Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
06 May 1969 
Publication where the measure is specified
Laws of Malawi Chapter 64:01 Plant Protection 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Plant Protection (Import) Regulations 
Country/Region applying the measure
Malawi 
The rationale of the measure
Protection of plant life and health 
Coded list of objectives
C: Protection of life and health of plants 
Description of the measure
4. (1) Save as is otherwise provided, no person shall import vegetative material, mushroom or other fungal spawn, seeds or any unmanufactured plant product, or any rooting compost, soil or other growing media, unless a permit authorizing such importation is submitted.
(2) No person shall import any live insect or other invertebrate, or any plant pathogen unless a permit authorizing such importation is submitted. 
Reference of the measure
Article 4 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
0106.41.00 Other live animals: Insects: Bees No    
0106.49.00 Other live animals: Insects: Other No    
0601.10.00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant No    
0601.20.00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, dormant, ingrowth or in flower; chicory plantsand roots other than roots ofheading 12.12: Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms,crowns and rhizomes, in growth orin flower; chicory plants No    
0602.30.00 Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Rhododendrons and azaleas, graftedor not No    
0602.40.00 Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Roses, grafted or not No    
0602.90.00 Other live plants (including theirroots), cuttings and slips;mushroom spawn: Other No    
0603.11.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Roses No    
0603.12.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Carnations No    
0603.13.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Orchids No    
0603.14.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Chrysanthemums No    
0603.15.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Lilies (Lilium spp.) No    
0603.19.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fresh: Other No    
0603.90.00 Cut flowers and flower buds of akind suitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Other No    
0604.20.00 Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Fres No    
0604.90.00 Foliage, branches and other partsof plants, without flowers orflower buds, and grasses, mossesand lichens, being goods of a kindsuitable for bouquets or forornamental purposes, fresh, dried,dyed, bleached, impregnated orotherwise prepared: Othe No    
0701.10.00 Potatoes, fresh or chilled: Seed No    
0701.90.00 Potatoes, fresh or chilled: Other No    
0702.00.00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled No    
0703.10.00 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks andother alliaceous vegetables, freshor chilled: Onions and shallots No    
0703.20.00 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks andother alliaceous vegetables, freshor chilled: Garlic No    
0703.90.00 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks andother alliaceous vegetables, freshor chilled: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables No    
0704.10.00 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi,kale and similar edible brassicas,fresh or chilled: Cauliflowers and headed broccoli No    
0704.20.00 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi,kale and similar edible brassicas,fresh or chilled: Brussels sprouts No    
0704.90.00 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi,kale and similar edible brassicas,fresh or chilled: Other No    
0705.11.00 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled: Lettuce: Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) No    
0705.19.00 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled: Lettuce: Other No    
0705.21.00 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled: Chicory: Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybusvar. foliosum) No    
0705.29.00 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled: Chicory: Other No    
0706.10.00 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot,salsify, celeriac, radishes andsimilar edible roots, fresh or chilled: Carrots and turnips No    
0706.90.00 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot,salsify, celeriac, radishes andsimilar edible roots, fresh or chilled: Other No    
0707.00.00 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh orchilled No    
0708.10.00 Leguminous vegetables, shelled orunshelled, fresh or chilled: Peas (Pisum sativum) No    
0708.20.00 Leguminous vegetables, shelled orunshelled, fresh or chilled: Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) No    
0708.90.00 Leguminous vegetables, shelled orunshelled, fresh or chilled: Other leguminous vegetables No    
0709.20.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Asparagus No    
0709.30.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Aubergines (egg-plants) No    
0709.40.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Celery other than celeriac No    
0709.51.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Mushrooms and truffles: Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus No    
0709.59.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Mushrooms and truffles: Other No    
0709.91.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Other: Globe artichokes No    
0709.92.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Other: Olives No    
0709.93.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Other: Pumpkins, squash and gourds(Cucurbita spp.) No    
0709.99.00 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: Other No    
0710.10.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Potatoes No    
0710.22.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Leguminous vegetables, shelled orunshelled: Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) No    
0710.29.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Leguminous vegetables, shelled orunshelled: Other No    
0710.30.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Spinach, New Zealand spinach andorache spinach (garden spinach) No    
0710.40.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Sweet corn No    
0710.80.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Other vegetables No    
0710.90.00 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked bysteaming or boiling in water), frozen: Mixtures of vegetables No    
0711.20.00 Vegetables provisionally preserved(for example, by sulphur dioxidegas, in brine, in sulphur water orin other preservative solutions), butunsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption: Olives No    
0711.40.00 Vegetables provisionally preserved(for example, by sulphur dioxidegas, in brine, in sulphur water orin other preservative solutions), butunsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption: Cucumbers and gherkins No    
0711.51.00 Vegetables provisionally preserved(for example, by sulphur dioxidegas, in brine, in sulphur water orin other preservative solutions), butunsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption: Mushrooms and truffles: Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus No    
0711.59.00 Vegetables provisionally preserved(for example, by sulphur dioxidegas, in brine, in sulphur water orin other preservative solutions), butunsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption: Mushrooms and truffles: Other No    
0711.90.00 Vegetables provisionally preserved(for example, by sulphur dioxidegas, in brine, in sulphur water orin other preservative solutions), butunsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption: Other vegetables; mixtures ofvegetables No    
3101.00.00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers,whether or not mixed together orchemically treated; fertilisersproduced by the mixing or chemicaltreatment of animal or vegetableproducts No    
1201.10.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken: Seed No    
1201.90.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken: Other No    
1202.30.00 Ground-nuts, not roasted orotherwise cooked, whether or notshelled or broken: Seed No    
1202.41.00 Ground-nuts, not roasted orotherwise cooked, whether or notshelled or broken: In shell No    
1202.42.00 Ground-nuts, not roasted orotherwise cooked, whether or notshelled or broken: Shelled, whether or not broken No    
1203.00.00 Copra No    
1204.00.00 Linseed, whether or not broken No    
1205.10.00 Rape or colza seeds, whether or notbroken: Low erucic rape or colza seeds No    
1205.90.00 Rape or colza seeds, whether or notbroken: Other No    
1206.00.00 Sunflower seeds, whether or notbroken No    
1207.10.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Palm nuts and kernels No    
1207.21.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Seed No    
1207.29.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Other No    
1207.30.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Castor oil seeds No    
1207.40.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Sesamum seeds No    
1207.50.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Mustard seeds No    
1207.60.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds No    
1207.70.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Melon seeds No    
1207.91.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Other: Poppy seeds No    
1207.99.00 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,whether or not broken: Other: Other No    
Description
Vegetative material, mushroom or other fungal spawn, seeds or any unmanufactured plant product, or any rooting compost, soil or other growing media;
Live insect or other invertebrate, or any plant pathogen

Exceptions:

7. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, no permit shall be required for the importation of –
1. cured tobacco of the previous season’s crop from Rhodesia or Zambia;

2. cut flowers intended for ornament;

3. fruit, other than citrus fruit and tomatoes, from Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa or Zambia;

4. grains and pulses produced in Africa intended for human consumption;

5. plants, or parts of plants, carried by travelers by road or rail and intended for consumption as food in the journey;

6. seeds of ornamental flowering plants, excluding trees and shrubs, other than Althaea, Berberis, Helianthus, Hibiscus, Hollyhock, Malva, Nicotiana and Pyrethrum;

7. seeds of vegetables other than those of aubergine (egg plant, brinjal), benas, Capsicum (green peppers or chillies), lettuce, pea, Physalis (Cape gooseberry) and tomato;

8. vegetables, except potatoes and tomatoes, from Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa or Zambia;

9. a plant, other than citrus or grape vines, produced in a nursery approved by the Permanent Secretary. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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