Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

E319: Prohibition for economic reasons, n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

03 January 1972 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Control of Goods Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

THE CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORT AND EXPORT) (AGRICULTURE) (PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION) ORDER 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, no person shall import into the Republic of Zambia any scheduled goods.
4. The provisions of paragraph 3 shall not apply in relation to any scheduled goods or any class of such goods-
(a) which are in the course of transit through the Republic of Zambia to a place beyond the borders thereof; or
(b) not exceeding four kwacha in value which are imported in any one week into the Republic of Zambia by an incoming individual residing in the Republic of Zambia for his personal domestic consumption and not for sale or disposal to any other person; or
(c) which are imported under any permit if the importer satisfies the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, that such importer has, on the basis and by reason of his having been earlier issued with such permit, incurred a contractual and legally enforceable obligation prior to the publication of this Order. 

Reference of the measure

Ministerial Order No 3; 4(a, b )
SCHEDULE OF GOODS 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

1. Birds (dead).
2. Nuts (tinned).
3. Peanuts, salted or roasted.
4. Tomatoes (tinned). 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.