Search Non-tariff Measures NTM classification
A: Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
A1: Prohibitions/restrictions of imports for SPS reasons
A11: Prohibitions for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons
A12: Geographical restrictions on eligibility
A13: Systems Approach
A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products
A15: Authorization requirement for importers for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons
A19: Prohibitions/restrictions of imports for SPS reasons n.e.s.
A2: Tolerance limits for residues and restricted use of substances
A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances
A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials
A3: Labelling, Marking and Packaging requirements
A31: Labelling requirements
A32: Marking requirements
A33: Packaging requirements
A4: Hygienic requirements related to sanitary and phytosanitary conditions
A41: Microbiological criteria of the final product
A42: Hygienic practices during production related to sanitary and phytosanitary conditions
A49: Hygienic requirements n.e.s.
A5: Treatment for elimination of plant and animal pests and disease-causing organisms in the final product or prohibition of treatment
A51: Cold/heat treatment
A52: Irradiation
A53: Fumigation
A59: Treatments to eliminate plants and animal pests or disease-causing organisms in the final product not elsewhere specified or prohibition of treatment
A6: Other requirements relating to production or post- production processes
A61: Plant growth processes
A62: Animal raising or catching processes
A63: Food and feed processing
A64: Storage and transport conditions
A69: Other requirements relating to production or post-production processes not elsewhere specified
A8: Conformity assessment related to SPS conditions
A81: Product registration and approval requirement
A82: Testing requirement
A83: Certification requirement
A84: Inspection requirement
A85: Traceability requirements
A851: Origin of materials and parts
A852: Processing history
A853: Distribution and location of products after delivery
A859: Traceability requirements, n.e.s.
A86: Quarantine requirement
A89: Conformity assessment related to SPS conditions n.e.s.
A9: SPS measures n.e.s.
B: Technical barriers to trade
B1: Import authorization/licensing related to technical barriers to trade
B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
B15: Authorization requirements for importers
B19: Import authorization/licensing related to technical barriers to trade not elsewhere specified
B2: Tolerance limits for residues and restricted use of substances
B21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain substances
B22: Restricted use of certain substances
B3: Labelling, Marking and Packaging requirements
B31: Labelling requirements
B32: Marking requirements
B33: Packaging requirements
B4: Production or Post-Production requirements
B41: TBT regulations on production processes
B42: TBT regulations on transport and storage
B49: Production or Post-Production requirements n.e.s.
B6: Product identity requirement
B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
B8: Conformity assessment related to TBT
B81: Product registration/approval requirements
B82: Testing requirement
B83: Certification requirement
B84: Inspection requirement
B85: Traceability requirements
B851: Origin of materials and parts
B852: Processing history
B853: Distribution and location of products after delivery
B859: Traceability requirements, n.e.s.
B89: Conformity assessment related to TBT n.e.s.
B9: TBT Measures n.e.s.
C: Pre-shipment inspection and other formalities
C1: Pre-shipment inspection
C2: Direct consignment requirement
C3: Requirement to pass through specified port of customs
C4: Import monitoring, surveillance and automatic licensing measures
C9: Other formalities, n.e.s.
D: Contingent trade protective measures
D1: Antidumping measure
D11: Antidumping investigation
D12: Anti-dumping duties
D13: Price undertaking
D2: Countervailing measure
D21: Countervailing investigation
D22: Countervailing duties
D23: Undertaking
D3: Safeguard measures
D31: General (multilateral) safeguard
D311: Safeguard investigation
D312: Safeguard duties
D313: Quantitative safeguard restrictions
D314: Safeguard measure, other form
D32: Special agricultural safeguards
D321: Volume-based special agricultural safeguards
D322: Price-based special agricultural safeguards
D39: Safeguards n.e.s.
E: Non-Automatic Import Licensing, Quotas, Prohibitions, Quantity-Control Measures and Other Restrictions Not Including Phytosanitary Measures or Measures Relating To TBT
E1: Non-automatic import-licensing procedures other than authorizations covered under the chapters on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and TBT
E11: Licensing for economic reasons
E111: Licensing procedure with no specific ex-ante criteria
E112: Licensing for specified use
E113: Licensing linked with local production
E119: Licensing for economic reasons n.e.s.
E12: Licensing for non-economic reasons
E121: Licensing for religious, moral or cultural reasons
E122: Licensing for political reasons
E129: Licensing for non-economic reasons n.e.s.
E2: Quotas
E21: Permanent
E211: Global allocation
E212: Country allocation
E22: Seasonal quotas
E221: Global allocation
E222: Country allocation
E23: Temporary
E231: Global allocation
E232: Country allocation
E3: Prohibitions
E31: Prohibition for economic reasons
E311: Full prohibition (import ban)
E312: Seasonal prohibition
E313: Temporary prohibition, including suspension of issuance of licences
E314: Prohibition of importation in bulk
E315: Prohibition of products infringing patents or other intellectual property rights
E316: Prohibition of used, repaired or remanufactured goods
E319: Prohibition for economic reasons, n.e.s.
E32: Prohibition for non-economic reasons
E321: Prohibition for religious, moral or cultural reasons
E322: Prohibition for political reasons (embargo)
E329: Prohibition for non-economic reasons, n.e.s.
E5: Export restraint arrangement
E51: Voluntary export restraint arrangements (VERs)
E511: Quota agreement
E512: Consultation agreement
E513: Administrative co-operation agreement
E59: Export restraint arrangements n.e.s.
E6: Tariff Rate Quotas
E61: WTO-bound tariff-rate quotas, included in WTO schedules (concessions and commitments under WTO negotiations)
E611: Global allocation
E612: Country allocation
E62: Other tariff-rate quotas included in other trade agreements
E621: Global allocation
E622: Country allocation
E9: Quantity control measures n.e.s.
F: Price control measures including additional taxes and charges
F1: Administrative measures affecting customs value
F11: Minimum import prices
F12: Reference prices
F19: Other administrative measures affecting the customs value, n.e.s.
F2: Voluntary export price restraints (VEPRs)
F3: Variable charges
F31: Variable levies (flexible import fees)
F32: Variable components (compensatory elements)
F39: Variable charges n.e.s
F4: Customs Surcharges
F5: Seasonal duties
F6: Additional taxes and charges levied in connection to services provided by the Government
F61: Custom inspection, processing and servicing fees
F62: Merchandise handling or storing fees
F63: Tax on foreign exchange transactions
F64: Stamp tax
F65: Import licence fee
F66: Consular invoice fee
F67: Statistical tax
F68: Tax on transport facilities
F69: Additional charges n.e.s.
F7: Internal taxes and charges levied on imports
F71: Consumption taxes
F72: Excise taxes
F73: Taxes and charges for sensitive product categories
F79: Internal taxes and charges levied on imports n.e.s.
F8: Decreed Customs Valuations
F9: Prince control measures n.e.s
G: Finance measures
G1: Advance payment requirement
G11: Advance import deposit
G12: Cash margin requirement
G13: Advance payment of customs duties
G14: Refundable deposits for sensitive product categories
G19: Advance payment requirements n.e.s.
G2: Multiple exchange rates
G3: Regulation on official foreign exchange allocation
G31: Prohibition of foreign exchange allocation
G32: Bank authorization
G33: Authorization linked with non-official foreign exchange
G331: External foreign exchange
G332: Importers' own foreign exchange
G339: Licence linked with non-official foreign exchange, n.e.s.
G39: Regulation on official foreign exchange allocation, n.e.s.
G4: Regulations concerning terms of payment for imports
G9: Finance measures n.e.s.
H: Measures affecting competition
H1: State trading enterprises, for importing; other selective import channels
H11: State trading enterprises, for importing
H19: Other selective import channels, n.e.s.
H2: Compulsory use of national services
H21: Compulsory national insurance
H22: Compulsory national transport
H29: Compulsory national service, n.e.s.
H9: Measures affecting competitions, n.e.s.
I: Trade-related investment measures
I1: Local content measures
I2: Trade balancing measures
I9: Trade-related investment measures, n.e.s
J: Distribution restrictions
J1: Geographical restriction
J2: Restrictions on distribution channels
K: Restriction on post-sales services
L: Subsidies and Other Forms of Support
M: Government procurement restrictions
N: Intellectual property
O: Rules of origin
P: Export related measures
P1: Export measures related to sanitary and phytosanitary measures and TBT
P11: Authorization or permit requirements to export, for technical reasons
P12: Export registration requirements for technical reasons
P13: Production and post-production requirements to export
P14: Product quality, safety, or performance requirements
P19: Technical export measures n.e.s
P2: Export formalities
P21: Requirements to pass through specified port of customs for exports
P29: Export formalities not elsewhere specified
P3: Export licences, export quotas, export prohibition and other restrictions other than sanitary and phytosanitary or TBT measures
P4: Export price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges
P5: State-trading enterprises, for exporting; other selective export channels
P6: Export-support measures
P61: Inspection requirement
P62: Certification required by the exporting country
P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s.
P7: Measures on re-export
P8: Export credits
P9: Export measures n.e.s.
E123: Licensing for the protection of the environment
E124: Licensing for security reasons
E125: Licensing for the protection of public health
E323: Prohibition for the protection of the environment
E324: Prohibition for security reasons
E325: Prohibition for the protection of public health
E69: Other tariff-rate quotas not elsewhere specified
J21: Measures prohibiting or restricting access to domestic distributors
J22: Measures prohibiting or restricting the setting up of own distribution channels
J9: Distribution restrictions not elsewhere specified
K1: Measures prohibiting or restricting access to domestic post-sale services channels
K2: Measures prohibiting or restricting the setting up of own post-sales services channels
K9: Restrictions on post-sales services not elsewhere specified
L11: Grants (other than price support under L15)
L111: Amount received is fixed
L112: Amount received varies with production or sales
L113: Amount received varies with enterprise income
L114: Amount received varies with use of intermediate inputs
L115: Amount received varies with employment
L116: Amount received varies with use of land or natural resources
L117: Amount received varies with use of capital
L118: Amount received varies with exports
L119: Amount received varies with other determinants or combinations of the above
L12: Credit support (to an enterprise)
L13: Equity infusions
L14: Government purchase of goods or services (other than price support under L15)
L15: Price support or price-related direct payments to producers
L2: Price regulation
L3: Transfer of risk (from an enterprise) to the Government
L31: Guarantees
L32: Insurance
L4: Government revenue due (by an enterprise) that is foregone or not collected (without monetary transfer)
L41: Tax and duty exemptions, reductions, other fiscal incentives reducing burden of taxes otherwise due
L42: Other government revenue foregone or not collected (without monetary transfer) (not including category L5, in-kind (non-monetary) transfer)
L5: In-kind (non-monetary) transfer (to an enterprise)
L51: Provision of goods
L52: Provision of services
L53: Other, including, for example, land, (access to) natural resources, infrastructure, technology and knowledge, electricity, water
L6: Transfer of funds (monetary transfers) by the Government (to a final consumer, individual or household) for the purchase of specific goods
L61: Grants and income support
L62: Credit support
L7: Government revenue due (by a final consumer, individual or household) that is foregone or not collected (without monetary transfer)
L71: Tax and duty exemptions, reductions, other fiscal incentives reducing burden of taxes otherwise due
L8: Purchase or provision of goods by the Government
L81: Provision of goods by the Government
L82: Government purchase of goods from individuals or households
L9: Support for consumers or producers n.e.s
M1: Market access restrictions
M11: To national suppliers
M12: To subnational suppliers
M13: Conditional access
M14: Exception for non-economic rationale
M19: Market access restrictions not elsewhere specified
M2: Domestic price preferences
M21: For national suppliers
M22: For subnational suppliers
M23: Conditional access
M29: Domestic price preferences not elsewhere specified
M3: Offsets
M31: Local content requirements on inputs and data storage
M32: Local content requirements on services
M33: Local content requirements on staff
M34: Subcontract requirements
M39: Offsets not elsewhere specified
M4: Collateral restrictions
M41: Tax on procurement from foreign entity
M43: Restricted eligibility for subsidies and tax preferences
M44: Time period
M49: Collateral restrictions not elsewhere specified
M5: Conduct of procurement
M51: Design of procurement methods
M52: Registration (supplier registration system)
M53: Shortlist/pre-selected list of suppliers
M54: Direct and limited tendering
M55: Selective tendering
M56: Securities
M561: Tender securities
M562: Performance securities
M57: Time period
M59: Conduct of procurement n.e.s
M6: Qualification criteria
M61: Certification or licence criteria
M62: Set-asides for specific groups (small and medium-sized enterprises, minorities)
M63: Past performance requirements
M64: Prior experience requirements
M69: Qualification criteria not elsewhere specified
M7: Evaluation criteria
M71: Technical contractual conditions
M72: Financial contractual conditions
M73: Offer-backs for specific groups (small and medium-sized enterprises, minorities)
M79: Evaluation criteria n.e.s
M8: Review and complaint mechanisms
M81: Challenge of tendering process or award
M82: Choice of complaint forum
M83: Time period
M84: Fees
M85: Suspension of tendering process
M86: Sanctions and remedies
M89: Review and complaint mechanisms n.e.s
M9: Transparency and access to information
M91: Publication in official gazette or accessible publication
M92: Accessible e-procurement
M921: Online publication of tender
M922: Online process of tenders
M923: Online award of tender
M924: Online direct communication
M925: Online signature
M926: Accessible e-procurement not elsewhere specified
M99: Transparency and information n.e.s
N1: Eligibility and maintenance
N11: Patents
N12: Geographical indications
N13: Industrial designs
N14: Copyrights
N15: Trademarks
N2: Exhaustion
N21: Patents
N211: National
N212: Regional
N213: International
N22: Geographical indications
N221: National
N222: Regional
N223: International
N23: Industrial designs
N231: National
N232: Regional
N233: International
N24: Copyrights
N241: National
N242: Regional
N243: International
N25: Trademarks
N251: National
N252: Regional
N253: International
N3: Enforcement
N31: Patents
N311: Border measures
N312: Civil remedies
N313: Criminal remedies
N314: Administrative remedies
N32: Geographical indications
N321: Border measures
N322: Civil remedies
N323: Criminal remedies
N324: Administrative remedies
N33: Industrial designs
N331: Border measures
N332: Civil remedies
N333: Criminal remedies
N334: Administrative remedies
N34: Copyrights
N341: Border measures
N342: Civil remedies
N343: Criminal remedies
N344: Administrative remedies
N35: Trademarks
N351: Border measures
N352: Civil remedies
N353: Criminal remedies
N354: Administrative remedies
N9: Intellectual property not elsewhere specified
O1: Preferential rules of origin
O11: Origin criterion
O111: Wholly obtained
O112: Substantial transformation: Ad valorem percentage criterion as value addition
O1121: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1122: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1123: Cumulation: Full
O1129: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O113: Substantial transformation: Ad valorem percentage criterion as value of materials
O1131: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1132: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1133: Cumulation: Full
O1139: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O114: Substantial transformation: Change in tariff classification, without exception
O1141: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1142: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1143: Cumulation: Full
O1149: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O115: Substantial transformation: Change in tariff classification, with exception
O1151: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1152: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1153: Cumulation: Full
O1159: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O116: Substantial transformation: Technical requirements
O1161: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1162: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1163: Cumulation: Full
O1169: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O117: Alternative requirements
O1171: Cumulation: Bilateral
O1172: Cumulation: Diagonal
O1173: Cumulation: Full
O1179: Cumulation not elsewhere specified
O119: Origin criterion not elsewhere specified
O12: Proofs of origin
O121: Certificate of origin issued by authority
O122: Certificate of origin issued by exporter
O123: Importer declaration
O129: Proof of origin not elsewhere specified
O13: Proof of direct shipment
O2: Non-preferential rules of origin
O21: Origin criterion
O211: Wholly obtained
O212: Substantial transformation: Ad valorem percentage criterion as value addition
O213: Substantial transformation: Ad valorem percentage criterion as value of materials
O214: Substantial transformation: Change in tariff classification, without exception
O215: Substantial transformation: Change in tariff classification, with exception
O216: Substantial transformation: Technical requirement
O217: Alternative requirements
O219: Origin criterion not elsewhere specified
O22: Proofs of origin
O221: Issued by authority
O222: Issued by exporter
O223: Importer declaration
O229: Proof of origin not elsewhere specified
O9: Rules of origin n.e.s
P15: Labelling, marking, or packaging requirements
P16: Conformity assessments
P161: Testing requirements
P162: Inspection requirements
P163: Certification required by exporting country
P169: Conformity-assessment measures not elsewhere specified
P17: Export prohibition for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons
P22: Export monitoring and surveillance requirements
P31: Export prohibition
P32: Export quotas
P33: Licensing, permit or registration requirements to export
P39: Export restrictions n.e.s
P41: Measures implemented to control the prices of exported products
P42: Export taxes and duties
P43: Export charges or fees levied in connection with services provided
P49: Export price-control measures, taxes and charges n.e.s
P51: State-trading enterprises, for exporting
P59: Other selective export channels not elsewhere specified
Implementing country or region
- COMESA -
- EAC -
- SADC -
Angola
Botswana
Burundi
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Kenya
Lesotho
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Affected products Product groups
All products
Agricultural products
Seeds for sowing
Plants and plant products
Livestock
Live poultry
Food products
Foodstuffs of animal origin
Foodstuffs of non-animal origin
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Dairy products
Baby food
Meat products and Fresh or chilled meat
Poultry meat
Fishery products
Fish products and fresh or chilled fish
Poisonous fish
Food additives
Prepackaged food
Alcoholic Beverages
Food contact materials
Cosmetics
Medicines
Medicines for human use
Medicines for animal use
Medical devices
Petroleum products
Iron and steel products
Ferrous scrap metals
Non-ferrous scrap metals
Dangerous chemicals
Textile products
Radioactive substances
Irradiating apparatus
Ozone-depleting products
Ozone-depleting substances
Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
Endangered species
Endangered species (animals only)
Endangered species (plants only)
Chemical weapons
Hazardous wastes
Nuclear wastes
Hazardous chemicals and pesticides
Persistent organic pollutants
Rough diamonds