Non-Tariff Barriers

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-263  

NTB Type

1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions  

Complaint

There are no less than six ministries, the Namibian police, two Marketing Boards and a Statutory Board involved in the management of imports and exports. The onus is upon the applicant to collect all relevant permits/ certificates from line ministries and other bodies, before a commercial import/ export permit application can be made to MTI. For certain goods, up to three different points of control apply.  

Status note

At the 3rd meeting the Tripartite NTBs Focal Points and NMC Chairs held in Dar -es-Salaam on 19-20 April 2012, Namibia reported that the Ministry of Trade and Industry would only require authorised or a clearance certificate when a client is importing or exporting a controlled product that needs verification to determine the value for tax purposes and subsequent issuance of the permit by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The meeting accepted Namibia’s submission to resolve this NTB  

Progress update note

On 13 March 2012, Namibia focal point reported that the Ministry of Trade and Industry would only require authorised or a clearance certificate when a client is importing or exporting a contorlled product that needs verification to determine the value for tax purposes and subsequent issuance of the permit by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.  

Policy or regulatory NTB

No 

Location

Namibia: Ministry of Trade (Government institution)  

Reporting Country or Region

Namibia  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2009-09-08  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2012-04-26  

Product Description

All products

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2009-09-08 00:00  

Modified

2012-04-26 16:48