Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A33: Packaging requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

24 May 2013 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 36480, 24 May 2013 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Fresh Vegetables Intended For Sale In The Republic Of South Africa 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

Packing and sorting requirements
(3) (a) Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 ginger shall be sorted and packed according to mass in the following groups:
(i) Hands (rhizomes) - at least 150 g each; and
(ii) fingers (segments) - at least 75 g but not more than 150 g each.
(b) The mass of the heaviest hand or finger may not be more than twice the mass of the lightest hand or finger in the same packaging.
(c) The minimum diameter of a finger (segment) shall be 32 mm in the case of:
(i) Hands - measured at the thickest part of the largest finger (segment) in the hand; or
(ii) fingers - measured at the thickest part of the finger.
(d) In the case of Lowest Class ginger - unspecified.
Permissible deviations with regard to packing and sorting requirements
(5) Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 ginger may deviate ;
(a) by 10%, 15% and 25% (m/m) from the prescribed minimum size for the hand (rhizome) respectively;
(b) by 10%, 15% and 25% (m/m) from the minimum diameter for the finger (segment) respectively; and
(c) In the case of Lowest Class ginger -unspecified. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 20(3) and (5) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Ginger 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries