Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B859: Traceability requirements, n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 July 1991 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 150 of 1991 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Medicines and Allied Substances Control (General) Regulations, 1991 

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

(6) Any person who imports or exports a substance set out in the Sixteenth Schedule shall state on any invoice, cargo manifest or similar document—
(a) the names and addresses of the importer and exporter;
(b) the name and address of the consignee, if any;
(c) the quantity to be imported or exported, as the case may be;
and such invoice, cargo manifest or similar document shall be kept for a period of five years.

101C. Any person who imports or exports a substance set out in Table I of the Sixteenth Schedule shall, before the 31st March in each year, submit a return to the Authority stating the amounts so imported or exported from January to December in the previous year. 

Reference of the measure

Art 100B(6) and 101C 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

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

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries