Non-Tariff Barriers

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-193  

NTB Type

8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees  

Complaint

High cost of transportation. Nearly two-thirds of the exported product is transported by the long route of road and rail to Durban, rather than the less expensive route via rail to Nacala, Mozambique. The savings from use of the closer port would be as much as 7-10 percent of total cost  

Status note

The corridors issues is being adressed thorugh the Regional trade facilitation programme. Th eissues are therfore being attended to in the overall regional infrastructure developement programme  

Progress update note

 

Policy or regulatory NTB

Yes 

Location

Mozambique: Ministry of Transport (Government institution)  

Reporting Country or Region

Malawi  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2009-07-27  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2010-11-22  

Product Description

All Products

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2009-07-27 00:00  

Modified

2010-11-22 00:00