​Recently, the Management Board of IZs received many questions from enterprises in the IZs regarding the content of goods' names (HS code) on the Investment Registration Certificate. In order for businesses to better understand the regulations on goods trading activities, the Management Board of Dong Nai Industrial Zones informs businesses the following contents:

1. According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 5 and Clause 1, Article 6 of Decree No. 09/2018/ND-CP dated January 15, 2018 of the Government, foreign investors and foreign-invested economic organizations may implement the right to export, right to import, and right to wholesale distribution after registering to perform these activities in relevant papers according to the provisions of the Investment Law and the Enterprise Law.

Foreign-invested economic organizations shall implement the right to export, import, and wholesale distribution according to the provisions of Article 7 of Decree No. 09/2018. Accordingly, the goods on the list of goods exported, imported or distributed under permits and conditions, foreign-invested economic organizations may only implement the right to export, right to import, right to distribute wholesale distributor after being granted a license or meeting all business conditions as prescribed by law.

2. Decree No. 09/2018/ND-CP does not have a mandatory declaration of the list of goods registered to implement the right to export, right to import, or right to distribute under HS codes. Determining the scope of the list of goods and declaring the list of goods by HS code, by name or by chapter... is the right of investors, economic organizations on the basis of self-balancing of needs and business capacity and financial capacity, convenience when implementing customs clearance procedures and tax declaration in accordance with relevant laws on tax, finance and customs procedures. The investment management agency registers the export right, the import right and the distribution right in the Investment Registration Certificate at the request of the investor/economic organization, in accordance with the provisions of Law on Investment, Enterprise and Decree No. 09/2018/ND-CP.

3. The declaration of HS code of goods in the Customs declaration dossier shall comply with the law on customs procedures. In case of having problems with the declaration of Customs declaration dossiers, the Company can contact the Ministry of Finance (General Department of Customs) for guidance on implementation in accordance with its competence.

Based on the above content, the Company's registration to buy and sell goods under the HS code or by the name, by the chapter ... is the right of the Company, on the basis of self-balancing the needs and capabilities of the Company.

There are no restrictions on the number of types of goods which enterprises are allowed to conduct commercial activities under the investment law.