Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P69: Export technical measures, n.e.s. 

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

(2) Any person who wishes to import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule shall submit an application to the Director-General in Form P.C.S 1 and such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed in the Schedule.
(3) An import or export permit referred to in subsection (1) shall state—
(a) the name and address of the importer and the exporter;
(b) the name and address of the consignee, if any;
(c) the name of the substance listed in the Second Schedule;
(d) the quantity of the substance to be imported or exported;
(e) the expected port of exit from the exporting country or Zimbabwe;
(f) the expected port of entry into Zimbabwe or the importing country;
(g) the expected date of dispatch or arrival;
(h) any other details as may be required by the exporting or importing country.
(7) Any person who imports or exports a substance listed in the Second Schedule shall—
(a) state on every invoice, cargo manifest or similar document—
(i) the name and address of the importer and exporter;
(ii) the name and address of the consignee, if any;
(iii) the quantity of the substance to be imported or exported, as the case may be;
(b) keep the invoice, cargo manifest or similar document for a period of five years for record purposes.
(8) Any person who imports or exports any substance shall, within thirty days of the import or export of such substance, notify the Authority in Form P.C.S 3 of such import or export. 

Reference of the measure

Art 3 (2), (3), (7) and (8) 

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