3. (3) An exporter shall not export any of the following:
(a) charcoal;
(b) non-finished timber products from national forests; and
(c) peelers and saw logs of any species.
Reference of the measure
REGULATION 3(3)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Description
Charcoal;
Non-finished timber products from national forests; and
Peelers and saw logs of any species
82. Any grower who sells or exports on consignment surplus tobacco of which he is the grower otherwise than-
(a) through a pool established pursuant to section eighty; or
(b) in pursuance of any arrangement made by the Board for the disposal of surplus tobacco pursuant to section eighty-one; shall be guilty of an offence.
85. (1) Save as provided by subsections (3) and (4), any grower who exports tobacco from the Republic save in accordance with a permit issued by the Minister shall be guilty of an offence.
44. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), a person shall not use, sell, offer for sale, distribute, import, export or in any manner deal with a controlled substance or a product containing a substance within a group set out in the Fifteenth Schedule on or after the date of prohibition set out in the last column of the Fifteenth Schedule in respect of that substance.
(2) Sub regulation (1) does not apply to—
(a) controlled substance or ozone depleting substance that was imported before the date of its prohibition; or
(b) a recovered, recycled, reclaimed, or used controlled substance or ozone depleting substance imported or exported with the authority of the Agency.
45. (1) A person shall not export or import an air conditioner containing or designed to use a controlled substance or ozone depleting substance.
(2) A person shall not import a vehicle fitted with an air conditioner or refrigeration unit unless the vehicle’s cooling unit is fitted with chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) free coolant.
46. (1) Subject to sub regulation (2), from the date of entry into force of these Regulations, a person shall not import any aerosol product which uses a chlorofluorocarbon as a gas or a propellant.
Reference of the measure
PART VI : Regulation 44( 1, 2 )
FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE : Group Of Controlled Substance, Controlled Substance and date of Prohibition
PART VI : Regulations 45 ( 1, 2) ; 46 (1)
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Description
Controlled substance
Product containing a substance
Ozone depleting substance
Vehicle fitted with air conditioner containing or designed to use a controlled substance or ozone depleting substance
Aerosol product which uses a chlorofluorocarbon as a gas or a propellant.
5 (1) It shall not be lawful for a person to export from Zambia a drug to which this Part applies except under a licence granted by the Minister.
5 (2) If at any time the importation into a foreign country of a drug to which this Part applies is prohibited or restricted by the laws of that country, there shall, while that prohibition or restriction is in force, be attached to every licence which is issued by the Minister under this Act authorising the export of that drug from Zambia such conditions as
appear to him necessary for preventing or restricting, as the case may be, the exportation of that drug from Zambia to that country during such time as the importation of that drug into that country is so prohibited or restricted, and any such licence issued before the prohibition or restriction came into force shall, if the Minister by order so directs, be
deemed to be subject to the like conditions.
9. It shall not be lawful for a person to import into, or to export from, Zambia, any
prepared opium.
3. (1) A person shall not possess, export, re-export, import, introduce from the sea, transit or tranship any specimen of a species listed in the First Schedule to these Regulations otherwise than in accordance with these Regulations.
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
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
Applied by Zimbabwe on the entire world for 7323.93.00: Of stainless steel, 8444.00.00: Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials, 8445.11.00: Carding machines, 8445.20.00: Textile spinning machines, 8445.30.00: Textile doubling or twisting machines, 8445.40.00: Textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling machines, 8445.90.00: Other, 8446.10.00: For weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, 8446.21.00: Power looms, 8446.29.00: Other, 8446.30.00: For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm,shutleless type, 8447.11.00: With cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm, 8447.12.00: With cylinder diameter exceeding 165 mm, 8447.20.00: - Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines, 8448.11.00: Dobbies and jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith, 8448.20.00: Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery, 8448.31.00: Card clothing, 8448.32.00: Of machines for preparing textile fibres, other than card clothing, 8448.33.00: Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers, 8448.42.00: Reads for looms, healds and heald frames, 8448.49.00: Other, 8448.51.90: Other, 8449.00.00: Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats, 8451.29.90: Industrial machines, 8451.40.90: Industrial machines, 8451.50.00: Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics, 8451.80.90: Industrial machines, 8452.21.00: Automatic units, 8452.29.00: Other, 2710.12.12: Leaded petrol, 2710.12.13: Unleaded petrol, 5201.00.11: In staple lengths not exceeding 25,5mm, 5201.00.19: In staple lengths exceeding 25,5mm other, 5201.00.91: In staple lengths no and 5201.00.99: In staple lengths exceeding 25,5mm
3 Subject to any other law, the export from Zimbabwe is hereby authorised for all goods except those listed or referred to in the Schedule.
Reference of the measure
Art 3
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 knives
8444.00.00
Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials
No
8445.11.00
Carding machines
No
8445.20.00
Textile spinning machines
No
8445.30.00
Textile doubling or twisting machines
No
8445.40.00
Textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling machines
No
8445.90.00
Other
No
8446.10.00
For weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm
No
8446.21.00
Power looms
No
8446.29.00
Other
No
8446.30.00
For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm,shutleless type
No
8447.11.00
With cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm
No
8447.12.00
With cylinder diameter exceeding 165 mm
No
8447.20.00
- Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines
No
8448.11.00
Dobbies and jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith
No
8448.20.00
Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery
No
8448.31.00
Card clothing
No
8448.32.00
Of machines for preparing textile fibres, other than card clothing
No
8448.33.00
Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers
No
8448.42.00
Reads for looms, healds and heald frames
No
8448.49.00
Other
No
8448.51.90
Other
No
8449.00.00
Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats
No
8451.29.90
Industrial machines
No
8451.40.90
Industrial machines
No
8451.50.00
Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics
No
8451.80.90
Industrial machines
No
8452.21.00
Automatic units
No
8452.29.00
Other
No
2710.12.12
Leaded petrol
Yes
In container not fixed to vehicle tank
2710.12.13
Unleaded petrol
Yes
In container, not fixed to vehicle
5201.00.11
In staple lengths not exceeding 25,5mm
No
5201.00.19
In staple lengths exceeding 25,5mm other
No
5201.00.91
In staple lengths no
No
5201.00.99
In staple lengths exceeding 25,5mm
No
Description
1 Implements of war (other than arms and ammunition), atomic energy material of strategic value and goods used wholly or mainly in the production of arms and ammunition or other implements of war.
2 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 button, spring, level or other device, sometimes as a “gravity-knife”; or
(c) is—
(i) released manually from the handle or sheath of the knife; and
(ii) locked in the open position by means of button, spring, level or other device; or
(iii) released from the locked open position otherwise than solely by manual pressure on the blade.
3 The following machinery and accessories, when classified under the headings or subheadings specified below-
Headings or Sub-headings Description of Goods
8884.8444.0000 Machines for extruding, drawing texturing or cutting man-made textile
materials
84.45 Machines for preparing textile fibres
8445.1100 Carding machines
8445.1200 Combing machines
8445.1300 Drawing or roving machines
8445.2000 Textile spinning machines
8445.3000 Textile doubling or twisting machines
8445.4000 Textile winding (including weft-winding) or reeling machines
8445.9000 Machinery for producing or preparing textile yarns, not specified elsewhere in the customs tariff
84.46 Weaving machines (looms)
8446.1000 Weaving machines
8446.2100 Power looms
8446.2900 Weaving machines
8446.3000 Weaving machines
84.47 Knitting machines
8447.1190 Circular knitting machines
8447.1200 Circular knitting machines
8447.2000 Flat knitting machines
84.48 Auxiliary machines for use with machines of heading No. 84.44. 84.45, 94.46, or 84.47
8448.1100 Dobbies and jacquards, card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith
8448.2000 Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.44 or their auxiliary machine. Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.45 or their auxiliary machinery
8448.3100 Card clothing
8448.3200 Of machines of preparing textile fibres, other than card clothing
8448.3300 Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers. Parts and accessories of weaving machines (looms or of their auxiliary machinery)
8448.4100 Shuttles
8448.4200 Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames
8448.4900 Parts and accessories or weaving machines (looms), not specified elsewhere in the customs tariff. Parts and accessories of machines heading 84.47 or their auxiliary machinery
8448.5190 Sinkers, needles and other articles used In forming stitches
84.49.8449.000 Machinery for the manufacture or Finishing of felt non-wovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats, blocks for making hats
84.49 Machinery for washing, etc., textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles
8451.2990 Drying machines, ironing machines and presses (including fusing presses)
8451.4090 Washing, bleaching or dyeing machines
8451.5000 Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, Cutting or pinking textile fabrics
8451.8090 Machines for wringing or dressing textile yarns
84.52 Sewing machines, etc.
8452.2100 Automatic sewing machines
8452.2900 Sewing machines of an industrial type (excluding automatic units)
4 Petrol in any container other than a tank fixed to a vehicle and paraffin in any container.
5 Cotton yarn.
6. Plant or machinery, whether new or previously used, other than plant or machinery which—
(i) has been locally produced for export markets; or
(ii) has been temporarily imported for specific tasks which have been completed; or
(iii) needs to be exported for repairs.
For the purpose of this item —
“ Plant or machinery ” means such plant or machinery which—
(a) is used wholly or mainly for mining, agriculture, manufacturing or industrial purposes on a mining, farming, manufacturing or industrial location; or
(b) will be used wholly or mainly for mining, agriculture, manufacturing or industrial purposes in relation to mining, farming, manufacturing or industrial location;
as the case may be.
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
Inclusion/Exclusion
Country
Date in
Date out
Inclusion
Entire world
Description
All countries
P12: Export registration requirements for technical reasons
I: Protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value
Description of the measure
Article 2
The circulation of objects of art and crafts within the country, from one province to another, without any formalities carried by travelers in the modalities of:
(a) Painting
(b) Sculpture
(c) Drawing
(d) Engraving
(e) Batik
(f) Ceramics
(g) Basketwork
(h) Tapestry
Article 3
The removal from the national territory, without any customs formalities, of handicraft carried by travelers in reasonable quantities as souvenirs and not for commercial purposes
Article 4
It is considered, for the purposes of this diploma and other cultural and general legislation that disciplines this matter, reasonable quantities of baggage not exceeding 20 kg.
12.(1) Subject to sub regulation (2), an exporter who is a holder of a concession licence shall not export more than seventy-five percent of the timber produced by such exports.
12. (3)For purposes of sub regulation (1), timber exported by a timber merchant under an agreement referred to in regulation 5(3) shall be included in the export quota of the exporter who is a holder of a concession licence.
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.
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
6. Control of export, etc., of seeds
Any person who exports any agricultural or garden seeds, other than Government-certified or Government-tested seeds, except with the permission in writing of the Minister, shall be guilty of an offence.
Reference of the measure
Article 6
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
PG: 3
Seeds for sowing
Yes
Excluding Government-certified or Government-tested seeds
Description
Any agricultural or garden seeds, other than Government-certified or Government-tested seeds
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.
To provide for the establishment of a commission to be known as the Botswana Meat Commission,to impose certain duties aand confer certain powers on the said commission,to vest in the said commission certain assets and liabilities.
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure
21. Control of export of cattle and the licensing of export slaughter-houses
(1) No person other than the Commission shall export cattle or edible products from cattle from Botswana unless he is in possession of a permit in writing to do so issued by the Minister under this section.
(2) No such permit shall be issued without the concurrence of the Commission or unless the Minister declares by order published in the Gazette that by reason of exceptional circumstances it is in his opinion clearly in the public interest to issue such permit without the concurrence of the Commission.
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.
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.
Applied by Botswana on the entire world for 0102.31: -- Pure-bred breeding animals, 0102.39: -- Other, 0102.90: - Other, 0103.91: -- Weighing less than 50 kg, 0103.92: -- Weighing 50 kg or more, 0106.20: - Reptiles (including snakes and turtles), 0106.33.10: --- Ostriches, 0106.39: -- Other and 0106.90: - Other
34. Import, export, re-export and transit of game animals and trophies
(1) No person shall import, export, re-export or acquire transit rights for game animals without an import, export, re-export and transit permit respectively.
(2) An application for an import, export, re-export or transit permit for game animals not listed under the Fifth Schedule of the Act shall be made in the form set out in the Twenty Sixth Schedule.
(3) An import, export, re-export and transit permit for game animals and trophies not listed under the Fifth Schedule of the Act shall be in the form set out in the Twenty Seventh Schedule.
(4) An import, export, re-export and transit permit for game animals and trophies specified in the Fifth Schedule of the Act, shall be in the form set out in the Twenty Eighth Schedule.
(5) If an import, export, re-export or transit permit is unused for whatever reason it shall be surrendered to the issuing office before another one is issued.
(6) A permit applied for under this regulation may be issued on the payment of an appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Ninth Schedule.
(7) A permit issued under this regulation shall be subject to such terms, conditions and requirements as may be endorsed in the permit.
(8) Any person who contravenes any provision of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.
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., 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.
9. Export permit
(b) (1) An application for an export permit under section 8 of the Act shall be made, on Form 9
(c) set out in the First Schedule to a licensing officer in the district in which the applicant carries
(d) on business or normally resides.
(e) (2) An export permit applied for under subregulation (1) shall be issued, in Form 10 set out in
(f) the First Schedule, by the licensing officer in the district in which the applicant carries on
(g) business or normally resides and shall be valid for six months from the date of issue.
Reference of the measure
Article 9
Measure also domestic
No
Products affected by the measure.
Code
Product
Partial coverage
Partial coverage indication
Date in
Date out
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
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.
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