Vietnam: Vietnam Repeals Certificate of Free Sale Requirement for Feed Ingredients for Import Inspection

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   VM2022-0051

On July 13, 2022, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) issued Decree 46/2022 amending Decree 13/2020 Guiding the Law on Animal Husbandry, which repeals Article 18.3.c of Decree 13/2020. With this amendment, the GVN no longer requires a Certificate Free Sale (CFS) for imported feed ingredients, including traditional feeds such as corn, soybean meal, DDGS, and single feed ingredients like vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, as part of the registration process for import inspection. This report provides an addendum to GAIN Report VM2020-0062, in which Post notified that the GVN officially suspended the CFS requirement prescribed in Article 18.3.c of Decree 13/2020.

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