Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

01 September 1989 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya ,CHAPTER 335 COTTON ACT 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Cotton Act 3 of 1988 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

19. Restriction on export and sale of cotton
(1) Subject to this Act, no person shall—
(a)sell raw cotton, cotton lint or cotton seed to any person unless such person has been licensed by the Authority in respect of the raw cotton, cotton lint and cotton seed to the extent and subject to the conditions considered necessary by the Authority;
(b)purchase raw cotton from any grower other than a ginner licensed under this Act;
(c)carry out the ginning of raw cotton unless he holds a ginner’s licence granted under section 26.
(2) The Minister may from time to time, after consultation with the Board, fix prices at which purchasers of raw cotton may purchase the cotton.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
23 (1) No person shall—
(a)carry out the ginning of raw cotton unless he holds a ginner's licence granted under section 26;
(b)export or import raw cotton, cotton lint or cotton seed except through the agency of the Board or a licensed cotton export-import agent orunless he holds a cotton export-import agent's licence granted under
section 26.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to both. 

Reference of the measure

Part V section 19 & 23 (b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cotton 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.