New regulations on origin of goods
Effective from February 15, 2022, Decree 111/2021/ND-CP issued on December 9, 2021 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 43/2017/ND-CP dated April 14 /2017 of the Government on product labels.
In particular, Decree 111/2021/ND-CP amends and supplements Article 15 of origin of goods. Specifically, organizations and individuals producing, exporting, and importing self-determine and record the origin of their goods to ensure honesty, accuracy, and compliance with legal regulations on the origin of exported goods. imported goods, goods produced in Vietnam or international commitments that Vietnam participates in.
The origin of the goods stated on the label is indicated by one of the following phrases “made in”; “made in”; “manufacturing country”; “origin”; “made by”; “product of” with the name of the country or territory producing the goods or written according to the law on origin of goods.
In case the origin of the goods cannot be determined according to the above regulations, write down the place where the final step was performed to complete the goods. Expressed by one of the phrases or a combination of phrases expressing the stage of completing the goods as follows: “assembled at”; “bottled at”; “mix at”; “complete at”; “packed at”; “labeled at” with the name of the country or territory where the final step to complete the goods is performed.
The name of the country or territory where the goods are produced or where the final step to complete the goods is performed must not be abbreviated.
