. This Decision takes effect on February 5, 2015.
