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- Complaint number
- NTB-000-156
- NTB Type
- 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure
- Complaint
- Weighing equipment in some stations is sometimes faulty, meaning that even when a truck has a proper seal, weight readings at different stations vary. Also, there are numerous stations along the major highways, which do not respect seals even when it is clear that such seals have not been tempered with. The most notorious stations are along Moshi and Kibaha on Nairobi-Dar-es-salaam highway.
- Status note
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The 10th meeting of SADC Committee on Trade Facilitation accepted Tanzania's explaination that problem arose due to packaging and loading of containers at the port. If containers are not properly packed, goods move while on transit and affect weigh on an axle. Distribution of weight on an axle may be correct at point of departure, but after some distance, it may change as cargo moves. Since weighing is on axles not cargo, different numbers may be recorded at
a weigh bridge. It was reported that sensitization was already being undertaken to alert traders to reduce the possibility of movement of goods inside containers while in transit by packing properly. The meeting therefore agreed to consider the NTB resolved. - Progress update note
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- Tanzania: Along major highways (Weighbridge)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Tanzania
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2009-07-27
- Status
- Resolved
- Date of resolution
- 2012-06-15
- Product Description
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All products
- Total value
- 0
- Date reported
- 2009-07-27 00:00
- Modified
- 2012-07-09 14:52
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