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Chapter 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

1302.31.00

Agar-agar

  1. 1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
  2. - Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
  3. - - Agar-agar

Nhựa và các chiết xuất từ thực vật; chất pectic, muối của axit pectinic và muối của axit pectic; thạch rau câu (agar-agar) và các chất nhầy và các chất làm đặc, làm dày khác, đã hoặc chưa cải biến, thu được từ các sản phẩm thực vật / - Chất nhầy và chất làm đặc, làm dày, đã hoặc chưa biến đổi, thu được từ các sản phẩm thực vật: / - - Thạch rau câu (agar-agar)

Unit: kg Level: 8-digit line Source: BT2026 row 1810 SOURCE

Taxes applicable in 2026

Source: consolidated BT2026 tariff (updated 05/04/2026)
Ordinary import duty 7.5% 15/2023/QĐ-TTg · 15 Jul 2023
Preferential (MFN) 5% 26/2023/NĐ-CP · 15 Jul 2023
VAT 8 / 10 (several rates) 181/2025/NĐ-CP · 1 Jul 2025
Excise tax No data
Environmental tax No data
Export duty No data

Special preferential (FTA) rates – 2026

FTARateData basisProof of originLegal basisStatus
AANZFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)		 AANZ 121/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
ACFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)		 E 118/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
AHKFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 AHK 123/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
AIFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
01/01/2026 - 31/12/2026		 AI 122/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
AJCEP 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
01/4/2026 - 31/3/2027		 AJ 120/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
AKFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)		 AK 119/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
ATIGA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 D 126/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
CPTPP 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
(VI)		 CPTPP 115/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
EVFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 EUR.1 116/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex A)
BN, KH, ID, LA, MY, MM, PH, SG, TH
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex B)
AU
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex C)
CN
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex D)
JP
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex E)
KR
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
RCEP (Annex F)
NZ
 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 RCEP Form / Declaration of origin 129/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
UKVFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 EUR.1 117/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VCFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 VC 112/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VJEPA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
01/4/2026 - 31/3/2027		 JV · Form VJ 124/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VKFTA 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 VK 125/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VN-EAEU 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2026		 EAV 113/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VN-LAO 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026 S 206/2025/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VNCU 0% Lowest published Consolidated BT2026
2023 - 2027		 VNCB · Form VC (Cuba) 114/2022/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VIFTA 2.9% Consolidated BT2026
2026		 Form VI (verify) 131/2024/NĐ-CP Ad valorem
VN-CAM No data No data S 56/2026/NĐ-CP No data

A published rate does not mean the goods qualify. Origin rules and valid proof of origin are required.

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Rate history / phase-down by year

From the 2022–2027 FTA schedule worksheets
FTAPeriods
ACFTA
AC · row 1815
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)0%
ATIGA
AT · row 1788
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
Product-specific rule: RVC40
AJCEP
AJ · row 1818
30/12/2022 - 31/3/20230% 01/4/2023 - 31/3/20240% 01/4/2024 - 31/3/20250% 01/4/2025 - 31/3/20260% 01/4/2026 - 31/3/20270% 01/4/2027 - 31/3/20280%
VJEPA
VJ · row 1820
30/12/2022 - 31/3/20230% 01/4/2023 - 31/3/20240% 01/4/2024 - 31/3/20250% 01/4/2025 - 31/3/20260% 01/4/2026 - 31/3/20270% 01/4/2027 - 31/3/20280%
AKFTA
AK · row 1822
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)0%
Rate with exclusions: 0
AANZFTA
AANZ · row 1790
2022 - 2027 (một mức cho cả giai đoạn)0%
Rate column F (hidden): 0
AIFTA
AI · row 1790
30/12/20220% 31/12/2022 - 30/12/20230% 31/12/2023 - 30/12/20240% 31/12/2024 - 31/12/20250% 01/01/2026 - 31/12/20260% 01/01/2027 - 31/12/20270%
VKFTA
VK · row 1788
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
VCFTA
VC · row 1829
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
VN-EAEU
EAV · row 1828
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
VNCU
VNCU · row 314
20220% 2023 - 20270%
Change flag (helper): X
AHKFTA
AKH · row 1834
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
EVFTA
EV-NK · row 1791
20221.2% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
UKVFTA
UKV · row 1793
20221.2% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
CPTPP
CPTPP · row 1791
(I) → 2021*0% (II) → 2022*0% (III) → 2023*0% (IV) → 2024*0% (V) → 2025*0% (VI) → 2026*0% (VII) → 2027*0%
RCEP A
RCEPT-A · row 1820
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
RCEP B
B · row 1820
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
RCEP C
C · row 1820
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
RCEP D
D · row 1820
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
RCEP E
E · row 1822
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
RCEP F
F · row 1820
20220% 20230% 20240% 20250% 20260% 20270%
VIFTA
VI · row 1692
20244.3% 20253.6% 20262.9% 20272.1%
Helper column J: 8

* CPTPP periods (I)–(VII) are mapped to years by matching BT2026 (DERIVED data – verify).

Advisory & warnings

General assessment (origin not considered). Run Smart Tariff Advisory for an origin-specific assessment.

YELLOW – REVIEW REQUIRED DOC-004 Other item policy
Description
Item policy (source, Vietnamese): Thực phẩm, phụ gia thực phẩm và bao gói, dụng cụ chưa đựng (15/2024/TT-BYT)
Legal reference
15/2024/TT-BYT
Recommended action
Read the referenced instruments.
Verification status
Instrument cited in source; validity not verified
YELLOW – REVIEW REQUIRED TAX-001 Several VAT rates
Description
The VAT column shows "8/10".
Legal reference
181/2025/NĐ-CP
Recommended action
Determine the VAT rate by the nature of goods and reduction rules (174/2025/NĐ-CP, Annex I/II).
Verification status
Not verified – check required
GRAY – DATA UNAVAILABLE TR-004 Not Assessed – Additional Regulatory Verification Required
Description
The source file records no trade remedy for 1302.31.00. This does NOT mean there is no risk.
Recommended action
Check the MOIT Trade Remedies Authority database.
Verification status
Not verified – check required
GREEN – VERIFIED DQ-001 MFN rate present in the source
Description
The MFN rate 5% for 1302.31.00 was checked against BT2026 (cell BT2026!N1810), basis 26/2023/NĐ-CP.
Legal reference
26/2023/NĐ-CP
Recommended action
Verification scope: matched against source file version 2026.04.05; not a substitute for the legal text.
Verification status
Checked against the source tariff file

Chapter notes

Note

1. Heading 13.02 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium.

The heading does not apply to:

(a) Liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading 17.04);

(b) Malt extract (heading 19.01);

(c) Extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 21.01);

(d) Vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);

(e) Camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 29.14 or 29.38;

(f) Concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50% by weight of alkaloids (heading 29.39);

(g) Medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 38.22);

(h) Tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 32.01 or 32.03);

(ij) Essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or

(k) Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 40.01).

(1): Tham khảo TCVN 4843:2007

(SEN): Tham khảo Chú giải bổ sung (SEN) của Danh mục Thuế quan hài hòa ASEAN (AHTN) 2022