Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
P5: State-trading enterprises, for exporting; other selective export channels 
Date when the measure came into force
31 December 2008 
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Botswana Chapter 49:01 Hides and Skins 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Hides and Skins Export 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
4. Export duty to be paid
(1) Export duty shall be payable on all calf-skins, hides or skins exported from Botswana at the rates set out in the Schedule.
(2) Such duty shall be paid by the person applying for an export permit under section 3, to the District Commissioner, or other official to whom application for the permit is made, before the permit is issued.
(3) The President may from time to time by order published in the Gazette make such alterations to any of the rates set out in the Schedule as he may deem necessary to maintain
the export duty payable in respect of the calf-skins, hides or skins, as the case may be, to which that rate relates, at or approximating to eight percent of the average export selling price thereof.

SCHEDULE
(section 4)
The rates of export duty shall be-
Wet salted hides ........................................................................................ 80t per kg
Calf skins, skins and dry hides ................................................................ P1.50 per kg 
Reference of the measure
Article 4 and associated Schedule 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split. Yes Wet salted hides, calf skins, skins and dry hides    
4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by note Yes Wet salted hides, calf skins, skins and dry hides    
4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by note Yes Wet salted hides, calf skins, skins and dry hides    
Description
Wet salted hides, calf skins, skins and dry hides 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world