THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence- Freedom- Happiness
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No.162/2002/QD/BTC
Hanoi, December , 26 2002
 DECISION
AMENDING  NAMES AND TAX RATES OF A NUMBER OF COMMODITY ITEMS OF HEADINGS 2709 AND 2710 IN THE PREFERENTIAL IMPORT TARIFF
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No.86/2002/ND-CP dated November 05, 2002 on the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the tax rate brackets prescribed in the import tariff according to the List of taxable commodity groups promulgated together with Resolution No.63/NQ-UBTVQH10 dated October 10, 1998 of the Xth National Assembly Standing Committee;
Pursuant to Article 1 of the Government's Decree No.94/1998/ND-CP dated November 17, 1998 detailing the implementation of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of Law No.04/1998/QH10 of May 20, 1998 on Export Tax and Import Tax;
At the proposal of the General Director of Tax,
DECIDES:
Article 1: To amend the preferential import tax rates of a number of commodity items of Headings 2709 and 2710 specified in the Finance Minister�s Decision No.135/2002/QD/BTC dated November 4, 2002 and Decision No.145/2002/QD/BTC dated December 2, 2002 into new ones as follows: