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B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons

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Applied by Zambia on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 03 August 2007
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NTM classification
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
Date when the measure came into force
03 August 2007
Publication where the measure is specified
The Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015
Regulation where the measure is specified
The Zambia Wildlife (International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Regulations, 2007 (SI NO. 61 OF 2007)
Country/Region applying the measure
Zambia
Coded list of objectives
B: Protection of life and health of animals
Description of the measure
37. (1) A person shall not import any feral or invasive alien species into Zambia.
39. (1) A person commits an offence who —
(a) imports, exports, re-exports, introduces from the sea, or attempts to import, export, re-export or introduce from
the sea, any specimen of a species listed in the First Schedule to these Regulations without a permit or certificate;
Reference of the measure
PART V : Regulation 37 (1)
PART VI : Regulation 39 ( 1a) - FIRST SCHEDULE
Measure also domestic
No

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Feral or invasive alien species
Specimen
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
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Applied by Zambia on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 28 October 2016
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Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
Date when the measure came into force
28 October 2016
Publication where the measure is specified
Control of Goods Act CAP 421
Regulation where the measure is specified
The Control of Goods (Local Manufacturing and Importation of Incandescent Bulbs and Energy Inefficient Lighting Devices) (Prohibition) Regulations, 2016
Country/Region applying the measure
Zambia
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
2 (1)The manufacturing and importation of the goods specified in the Schedule is prohibited from the dates specified in that Schedule.

SPECIFIED GOODS
1. All incandescent bulbs for indoor and outdoor lighting for public and private buildings : 1st January 2017
2. All incandescent bulbs for industrial application: 31st December 2017

Regulation 3. These Regulations do not apply to specialised lighting Exceptions
equipment for specified uses, where no other lighting equipment is available, including-
(a) infra-red lamps for chicken brooding;
(b) lighting equipment for experimental and research purposes;
(c) lighting for medical equipment; and
(d) automobile lighting.
Reference of the measure
Regulation 2 (1)

Schedule of specified goods

Regulation 3
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Incandescent bulbs
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
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Applied by Zambia on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 01 December 1972
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Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
Date when the measure came into force
01 December 1972
Publication where the measure is specified
Food and Drugs Act
Regulation where the measure is specified
Food and Drugs Act
Country/Region applying the measure
Zambia
Coded list of objectives
A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure
20. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the importation of any article which does not comply with the provisions of this Act is hereby prohibited.
Reference of the measure
PART III Section 20(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Food and drugs
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
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Applied by Zimbabwe on the entire world for

The measure came into effect on 01 January 2016
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Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 2016
Publication where the measure is specified
Statutory Instrument 131 of 2016
Regulation where the measure is specified
Environmental Management (Prohibition and Control of Ozone Depleting Substances, Greenhouse Gases, Ozone Depleting Substances and Greenhouse Gases Dependent Equipment) Regulations, 2016
Country/Region applying the measure
Zimbabwe
The rationale of the measure
These regulations shall apply to private and public industrial and commercial importers, exporters, producers and consumers of ozone depleting substances and greenhouse gases listed in the Second, Third and Fourth Schedules and ozone depleting substance and greenhouse gas dependent equipment listed in the Fifth Schedule.
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
4(1) No person shall import into Zimbabwe, any substances listed and equipment or appliance which uses or whose function relies on the substances listed in the Second Schedule.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months or both such fine and such imprisonment.
(3)In addition, the court convicting a person of an offence under subsection (1), may, upon the application of the Prosecutor, declare any ODS, GHG, GHG dependent equipment or ODS dependent equipment in respect of which the offence has been committed to be forfeited to the State.
(4)Any ozone depleting substance and ozone depleting substance dependent equipment forfeited in terms of subsection (3) shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Secretary for Environment, Water and Climate may direct.
(5)The court convicting a person of an offence under subsection (1) shall cancel any license issued to such a person.
Reference of the measure
Article 4(1)
Measure also domestic
No
Notes
Implementation date not stated in the document. The date above was arbitrarily entered to allow registration of NTM. It will be adjusted when the date is made available by the NTM manager.

Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
PG: 36 Ozone-depleting substances No
Description
Chemical Name & Formula; Trichlorofluoromethane CFCl3; Dichlorodifluoromethane CF2Cl2 ; Chlorotrifuoromethane CF3Cl ; Pentachlorofluoroethane C2FCl5 ; Tetrachlorodifluoroethane C2F2Cl4 ; Trichlorotrifluoroethane C2F3Cl3; Dichlorotetrafluoroethane C2F4Cl2 ; Chloropentafluoroethane CClF2CF3 ; Heptachlorofluoropropane C3FCl7 ; Hexachlorodifluoropropane C3F2Cl6 ; Pentachlorotrifluoropropane C3F3Cl5 ; Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropane C3F4Cl4 ; Trichloropentafluoropropane C3F5Cl3 ; Dichlorohexafluoropropane C3F6Cl2 ; Chloroheptafluoropropane C3F7Cl ; Bromochlorodifluoromethane CF2BrCl ; Bromotrifluoromethane CF3Br ; Dibromotetrafluoroethane C2F4Br2 ; Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 ; 1,1-dichloro-1-flouromethane ; Methyl Bromide ; 1,1,1-trichloroethane C2H3Cl3 (Methyl chloroform)
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
Description
All countries

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 36	Ozone-depleting substances	No

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Applied by Zimbabwe on the entire world for 2607.00.00: Lead ores and concen, 2804.80.00: Arsenic, 2805.40.00: Mercury, 2837.11.00: Of sodium, 2837.19.00: Other, 2837.20.00: Complex cyanides, 3204.12.00: Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon and 2903.13.00: Chloroform (trichloromethane)

The measure came into effect on 11 September 2015

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Applied by Zimbabwe on the entire world for 7323.93.00: Of stainless steel

The measure came into effect on 01 January 1974
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Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1974
Publication where the measure is specified
Rhodesia Government Notice No. 766 of 1974
Regulation where the measure is specified
Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Commerce) Regulations, 1974.
Country/Region applying the measure
Zimbabwe
The rationale of the measure
Not stated in the regulations
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these regulations, no person shall import into Zimbabwe any knife having a blade which—
(a) opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife, sometimes known as a “flick-knife” or “flick-gun”; or
(b) is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force, and which, when released, is locked in place by means of a button, spring, lever or other device, sometimes known as a “gravity knife”; or
(c) is—
(i) released from the handle or sheath thereof manually; and
(ii) locked in the open position by means of a button, spring, lever or other device; and
(iii) released from the locked open position otherwise than solely by manual pressure on the blade.
Provided that this section shall not apply to a trimming-knife the blade of which does not exceed 30 millimetres in length;
Reference of the measure
Art 7
Measure also domestic
No
Notes
Implementation date not stated in the document. The date above was arbitrarily entered to allow registration of NTM. It will be amended when the correct date is received from the NTM Manager.

Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
7323.93.00 Of stainless steel Yes Flick and gravity knives
Description
Any knife having a blade except for a trimming-knife the blade of which does not exceed 30 millimetres in length;
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
Description
All countries

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
2607.00.00	Lead ores and concen	No
2804.80.00	Arsenic	No
2805.40.00	Mercury	No
2837.11.00	Of sodium	No
2837.19.00	Other	No
2837.20.00	Complex cyanides	No
3204.12.00	Acid dyes, whether or not premetallised, and preparations based thereon; mordant dyes and preparations based thereon	No	Tartrazine
2903.13.00	Chloroform (trichloromethane)	No

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
7323.93.00	Of stainless steel	Yes	Flick and gravity knives

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Applied by Zimbabwe on the entire world for 2939.11.00: Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (inn), codeine, dihydrocodine(inn), ethylmorphine, etorphine (inn), heroin, hydrocodone (inn),hydromorphone (inn), morphine, nicomorphine (inn),oxycodone (inn), oxymorphone (inn), pholcodine (inn), thebacon (in and 2939.19.00: Other

The measure came into effect on 01 January 1976

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
2939.11.00	Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (inn), codeine, dihydrocodine(inn), ethylmorphine, etorphine (inn), heroin, hydrocodone (inn),hydromorphone (inn), morphine, nicomorphine (inn),oxycodone (inn), oxymorphone (inn), pholcodine (inn), thebacon (in	No
2939.19.00	Other	No

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 3825: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.

The measure came into effect on 04 March 2000

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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 04 March 2000
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 65:06 Waste Management Act
Regulation where the measure is specified: Waste Management Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: To protect human health and the environment by controlling and restricting the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes.
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health and E: Protection of the environment
Description of the measure: 13. Licensing of waste carriers
(1) The provisions of this section shall come into effect 18 months after the coming into operation of this Act.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (12) no person shall cause or effect the movement of controlled waste within Botswana or the trans-boundary movement of controlled waste without a waste carrier licence issued under this section.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to-
(a) the transportation of controlled waste between different places within the same premises;
(b) the transportation of controlled waste in transit from a country or territory outside Botswana to another and such waste is not deposited in Botswana, provided that the person carrying the waste is not resident in Botswana and holds the prescribed qualifications or other qualifications recognised by the Director to transport controlled waste; or

Schedule Article 4: General Obligations
7. Furthermore, each Party shall:
(a) Prohibit all persons under its national jurisdiction from transporting or disposing of hazardous wastes or other wastes unless such persons are authorized or allowed to perform such types of operations;
Reference of the measure: Article 13 and Schedule: Basel Convention Sub-Article 4(7)(a)
Measure also domestic: Yes

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
3825	Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.	Yes	Household, industrial, commercial, clinical waste
PG: 42	Hazardous wastes	No

Description: Controlled waste - which includes household, industrial, commercial, clinical or hazardous waste
Hazardous wastes - which means "means controlled waste which has the potential, even in low concentrations, to have significant adverse effect on public health or the environment on account of its inherent chemical and physical characteristics, such as toxic, ignitable, corrosive, carcinogenic or other properties
Other waste

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for

The measure came into effect on 13 June 2008
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
13 June 2008
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 24:03 Radiation Protection
Regulation where the measure is specified
Radiation Protection Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
No specific objective given
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
53. Consumer products
(1) Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation shall not be supplied to members of the public unless-
(a) such exposure is excluded from these Regulations under regulation 5;
(b) such products meet the exemption requirements specified in regulation 13 or have otherwise been exempted by the Board; or
(c) such products are authorised by the Board for use by members of the public.
[The following exposures are excluded from the requirements of these regulations-
(a) exposures from natural radioactivity in the body;
(b) exposures from cosmic radiation and from unmodified concentrations of natural
radionuclides in raw materials; or
(c) any other source that is essentially unamenable to control as may be determined by
the Board.]
Reference of the measure
Article 51(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
PG: 1 All products Yes Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation
Description
Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
Description
All countries and regions
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Applied by Botswana on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 26 September 2016
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
26 September 2016
Publication where the measure is specified
Act 13 of 2016
Regulation where the measure is specified
Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority Act, 2016
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
None specified
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
35. (1) A person shall not —
(a) generate electricity, including the co-generation of electricity and heat;
(b) be a single buyer in relation to the electricity industry;
(c) be a transmission system operator;
(d) be a distribution system operator;
(e) own transmission works;
(n own distribution networks;
(g) sell electricity to consumers and customers; or
(h) export or import electricity,
except in terms of a licence issued by the Authority authorising him or her to do so.
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 35(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Electiricity
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
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Applied by Botswana on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 26 September 2016
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
26 September 2016
Publication where the measure is specified
Act 13 of 2016
Regulation where the measure is specified
Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority Act, 2016
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
None specified
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
36. (1) A person shall not —
(a) be a system operator in any natural gas systems;
(b) transmit natural gas;
(c) distribute natural gas;
(d) store natural gas;
(e) sell natural gas to customers and consumers; or
(f) import or export natural gas,
except in terms of a licence issued by the Authority authorising him or her to do so.
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 36(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Natural gas
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
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Applied by Botswana on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 26 September 2016
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
26 September 2016
Publication where the measure is specified
Act 13 of 2016
Regulation where the measure is specified
Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority Act, 2016
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
None specified
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
37. (1) A person shall not —
(a) construct and operate a petroleum pipeline;
(b) transport petroleum products over a pipeline;
(c) store and operate storage facilities for petroleum products;
(d) operate loading or discharge facilities;
(e) operate a retail service station;
(f) manufacture petroleum products; or
(g) import and export petroleum products,
except in terms of a licence issued by the Authority authorising him or her to do so.
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 37(1)
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Description
Petroleum products
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 1	All products	Yes	Consumer products capable of causing exposure to radiation

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 9301: Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07., 9302: Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 93.03 or 93.04., 9303: Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for fir, 9304: Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07., 9305: Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04. and 9306: Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.

The measure came into effect on 31 December 1981

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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 31 December 1981
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 24:01 Arms and Amunutions
Regulation where the measure is specified: Arms and Ammunition Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: None specified
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 6. Application for permit to acquire arms and ammunition
(1) An application for a permit to acquire or import arms or ammunition may be made by a registered wholesale or a retail arms dealer for the purpose of sale or by an individual for his personal use.
(2) An application under subregulation (1) shall be made by the applicant in person, on Form
1 set out in the First Schedule in respect of arms and on Form 2 set out in the First Schedule in respect of ammunition to a licensing officer of the district in which the applicant carries on business or normally resides:
Provided that where the applicant is a company or a partnership the application shall be made by the secretary of the company or a partner in the firm of the partnership.
(3) On receipt of an application to acquire or import arms under this regulation a licensing officer shall, as soon as practicable, forward the application together with his recommendation thereon, to the Central Arms Registry:
Provided that, where the applicant is an individual, a licensing officer shall not recommend the issue of a permit unless he has personally interviewed the applicant and is satisfied that-
(i) the applicant-
(a) has good reason for acquiring or importing the arms;
(b) is of sound mind, temperate habits and of good character without any serious criminal conviction, and would use the arms applied for without danger to the public safety or peace; and
(c) is not less than 18 years of age; and
(ii) the issue of a permit would not be contrary to the provisions of the Act or of these Regulations.
(4) In respect of an application by an individual for a permit to import ammunition only, a licensing officer may require the production of the arms for which the ammunition is required together with the registration certificate relating thereto and shall issue the permit in Form 3 set out in the First Schedule if he is satisfied that-
(a) the applicant is in possession of an arms licence for the arms in question;
(b) the arms in respect of which the application is made are in good working order;
(c) the ammunition to be imported is of the type and calibre specified in the registration certificate; and
(d) the issue of a permit would not contravene any limitation placed on the applicant's right to hold ammunition in terms of his registration certificate or of these Regulations.
(5) Where an applicant for a permit to acquire arms or ammunition is a dealer in arms, the licensing officer shall not recommend the issue of a permit unless he is satisfied that, in
(a) respect of any item applied for, the balance held in stock by the applicant is not excessive.
Reference of the measure: Article 6
Measure also domestic: Yes

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage
9301	Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07.	No
9302	Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 93.03 or 93.04.	No
9303	Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for fir	No
9304	Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07.	No
9305	Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04.	No
9306	Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.	No

Description: Arms and ammunitions

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 8525: Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders. and 8527: Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.

The measure came into effect on 20 December 1996

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
8525	Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders.	Yes	Radio communication equipment
8527	Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.	No

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 3602.00.00: Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders.

The measure came into effect on 18 December 1970

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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 18 December 1970
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 24:02
Regulation where the measure is specified: Explosives Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 8. Import permit
(1) No person shall import into Botswana any explosives other than fireworks imported from the Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe or Zambia unless at the time of importation or prior thereto he has obtained a permit in Form B in the First Schedule hereto:
Provided that transit of explosives by rail from a place outside Botswana through Botswana directly to another place outside Botswana shall not be deemed to be importation.
(2) A permit to import explosives shall be obtained in the manner prescribed in the Second Schedule, and shall be deemed to be a permit to possess the explosives so imported.
(3) The Chief Inspector of Explosives at his discretion may issue to any owner of a licensed magazine a general authority to import, possess and dispose of explosives, subject to such conditions as the Chief Inspector of Explosives may impose.
(4) The Chief Inspector of Explosives may at any time revoke such authority.
(5) The Chief Inspector of Explosives shall notify the Officer-in-Charge of the Central Explosives Registry of all permits issued by him under subregulation (2).
(6) No permit shall be issued under the provisions of this regulation authorizing the importation of explosives intended or adapted for military use except upon the written authority of the Minister, and no permit issued under this regulation shall be deemed to authorize such importation unless the authority of the Minister has been so obtained.
(7) Every such holder of a permit shall forward at the time of importation to the Officer-in-Charge, Central Explosives Registry, Private Bag 0049, Gaborone, a copy invoice of every consignment of explosives so imported.
Reference of the measure: Article 8
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
3602.00.00	Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders.	Yes	Imported from the Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe or Zambia

Description: Explosives other than fireworks imported from the Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe or Zambia

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world

The measure came into effect on 03 April 1987
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
03 April 1987
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 43:08
Regulation where the measure is specified
Control of Goods (Import Control) Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
None specified
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
4. Restriction on importation of certain goods Subject to the provisions of
regulation 10, no person shall import into Botswana any goods specified in Schedule 1 to these
Regulations except under and in accordance with an import permit issued under these
Regulations.
10. Exemptions
Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4, an import permit shall not be required for
the importation of goods prescribed thereunder where such goods are being imported for the
following purposes-
(a) as bona fide gifts;
(b) as personal effects; or
(c) as trade samples:
Provided that the total value or quantity of such imports in a single consignment does not
exceed the value or quantity prescribed by the Controller in a notice published in the Gazette for
such purposes.
Reference of the measure
Articles 4 and 10
Measure also domestic
No

Products affected by the measure.
Description
MEAT of bovine animals fresh or chilled .................................... 02.01
MEAT of bovine animals, frozen ................................................ 02.02
MEAT of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen ...................................... 02.03
MEAT of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
.........................
02.04
MEAT of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or
frozen
.........................................................................................
02.05
EDIBLE offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses,
asses, mules or hinnies, fresh chilled or frozen ....................
02.06
MEAT and edible offals, of poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh,
chilled fresh, chilled or frozen ...............................................
02.08
PIG fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered), fresh,
chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked ...................
02.09
MEAT and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal ........................
02.10
LIVE fish ................................................................................ 03.01
FISH, fresh or chilled .............................................................. 03.02
FISH, frozen ........................................................................... 03.03
FISH fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh,
chilled or frozen .................................................................
03.04
FISH, dried, salted or in brine: whether or not cooked before or
during the smoking process; fish meal fit for human
consumption but excluding smoked salmon of subheading
No. 0305.41
............................................................................
Ex 03.05
CRUSTACEANS, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled,
frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell,
cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not
chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
............................................
03.06
MOLLUSCS, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen,
dried, salted or in brine, aquatic invertebrates other than
crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
salted or in brine ................................................................
03.07
MILK and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter ....................................................
04.01
MILK and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter
..............................................................
04.02
BUTTERMILK, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and
other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not
concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa
............
04.03
WHEY, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter: products consisting of natural
04.04
milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or
included
.........................................................................................
CHEESE and curd .................................................................. 04.06
BIRD'S eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
......................
04.07
BIRD'S eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked
by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or
otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter
.............................................................
04.08
NATURAL honey ..................................................................... 04.09
EDIBLE products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or
included ............................................................................
4.10
HUMAN hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured;
waste of human hair
....................................................................
05.01
PIGS', hogs' and boars' bristles or hair: wastes of such bristles
or hair ..................................................................................
05.02
HORSEHAIR and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as
layer with or without supporting material
......................................
05.03
GUTS, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish),
whole and pieces thereof but excluding sausage casings of
subheading No. 0504.00.10 ..............................................
05.04
SKINS and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down,
feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed
edges), and down, not further worked than cleaned,
disinfected or treated for preservation: powder and waste of
feathers or parts of feathers .................................................
05.05
BONES, and horn-cores, unworked, defatted simply prepared
(but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised:
powder and waste of these products ....................................
05.06
IVORY, tortoise-shells, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns,
antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply
prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste of these
products ............................................................................
05.07
CORAL and similar materials. unworked or simply prepared but
not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or
echinoderms and cattlebone, unworked or simply prepared
but cut to shape; powder and waste thereof
...........................
05.08
NATURAL sponges of animal origin .......................................... 05.09
AMBERGRIS, castoreum, civit and musk; cantharides; bile,
whether or not dried, glands and other animal chilled, frozen
or otherwise provisionally preserved .....................................
05.10
ANIMAL products not elsewhere specified or included: dead
animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, but
excluding animal semen of subheading No. 0511.99.20
........
05.11
CUT flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or
for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached,
impregnated or otherwise prepared ......................................
06.03
FOLIAGE, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers
or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being
06.04

of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or
otherwise prepared
............................................................................
POTATOES, fresh or chilled .................................................... -
TOMATOES, fresh or chilled .................................................... 07.02
ONIONS, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous
vegetables, fresh or chilled
...................................................................
07.03
CABBAGES, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible
brassicas, fresh or chilled ...................................................
07.04
LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp), fresh
or chilled ...............................................................................
07.05
CARROTS, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes
and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled
......................................
07.06
CUCUMBERS and gherkins, fresh or chilled
..............................
07.07
LEGUMINOUS vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or
chilled
.........................................................................................
07.08
OTHER vegetables, fresh or chilled ........................................... 07.09
VEGETABLES (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in
water), frozen .....................................................................
07.10
VEGETABLES provisionally preserved (for example, by
sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other
preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption but excluding onions of subheading
No. 0711.10
.....................................................................................
07.11
DRIED vegetable, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but
not further prepared .............................................................
07.12
DRIED leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned
or split ...................:............................................................
similar roots and tubers with high starch or insulin content,
fresh or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets;
sago pith ...........................................................................
07.13
07.14
BRAZIL nuts............................................................................ 0801.20
OTHER nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
but excluding pistachios of subheading No. 0802. 50
..............
08.02
BANANAS, including plaintains, fresh or dried ........................... 08.03
DATES, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas mangoes and
mangosteens, fresh or dried ................................................
08.04
CITRUS fruit, fresh or dried ...................................................... 08.06
GRAPES, fresh or dried .......................................................... 08.06
MELONS (including watermelons and papayas), fresh
...............
08.07
APPLES, pears and quinces, fresh .......................................... 08.08
APRICOTS cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums
and sloes, fresh
.......................................................................
08.09
OTHER fruits, fresh ................................................................. 08.10
FRUIT and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in
water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter 08.11
FRUIT and nuts provisionally preserved (for example, by,
sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other
preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption ......................................................
08.12
FRUIT, dried ........................................................................... 08.13
MIXTURES of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter
PEEL of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh,
frozen, dried provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water
or in other preservative solutions .................................
08.14
COFFEE, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee
husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any
proportion ..........................................................................
09.01
TEA ....................................................................................... 09.02
MATÉ .................................................................................... 09.03
PEPPER of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits
of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta but
excluding pepper of subheadings No. 0904.11 and No.
0904.12
.........................................................................................
including cinnamon and cinnamon tree flowers neither
crushed nor ground of subheading No. 0906.10
................................
09.04
09.06
CLOVES (whole fruit, cloves and stems) ................................... 09.07
NUTMEG, mace and cardamoms ............................................. 09.08
SEEDS of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or
juniper ..............................................................................
09.09
GINGER, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry
and other spices ................................................................
09.10
WHEAT and meslin ................................................................ 10.01
RYE ...................................................................................... 10.02
BARLEY ................................................................................ 10.03
OATS .................................................................................... 10.04
MAIZE (corn) .......................................................................... 10.05
GRAIN Sorghum ..................................................................... 10.07
BUCKWHEAT, millet and canary seed, other cereals
.................
10.08
WHEAT or meslin flour ............................................................ 11.01
CEREAL flours (excluding that of wheat or meslin)
.....................
11.02
CEREAL groats, meal and pellets ............................................ 11.03
CEREAL grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled,
flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled,) except rice of Heading
No. 10.06, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
............
11.04
FLOUR, meal and flakes of potatoes ......................................... 11.05
FLOUR of meal of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading
No. 07.13, sago or of roots or tubers of heading No.
07.14.14; flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter
8 .........................................................................................
11.06
MALT, whether or not roasted .................................................. 11.07
STARCHES, inulin .................................................................. 11.08
WHEAT gluten, whether or not dried ......................................... 11.09
SOYA beans, whether or not broken ......................................... 12.01
GROUND-NUTS, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or
not shelled or broken 12.02
.................................................................................. 12.03
LINSEED, whether or not broken .............................................. 12.04
RAPE or colza seeds, whether or not broken ............................. 12.05
SUNFLOWER seeds, whether or not broken
..............................
12.06
OTHER oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken
but excluding mustard seed of subheading No. 1207.50
..........................................................................................
12.07
FLOURS and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits (excluding
those of mustard) ...............................................................
12.08
HOP cones, fresh or dried, whether or not of subheading No.
1210.10.10 and 1210.20.10..................................................
12.10
PLANTS and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a
kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for
insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried,
whether or not cut, crushed or powdered ..............................
12.11
LOCUST beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar cane. fresh
or dried whether or not ground, fruit stones and kennels and
other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots
the variety cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used
primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or
included ............................................................................
12.12
CEREAL straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not
chopped, ground pressed or in the form of pellets
................................
12.13
SWEDES, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (Alfalfa),
clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupins, vetches and similar
forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets
.......................
12.14
LAC: natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams but
excluding shellac of subheading No. 1301.10.10
...................
13.01
VEGETABLE saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates
and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and
thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable
products but excluding opium and agar-agar of subheadings
No. 1302.11 and 1302.31
......................................................................
13.02
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for
example, bamboos, rattans; reeds, rushes, osief, raffia,
cleaned, blanched or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark):
Other
.........................................................................................
1401.90.90
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily as stuffing or
as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and
eelgrass), whether or not put up as a layer with or without
supporting materials
...........................................................................
14.02
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in
brushes (for example, broomcorn, piassava,)
VEGETABLE products not elsewhere specified or included
.........................................................................................
14.04
LARD: other pig fat and poultry fat rendered, whether or not
pressed or solvent-extracted ................................................ 15.01
LARD stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not 15.03
emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared ............................
FATS and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals,
whether or not refined, but not chemicals modified
.................
15.04
WOOL grease and fatty substances derived therefrom
(including lanolin)
..............................................................................
15.05
OTHER animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not
refined, but chemically modified ...........................................
15.06
GROUND-NUT oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but
not chemically modified
............................................................
15.08
OLIVE oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified ............................................................
15.09
OTHER oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives,
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified,
including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or
fractions of heading No. 15.0
...........................................................................
15.10
PALM oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified ...........................................................
15.11
SUNFLOWER-SEED, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their
fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
.........................................................................................
15.12
COCONUT (Copral), palm kernel or babassu oil and their
fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
but excluding coconut (copral) oil and its fractions of
subheadings No. 1513.1 and No. 1513.19
.............................
15.13
RAPE, colza or mustard oil and their fractions, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified......................................
15.14
OTHER fixed vegetables fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and
their fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically
modified but excluding linseed oil and its fractions of
subheadings fractions.........................................................
1516.10
MARGARINE: edible mixtures or preparations of animal or
vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of
this chapter .......................................................................
15.17
ANIMAL or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled,
oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by
heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically
modified, inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or
vegetable fats or oils of fractions of different fats or oils of
this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included
.........................
15.18
GLYCEROL (glycerine), whether or not pure: glycerol waters
and glycerol lyes
.......................................................................
15.20
VEGETABLE waxes (excluding tri-glycerides), beeswax, other
insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or
coloured but excluding carnauba wax of subheading No.
1521.10.10 ........................................................................
15.21
DEGRAS: residues resulting from the treatment of fatty
substances or animal or vegetable waxes .............................
15.22
SAUSAGES and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood;
food preparations based on these products 16.01
OTHER prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood
..............
16.02
EXTRACTS and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs
or other aquatic invertebrates
..................................................
16.03
PREPARED or preserved fish: caviar and caviar substitutes
prepared from fish eggs but excluding sardines and caviar
of subheading No. 1604.13.10 and 1604.30.10
.........................
16.04
CRUSTACEANS, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates,
prepared or preserved .........................................................
16.05
CANE or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
.........................................................................................
17.01
OTHER sugar, including chemically pure lactose, maltose,
glucose and fructose, in solid form: sugar syrups, not
containing added flavoring or colouring matter; artificial
honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; or refining
of sugar ................................................................................
17.03
COCOA shells,husks, skins and other cocoa waste
...................
18.02
COCOA paste, whether or not defatted ..................................... 18.03
MALT extract, food preparations for flour, meal, starch or malt
extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa
powder in a proportion, by mass, of less than 50 per
cent,not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations
of goods of headings No. 04.01 to No. 04.04, not containing
cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion,
by mass of less than 10 per cent, not elsewhere specified or
included
.........................................................................................
19.01
PASTA, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other
substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti,
macaroni, noodles, lasagne, ghocchi, ravioli, cannelloni;
couscous, whether or not prepared ......................................
19.02
TAPIOCA and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the
form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms:
Other
.........................................................................................
1903.00.90
PREPARED foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of
cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereal
(excluding maize (corn)), in grain form, pre-cooked or
otherwise prepared .............................................................
19.04
VEGETABLES, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants,
prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
20.01
TOMATOES prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid .........................................................................
20.02
MUSHROOMS and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise
than by vinegar or acetic acid
.....................................................
20.03
OTHER vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid frozen ................................................
20.04
OTHER vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid not frozen ...........................................
20.05
JAMS, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
..............................
preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or
included but excluding tamarinds of subheading No.
2008.99.40 ........................................................................
20.07
20.08
FRUIT juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices,
unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
20.09
EXTRACTS, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate
and preparations with a basis of these products or with a
basis of coffee, tea or mate, roasted chicory and other
roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and
concentrates thereof ...........................................................
21.01
YEAST (active or inactive); other single cell micro-organisms,
dead, prepared baking powders ...........................................
21.02
SAUCES and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and
mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared
mustard ............................................................................
21:03
SOUPS and broths and preparations thereof: homogenised
composite food preparations but excluding other soups and
broths in powder, solid or concentrated form of subheading
No. 2104.10.20
........................................................................
21.04
ICE cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing
cocoa
.........................................................................................
21.05
FOOD preparations not elsewhere specified or included
..............
21.06
WATERS, including natural or artificial mineral waters and
aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow
......................
22.01
WATERS, including mineral waters and aerated waters,
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or
flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages
.........................
22.02
WINE of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must
........
22.04
VERMOUTH and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with
plants or aromatic substances ............................................
22.05
OTHER fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead)
...
22.06
UNDENATURED ethyl alcoholic strength by volume of 80
percent vol. or high; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, alcoholic
strength by volume of less than 80 per cent vol; spirits,
liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound
alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of
beverages but excluding rum of subheading No. 2208.40
.......................
22.08
VINEGAR and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid
..
22.09
FLOURS, meals and pellets, of meat or of meat offal, of fish or
of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit
for human consumption; graves ...........................................
23.01
BRAN, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of 23.02
pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of
leguminous plants ..............................................................
RESIDUES of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet
pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture,
brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the
form of pellets ....................................................................
23.03
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or
in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of
soya-bean oil
.....................................................................................
23.04
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or
in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of
groundnut oil
.....................................................................................
23.05
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or
in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of
vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading No. 23.04
or 23.05 .....
23.06
WINE leses: argol ................................................................... 23.07
VEGETABLE materials and vegetable waste, vegetable
residues and by-products, whether or in the form of pellets,
of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or
not included
............................................................................
23.08
PREPARATIONS of a kind used in animal feeding
.....................
23.09
UNMANUFACTURED tobacco; tobacco refuse
..........................
24.01
CIGARS, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of
tobacco substitutes but excluding cigars of subheading No.
24.02.10 ............................................................................
24.02
OTHER manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco
substitutes; essences ........................................................
24.03
SALT (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium
chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water
.........
25.01
NATURAL calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium
phosphates and phosphatic chalk .......................................
25.10
GRANITE, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental
or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely
cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a
rectangular (including square) shape ....................................
25.16
DOLOMITE, whether or not calcined: dolomite roughly trimmed
or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs
or a rectangular (including square) shape; agglomerated
dolomite; (including tarred dolomite) ....................................
25.18
NATURAL magnesium carbonate (magnesite): fused
magnesia, dead burned (sintered) magnesia, whether or not
containing small quantities of other oxides added before
sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure
...............................
25.19
GYPSUM: anhydrite; plaster (consisting of calcined gypsum or
calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without
small quantities or accelerators of retarders ..........................
25.20
LIMESTONE flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a
kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement 25.21
QUICKLIME, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than
calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading No. 28.25
............................
25.22
ASH and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or
steel), containing metals or metallic compounds ...................
26.20
COAL: briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured
from coal, ..........................................................................
27.01
LIGNITE, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
.................
27.02
PEAT (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
...........
27.03
COKE and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or
not agglomerated; retort carbon
.................................................
27.04
COAL gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases (other
than
.........................................................................................
TAR distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other
mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled,
including reconstituted tar ..................................................
27.06
OILS and other products of the distillation of high temperature
coal tar; similar products in which the mass of the aromatic
constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
.........................................................................................
27.07
PITCH and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other
mineral tars .......................................................................
27.08
PETROLEUM oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals,
crude ................................................................................
27.09
PETROLEUM oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals,
other than crude: preparations not elsewhere specified or
included, containing by mass 70 per cent or more of
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals,
these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations
.........................................................................................
27.10
PETROLEUM gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons but
excluding butanes of subheadings No. 2711.13.10 and No.
1711.29.10 ........................................................................
27.11
PETROLEUM jelly; paraffin wax: microcrystalline petroleum
wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other
mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis
or by other process, whether or not coloured but excluding
petroleum jelly of subheading No. 2712.10 ..........................
27.12
PETROLEUM coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
but excluding petroleum coke of subheadings No. 2713.11
and No. 2713.12 ................................................................
27.13
BITUMEN and asphalt, natural: bituminous or oil shale and tar
sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks ................................
27.14
BITUMINOUS mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural
bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral
tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs)
.........................................................................................
27.15
ELECTRICAL energy ............................................................... 27.16
FLUORINE, chlorine, bromide and iodine
...................................
28.01
Copyright Government of Botswana
CARBON (carbon black and other forms of carbon not
elsewhere specified or not included
.......................................
ARSENIC ............................................................................... 2804.80
DIPHOSPHOROUS pentaoxide; phosphoric acid and
plyphosphoric acids ............................................................
28.09
OXIDES of boron; boric acids .................................................... 28.10
HYDROGEN fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) .................................... 2811.11
ARSENIC acids ....................................................................... 2811.19.20
ARSENIC trioxide and arsenic pentoxide ................................... 2811.19.10
SULPHIDES of non-metal; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
.........................................................................................
28.13
SODIUM hydrozide (caustic soda): Solid .................................. 2815.11
IN AQUEOUS solution (soda lye or liquid soda)
.........................
2815.12
HYDROXIDE and peroxide of magnesium
..................................
2816.10
ZINC oxide: zinc peroxide ........................................................ 28.17
MANGANESE oxides .............................................................. 28.20
COBALT oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides 28.22
HYDRAZINE and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts;
other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and
peroxides
.........................................................................................
28.25
FLUORIDES: fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other
complex fluorine salts but excluding fluorides of aluminium
of subheading 2826.12
...........................................................
28.26
AMMONIUM chloride .............................................................. 2827.10
CALCIUM chloride .................................................................. 2827.20
CHLORIDE of barium ............................................................... 2827.38
OTHER .................................................................................. 2827.39
COMMERCIAL calcium hyprocholirite and other calcium
hypochlorites .....................................................................
2828.10
MAGNESIUM sulphates .......................................................... 2833.21
COPPER sulphates ................................................................ 2833.25
ZINC sulphates ....................................................................... 2833.26
BARIUM sulphates .................................................................. 2833.27
MANGANESE sulphates .......................................................... 2833.29.10
NITRATES of Potassium .......................................................... 2834.21
SODIUM nitrates .................................................................... 2834.29
TRIAMMONIUM phosphates .................................................... 2835.21
CALCIUM hydrogenorthophate ("dicalcium phosphate")
..............
2835.25
MONOCALCIUM phosphate ..................................................... 2835.26.10
BARIUM carbonate ................................................................. 2836.60
MAGNESIUM carbonate .......................................................... 2836.99.10
CYANIDES, cyanide oxide and complex cyanides ..................... 28.37
SILICATES; Commercial alkali metal silicates: Other
.................
2839.90.90
BORATES; Peroxoborates (Perborates) .................................... 28.40
CHROMATES of zinc of lead .................................................... 2841.20
BARIUM chromate and strontium chromate................................ 2841.50.10
OTHER salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids......................... 28.42
RADIOACTIVE chemical elements and radioactive isotopes
(including compounds; mixtures and residues containing
28.44
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these products)
...........................................................................
ISOTOPES, compounds, inorganic or organic, of such
isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
........................................
28.45
COMPOUND inorganic or organic of rare-earth metals, of
yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
.............
28.46
PHOSPHIDES, whether or not chemically defined
......................
28.48
CALCIUM cynamide ................................................................ 2851.00.10
SULPHONIC acids .................................................................. 2904.10.10
NITROBENZENE (oil of mirbane)
...............................................
2904.20.30
TRINITROTOLUENE: trinitrobenzene
.........................................
2904.20.40
PENTAERYTHRITOL ............................................................. 2905.42
OTHER .................................................................................. 2905.49
CHLOROPHENOLS ................................................................ 2908.10.20
EPOXIDES, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers,
with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated,
sulphanated, nitrated or nitrosated derivates
.........................................................................................
29.10
METHANAL (formaldehyde) ..................................................... 2912.11
PARAFORMALDEHYDE ......................................................... 2912.60
FORMIC acid .......................................................................... 2915.11
SALTS of formic acid ............................................................... 2915.12
ESTERS of formic acid ............................................................ 2915.13
LEAD acetate ......................................................................... 2915.29.10
OTHER .................................................................................. 2915.29.90
BENZOYL peroxide and benzoyl chloride .................................. 2916.32
PHTHALIC anhydride ............................................................... 2917.35
TARTARIC acid ....................................................................... 2918.12
POTASSIUM hydrogen tartrate (cream of tartar)
.........................
2918.13.20
SODIUM TARTRATE ............................................................... 2918.13.40
ANTIMONY potassium tartrate ................................................. 2918.13.50
OTHER salts of tartaric acid ..................................................... 2918.13.60
O-ACETALSALICYLIC acid ...................................................... 2918.22.10
OO-DIETHYL o-p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate (Parathion)
..........
2920.10.10
QUATERNARY ammonium salts and hydrocides; lecithins and
other phosphoaminolipids but excluding lecithins of
subheading No. 2923.20.10 .................................................
29.23
DIURON ................................................................................ 2914.21.10
ACETAMINOPHENOL ............................................................. 2924.29.20
ACRYLAMIDE ........................................................................ 2924.29.50
ACRYLONITRILE .................................................................... 2926.10
ORGANIC derivatives of hydrazine or of hydrozylamine
..............
29.28
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE ...................................................... 2929.10.20
OTHER organo-inorganic compounds ....................................... 29.31
BROMACIL ............................................................................ 2933.59.60
OO-DIETHYL0-4 methyl 2 isopropylpysimazine
..........................
2933.69.40
AMETRINE ............................................................................ 2933.69.50
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PROVITAMINS and vitamins natural produced by synthesis
(including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used
primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing,
whether or not in any solvent ...............................................
29.36
HORMONES, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives
thereof, used as hormones; other steroids used primarily as
hormones ..........................................................................
29.37
GLYCOSIDES, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their
salts, esters and other derivatives ........................................
29.38
ANTIBIOTICS .......................................................................... 29.41
INDIGO, in immediate packings of a content of less than 5 kg
or in containers holding less than 5 litres
..................................
3203.00.20
SYNTHETIC organic colouring matter, whether or not
chemically defined: preparations based on synthetic organic
colouring matter as specified in note 3 to this chapter;
synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent
brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not
chemically defined ..............
32.04
CASEIN, caseinates and other casein derivatives: casein glues
.........................................................................................
35.01
ALBUMINS, albuminates and other albumin derivatives
..............
35.02
RENNET, not prepared ............................................................ 3507.10.10
PROPELLENT POWDERS ...................................................... 36.01
PREPARED explosives (excluding propellent powders)
..............
36.02
SAFETY fuses: detonating fuses: percussion or detonating
caps; igniters; electric detonators
.................................................
36.03
FIREWORKS .......................................................................... 3604.10
OTHER .................................................................................. 3604.90.90
FERROCERIUM and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms;
articles of combustible materials as specified by note 2 to
chapter 36 .........................................................................
36.06
INSECTICIDES ....................................................................... 3808.10
FUNGICIDES ......................................................................... 3808.20
HERBICIDES, anti-sprouting products and plantgrowth
regulators
.......................................................................................
3808.30
DISINFECTANTS .................................................................... 3808.40
RODENTICIDES ..................................................................... 3808.90.10
OTHER .................................................................................. 3808.90.90
POLYMERS of ethylene, in primary forms 3901.20.10, 30.20,
3901.90.10, 3901.90.20, 3901.90.80 and 3901.90.90
..............
39.01
POLYMERS of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms
excluding goods falling within subheadings No. 3902.10.10,
3902.30.10 and 3902.30.90 .................................................
39.02
POLYACETALS ..................................................................... 3907.10
POLYCARBONATES .............................................................. 3907.40
ALKYD RESINS ...................................................................... 3907.50
POLYETHYLENE terephthalate ................................................ 3907.60
POLYBUTYLENE terephthalates ............................................. 3907.91.10
OTHER polyesters ................................................................. 3907.91.90
OTHER polytylene terephthalates ............................................ 3907.99.10
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OTHER polyesters ................................................................. 3907.99.90
POLYAMIDES in primary forms ............................................... 39.08
UREA formaldehyde ............................................................... 3909.10.10
UREA formaldehyde moulding powders .................................... 3909.10.20
OTHER urea formaldehyde ...................................................... 3909.10.30
THIOUREA resins ................................................................... 3090.10.90
MELAMINE RESINS ............................................................... 3909.20
OTHER amino-resins .............................................................. 3909.30
PHELONIC resins ................................................................... 3909.40
POLYURETHANES ................................................................. 3909.50
POLYMIDES .......................................................................... 3911.90.10
POLYHYLAMINES: polyamideamines ..................................... 3911.90.20
WASTE and scrap of other plastics .......................................... 3915.90.90
MONOFILAMENT of which any cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 1 mm. rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or
not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of phenolic
resins compounded with fibre, fabric or paper .......................
3916.90.10
MONOFILAMENT of which any cross-sectional dimension
exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or
not surface worked but not surface worked but not
otherwise worked, of other phenoplasts
..............................................
3916.90.90
TUBES, pipes and hoses, seamless, of phenoplasts
compounded with fibre, fabric or paper
....................................................
3917.29.10
TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation,
polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless,
without fittings
..............................................................................
3917.29.50
FLEXIBLE tubes, pipes and hoses or other hoses of other
condensation polycondensation or polyaddition products,
seamless, without fittings ...................................................
3917.29.50
TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation,
polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless
............
3917.32.75
TUBES, paper, seamless, without fittings 3917.39.15
TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation,
polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless,
fittings
.........................................................................................
3917.39.55
FLOOR coverings of plastics, whether or not self adhesive, in
rolls or in the form of tiles, of other condensation,
polycondensation or polyaddition products
............................
3918.90.40
SELF-ADHESIVE plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other
flat shapes. whether or not in rolls, or other condensation,
polycondensation or polyaddition products
............................
3919.90.07
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of polycarbonates,
polyethylene terephthalate, unsaturated polyesters and
other polyesters
.........................................................................
3920.63
REGENERATED cellulose film ................................................. 3920.71.10
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of amino and phenolic
resins
.........................................................................................
3920.93
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OTHER plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of other
condensation, polycondensation products
.................................................
3920.94
3921.19.30
DECORATIVE laminates of phenolic resins, themosetting, of a
value for duty purposes per m2 not exceeding 270c
...............
3921.90.02
DECORATIVE laminates of phenolic resins, thermosetting of a
value for duty purposes per m2 exceeding 270c
......................
3921.90.04
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of phenolic resins,
laminated with glass fibre, thermosetting
............................................
3921.90.06
LAMINATES of phenolic resins with a basis of paper,
thermosetting ...................................................................
3921.90.08
LAMINATES of phenolic resins with a basis of textile fibre,
thermosetting ....................................................................
3921.90.10
OTHER laminates of phenolic resin, thermosetting .................... 3921.90.12
BATHS, shower-baths, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans,
seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary
ware, of plastics
..........................................................................
39.22
ARTICLES for the conveyance or packing of goods of plastics:
stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics
................
39.23
OTHER household articles and toilet articles, of plastics
............
3924.90
BUILDERS' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or
included in Nos. 39.01 to 39.14 but excluding saddle trees
of plastics, waterskiing life jackets, corset busks and similar
supports for articles of apparel or clothing accessories made
from plastic material and plastic containers for the collection
of blood for blood transfusion
...............................................................
39.25
39.26
NATURAL rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and
similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or
strip ..................................................................................
40.01
SYNTHETIC rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary
forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of any product of
heading No. 40.01 with any product of this heading, in
primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
.......................................
40.02
RECLAIMED rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or
strip
.........................................................................................
40.03
WASTE, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber)
and powders, and granules obtained therefrom
.......................
40.04
COMPOUND rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in
plates, sheets or strip
.................................................................
40.05
OTHER forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes)
and articles (for example discs and rings), of unvulcanised
rubber
.........................................................................................
40.06
VULCANISED rubber thread and cord ....................................... 40.07
PLATES, sheets, strip and profile shapes, of vulcanised rubber 40.08
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other than hard rubber ........................................................
TUBES, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard
rubber, with or without their fitting (for example, joints
elbows, flanges
..............................................................................
40.09
CONVEYOR or transmission belt or belting, of vulcanised
rubber ................................................................................
40.10
NEW pneumatic tyres, of rubber ............................................... 40.11
RETREADED or used pneumatic tyres of rubber: solid or
cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of
rubber ...............................................................................
40.12
INNER tubes, of rubber ............................................................ 40.13
HYGIENIC or pharmaceutical articles (including teats), of
vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without
fittings of hard rubber ..........................................................
40.14
ARTICLES of apparel and clothing rubber but excluding gloves
of subheadings 4015.11 and 4015.19 ...................................
40.15
OTHER articles of vulcanised rubber (excluding hard rubber)
but excluding collapsible containers and rubber bands of
subheadings 4016.99.70 and 4016.99.80
..............................
40.16
HARD rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including
waste and scrap: articles of hard rubber.
40.17
RAW hides and skins of bovine or equine animals (fresh, or
salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not
tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or
not dehaired or split
.................................................................
41.01
RAW skins of sheep or lambs (fresh; or salted, dried, limed,
pickled or otherwise preserved but not tanned,
parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with
wool on or split ..................................................................
41.02
OTHER raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed,
pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned,
parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not
dehaired or split ................................................................
41.03
GOAT or kid skin leather, without hair on (excluding leather of
heading No. 41.08 or 41.09) but excluding
parchment-dressed leather of subheading 4106.20.10
......................................
41.06
LEATHER of birds .................................................................. 41.07.90.10
RAW furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or
cuttings, suitable for furriers' use) (excluding raw hides and
skins of heading No. 41.01, 41.02 and 41.03)
........................
43.01
TANNED or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and
other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled
(without the addition of materials) (excluding those of
heading No. 43.03)
.........................................................................
43.02
FUEL wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar
forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste
and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes,
pellets or similar forms ........................................................
44.01
WOOD charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal,) whether or
not agglomerated
44.02
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.....................................................................
WOOD in the rough, whether or not subheadings 4403.10.90,
4403.31.30, 4403.32.30, 4403.33.30. 4403.34.30,
4403.35.30, 4403.91.30, 4403.92.30 and 4403.99.30
..............
44.03
HOOPWOOD: split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood,
pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly
trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable
for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool
handles or the like; chipwood and the like
............................................
44.04
WOOD wool: wood flour ........................................................... 44.05
WOOD sawn or shipped lengthwise, slices or peeled, whether
or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness
exceeding 6 mm (excluding goods of subheadings
4407.21.10, 4407.22.10, 4407.23.10, 4407.91.10,
4407.92.10 and 4407.99.10)
................................................................
44.07
VENEER sheets and sheets for plywood (whether or not
spliced) and other woods sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled,
whether or not planed, sanded of finger-jointed, or a
thickness not exceeding 6 mm .............................................
44.08
WOOD (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not
assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved,
rebated, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded
or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not
planed, sanded or finger-jointed ............................................
44.09
PARTICLE board and similar board of wood or other ligneous
materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other
organic binding substances .................................................
44.10
FIBREBOARD of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or
not bonded with resins or other organic substances
...............
44.11
PLYWOOD, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
..........
44.12
DENSIFIED wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes
.........................................................................................
44.13
PACKING cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of
wood; cabledrums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other
load boards of wood
..................................................................
44.15
BUILDERS' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular
wood panels, assembled parquet panels, articles made
directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from
goods of heading No. 46.01; articles of loofah
........................
46.02
NEWSPRINT, in rolls or sheets ............................................... 48.01
UNCOATED paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing,
printing or other graphic purposes, and punch card stock
and punch tape paper, in rolls or sheets (excluding paper of
heading No. 48.01 or 48.03); hand-made paper or
paperboard but excluding subheadings Nos. 4802.20.60,
4802.20.70, 4802.20.90, 4802.60.20, 4802.60.25,
4802.60.40, 4802.60.45, 4802.60.50 and 4802.60.65
...............................
48.02
OTHER .................................................................................. 4804.39.90
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MULTI-PLY paper and paperboard:
Other, of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m2 and of which 60 per
cent or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres
obtained by a mechanical process .............................
4805.21.30
WITH only one outer layer bleached:
Other of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m2 and of which 60 per cent
or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres
obtained by a mechanical process ...............................
4805.22.30
HAVING three or more layers, of which only the two outer
layers are bleached:
Other, of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m2 and of which 60 per
cent or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres
obtained by a mechanical process ...............................
4805.23.30
COMPOSITE paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat
layers of paper on paperboard together with an adhesive),
not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally
reinforced, in rolls or sheets ................................................
48.07
OTHER craft paper, crêped or crinkled whether or not
embossed or perforated
.....................................................................
4808.30
CRÊPED paper with a mass of less than 35 g/m2
......................
4808.90.05
CRÊPED paper with a mass of 35 g/m2 or more but not
exceeding 60 g/m2 .............................................................
4808.90.10
CRINKLED tissue paper of a kind used for decorative purposes
.........................................................................................
4808.90.15
WAXED paper ........................................................................ 4809.90.15
UNUSED postage, revenue or similar destined;
stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms: banknote, stock,
share or bond certificates and similar documents of title but
excluding uncrossed travellers' cheques not bound into
books
.........................................................................................
49.07
PRINTED or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing
personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether
or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings
...........
49.09
OTHER printed matter, including printed pictures and
photographs: Other ...................................................
4911.10.90
PRINTED embossed credit cards without magnetic tape ... Ex 4911.99.90
WOVEN fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair
........
51.11
WOVEN fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair
.....
51.12
COTTON, not carded or combed .............................................. 52.01
COTTON waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
........
52.02
COTTON, carded or combed .................................................... 52.03
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing 85 per cent or more by
mass of cotton, of a mass of not more than 200 g/m2
................
52.08
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing 85 per cent or more by
mass of cotton, of a mass of more than 200 g/m2 .................
52.09
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 per cent of
cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade fibres, of a
52.10
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mass of not more than 200 g/m2
..................................................
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 per cent of
cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade fibres, of a
mass of more than 200 g/m2
........................................................
52.11
OTHER woven fabrics of cotton ................................................. 52.12
TRUE hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not
spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and
garnetted stock) .................................................................
53.02
JUTE and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp
and ramie), raw or processed but not spun: tow and waste
of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
but excluding jute fibre
..............................................................
53.03
SISAL and other textile fibres of the genus agave; raw or
processed but not spun: tow and waste of these fibres
(including yarn waste and textiles nes), ramie and other
vegetable fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or
processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres
(including yarn waste and garnetted stock) .........................
53.05
YARN of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No. 53.03
...
53.07
YARN of other vegetable textile fabrics; paper yarn
....................
53.08
WOVEN fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading
No. 53.03 but excluding woven fabrics of jute
........................
53.10
WOVEN fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics
of paper yarn .........................................................................
53.11
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of 120 dtex or
more, not dyed ..................................................................
5402.31.70
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of less than 1
000 dtex, not dyed
...................................................................
5402.32.10
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of 1 000 dtex or
more, not dyed .................................................................
5402.32.30
OTHER yarn of polyester fibres ................................................ 5509.59
OTHER yarn of synthetic staple fibres ...................................... 5509.99
YARN (excluding sewing thread) of man-made fibres:
Other ....................................................................................
5511.10.90
YARN of synthetic staple fibre, containing less than 85 per cent
by mass of such fibres: Other .............................................
5511.20.90
YARN of artificial staple fibres, other ......................................... 5511.30.90
WOVEN fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85 per
cent or more by mass of synthetic staple fibres
............................
55.12
WOVEN fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than
85 per cent by mass of such fibre
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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 31 December 1981
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 24:01 Arms and Amunutions
Regulation where the measure is specified: Arms and Ammunition Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: Control of arms and amunitions
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 6. Prohibition of importation of arms and ammunition
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall import any arms or ammunition except under and in accordance with an import permit issued under this section.
(2) Arms or ammunition for the purpose of sale shall be imported only under the authority of an arms dealer's import permit.
Reference of the measure: Article 6
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage
9301	Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07.	No
9302	Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 93.03 or 93.04.	No
9303	Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for fir	No
9304	Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07.	No
9305	Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04.	No
9306	Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads.	No

Description: Arms and ammunition

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 3101: Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products., 3102: Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous., 3103: Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic., 3104: Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic., 3105: Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 and 3808: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi

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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 01 May 2000
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 35:09 Agrochemicals
Regulation where the measure is specified: Agrochemicals Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: To provide for the registration and licencing of agro- chemicals. To control or regulate their importation,manufacture,distribution,use and disposal,so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human,plant or animal life.
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure: 15. Requirement for a licence
No person shall manufacture, import, distribute, sell or dispose an agrochemical unless he or she is licensed to do so under this Act.
Reference of the measure: Article 15
Measure also domestic: Yes

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
3101	Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products.	No
3102	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous.	No
3103	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic.	No
3104	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic.	No
3105	Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10	No
3808	Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi	Yes	Insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides etc

Description: Agrochemicals - any organic, inorganic or live biological material intended or offered for sale for purposes of-
( a) destruction, control, repulsion, attraction or prevention of any undesirable life form injurious to plant and animal growth; or
( b) promotion or inhibition of plant growth such as fertilisers, growth regulators, hormones, defoliants or legume inoculants;

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 9022.90: - Other, including parts and accessories

The measure came into effect on 25 February 2005
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NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
25 February 2005
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 37:01 Disease of Animals
Regulation where the measure is specified
Diseases of Animals (Livestock Identification and Trace-back) Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
9. Approval of animal identification devices
No bolus or any other individual animal identification device, or any device used to read the information stored therein, shall be imported into, or manufactured in, Botswana unless prior written consent has been obtained from the Director.
Reference of the measure
Article 9
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
9022.90 - Other, including parts and accessories Yes Bolus or any other individual animal identification devices
Description
Bolus or any other individual animal identification devices
"bolus" means a ceramic device designed to reside in the alimentary tract of cattle and containing an electronically stored individual animal identification number;
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
Description
Entire world
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Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 2716.00: Electrical energy. (optional heading)

The measure came into effect on 24 December 2007
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Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force
24 December 2007
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 73:01 Electricity Supply
Regulation where the measure is specified
Electricity Supply (Amendment) Act, 2007
Country/Region applying the measure
Botswana
The rationale of the measure
No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
3. The Act is amended by substituting for section 3, the following new section —
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2) no person shall —
(a) generate, supply, transmit, distribute, export, or import electricity;
(b) use, work or operate or permit to be used, worked or operated any plant, apparatus or works designed for the supply or use of electricity; or
(c) supply to or for the use of any other person electricity from any plant, apparatus or works designed for the supply or use of electricity, except in terms of a licence issued by the Minister under this Act and expressly authorizing such generation, supply, transmission, distribution, export, import, use, work or operation, as the case may be.
Reference of the measure
Article 3
Measure also domestic
Yes

Products affected by the measure.
Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2716.00 Electrical energy. (optional heading) Yes Electricity
Description
Electricity
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world
Description
Entire world

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
9022.90	- Other, including parts and accessories	Yes	Bolus or any other individual animal identification devices

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
2716.00	Electrical energy. (optional heading)	Yes	Electricity

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