Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P4: Export price-control measures, including additional taxes and charges 

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

133. (1) A person who intends to import any goods of a kind described in regulation 132(1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) shall apply to a proper officer using Form C 17.
(2) An application in sub-regulation (1) shall state-
(a)the full particulars of the goods imported, specifying the nature of the goods for the purpose of identification; and
(b)the approximate date on which and the port at which the goods will be re-exported.
(3) Where the goods are to be re-exported at a port other than the port of importation, the application shall be made in triplicate.
(4) Where the proper officer so requires, invoices or other documentary evidence of value shall be produced and attached to the application and retained by the officer.
(5) An importer shall deposit an amount of cash sufficient to cover the duty on the goods, or shall execute a security bond in the Customs Bond Form as the proper officer may determine.
(6) A proper officer shall, on application by an owner, state the amount of duty chargeable and the amount of deposit made or of the security bond executed.
(7) A proper officer shall return the duplicate copy referred to in sub-regulation (3) of the application and shall retain and send the triplicate copy where the goods are to be re-exported at a port other than the port of importation, to the proper officer at the port at which the goods will be exported.
(8) Before the deposit referred to in sub-regulation (5) is refunded or the security bond cancelled, the following conditions shall be observed-
(a)the goods shall be re-exported within a period of twelve months from the date of importation; and
(b)the owner shall give due notice to the proper officer at the port of exportation of his or her intention to re-export the goods and shall deliver to the proper officer the duplicate copy of the application issued to him or her at the port of importation.
134. (1) A person who is usually resident outside the Community and who intends to make a temporary stay in a Partner State shall be granted temporary free admission subject to their re-exportation, where that person imports -
(a)any road vehicle, including trailers, or cycle, and their accessories, for his or her use during the visit;
(b)any goods intended for his or her use, while in a Partner State but not for consumption in a Partner State; or
(c)any road vehicle, including trailers, designed for the transport of person for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods, and complies with the conditions contained in sub-regulations (2) and (4).
(2) Subject to sub-regulations (3) and (4) vehicles and goods imported under sub-regulation (1) shall be re-exported within a period of twelve months from the date of importation unless the importer satisfies the proper officer that he or she is prevented from doing so by force majeure
(3). Where a vehicle that has been temporarily admitted cannot be re-exported as the result of a seizure, other than an attachment made as a result of a suit by private person, the period shall be suspended for the duration of the seizure.
(4) The re-exportation of a badly damaged vehicle shall not be required, in the case of a duly authenticated accident, where the vehicle is either subjected to the import duty to which it is liable or is abandoned free of all expenses to the Customs or destroyed at the expense of the parties concerned, as the proper officer may require.
(5) A person who imports a vehicle or goods under the provisions of this regulation shall-
(a)at the time and place of importation, produce to the proper officer the
temporary importation papers (Carnet de Passage en Douane, pass sheet or other similar importation documents) issued under guarantee of an authorized association in respect of the vehicle or goods;
(b)satisfy the proper officer that the vehicle and goods correspond in all respects with the description in the temporary importation papers; and
(c) in the case of vehicles specified in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation(1), satisfy the proper officer that -
(i) his or her principal place of business is outside the Community;
(ii) the vehicle is registered outside the Community;
(iii) the vehicle is owned and operated by a person whose principal place of business is outside the Community;
(iv) the importation is taking place in the course of a journey that has begun and will end outside the Community; and
(v) the purpose of the journey is to use the vehicle for the transport of persons for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods from or to a place outside the Community.
(6) The guaranteeing association shall be allowed a period of one year as from the notification of non-discharge of the temporary importation papers, to furnish proof of the re-exportation of the vehicle or goods.
(7) Where proof is not furnished within the time allowed, under sub regulation (6), the guaranteeing association shall immediately pay the duty payable and the payment shall not be refundable after a period of one year from the date of the payment.
(8) A person importing a vehicle or goods under the provisions of this regulation shall-
(a)before re-exportation produce the temporary importation papers and satisfy a proper officer that the vehicle or goods correspond with the description of the vehicle or goods; and
(b)re-export the vehicle or goods during the validity of the temporary importation papers. Procedure where temporary importation papers are not produced
134. (1) A person who is usually resident outside the Community and who intends to make a temporary stay in a Partner State shall be granted temporary free admission subject to their re-exportation, where that person imports -
(a)any road vehicle, including trailers, or cycle, and their accessories, for his or her use during the visit;
(b)any goods intended for his or her use, while in a Partner State but not for consumption in a Partner State; or
(c)any road vehicle, including trailers, designed for the transport of person for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods, and complies with the conditions contained in sub-regulations (2) and (4).
(2) Subject to sub-regulations (3) and (4) vehicles and goods imported under sub-regulation (1) shall be re-exported within a period of twelve months from the date of importation unless the importer satisfies the proper officer that he or she is prevented from doing so by force majeure
(3). Where a vehicle that has been temporarily admitted cannot be re-exported as the result of a seizure, other than an attachment made as a result of a suit by private person, the period shall be suspended for the duration of the seizure.
(4) The re-exportation of a badly damaged vehicle shall not be required, in the case of a duly authenticated accident, where the vehicle is either subjected to the import duty to which it is liable or is abandoned free of all expenses to the Customs or destroyed at the expense of the parties concerned, as the proper officer may require 

Reference of the measure

Part XI sections 133 (3) & (7) and section 134, (1-4) &(8) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Re -exports of temporary imports vehicles or trailers 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.