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- Complaint number
- NTB-000-387
- NTB Type
- 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure
- Complaint
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Flt Ks 131 ACK 5928/ACE 6891 T/ ACC 4918 T. This vehicle has a GVM of 54.4 tons on the Lstone weighbridge but is declared at 57.13 tons in Vic Falls.
The truck has been refused a reweigh for 4 days which is against the normal practice.
This is an electronic weighbridge and from vast experience on Zambian weighbridges, it is suspected that the weight is recorded incorrectly by the operator pressing the enter button before the weighbridge settles and therefore recording a higher weight than actual.
Zimbabwe is also charging exccessive fines above the SADC recommended scale of fines by demanding a rate massively in excess. Zimbabwe also does not give a percentage allowance as per SADC agreement. - Status note
- On 06 June 2011, Zimbabwe reported that that the Victoria Falls Weighbridge was calibrated (standardised) in mid-March 2011. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce's Trade Measures Department together with the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) carried out the standardisation process. Zimbabwe has not yet received any complaints since then.
- Progress update note
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- Zimbabwe: Victoria falls (Weighbridge)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Zambia
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2010-12-03
- Status
- Resolved
- Date of resolution
- 2011-06-06
- Product Description
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Motor Vehicles
- Total value
- 0
- Date reported
- 2010-12-03 16:52
- Modified
- 2011-06-06 14:45
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