Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1992 

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

23. Offences if unlicensed
(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 or unless 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 VI section 23 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cotton 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.