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THE MINISTRY OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Number: 20/2006/QĐ-BBCVT

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM

Independence - Freedom - Happiness

Ha Noi ,day 30 month 06 year 2006

DECISION
Promulgating the List of used information technology appliances banned from import
THE MINISTER OF POST AND TELEMATICS
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 90/2002/ND-CP of November 11, 2002, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Post and Telematics Ministry;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 12/2006/ND-CP of January 23, 2006, detailing the implementation of the Commercial Law regarding activities of international goods sale and purchase, and goods sale and purchase agency, processing and transit with foreign parties;
At the proposal of the director of the Information Technology Industry Department,
DECIDES:

Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the List of used information technology appliances banned from import."

Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 (fifteen) days after its publication in "CONG BAO."

Article 3.- The director of the Office, the chief inspector, the directors of the Departments, heads of bodies and units attached to the Post and Telematics Ministry, organizations and individuals manufacturing and/or trading in information technology and telecommunications appliances shall have to implement this Decision.

Minister of Post and Telematics
DO TRUNG TA

LIST OF USED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLIANCES BANNED FROM IMPORT
(Promulgated together with the Post and Telematics Minister's Decision No. 20/2006/QD-BBCVT of June 30, 2006

Chapter	Heading	Sub-heading		Description of goods
Chapter 84
	8469			Typewriters other than printers of heading No. 8471; word-processing machines
				- Automatic typewriters and word-processing machines:
	8469	11	00	-- Word-processing machines [ITA1/A-002]
	8469	12	00	-- Automatic typewriters
	8469	20	00	- Other typewriters, electric
	8469	30	00	- Other typewriters, non-electric
	8470			Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines; franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers
	8470	10	00	- Electronic calculator capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, producing and displaying machines with calculating functions [ITA1/A-003]
				- Other electronic calculating machines
	8470	21	00	-- Incorporating a printing device [ITA1/A-004]
	8470	29	00	-- Other [ITA1/A-005]
	8470	30	00	- Other calculators [ITA1/A-006]
	8471			Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded forms and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
	8471	10	00	- Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines
	8471	30		- Portable digital automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display [ITA1/A-011] [ITA1/A-191] [ITA1/A-194]:
	8471	30	10	-- Palmtop computers
	8471	30	20	-- Laptop computers
	8471	30	90	-- Other
				- Other digital automatic data processing machines:
	8471	41		-- Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and an input and output unit, whether or not combined [ITA1/A-012] [other than ITA1/B-194] [ITA1/B-191]
	8471	41	10	--- Personal computers other than laptop computers
	8471	41	90	--- Other
	8471	49		-- Other, presented in the form of systems [ITA/A-013] [ITA1/B-191] [other than ITA1/B-194] [other than ITA1/B-193] [ITA1/B-198] [ITA1/B-200] [other than ITA1/B-198] [other than ITA1/B-196]:
	8471	49	10	--- Personal computers other than laptop computers
	8471	49	90	--- Other
	8471	60		- Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing [ITA1/A-015] [other than ITA/B-195]:
	8471	60	11	-- Dot matrix printers
	8471	60	12	-- Ink-jet printers
	8471	60	13	-- Laser printers
	8471	60	19	-- Other printers
	8471	60	21	-- Computer terminals or monitors, color, other than closed circuit television monitors
	8471	60	29	-- Other computer terminals or displays, color, other than closed circuit television monitors
	8471	60	30	-- Computer keyboards
	8471	60	40	-- X-Y coordinate input devices, including mouse, light pen, joystick, trackball and touch sensitive screens
	8471	70		- Storage units: [ITA1/A-016] [other than ITA/B-194]
	8471	70	10	-- Floppy disk drives
	8471	70	20	-- Hard disk drives
	8471	70	30	-- Cassette drives
	8471	70	40	-- Optical disk drives, including CD-ROM drives, DVD drives and CD-R drives [ITA1/B-196]
	8471	80		- Other units of automatic data processing machines: [ITA1/A-017]
	8471	80	10	-- Control units [ITA1/B-194]
	8471	80	20	-- Adapter units [ITA1/B-194]
	8471	80	30	-- Gateways, including VoIP [ITA1/B-194]
	8471	80	40	-- Automatic data routing apparatuses [ITA1/B-194]
	8471	80	50	-- Wireless bridges and routing apparatuses [ITA1/B-194]
	8471	80	60	-- Firewalls
	8471	80	70	-- Sound cards [ITA1/B-202] and video cards
	8471	80	90	-- Other [ITA1/A-018] [other than ITA1/B-194]
	8471	90		- Other:
	8471	90	20	-- Optical character readers, document or image scanners
Chapter 85
	8517			Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunications apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital systems; videophones
				- Telephone sets, videophones:
	8517	11	00	- Line telephone sets with cordless handsets [ITA1/A-026]
	8517	19		-- Other:
	8517	19	10	--- Telephone sets
	8517	19	20	--- Videophones
				- Facsimile machines and teleprinters:
	8517	21	00	-- Facsimile machines [ITA1/A-028]
	8517	22	00	-- Teleprinters [ITA1/A-029]
	8517	30		- Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus: [ITA1/A-030]
	8517	30	10	-- Telephonic switching apparatus
	8517	30	20	-- Telegraphic switching apparatus
	8517	50		- Other apparatus, for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems [ITA1/A-031] [other than repeaters ITA1/B-192] [other than ITA1/B-194] [other than ITA/B-202]
	8517	50	10	-- Combined modulators-demodulators (Modems)
	8517	50	20	-- Concentrators, multiplexes
	8517	50	30	-- Line-man test sets
	8517	50	40	-- Settop boxes with a communication function [ITA1/B-203]
	8517	50	50	-- Other apparatus for telephony
	8517	50	90	-- Other
	8517	80		- Other equipment: [ITA1/A-032] [other than repeaters ITA1/B-192]:
	8517	80	10	-- Scrumblers, including speech inverters and online cipher equipment
	8517	80	20	-- Data security equipment
	8517	80	30	-- Encryption devices
	8517	80	40	-- Public key infrastructure
	8517	80	50	-- Digital subscriber line (DSL)
	8517	80	60	-- Virtual private network (VPN)
	8517	80	70	-- Computer-telephone integrated (CTI)
				-- Other:
	8517	80	91	--- For telephony
	8517	80	92	--- For telegraphy
	8517	80	99	--- Other
	8525			Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders
	8525	10		- Transmission apparatus:
	8525	10	30	-- Data compression tools
	8525	10	40	-- Settop boxes for television
	8525	10	50	-- For radio-telephony or radio-telegraphy [ITA1/A-]
	8525	20		- Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus: [ITA1/A-049] [other than ITA1/B-197]
	8525	20	10	-- Wireless local-area networks (WLAN)
	8525	20	20	-- Internet enabled handy phones
	8525	20	30	-- Internet enabled cellular phones
	8525	20	40	-- Internet video conferencing equipment
	8525	20	50	-- Digital radio relay systems
	8525	20	60	-- Mobile data networks
	8525	20	70	-- Settop boxes for television
	8525	20	80	-- Other cellular phones
	8525	20	91	--- Other transmission apparatus for telephony and telegraphy
	8525	40		- Still image video cameras and other video camera recorders, digital cameras:
	8525	40	30	-- Digital cameras
	8525	40	40	-- Other video cameras
	8528			Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and video projectors
				- Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus:
	8528	12		-- Color:
	8528	12	10	--- Settop boxes for television
	8528	12	90	--- Other
				- Video monitors:
	8528	21		-- Color:
	8528	21	90	--- Other
	8544			Insulated (including enameled or anodized) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors. Optical-fiber cables made of separately insulated fibers, whether or not fitted with electric conductors or connectors
				- Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1,000 V:
	8544	51		-- Fitted with connectors
				--- For telecommunications: [ITA1/A-098]
	8544	51	12	---- Telephone, telegraph, radio relay cables, other than submarine cables
				--- Other:
	8544	51	94	---- Controlling cables
	8544	59		-- Other:
				--- For telecommunications:
	8544	59	12	---- Telephone, telegraph, radio relay cables, other than submarine cables
				--- Other:
	8544	59	94	---- Controlling cables
				- Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V:
				-- Other:
	8544	60	92	--- Telephone, telegraph, radio relay cables, other than undersea cables
	8544	70		- Optical-fiber cables [ITA1/A-099]
	8544	70	20	-- Optical-fiber cables (telephone, telegraph, radio relay cables, other than submarine cables)

* Notes:

- This List is drawn up on the basis of the List of goods and their HS codes in the Export and Import Tariff.

- Only goods items under 8-digit subheadings in this List are banned from import. The 4-digit headings and 6-digit subheadings in this List shall only help clarify information on banned goods under 8-digit subheadings.

- Used components and spare parts of goods on the List of used information technology appliances banned from import are also banned from import.

- This List shall not apply to used information technology goods imported in complete sets within special-use systems.-

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Minister
(Signed)

Do Trung Ta