Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 01 January 1996
Publication where the measure is specified: Control of Goods Act
Regulation where the measure is specified: Control of Goods(Import and Export) Agriculture) 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: "4. Goods prohibited without a permit
No person shall import any bees, honey or any container of honey, unmanufactured beeswax, foundation comb, used beehives or used bee-keeping accessories and appliances into Malawi from any country other than a southern country except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Permit issued under paragraph 3."
Reference of the measure: Paragraph 4
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage
0106.41.00	Other live animals: Insects: Bees	No
0106.49.00	Other live animals: Insects: Other	No
0409.00.00	Natural honey	No
1521.10.00	Vegetable waxes (other thantriglycerides), beeswax, other insectwaxes and spermaceti, whether ornot refined or coloured: Vegetable waxes	No
1521.90.00	Vegetable waxes (other thantriglycerides), beeswax, other insectwaxes and spermaceti, whether ornot refined or coloured: Other	No

Description: "bees, honey or any container of honey, unmanufactured beeswax, foundation comb, used beehives or used bee-keeping accessories and appliances"

Description: All countries except "southern countries" which include: Angola, Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), South-West Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Republic of South Africa, Zambia and
Zimbabwe

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