Quyết định 16/2008/QD-BTC

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 16/2008/QD-BTC

Hanoi, April 14, 2008

FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER




Truong Chi Trung

No.

Groups and types of natural resources

Royalties rate (%)

I

Metallic minerals

1

Minerals of ferrous metals (iron, manganese, titanium, etc.)

5

2

Minerals of non-ferrous metals:

- Mineral sand gold

- Gold nuggets

- Rare earths

- Platinum, tin, tungsten, silver, antimony

- Lead, zinc, aluminum, bauxite, copper, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, mercury, magnesium, vanadium, platinum

- Minerals of other non-ferrous metals

6

6

8

5

5

5

II

Non-metallic minerals (except for thermal mineral water and natural mineral water specified in Section VII below)

1

Non-metallic minerals used as common construction materials:

- Earth exploited for ground-leveling or fill-up or building of works

- Non-metallic minerals used as other common construction materials (stone, sand, gravel, earth for brick-making, etc.)

1

4

2

Non-metallic minerals used as high-grade construction materials (granite, dolomite, fire clay, quartzite, etc.)

5

3

Non-metallic minerals used in industrial production (pyrite, phosphorite, kaolin, mica, technical quartz, stone for lime and cement manufacture, sand for glass manufacture, etc.)

- Particularly: apatite, serpentine

5

2

4

Coal:

- Pit anthracite coal

- Open-cast anthracite coal

- Lignite, fat coal

- Other coals

2

3

3

2

5

 Gems:

a/ Diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, alexandrite, precious black opal

b/ Adrite, rhodonite, pyrope, beryl, spinel, topaz, crystalline quartz (purple blue, greenish yellow, orange), chrysolite, precious opal (white or scarlet), feldspar, birusa, nephrite

c/ Other gems

8

5

3

6

Other non-metallic minerals

2

III

Petroleum (1)

IV

Gas (2)

V

Natural forest products

1

Log timber of various kinds:

- Group I

- Group II

- Groups III and IV

- Groups V, VI, VII and VIII

40

35

25

15

2

Pit props

15

3

Timber used as raw materials for paper production (storax, pines, etc.)

20

4

Timber used as masts or poles in river net fishing

20

5

Impregnated timber, mangrove timber, cajuput timber

15

6

Tree branches and tops, firewood

5

7

Bamboo of all kinds

10

8

Pharmaceutical materials:

- Sandal-wood, codonopsis and aloe

- Anise, cinnamon, aquilegia, cardamom

- Pharmaceutical materials of other types

25

10

5

9

Other natural forest products:

- Wild birds and animals (allowed to be hunted)

- Other natural forest products

20

5

VI

Natural aquatic resources

- Pearl, abalone, holothurian

- Shrimp, fish, cuttlefish and other aquatic resources

10

2

VII

Mineral water, natural water

1

Natural mineral water, purified natural water, bottled or canned

8

2

Natural water used for hydroelectricity generation

2

3

Natural water exploited for production sectors (other than those specified at Points 1 and 2):

a) Used as main or auxiliary raw materials which constitute material elements of products

b) Used for general production purposes (industrial hygiene, cooling, steam-making, etc.)

- In case ground water is used

c) Natural water used for production of clean water, for agriculture, forestry, fishery or salt making, and natural water exploited from dug or drilled wells to meet daily-life needs

- In case ground water is used

3

1

2

0

0.5

4

Natural water exploited for purposes other than those specified at Points 1, 2 and 3

0

a/ For services:

- Use of surface water

- Use of ground water

3

5

b/ For industrial production and construction:

- Use of surface water

- Use of ground water

3

4

c/ For other purposes:

- Use of surface water

- Use of ground water

0

0.5

VIII

 Other natural resources

- Salangane's nests

- Other natural resources

20

10