Tiếng Việt| THE PRIME MINISTER | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
| No .250/1998/QD-TTg | Hanoi, December 24, 1998 |
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF RICE EXPORT AND FERTILIZER IMPORT IN 1999
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Orgnization of the Government dated September 30, 1992;
At the proposals of the Minister of Trade and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
DECIDES
Article 1.- To ratify the 1999 rice export quota of 3.9 million tons, which is allocated as follows:
a/ Southern provinces: 2.7 million tons (including State enterprises, that cover also the major rice exporting enterprises being members of the Central
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b/ Centrally-run companies: 1.0 million tons.
c/ Foreign-invested companies operating in the field of rice production and processing for export: 50,000 tons.
d/ Enterprises beside the main rice exporters, which find new customers and/or markets: 50,000 tons.
e/ Northern provinces: 100,000 tons.
To allocate a quota of 3.24 million tons in the first phase for the above-said objects for implementation as from January 1st, l999 (according to Appendix No. 1 attached to this Decision).
The further allocation of the 1999 rice export quota shall be considered by the end of September 1999, on the basis of the concrete situation of agricultural production, domestic and foreign markets, and results of the fulfilment of quota already allocated in the first phase.
The Ministry of Trade is assigned to coordinate with the Control Board to keep the total rice export volume of the provinces and enterprises (mentioned in Appendix I) in the first quarter of 1999 at about 1 million tons.
Basing themselves on the market demand, the situation of the conclusion of rice export contracts by enterprises, the Ministry of Trade and the Control Board shall report to the Prime Minister for the prompt adjustment the above-said rice export, volume in the first quarter of 1999.
Article 2.- On the allocation of quotas to enterprises:
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The presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall not allocate quotas to enterprises other than those authorized as the major rice exporters.
b/ The allocation and adjustment of quotas for foreign-invested enterprises operating in the field of rice production and processing shall be considered and decided by the Minister of Trade on the basis of the Prime Minister�s directing principles in Document No. 1182/CP-KTTH of October 6, 1998 and Document No. 304/VPCP-QHQT-m of November 6, 1998.
c/ The allocation of rice export quotas to objects mentioned in Point d, Article 1 of this Decision shall be considered by the Ministry of Trade before submission to the Prime Minister for decision.
d/ Basing themselves on the rice production situation in the northern provinces, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall, after consideration, propose the Prime Minister to allow enterprises in Northern Vietnam to participate in rice export according to thequotas set in Point e, Article 1 of this Decision.
For the countries where free rice export is allowed, the Vietnamese major rice exporting enterprises are allowed to take initiative in signing contracts for the direct sale or sale through companies of third countries, according to the allocated quotas and the price bracket set by the Ministry of Trade.
Article 5.- To approve the 1999 quotas for import of fertilizer of various kinds as follows:
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- SA fertilizer: 270,000 tons;
- DAP fertilizer: 300,000 tons;
- Potassium fertilizer: 310,000 tons
The above- mentioned quotas for import of fertilizer of various kinds shall be allocated to localities and centrally-run enterprises stated in Appendix II enclosed herewith for implementation as from January 1st, 1999.
The fertilizer importing enterprises shall take self-responsibility for the efficiency of fertilizer import; the State shall not make up for any losses incurred.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the relevant branches in monitoring the production and supply of NPK fertilizer by the domestic production establishments; in cases where the domestic fertilizer production fails to meet the above-said requirements, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall together with the Ministry of Trade, promptly report to the Prime Minister on measures for additional import so as to ensure the supply and demand and stabilize the domestic fertilizer prices.
For chemical fertilizers used as raw materials for the production of composite fertilizers, enterprises having production permits, certificates of registration of products’ quality and trademarks as currently prescribed by law, shall be allowed to directly import such fertilizers in service of their production activities. The specific types and import volume of fertilizers shall be considered and decided by the Ministry of Trade according to the enterprises’ production demand.
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The establishment of such warehouses must be detailed in a plan to be submitted to the Ministry of Trade and the General Department of Customs for consideration and further submission to the Prime Minister for decision.
III. ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION
For contracts which are negotiated based on the 1998 quotas, the negotiation is allowed to continue and the quotas thereof shall be accounted into the 1999 quotas.
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enterprises of the Food Corporations, be entitled to apply the lending limits according to Point a, Clause 1, Article 79 of the Law on Credit Institutions.
- The Ministry of Finance shall apply a tax rate of zero per cent for the export of assorted rice as from January 1st, 1999.
- To assign some major rice exporting enterprises, mainly in the provinces with high commodity rice output, and the Food Corporations (as mentioned in Appendix III enclosed herewith) to buy about 1 million tons of rice at the harvest of Spring-Winter crop as reserve for export, thus ensuring the timely purchase of commodity rice and keeping the flooring buying price of rice in the Winter-Spring crop not bellow 1,650 dong/kg.
The Government Pricing Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall consult the presidents of the provincial/municipal People's Committees to provide detailed guidance for rice purchase at the above-said flooring price.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the presidents of the provincial/municipal People's Committees shall direct enterprises to purchase 1 million tons of rice as mentioned above in the period of from February 1st to March 31st, 1999. The commercial banks shall provide loans to enterprises at common interest rates. To allow the use of price stabilizing fund to cover 100 per cent of lending interest rates for 2 months so that enterprises may effect the above-mentioned temporary reserve; the fund for covering interest rates shall be allocated directly to enterprises, based on their bank loans already used for the purchase of 1 million tons of rice as mentioned above. The State Bank of Vietnam and the Government Pricing Commission shall provide detailed guidance on the allocation of fund to cover interest rates.
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1999 RICE EXPORT QUOTAS TO BE ALLOCATED IN THE FIRST PHASE
(Issued together with Decision No. 250/1998/QD-TTg of December 24, 1998 of the Prime Minister)
Unit:1,000 tons
No.
Provinces/Enterprises
First phase of 1999
A
Localities
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1
Long An
170
2
Tien Giang
290
3
Dong Thap
270
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Vinh Long
280
5
Tra Vinh
100
6
Can Tho
340
7
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100
8
An Giang
340
9
Kien Giang
100
10
Bac Lieu
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11
Ca Mau
50
12
Ben Tre
10
13
Ho Chi Minh City
90
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Centrally-run enterprises
840
1
The Northern Food Coporation
300
2
The Southern Food Corporation
500
3
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20
4
The Agricultural Materials Corporation
20
C
Other enterprises
200
1
Foreign-investment enterprises
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2
Enterprises having new markets
50
3
Northern provinces
100
Total
3,240
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FERTILIZER IMPORT QUOTAS IN 1999
(Issued together with Decision No.250/1998/QD-TTg of December 24,1998 of the Prime Minister )
Unit:1,000 tons
No.
Provinces/Enterprises
Types of fertilizer
URE
DAP
SA
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Nationwide
1,650
300
270
310
A
In the South
900
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120
140
1
Long An
70
30
10
10
2
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80
30
10
10
3
An Giang
80
30
10
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4
Vinh Long
80
30
10
10
5
Tien Giang
70
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10
10
6
Can Tho
80
30
10
10
7
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30
10
-
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8
Bac Lieu
30
10
-
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9
Ca Mau
20
10
-
-
10
Dong Nai
30
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10
20
11
Kien Giang
20
10
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-
12
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20
-
-
-
13
The Southern Food Corporation
50
30
10
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14
Vietnam Chemicals Corporation
20
-
10
10
15
The Agricultural Materials Corporation
220
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10
20
16
The Vietnam Rubber Corporation
-
-
10
10
17
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-
-
10
10
B
In the North
510
-
80
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1
Hai Phong
90
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20
20
2
Hanoi
80
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20
30
3
Nghe An
70
-
20
40
4
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40
-
20
10
5
Nam Dinh
30
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-
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6
Ha Tinh
20
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-
-
7
The Northern Food Corporation
30
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8
The Agricultural Material Corporation
150
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10
C
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240
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70
50
1
Phu Yen
40
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20
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2
Quang Nam
40
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10
10
3
Binh Dinh
30
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10
10
4
Dac Lac
20
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10
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5
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20
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10
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6
The Agricultural Materials Corporation
40
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7
General Import-Export Company No.3
30
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10
10
8
The Southern Food Corporation
20
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QUOTAS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF 1 MILLION TONS OF COMMODITY RICE AS TEMPORARY RESERVE FOR EXPORT
(Issued together with Decision No.250/1998/QD-TTg of December 24,1998 of the Prime Minister)
Unit:1,000 tons
No.
Province/enterprises
Quantity
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Long An
90
2
Tien Giang
70
3
Dong Thap
120
4
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60
5
Tra Vinh
40
6
Can Tho
130
7
Soc Trang
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8
An Giang
170
9
Kien Giang
40
10
Bac Lieu
20
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Ca Mau
30
12
The Southern Food Corporation
120
13
The Northern Food Corporation
60
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1,000
- 1 Circular No. 07/1999/TT-BTM of April 20, 1999, providing guidelines to the implementation of prime ministerial Decision No.254/1998/QD-TTg dated december 30, 1998 concerning the management of import-export activities in 1999 regarding the import-export activities of foreign-invested enterprises
- 2 Decision No. 39/1998/QD-TTg of February 18, 1998, on the establishment of the steering committee for the rice export and fertilizer import management
- 3 Decison No. 12/1998/QD-TTg of January 23, 1998, the management of rice export and fertilizer import in 19