Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 

Date when the measure came into force

23 August 1991 

Publication where the measure is specified

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT STANDARDS GN. R. 1994 GG13473 23 August 1991 

Regulation where the measure is specified

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS STANDARDS ACT, l990 (ACT No. 119 OF 1990) REGULATIONS REGARDING CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CANNED FRUIT 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

Prohibition on the export of canned foodstuffs
2.(1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), no person shall export canned foodstuffs from the Republic unless each quantity thereof has been approved by the Executive Officer for that purpose.
(2) Canned foodstuffs which are-
(a) exported to countries specified in the Annexure;
(b) exported in a consignment of less than 20 kg; and
(c) taken in as provisions for consumption aboard a conveyance to another country,
shall be exempted from the prohibition set out in subregulation (1).
(3) An approval in terms of subregulation (1) may also be given by an Assignee designated with
regard to canned foodstuffs.
Application for approval for export
3.(1) An application for an approval in terms of section 4 of the Act for the export of canned foodstuffs, shall be directed in writing to the Executive Officer or the Assignee who has been designated with regard to canned foodstuffs, as the case may be.
(2) Such an application shall be made at least 48 hours before the intended date of export.
(3) The following particulars shall be supplied when such an application is made:
(a) The name and address of the applicant and, where applicable, of his agent or exporter, as the case may be.
(b) The grade and type of canned foodstuffs in the consignment concerned.
(c) The number of containers, the mass and the number of units, as the case may be, which
comprises the consignment concerned.
(d) The manner of packing and the individual container sizes.
(e) The intended date of export, the method of transport and, in the case of export by sea, the name of the vessel concerned and the port from which the consignment concerned shall be exported.
(f) The destination of the consignment concerned.
(g) The address of the premises where the consignment concerned may be inspected and the date and time when the consignment will be ready for inspection.
(h) The trade mark and, where applicable, the code marks which appear on the containers concerned.
(i) Any other pertinent information concerning the consignment 

Reference of the measure

Section 2&3 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

canned foodstuffs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries