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NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 26 August 1999
Publication where the measure is specified: Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999
Regulation where the measure is specified: Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999
Country/Region applying the measure: Mauritius
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 4. Subject to regulation 7, no person shall import any controlled goods unless he holds an import permit.
10. (1) No person shall remove any controlled goods from the customs unless-
(a) he holds an import permit; and
(b) he obtains the written approval of the Permanent Secretary.
Reference of the measure: Articles 4 and 10
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
1101	Wheat or meslin flour.	No
2523.29.00	-- Other	No
2709	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.	No
2710	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic cons	No
1006.10.10	--- Basmati	No
1006.10.90	--- Other	No
1006.20.10	--- Basmati	No
1006.20.90	--- Other	No
1006.30.10	--- Basmati	No
1006.30.90	--- Other	No
3604.10.00	- Fireworks	No
3811.90.00	- Other	No
6307.20.10	--- Life-jackets	No
6307.20.20	--- Life-belts	No
6506.10.10	-- Firemen's helmets; headgear identifiable for use by miners and other industrial workers	No
6811	Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement of the like.	No
6812.80.00	- Of crocidolite	No
6813.81.10	--- Friction materials in strips, unworked and not cut to size nor drilled	No
6813.81.90	--- Other	No
6813.89.10	--- Friction materials in strips, unworked and not cut to size nor drilled	No
6813.89.90	--- Other	Yes	Friction material and articles thereof (valves, filters, clutch facings and gaskets)
7108	Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form.	No
7102.10.00	- Unsorted	No
7102.21.00	-- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted	No
7102.31.00	-- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted	No
7112.91.00	-- Of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals	Yes	Waste and scrap of gold including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals
7210.41.00	-- Corrugated	Yes	Excluding "Tole Canadien" sheets
8407.21	-- Outboard motors	Yes	Above 15HP
8423	Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds.	Yes	For trade use
8481	Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves.	No
9026	Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 9	No
9032	Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus.	No
8516.10.00	- Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters	No
8544	Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with	No
8536.20.00	- Automatic circuit breakers	No
8536.50.10	--- Residual currrent switches (interrupteur differentiel) < 1000 V	No
8536.90.10	--- Leakage modules < 1000 V	No
9016.00.00	Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights.	Yes	For trade use
9504.30.10	--- In completely knocked down condition	No
9504.30.90	--- Other	No
9613.20.00	- Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable	No
8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09).	No
8702	Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver.	No
8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars.	No
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods.	No
8705	Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile work	No
8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.	No
4009.11	-- Without fittings	Yes	For connecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to domestic gas appliances, excluding tubes and hoses consisting of a metal reinforcement)
4009.12	-- With fittings	No
9613.10.00	- Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, non-refillable	No
3917.31.00	-- Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, having a minimum burst pressure of 27.6 MPa	No

Description: H. S. Code Description of Goods
11.01 Wheat or meslin flour
15.07 Soya bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.11 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.12 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.14 Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions whether or not refined but not chemically modified
1515.21 Maize (corn) oil and its fractions (crude)
1515.29 Maize (corn) oil and its fractions (other)
2523.21] Portland Cement
2523.29]
27.09 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals crude
27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals other than crude oil, white spirit, lubricating oil and greases
1006.40 … … … … Broken rice
1006.101 … … … … Basmati rice in the husk (paddy or rough)
1006.109 … … … … Other rice in the husk (paddy or rough)
1006.201 … … … … Basmati husked (brown) rice
1006.209 … … … … Other husked (brown) rice
1006.301 … … … … Basmati semi-milled or wholly milled rice whether or not polished or glazed
1006.309 … … … … Other semi-milled or wholly milled rice whether or not polished or glazed
Amended by [GN No. 54 of 2012]
3604.10 ... ... ... Fireworks (including fireworks commonly known as "petards"
3811.90 Potassium-Based Additive
6307.20]
6506.101 ... ... ... Motor-cyclists' helmets (crash helmets)
Articles of asbestos-cement as follows -
6811.10 - Sheets
6811 30 - Pipes, tubes and accessories, fittings
6811.20 - Tiles
6811.90 - Flowering pots
6811.20 - Panels
6811.90 – Wash basins
6811.90 - Chimney cowls
6811.90 - Gutters of asbestos cement
6811.90 - Sign plates, sinks, letters and numbers
6811.90 - Structural frames
6811.90 - Washers, troughs
6811.90 - Window frames, Window sills reservoirs
Articles of asbestos fibres and of mixtures with a basis of asbestos as follows -
6812.50 - Thread, knitted and woven fabric, clothing headgear, Footwear, clothing accessories
6812.60 - Paper, millboard and felt of asbestos and asbestos mixtures
6812.70 - Compressed asbestos fibre jointing
6812.90 - Cords, strings
6813.10 - Brake linings, brake pads
6813.90 - Friction material and articles thereof (valves, filters, clutch facings and gaskets)
71.8 ... Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
7102.10}
7102.21} Rough diamonds (other than those imported from Liberia)
7102.31}
7112.10 ... ... ..Waste and scrap of gold including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals
Falling under Chapter 72 ..Corrugated iron sheets excluding of a type commonly known as "Tole Canadien"
8407.2100 Outboard motors (above 15 HP)
Added by [GN No. 42 of 2008]
84.23 - Weighing machinery (trade use)
84.81 Low Pressure, non-adjustable regulators for use with butane and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – specifications
90.26
90.32
Added by [GN No. 155 of 2009]
8516.10 ... ... ... Electric water heaters and immersion heaters and parts thereof
85.44 ... ... ... ... Electric Cable insulated with plastic materials Armoured Electric Cables
8536.20 - Automatic Circuit Breaker with Residual Current Devices<1000 V
8536.501 - Residual Current Switches<1000 V ('interrupteur differentiel')
8536.901 - Leakage modules<1000 V
89.02 ... ... ... ... Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products
90.16 - Balances (trade use)
9504.301- Games operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or other means of payment, other than bowling alley equipment, in completely knocked down condition
9504.309- Games operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or other means of payment, other than bowling alley equipment, not in completely knocked down condition
9613.20 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable
Second-hand (used/reconditioned) motor vehicles
Second-hand motor vehicle parts and accessories
Other used, scrapped and second-hand goods
Tubes and Hoses (other than tubes and hoses consisting of a metal reinforcement) for connecting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to domestic gas appliances.

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Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
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Description: Entire world

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