Imports

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao government has announced the temporary suspension of pig and pork product imports from China and Vietnam after African Swine Fever outbreaks in these countries.The notification was issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry recently with the aim of ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Lao authorities say there will be no alteration of the import policy on motorbikes including tax rates despite some calls for change with motorbike sales on the wane.“The government’s motorcycle import policy is not changing this year. The import tax as ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government is now officially rolling out the Lao National Single Window (LNSW) system to regulate the import of vehicles at the first Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane.The system is part of efforts to streamline import and export procedures and make ...

BOTEN, Laos, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — With over 64 ton diesel, handed over from PetroChina to a Lao company at Laos-China border, the first export of Chinese refined oil to Lao market was made on Wednesday.PetroChina International (Yunnan) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of PetroChina group, ...

As of next year steel and cement importers in Laos will no longer need an import licence after the government issued an order calling for an end to the licence requirement.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has directed the departments of industry and commerce throughout ...

Over 600 vehicles that were illegally imported into Borikhamxay province have now been legalised, despite some challenges in the process, according to a committee in charge of the matter. A senior official on the committee, Mr Khamvaen Panyanouvong, told Vientiane Times on Friday that only 100 ...