Circular No. 42/2026/TT-BCT providing the detailed List of dual-use goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade

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Detailed list of dual-use goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, with HS codes, technical characteristics and reference ECCNs.

Pursuant to Decree No. 40/2025/ND-CP of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organisational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 109/2025/ND-CP and Decree No. 193/2025/ND-CP;

Pursuant to Decree No. 259/2025/ND-CP of the Government on strategic trade control;

At the proposal of the Director of the Import and Export Department;

The Minister of Industry and Trade hereby promulgates the Circular providing the detailed List of dual-use goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Article 1. Detailed List of dual-use goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade

The detailed List of dual-use goods under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, implementing clause 2 Article 7 of Decree No. 259/2025/ND-CP, is promulgated in the Appendix to this Circular.

Article 2. Effect

1. This Circular takes effect from 12 September 2026.

2. In the course of implementing this Circular, should any difficulty arise, traders and relevant agencies and organisations shall report it in writing to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (Import and Export Department) for resolution./.

APPENDIX

DETAILED LIST OF DUAL-USE GOODS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE(Promulgated together with Circular No. 42/2026/TT-BCT dated 29 July 2026 of the Minister of Industry and Trade)

PRINCIPLES OF APPLICATION

1. Where only a 4-digit code is listed, all 8-digit codes falling within that 4-digit heading are included in the List.

2. Where only a 6-digit code is listed, all 8-digit codes falling within that 6-digit subheading are included in the List.

3. Where codes are listed in detail down to 8 digits, only those 8-digit codes are included in the List.

4. The export control classification number of the European Union List of dual-use items (ECCN): used for reference purposes.

No.	HS code	Description of goods	Technical and technological characteristics	Reference ECCN
I	Electronics
1	85044090	High-power direct current power supplies	– Static converters having both of the following characteristics:(i) Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of 8 hours, 100 V or greater with current output of 500 A or greater;(ii) Current or voltage stability better than 0,1 % over a time period of 8 hours.– Excluding: Magnet power supplies (high power, direct current) having all of the following characteristics: capable of continuous operation with a current output of 500 A or greater at a voltage of 100 V or greater; and current or voltage regulation better than 0,01 % over a time period of 8 hours.– Not of a kind used for automatic data-processing machines and units thereof and telecommunication apparatus; not accumulator or battery chargers with a rated capacity exceeding 100 kVA; not rectifiers; not inverters.	3A226
2	85044090	High-voltage direct current power supplies	– Static converters having both of the following characteristics:(i) Capable of continuously producing, over a time period of 8 hours, 20 kV or greater with current output of 1 A or greater;(ii) Current or voltage stability better than 0,1 % over a time period of 8 hours.– Excluding: High voltage power supplies for ion sources, having all of the following characteristics: capable of continuous operation; output voltage not less than 20.000 V; output current of 1 A or greater; and voltage stability better than 0,01 % over a time period of 8 hours.– Not of a kind used for automatic data-processing machines and units thereof and telecommunication apparatus; not accumulator or battery chargers with a rated capacity exceeding 100 kVA; not rectifiers; not inverters.	3A227
3	8504404085044090	Frequency changers (converters or inverters)	– Static converters usable as a variable or fixed frequency motor drive and having all of the following characteristics:(i) Multiphase output providing a power of 40 VA or greater.(ii) Operating at a frequency of 600 Hz or more.(iii) Control step (or frequency accuracy) less than 0,2 %.– Excluding: Frequency changers, including converters or inverters, specially designed or prepared to supply motor stators for gas centrifuge enrichment, having all of the following characteristics: multiphase frequency output of 600 Hz or more; high stability, with a control step (or frequency accuracy) less than 0,2 %.– Note:Frequency changers or generators are not controlled if they have hardware, software or technology constraints that limit the performance to less than that specified above.	3A225
II	Chemicals
4	36020000	High explosives, or substances or mixtures containing more than 2 % by weight of high explosives	– Other than national defence and security goods.– A crystal density greater than 1,8 g/cm³ and a detonation velocity greater than 8.000 m/s.	1C239
5	36020000	Shaped charges	'Shaped charges' having all of the following:(i) Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) greater than 90 g; and(ii) Outer casing diameter equal to or greater than 75 mm.	1A008.a
6	36020000	Linear shaped cutting charges	Linear shaped cutting charges having all of the following:(i) An explosive load per metre (g/m) greater than 40 g/m; and(ii) A width of 10 mm or more.	1A008.b
7	3603100036032000	Detonating cord, safety fuse	Detonating cord with explosive core load greater than 64 g/m	1A008.c
8	36036000	Electrically driven explosive detonators	– Comprising the following types:(i) Exploding bridge (EB) detonators;(ii) Exploding bridge wire (EBW) detonators;(iii) Slapper detonators;(iv) Exploding foil initiators (EFI).Note:– The detonators subject to control all utilise a small electrical conductor such as a bridge, bridge wire or foil, that explosively vaporises when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it.– In non-slapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate).– In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporisation of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap; when the slapper impacts an explosive, it starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force.– The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper-type detonator.	1A007.b
9	29214400	2-Nitrodiphenylamine	CAS 119-75-5	1C111.c
10	29209000	Triethylene glycol dinitrate	CAS 111-22-8	1C111.c
11	29209000	Trimethylolethane trinitrate	CAS 3032-55-1	1C111.c
12	29209000	Diethylene glycol dinitrate	CAS 693-21-0	1C111.c
13	28500000	High-purity hydrides of phosphorus, arsenic or antimony	Having a purity greater (better) than 99,999 %, even diluted in inert gases or hydrogen.Excluding hydrides containing 20 % molar or more of inert gases or hydrogen.	3C004
14	29319090	High-purity organo-metallic compounds of aluminium, gallium or indium	Organo-metallic compounds of aluminium, gallium or indium, having a purity (metal basis) greater (better) than 99,999 %.	3C003.a
15	293144002931480029314929315200293153002931540029315929319049	High-purity organo-arsenic, organo-antimony and organo-phosphorus compounds	Organo-arsenic, organo-antimony and organo-phosphorus compounds, having a purity (inorganic element basis) greater (better) than 99,999 %.	3C003.b
16	39269099	'Syntactic foam' designed for underwater use at marine depths not exceeding 1.000 m and having a density less than 561 kg/m3	'Syntactic foam' consisting of hollow particles of plastic or glass embedded in a resin matrix.(i) Designed for underwater use at marine depths not exceeding 1.000 m; and(ii) A density less than 561 kg/m³.	8C001
III	Metals and alloys
17	8104190081049000	High-strength magnesium alloys	– Having both of the following:(i) A tensile strength of 345 MPa or more; and(ii) A corrosion rate of less than 1 mm/year in 3 % sodium chloride aqueous solution measured in accordance with ASTM standard G-31 or national equivalents.– Not of a kind used for coating substrates.– The magnesium metal content is a higher percentage by weight than that of any other element present in the alloy.– Made from metal alloy powder or particulate material, from the composition system: Mg-Al-X or Mg-X-Al, where X is one or more alloy spare parts.	1C002.b
18	75022000750512007505220075062000750712007508	High-strength nickel alloys	– Having any of the following:(i) A 'stress-rupture life' of 10.000 hours or longer at 923 K (650 °C) at a stress of 676 MPa; or(ii) A 'low cycle fatigue life' of 10.000 cycles or more at 823 K (550 °C) at a maximum stress of 1.095 MPa;– Where: 'stress-rupture life' is measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-139 or national equivalents; 'low cycle fatigue life' is measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-606 or national equivalents.– Not of a kind used for coating substrates.– The nickel metal content is a higher percentage by weight than that of any other element present in the alloy.– Made from metal alloy powder or particulate material, from the composition system: nickel alloys (Ni-Al-X, Ni-X-Al) qualified for turbine engine parts or components, with less than 3 non-metallic particles (introduced during the manufacturing process) larger than 100 μm in 10⁹ alloy particles, where X is one or more alloy spare parts.	1C002.b
19	8108200081089000	High-strength titanium alloys	– Having any of the following:(i) A 'stress-rupture life' of 10.000 hours or longer at 723 K (450 °C) at a stress of 200 MPa; or(ii) A 'low cycle fatigue life' of 10.000 cycles or more at 723 K (450 °C) at a maximum stress of 400 MPa.– Where: 'stress-rupture life' is measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-139 or national equivalents; 'low cycle fatigue life' is measured in accordance with ASTM standard E-606 or national equivalents.– Not of a kind used for coating substrates.– The titanium metal content is a higher percentage by weight than that of any other element present in the alloy.– Made from metal alloy powder or particulate material, from the composition system: Ti-Al-X or Ti-X-Al, where X is one or more alloy spare parts.	1C002.b
20	7601200076042976052100760529107605299076061290760692007608200076169990	High-strength aluminium alloys	– Having any of the following:(i) A tensile strength of 240 MPa or more at 473 K (200 °C); or(ii) A tensile strength of 415 MPa or more at 298 K (25 °C).– Not of a kind used for coating substrates.– The aluminium metal content is a higher percentage by weight than that of any other element present in the alloy.– Made from metal alloy powder or particulate material, from the composition system: Al-Mg-X or Al-X-Mg, Al-Zn-X or Al-X-Zn, Al-Fe-X or Al-X-Fe, where X is one or more alloy spare parts.	1C002.b
21	72253090722540907225509072259190722599907226919072269290722699997304190073045173045973049090730650997306909773069099	Maraging steels	– Maraging steels are iron alloys, generally characterised by high nickel content, carbon content of less than or equal to 0,03 % by weight, and the use of substitutional elements or precipitates to produce strengthening and age-hardening of the alloy. They are subjected to heat treatment cycles to facilitate the martensitic transformation process (solution annealed stage) and subsequently age hardened (precipitation hardened stage).– Maraging steels, useable in 'missiles' (complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km), having all of the following:(i) Having an ultimate tensile strength, measured at 293 K (20 °C), equal to or greater than 0,9 GPa in the solution annealed stage; or 1,5 GPa in the precipitation hardened stage;(ii) Any of the following forms:– Sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal to or less than 5,0 mm; or– Tubular forms with a wall thickness equal to or less than 50 mm and having an inner diameter equal to or greater than 270 mm.	1C116
22	7218100072191400721924007219330072193400721935007219900072210000722211007222190072222072223073041100730422730424730441007304490073053110730611730621007306401973064020	Stainless steel having a titanium content of greater than 0,1 %, 4,5 – 7 % nickel and 17 – 23 % chromium.	Titanium-stabilised duplex stainless steel (Ti-DSS) having all of the following:(i) Containing 17,0 – 23,0 % by weight of chromium and 4,5 – 7,0 % by weight of nickel;(ii) Having a titanium content of greater than 0,1 % by weight; and(iii) A ferritic-austenitic microstructure (also referred to as a two-phase microstructure) of which at least 10 % by volume (according to ASTM E-1181-87 or national equivalents) is gamma iron (austenite); and(iv) Having any of the following forms:– Ingots or bars having a size of 100 mm or more in each dimension;– Sheets having a width of 600 mm or more and a thickness of 3 mm or less; or– Tubes having an outer diameter of 600 mm or more and a wall thickness of 3 mm or less.	1C118
23	81019990	Tungsten, tungsten carbide and alloys containing more than 90 % tungsten by weight	– Having both of the following characteristics:(i) In forms with a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 100 and 300 mm; and(ii) A mass greater than 20 kg.– Does not apply to manufactures specially designed as weights or gamma-ray collimators– Excluding materials for the fabrication of 'missiles' components (complete rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicle systems capable of a range exceeding 300 km), as follows:(i) Tungsten and tungsten alloys in particulate form with a tungsten content of 97 % by weight or more and a particle size of 50 × 10-6 m (50 μm) or less.(ii) Tungsten materials in solid form having all of the following:+ Any of the following material compositions: tungsten and alloys containing 97 % by weight or more of tungsten; copper infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten; or silver infiltrated tungsten containing 80 % by weight or more of tungsten; and+ Able to be machined to any of the following products: cylinders having a diameter of 120 mm or greater and a length of 50 mm or greater; tubes having a diameter of 65 mm or greater and a wall thickness of 25 mm or greater and a length of 50 mm or greater; or blocks having a size of 120 mm × 120 mm × 50 mm or greater	1C226
24	8102100081029900	Molybdenum and alloys having a high molybdenum content	Molybdenum and alloys in particulate form with a molybdenum content of 97 % by weight or more and a particle size of 50 × 10-6 m (50 μm) or less	1C117.b
25	810610	High-purity bismuth	Having both of the following characteristics:(i) A purity of 99,99 % or greater by weight; and(ii) Containing less than 10 parts per million (ppm) by weight of silver.	1C229
26	81041100810419008104300081049000	High-purity magnesium	Having both of the following characteristics:(i) Containing less than 200 parts per million (ppm) by weight of metallic impurities other than calcium; and(ii) Containing less than 10 parts per million (ppm) by weight of boron.	1C228
27	28051200	High-purity calcium	Having both of the following characteristics:(i) Containing less than 1.000 parts per million (ppm) by weight of metallic impurities other than magnesium; and(ii) Containing less than 10 parts per million (ppm) by weight of boron	1C227
28	8112310081123900	Hafnium and hafnium alloys	Hafnium metal, hafnium alloys and compounds containing more than 60 % hafnium by weight	1C231
29	811212008112130081121900	Beryllium and beryllium alloys	Beryllium metal; alloys containing more than 50 % beryllium by weight; beryllium compounds; manufactures thereof; and waste or scrap of any of the foregoing.Excluding the following items:(i) Metal windows for X-ray machines, or for bore-hole logging devices;(ii) Oxide shapes in fabricated or semi-fabricated forms 'specially designed' for electronic component parts or as substrates for electronic circuits(iii) Beryl (silicate of beryllium and aluminium) in the form of emeralds or turquoise.	1C230
30	8112410081124900	Rhenium and rhenium alloys	Rhenium and alloys containing rhenium, having both of the following characteristics:(i) Alloys containing 90 % by weight or more of rhenium; or 90 % by weight or more of rhenium and tungsten.(ii) A mass greater than 20 kg and in forms with a hollow cylindrical symmetry (including cylinder segments) with an inside diameter between 100 mm and 300 mm.	1C241
IV	Unmanned aerial vehicles
31	8806	Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)	Designed to have controlled flight out of the direct 'natural vision' of the 'operator' and having the following:(i) An 'endurance' of 1 hour or greater; or(ii) An 'endurance' of 30 minutes or greater and designed to take off and have stable controlled flight in wind gusts equal to or exceeding 46,3 km/h (25 knots).Where:– 'Operator' is a person who initiates or commands the flight of the UAV.– 'Natural vision' means unaided human sight, with or without corrective lenses– 'Endurance' is to be calculated for ISA conditions (ISO 2533:1975) at sea level in zero wind.	9A012