Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A19: Prohibitions/restrictions of imports for SPS reasons n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

17 July 2009 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 35:02 Subsidiary Regulation - Plant Protection Regulations 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Plant Protection Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3. Importation of certain plants prohibited
Importation of plants listed in the First Schedule to these Regulations is prohibited. 

Reference of the measure

Article 3 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

1. Acacsia caltra (Common hookthorn)
2. Acacia karroo (Sweet thorn)
3. Acacia mearnsii (Black wattle)
4. Araujia sericifera (Moth catcher)
5. Azolla
6. Bauhinia (Yellow bell bauhinia)
7. Buddleja saligna (False olive)
8. Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Pom pom weed)
9. Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the night)
10. Cortaderia jubata (Pampas grass)
11. Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
12. Hyperricum perfolatum (St Johns wort)
13. Lantana camara (Spanish Flag)
14. Macfadyena unguis-cati (Cats Claw creeper)
15. Melia azedarach (Syringa)
16. Miscanthus sinensis (Zebra grass)
17. Opuntia stricta (Sour prickly pear)
18. Parthenium hysterophorus (Parthenium weed)
19. Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
20. Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
21. Sesbania punicea (Red Sesbania)
22. Solanum mauritanum (Bugweed)
23. Streptosolen jamesonii (Marmalade bush)
24. Tecoma stans (Yellow bells)
25. Tecomaria capensis (Cape honeysuckle)
26. Thevetia peruviana (Yellow oleander) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world