Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A33: Packaging requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

08 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 39580, 8 January 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Sorghum 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

2. (1) No person shall sell a consignment of sorghum in the Republic of South Africa --
(d) unless the sorghum is packed in accordance with the packing requirements set out in regulation 7;
Packing requirements
7. Sorghum of different classes and grades shall be packed in different containers. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 2(1)(d) and 7 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Sorghum 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries