English
FrançaisNon-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- B31: Labelling requirements
- Date when the measure came into force
- 01 January 1967
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Control of Goods Act
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Control of Goods (Importation of Soap) Order
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Malawi
- The rationale of the measure
- No specific objective stated
- Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- "3(4) The words “pure", “purest", “best", “superior", “finest", “first grade", “first quality", “No. 1
quality", “A.1 quality", “highest grade", “highest quality", or any other words indicating or suggesting special grade or quality, shall not be printed or marked on, or on the container or wrapper of, any soap which contains less than sixty-two per centum of fatty acids, of which not more than one-quarter may be replaced by resin acids, or more than one-tenth of one per centum of free caustic alkali (calculated for this purpose as sodium hydroxide): Provided that where soap contains naphtha or carbolic acid or both these substances, the limit
of sixty-two per centum for fatty acids specified in this subsection may be reduced to sixty per centum." - Reference of the measure
- Paragraph 3(4)
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
| Code | Product | Partial coverage | Partial coverage indication | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3401.11.00 | Soap; organic surface-activeproducts and preparations foruse as soap, in the form of bars,cakes, moulded pieces or shapes,whether or not containing soap;organic surface-active productsand preparations for washing theskin, in the form of liquid | No | |||
| 3401.19.00 | Soap; organic surface-activeproducts and preparations foruse as soap, in the form of bars,cakes, moulded pieces or shapes,whether or not containing soap;organic surface-active productsand preparations for washing theskin, in the form of liquid | No | |||
| 3401.20.10 | Soap; organic surface-activeproducts and preparations foruse as soap, in the form of bars,cakes, moulded pieces or shapes,whether or not containing soap;organic surface-active productsand preparations for washing theskin, in the form of liquid | No | |||
| 3401.20.90 | Soap; organic surface-activeproducts and preparations foruse as soap, in the form of bars,cakes, moulded pieces or shapes,whether or not containing soap;organic surface-active productsand preparations for washing theskin, in the form of liquid | No | |||
| 3401.30.00 | Soap; organic surface-activeproducts and preparations foruse as soap, in the form of bars,cakes, moulded pieces or shapes,whether or not containing soap;organic surface-active productsand preparations for washing theskin, in the form of liquid | No |
- Description
- "any soap which contains less than sixty-two per centum of fatty acids"
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
| Inclusion/Exclusion | Country | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Entire world |
- Description
- Entire world
