Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

D21: Countervailing investigation 

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

64. Pursuant to the provisions of section seventy-five B of the Act any person, being a resident in Zambia, acting by or on behalf of the domestic industry, who considers that imported goods are being dumped or subsidised and by reason thereof material injury to an industry has been or is being caused or is threatened or that the establishment of an industry has been or is being materially retarded may make a complaint against such practice by the lodging with the Commissioner-General a duly completed form of complaint in Form CE 24 set out in the Eight Schedule together with the prescribed fee therefor as set out in the First Schedule.
65. The Commissioner-General shall, within a period of sixty days from the receipt of a duly completed complaint lodged in accordance with Regulation 64, undertake an initial investigation of the circumstances and report to the Minister recommending whether or not a provisional dumping or countervailing duty should be imposed in accordance with the provisions of section seventy-five B of the Act. 

Reference of the measure

Part VII para 64 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Imports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All importing countries