Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 2008 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 56 of 2008 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Medicines and Allied Substances Control (Import and Export of Precursors and Certain Chemical Substances) Regulations, 2008 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

Not specified in the regulations 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3.(1) No person shall import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule without an import or export permit granted by the Authority. 

Reference of the measure

Art 3(1) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

N-Acetylanthranilic acid (2);
Acetone;
Acetic anhydride;
Anthranilic acid;
Ephedrine; Ethyl ether;
Ergometrine;
Hydrochloric Acid (1) (2);
Ergotamine;
Methyl ethyl ketone (2);
Isosafrole (2);
Phenylacetic acid;
Lysergic acid;
Piperidine;
3,4 Methylenediooxyphenyl-2-propanone (2);
Sulphuric acid (1) (2);
Norephedrine; Toluene (2).
1-Phenyl-2-propanone;
Piperonal;
Potassium permanganate (2);
Pseudoephedrine;
Safrole (2). 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries