Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 14 February 1969
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 66:03 Precious and Semi-Precious Stones (Protection) Act
Regulation where the measure is specified: Precious and Semi-Precious Stones (Protection) Act
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: 27. Prohibition of unlicensed trading in semi-precious stones
No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire for the purposes of trade any unworked semi-precious stones unless he is a semi-precious stones dealer:
Provided that this section shall not apply to-
(i) a person who purchases or otherwise acquires such stones from a semi-precious stones dealer; or
(ii) the holder of a mining lease who recovers such stones from the mining area subject to
the lease if a right to mine such semi-precious stones as are recovered is included in
the lease.
Reference of the measure: Article 27
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
7103	Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport	Yes	Semi-precious stones
7104	Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport	Yes	Semi-precious stones

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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