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 PRODUCT STANDARDS ACT, 1990 (ACT No. 119 OF 1990) REGULATIONS REGARDING CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF FROZEN FRUIT AND FROZEN VEGETABLES 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

Prohibition on the export of frozen fruit and frozen vegetables
2.(1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), no person shall export frozen fruit and frozen vegetables from the Republic unless each quantity thereof has been approved by the Executive Officer for that purpose.
(2) Frozen fruit and frozen vegetables which are
(a) exported to countries specified in the Annexure 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 frozen fruit and frozen vegetables.
Application for approval for export
3.(1) An application for an approval in terms of section 4 of the Act for the export of frozen fruit and frozen vegetables, shall be directed in writing to the Executive Officer or the Assignee who has been designated with regard to frozen fruit and frozen vegetables, 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.
(b) The kind and grade of frozen fruit and frozen vegetables which comprises the consignment concerned, as well as the specific class thereof.
(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) Particulars with regard to the establishment in which such frozen product is prepared.
(h) 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.
(i) The trade mark and, where applicable, the code marks which appear on the containers and packages concerned.
(j) Any other pertinent information concerning the consignment 

Reference of the measure

Section 2&3 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

frozen fruit and frozen vegetables 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

ANNEXURE
COUNTRIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE PROHIBITION IS NOT APPLICABLE
Kingdom of Lesotho.
Kingdom of Swaziland.
Republic of Bophuthatswana.
Republic of Botswana.
Republic of Ciskei.
Republic of Namibia.
Republic of Transkei.
Republic of Venda