Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004,Regulations, 2010 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The East African Community Customs ManagementRegulations, 2010 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

53. Where any goods which have been entered cannot, on account of their value, size, packing or for any other reason, be easily examined by the proper officer, in a transit shed or a Customs area, and the importer desires that the goods be examined at his or her private premises, he or she shall apply in writing to a proper officer, who may in his or her discretion grant the application under such conditions as he or she may impose.
114. (1) All postal articles shall, where the Commissioner so requires, be produced by an officer of the post office to a proper officer for examination, either at the port of arrival in, or departure from the Community, as the case may be, or at any other place in the Community as the Commissioner may direct.
119(1) where goods are imported through a registered courier, the Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, accept the Customs declaration on the form provided by the courier in the country of origin, for the purpose of assessing the duty on the goods, in lieu of the entry required under the provisions of the Customs laws.
(2) Where goods are exported through a registered courier, a declaration from the sender regarding the description of the contents of the package and the value of the goods shall be affixed to the courier article and shall be deemed to be the entry required under the Act.
(3) Sub-regulations (1) and (2) shall not apply to goods where an individual package exceeds seventy kilograms or a value of one thousand dollars.
(4) A licensed courier shall present all the imported goods to a proper officer for examination and assessment of duty. Customs declaration on courier articles.

(2) For the purpose of production of postal articles under sub regulation (1), the officer of the post office shall be deemed to be the agent of the importer or exporter..
115. In any case where a postal article, or any part of its contents, is found on
examination to be conveyed otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of any written law on postal services in a Partner State, or not to agree with any entry, invoice or other document purporting to relate to its contents, or is found to consist of goods prohibited to be conveyed by post, or to be imported or exported, as the case may be, or goods regulated by or under the Act, contrary to any conditions regulating such importation or exportation, the postal article and all its contents shall be deemed to be goods imported or exported contrary to the Act and shall be dealt with as provided in the Act.
Uncleared postal articles.
116. Where an addressee of a postal article does not claim a postal article, and where the postal article is not delivered to an alternative addressee or returned to the sender within such time as may be specified in the laws of the Partner States relating to the postal services, or where the addressee refuses to pay the duty, if any, in respect of the goods contained in the postal article, the post office shall send the postal article to the Customs for deposit in the Customs warehouse, and the postal articles shall be dealt with in accordance with section 42 of the Act.
121. (1) All courier articles shall be produced by an officer of the courier to a proper officer for examination, either at the port of arrival in, or departure from the consignments Community, as the case may be, or at any other place in the Community as the Commissioner may direct.
(2) For the purpose of production of courier consignments under sub regulation (1), the officer of the courier shall be deemed to be the agent of the importer or exporter.
Detention of courier articles.
122. (1) A courier article and all its contents shall be deemed to be goods imported or exported contrary to the Act and shall be dealt with as provided in the Act, where the courier article, or any part of its contents, is found on examination –
(a) not to be conveyed in conformity with the provisions of any written law in a
Partner State;
(b) to be inconsistent with any entry, invoice or other document purporting to relate to its contents, and which may be transmitted with the article or produced by the addressee;
(c) to consist of goods prohibited to be conveyed by courier, or to be imported or exported, as the case may be, or goods regulated byor under the Act, contrary to any conditions regulating the importation or exportation of the article.
(2) Imported goods not entered within the prescribed period, shall be detained by the Customs and shall be dealt with in accordance with section 34 of the Act. 

Reference of the measure

Part I section 53, part VII sections 114-116, part IX section 119 (4) and sections 121 & 122 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Imports 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.