Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P61: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 April 2015 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instruments no.54 of 2000, the customs and excise Act Cap 322 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Sl. S4 of 2000. Updated in April 2015: The customs and excise (General) regulations, 2000 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

(8)The verification of the weight of minerals, mineral ore and mineral products thereof shall be done by an officer on the basis of the following:
10. (1) No goods shall be discharged from any aircraft which has arrived in Zambia from beyond the borders of Zambia until an inward report in terms of Regulation 8 has been made and the Commissioner-General has granted permission for discharging the goods.
(2)The discharge of goods shall be carried out at an examination station appointed under section sixteen of the Act and all uncustomed goods discharged from an aircraft shall immediately be conveyed to a customs area and the pilot or owner of the aircraft shall be responsible for such conveyance or delivery.
(3)The pilot of the aircraft from which goods have been discharged shall as soon as the discharging operation has been completed, deliver to the Customs Division a statement specifying the packages, if any, as have been reported in terms of Regulation 8 but have not been discharged and the packages, if any, which have been discharged but were not reported.
11.(1) No goods shall be discharged from any ship which has arrived in Zambia from beyond the borders of Zambia until an inward report in terms of Regulation 8 has been made and permission for the discharging
of goods has been granted by the Commissioner-General who may appoint an officer to supervise the discharging operation.
(2)Except with the permission of the Customs Division, goods shall be discharged from a ship only between sunrise and sunset.
(3)The discharging of goods from ships shall be carried out at an examination station appointed pursuant to the Act and shall be undertaken in accordance with any instructions given by the Customs Division and all uncustomed goods shall be conveyed to a customs area immediately after they have been discharged.
(4)The master of a ship from which goods have been discharged shall as soon as the discharging operation has been completed, deliver to the Customs Division a statement specifying the packages, if any, as have been reported in terms of Regulation 8 but have not been discharged and the packages, if any, which have been discharged but were not reported.
12. The report of goods imported or exported through a pipeline as required by section twenty-fiveof the Act shall be made in Form CE 2 set out in the Eighth Schedule.
13. Any permission given pursuant to section twenty-sevenof the Act shall be in writing and shall carry the impression of an official Customs Division stamp over the signature of an identifiable officer.
14. (1) Entry of goods imported into Zambia as required by subsection (2) of section thirty-two of the Act shall be made in Form CE 20 as set out in the Eighth Schedule.
(2) Subject to regulation 19, the entry of goods for consumption on importation shall be effected by the payment of the duty due on the goods from the date of registration or within five days (exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays and any public holiday) of the issue of an assessment notice.
(3)If an importer is unable when effecting entry of goods to terms of subsection (1) of section thirty-fourof the Act, an officer may, pending the production of such invoice or other documents, accept a monetary deposit sufficient to safeguard the revenue and shall thereafter allow entry of the goods to be made.
(4)Except in such circumstances as the Commissioner-General may permit, no entry of goods shall be made without a taxpayer Identification numbe 

Reference of the measure

Part III Para 10-14 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Imports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.