Non-Tariff Barriers :: Complaints

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-388

NTB Type

8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees

Complaint

There are too many roadblocks along the major hoghways in EAC partner states. Too many stops points (police check points ) that cause unnessary delay of goods from ports to various destinations in the partner states.

Status note

On 15th May 2014, Kenya Focal Points reported that this NTB had been resolved. KRA abolished the requirement of Cash bonds as recommended by the EAC regional forum on NTBs and Council . What is required and applied is a general bond . Therefore the NTB should be recorded as resolved.

Progress update note

At the Tripartite NTBs Online Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism Meeting to Launch the SMS Reporting Tool from 9-10 April 2013 in Lusaka, Zambia, Tanzania reported that a the EAC Secretariat had commissioned a study had in the EAC which would recomnd the way forawrd on number of road blocks along the routes.

Policy or regulatory NTB

Location

EAC

Reporting Country or Region

Tanzania

Country specific trade issue

Date of incident

2011-01-30

Status

Resolved

Date of resolution

2014-05-15

Product Description

All products

Computer-assisted translation

Total value

Date reported

2011-02-03 16:57

Modified

2014-05-15 11:37