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Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly.
Documents
- 17 October 2024
Ammended COMESA Regulations on Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers - 18 April 2018
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY ELIMINATION OF NON-TARIFF BARRIERS ACT, 2017
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New trade regulations
- 03 May 2021Beitbridge upgrade to cause six weeks of delays to one of Africa’s busiest border posts 🔗
- 10 May 2016
PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM VISAS FOR SOUTH AFRICA - 2016 ( SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)
VISA EXEMPTI...uth Africa.pdf - 02 December 2014
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (TARIFFS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2014
Malawi CUSTO...ORDER 2014.pdf - 02 December 2014CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (TARIFFS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2014
- 28 November 2014
STATEMENT BY FEDERATION OF EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONS (FESARTA) On Fire at KASUMBALESA BORDER POST - DRC/ZAMBIA
Statement by...order Post.pdf
Statistics
- 900 complaints registered
- 783 complaints resolved
- 117 complaints unresolved
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Complaint Statistics
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Domestic assistance programmes for companies"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"11","resolved":"9","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"1.7. Discriminatory or flawed gov. procurement policies"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"24","resolved":"20","allProgress":"4","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"4","ntbName":"1.8. Import bans"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"4","resolved":"4","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"2","resolved":"1","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"1","resolved":"1","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"1.13. \"Buy national\" policy"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"18","resolved":"16","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"5","resolved":"3","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"1.15. Other"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"14","resolved":"13","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"2.2. Arbitrary customs classification"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"108","resolved":"97","allProgress":"11","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"11","ntbName":"2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"17","resolved":"13","allProgress":"4","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"4","ntbName":"2.4. Import licensing"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"1","resolved":"1","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.5. Decreed customs surcharges"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"52","resolved":"34","allProgress":"18","progress30":"0","progress60":"1","progress":"17","ntbName":"2.6. Additional taxes and other charges"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"21","resolved":"21","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.7. Int. taxes & charges on imp. and other tariff measures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"77","resolved":"74","allProgress":"3","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"3","ntbName":"2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"10","resolved":"7","allProgress":"3","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"3","ntbName":"2.9. Issues related to transit fees"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"22","resolved":"22","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.10. Inadequate\/unreasonable customs proc. and charges"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"2","resolved":"2","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"2","resolved":"2","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"12","resolved":"10","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"14","resolved":"14","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"2.14. Other"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"27","resolved":"18","allProgress":"9","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"9","ntbName":"3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT)"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"1","resolved":"1","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"3.3. Standards disparities"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"5","resolved":"4","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"1","resolved":"1","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"4.1. Issues related to sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"16","resolved":"16","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"5.1. Quantitative restrictions"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"3","resolved":"3","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"5.2. Exchange controls"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"10","resolved":"8","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"5.3. Export taxes"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"3","resolved":"3","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"5.4. 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Costly procedures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"9","resolved":"8","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"7.5. Lengthy procedures"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"12","resolved":"11","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"4","resolved":"3","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"7.7. Complex variety of documentation required"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"12","resolved":"11","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"23","resolved":"23","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"6","resolved":"5","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"7.10. Other"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"23","resolved":"22","allProgress":"1","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"1","ntbName":"8.1. Government Policy and regulations"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"6","resolved":"4","allProgress":"2","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"2","ntbName":"8.2. Administrative (Border Operating hrs, delays, etc.)"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"3","resolved":"3","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit)"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"5","resolved":"5","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"8.4. Transport related corruption"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"5","resolved":"5","allProgress":"0","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"0","ntbName":"8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,)"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"18","resolved":"15","allProgress":"3","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"3","ntbName":"8.6. Vehicle standards"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"50","resolved":"46","allProgress":"4","progress30":"0","progress60":"0","progress":"4","ntbName":"8.7. Costly Road user charges \/fees"}},{"Complaint":{"total":"55","resolved":"41","allProgress":"12","progress30":"0","progress60":"1","progress":"11","ntbName":"8.8. Issues related to transit"}}] {"ntbType":"NTB Type","resolved":"Resolved","unresolved60":"Unresolved (60 days+)","unresolved3060":"Unresolved (30 to 60 days)","unresolved30":"Unresolved (current)","hAxis":"Number of NTBs (complaints)"} Other Complaint statistics - 20 July 2025 /download.php
