THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Official Dispatch No. 2114/BCT-HC dated March 19, 2014 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 202/2013/ND-CP on fertilizer management 
Respectfully to:
- Organizations and individuals of fertilizer production, business, export and import;
- Organizations and individuals conducting activities involving domain of fertilizer
On November 27, 2013, the Government has promulgated Decree No. 202/2013/ND-CP on fertilizer management coming into effect on February 01, 2014. The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development are considering promulgating Circular guiding and specifying a number of Articles of Decree No. 202/2013/ND-CP now. While pending Circular guiding implementation, on the basis of uniform with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requests:
1. Regarding fertilizer manufacture
Organizations and individuals which are manufacturing and trading in fertilizer, in case of satisfying full conditions on fertilizer production and business according to Decree No. 202/2013/ND-CP, within two years, from February 01, 2014, must supplement  for eligibility. To satisfy full conditions under regulations, organizations and individuals should prepare:
- Supplementation of equipment for manufacture, measurement, examination on quality of fertilizer products;
- Supplementation and completion of waste treatment system and system of fire prevention and fighting under current regulations;
- Defining the intellectual property on trade mark for fertilizer products;
- Complying with Circulars guiding Decree No. 202/2013/ND-CP promulgated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development.