Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
P13: Production and post-production requirements to export 
Date when the measure came into force
22 May 2015 
Publication where the measure is specified
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22 MAY 2015 
Regulation where the measure is specified
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT STANDARDS ACT, 1990 (ACT No. 119 OF 1990) 
Country/Region applying the measure
South Africa 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
Application for approval for export
3. (1) An application for an approval in terms of section 4 of the Act for the export of a consignment of processed products, shall be directed in writing to the Executive Officer or the Assignee who has been designated with regard to those processed products.
(2) Such an application shall be made at least four working days before the intended date of export, or as otherwise arranged with the Executive Officer or designated Assignee.
(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.
(b) The type and class, kind and class, type and grade or kind and grade, as the case may be, of product.
(c) The number of containers in and the mass of the consignment concerned.
(d) 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 or airport from which the consignment concerned shall be exported.
(e) The particulars concerning the marking and destination of the consignment concerned.
(f)The address of the premises where the consignment concerned can be inspected and the date and time when the consignment will be ready for inspection.
(g)Any other additional information regarding the consignment concerned.
Prohibition on the export of processed products
2. (1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), no person shall export processed products from the Republic unless each quantity thereof has been approved by the Executive Officer for that purpose.
(2) Processed products which are -
(a) exported in a consignment of less than 20 kg net mass; and
(b) taken in as provisions 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 processed products. 
Reference of the measure
Section 2 &3 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1212.99 -- Other Yes apricot and peach kernels    
2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included. Yes canned fruit    
2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut pur No    
2003.10 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus Yes canned mushroom    
1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared. Yes canned pasta products    
2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. Yes canned vegetables    
2006 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glac Yes canned vegetables    
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons Yes dried fruit    
0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen. No    
0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. Yes frozen fruit    
0902.10 - Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg No    
0902.20 - Other green tea (not fermented) No    
0902.30 - Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg Yes honeybush, rooibos    
0902.40 - Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea Yes honeybush, rooibos    
Description
"processed products" means -
(a) apricot and peach kernels;
(b) canned fruit;
(c) canned mushrooms;
(d) canned pasta products;
(e) canned vegetables;
(f) dried fruit;
(g) frozen fruit and frozen vegetables;
(h) honeybush and green honeybush;
jam, jelly and marmalade; and
Q) rooibos and rooibos mixtures; 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world 22 May 2015  
Description
All countries