Logistics for export gloves and masks
Vietnam is currently considered to be a leading country in disease prevention effectiveness. In order to accompany the world against the Covid-19 epidemic, many enterprises exporting masks and gloves in Vietnam operate non-stop to meet worldwide demand.
Currently, in addition to medical masks, other items such as medical protective gear, gloves, masks … are also in high demand for export.
For current medical products, it is very important that the Company provides sufficient documents to prove to its partner that a qualified factory is a qualified factory. In the past time, a lot of fake medical products or ineligible for export have been flooded in the US and EU markets, affecting the reputation of some businesses.
So what are the essential conditions to export this hot commodity?
FDA (For goods exported to the US): Medical masks and protective goods not used for medical purposes do not require FDA.
Source FDA: https://www.fda.gov/media/136449/download
CE (For goods exported to EU): For medical masks and masks, if not used in hospitals, medical facilities, there is no need to apply for a CE license.
Source of CE UK: https://www.cemarkingassociation.co.uk/ce-marking-covid-19-update/
Standard EN (Export fabric masks to the EU): Fabric masks generally must comply with EN 166 standards.
Products can be placed on the EU market even if the certification of procedures has not been started and no CE marks are affixed to them as long as they are still in compliance with EN
Refer to https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=CENWEB Fire
FDA 510K (Medical Gloves when exported to the US market): For non-powdered Nitrile gloves, the import tax in the USA for this item is 0%, and the US customs also does not require FDA for this product .
In addition, the importing country will require additional documents such as:
SGS
ISO 9001: 2015 certified
ISO 13485: 2016 certification
Certificate of eligibility to produce medical masks
Certificate of free sale
Tested to EU standards
USA standard test
Medical protective clothing includes products such as: medical protective jumpsuit, isolation gown, medical masks, protective glasses, medical gloves, medical protective shoes, fabric masks antibacterial, … is not among the items banned from export, so it is possible to do normal export procedures for these items (According to Decree No. 69/2018 / ND-CP)
The above documents are only to provide for foreign partners, do not need to provide to the customs office when the enterprise clears the customs for export of goods.
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Export documents include:
– Invoice
– Packing list
– Contract
– Bill of lading
?Some codes that students refer to:
– HS code of medical masks: 63079040
– HS code of fabric mask: 63079090 (not for medical use)
The export tax of the mask is 0%.
– HS code of epidemic prevention medical gloves: 40151100
Export tax on medical gloves is 0%.
Hopefully the above article can help businesses looking for opportunities to export masks, gloves and medical equipment to foreign markets.
Source: Collector
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