Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1968 
Publication where the measure is specified
(Consolidated) Control and Diseases of Animals Act 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Animal (Import) Rules 
Country/Region applying the measure
Malawi 
The rationale of the measure
Control of disease of animals 
Coded list of objectives
B: Protection of life and health of animals 
Description of the measure
3. Restriction on importation
No person shall import or cause to be imported into Malawi any animal or animal by-product except under a permit in writing issued by the Chief Veterinary Officer under rule 4 who may attach to it such conditions as he deems necessary to prevent the introduction of disease into Malawi. Any person who imports or causes to be imported any animal of animal by-product without such permit or who contravenes any of the provisions or conditions of the said permit shall be guilty of an offence. 
Reference of the measure
Paragraph 3 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
01 Live animals No    
0501.00.00 Human hair, unworked, whether ornot washed or scoured; waste ofhuman hair No    
0502.10.00 Pigs No    
0502.90.00 Pigs No    
0505.10.00 Skins and other parts of birds, withtheir feathers or down, feathers andparts of feathers (whether or notwith trimmed edges) and down,not further worked than cleaned,disinfected or treated forpreservation; powder and waste offeathers or parts o No    
0505.90.00 Skins and other parts of birds, withtheir feathers or down, feathers andparts of feathers (whether or notwith trimmed edges) and down,not further worked than cleaned,disinfected or treated forpreservation; powder and waste offeathers or parts o No    
0506.10.00 Bones and horn-cores, unworked,defatted, simply prepared (but notcut to shape), treated with acid ordegelatinised; powder and wasteof these products: Ossein and bones treated with acid No    
0506.90.00 Bones and horn-cores, unworked,defatted, simply prepared (but notcut to shape), treated with acid ordegelatinised; powder and wasteof these products: Other No    
0507.10.00 Ivory,tortoise-shell, whalebone andwhalebone hair, horns, antlers,hooves, nails, claws and beaks,unworked or simply prepared butnot cut to shape; powder and wasteof these products: Ivory; ivory powder and waste No    
0507.90.00 Ivory,tortoise-shell, whalebone andwhalebone hair, horns, antlers,hooves, nails, claws and beaks,unworked or simply prepared butnot cut to shape; powder and wasteof these products: Other No    
0508.00.00 Coral and similar materials,unworked or simply preparedbut not otherwise worked;shells of molluscs, crustaceansor echinoderms and cuttle-bone,unworked or simply preparedbut not cut to shape, powderand waste thereof No    
0510.00.00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet andmusk; cantharides; bile, whether ornot dried; glands and other animalproducts used in the preparation ofpharmaceutical products, fresh,chilled, frozen or otherwiseprovisionally preserved No    
3002.20.00 Human blood; animal bloodprepared for therapeutic,prophylactic or diagnostic uses;antisera, other blood fractionsand immunological products,whether or not modified or obtainedby means of biotechnologicalprocesses; vaccines, toxins,cultures of m Yes Of animals    
2301.10.00 Flours, meals and pellets, of meator meat offal, of fish or ofcrustaceans, molluscs or otheraquatic invertebrates, unfit forhuman consumption; greaves: Flours, meals and pellets, of meator meat offal; greaves Yes Of animal by products    
2301.20.00 Flours, meals and pellets, of meator meat offal, of fish or ofcrustaceans, molluscs or otheraquatic invertebrates, unfit forhuman consumption; greaves: Flours, meals and pellets, of fishor of crustaceans, molluscs or otheraquatic invertebrates Yes Of animal by products    
2301.20.00 Flours, meals and pellets, of meator meat offal, of fish or ofcrustaceans, molluscs or otheraquatic invertebrates, unfit forhuman consumption; greaves: Flours, meals and pellets, of fishor of crustaceans, molluscs or otheraquatic invertebrates Yes Of animal by products    
2309.10.00 Preparations of a kind used inanimal feeding: Dog or cat food, put up for retailsale Yes Of animal by products    
2309.90.00 Preparations of a kind used inanimal feeding: OtherTobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes Yes Of animal by products    
3101.00.00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers,whether or not mixed together orchemically treated; fertilisersproduced by the mixing or chemicaltreatment of animal or vegetableproducts Yes Of animal by products    
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather Yes Hides and skins    
6701.00.00 Skins and other parts of birds withtheir feathers or down, feathers, partsof feathers, down and articles thereof(other than goods of heading 05.05and worked quills and scapes) No    
Description
Animal and animal by-products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world