Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P21: Requirements to pass through specified port of customs for exports 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

COFFEE INDUSTRY ACT REGULATIONS (No. 23 of 2001) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

THE TANZANIA COFFEE IN DUSTRY REGULATIONS, 2003 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

COFFEE AUCTION AND EXPORTS
Auctions
49. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (5), all coffee whether intended for export or not, shall be sold through auctions conducted by the Board, at the Moshi Coffee Exchange.
(2) At the auction, coffee shall be sold by way of catalogues:-
(a)prepared in a manner which does not disclose the identity of the coffee owner ;and,
(b)displaying grades of coffee, which conform to the drawn samples.
(3) The Board or its designated agent, shall draw pre-auction and post-auction samples, for purpose of ensuring that the samples drawn represent coffee offered for auction or coffee to be exported after auction.
(4) The coffee whose samples have been drawn, shall be kept under the custody of the auctioneer, until is passed over to the buyer. Some coffee exporters to be allowed to by-pass auction
(5) The Board may, after being satisfied that applicants for direct export licences of coffee have complied with conditions set out in the Third Schedule, allow exporters of coffee categorized in that Schedule, to export coffee without passing through the auction 

Reference of the measure

Part VII para 49 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Coffee 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Tanzania