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Regarding the question, the Legal Consultancy Team of Customs Newspaper shall consult as follows:

Pursuant to the Ministry of Information and Communication's Circular No. 31/2015/TT-BTTTT guiding a number of articles of the Government's Decree No.187/2013/ND-CP dated November 20, 2013, on export and import activities, used electronic products are subject to prohibition from import.

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The reader should study the list of banned goods from export or import (Issued together with the Government’s Decree No. 187/2013 / ND-CP dated November 20, 2013) to implement in compliance with regulations. This list applies for export and import of commercial goods and non-commercial goods; Exports and imports in border areas; Government and non-government aids.

By Legal Consultancy team of the Customs newspaper/ Ngoc Loan

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