On September 9, 2025, the Minister of Industry and Trade issued Circular No. 49/2025/TT-BCT regulating the Rules of Origin for goods under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation among the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the Rules of Origin under the AKFTA Agreement). This circular stipulates 12 cases of goods considered wholly obtained under the AKFTA Agreement.
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Accordingly, the 12 cases of goods considered wholly obtained under the AKFTA Agreement are as follows:
According to the provision at point a, clause 1, Article 5 of the Rules of Origin for goods under the AKFTA Agreement issued together with Circular 49/2025, goods are considered wholly obtained or entirely produced within the territory of a Member State in the following cases:
(1) Plants and products from plants that are harvested, picked, or gathered after being grown in that Member State.
(2) Live animals that are born and raised in that Member State.
(3) Products processed from the live animals mentioned in (2).
(4) Products obtained from hunting, trapping, fishing, aquaculture, gathering, or hunting in that Member State.
(5) Minerals and other naturally occurring substances not listed in (1) to (4) that are extracted or mined from the land, water, seabed, or subsoil of that Member State.
(6) Seafood caught or harvested by vessels registered and entitled to fly the flag of that Member State, and other marine products harvested by that Member State or individuals of that Member State from waters, seabed, or subsoil outside the territorial waters of that Member State, provided that the Member State has the right to exploit natural resources from those waters, seabed, and subsoil under international law.
(7) Seafood caught and other marine products harvested from the high seas by vessels registered and entitled to fly the flag of that Member State.
(8) Products processed or produced directly on processing vessels registered and entitled to fly the flag of that Member State from the products mentioned in (7).
(9) Products from outer space exploited by that Member State or individuals of that Member State.
(10) Articles collected from that Member State that no longer have their original functions or cannot be repaired or restored, suitable only for waste or partial recovery as raw materials or for recycling purposes.
(11) Waste and scrap obtained from the production process in that Member State or used products collected in that Member State, suitable only as raw materials.
(12) Goods obtained or produced in the territory of the exporting Member State solely from the products mentioned in (1) to (11).
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