Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
31 December 2008 
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 37:01 Disease of Animals 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Diseases of Stock (Quarantine and Compensation) 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
17. Prohibition of market of vegetable products from Zimbabwe
The introduction into Botswana from Zimbabwe of all vegetable products, including grass, grasshay, straw, lucerne hay, mealies, mealie-stalks, cobs, kaffir-corn and stalks, is prohibited except by special permission of the Minister. 
Reference of the measure
Article 17 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
PG: 4 Plants and plant products Yes All vegetable products, including grass, grasshay, straw, lucerne hay, mealies, mealie-stalks, cobs, kaffir-corn and stalks    
Description
All vegetable products, including grass, grasshay, straw, lucerne hay, mealies, mealie-stalks, cobs, kaffir-corn and stalks 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Zimbabwe    
Description
Zimbabwe