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Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-154  

NTB Type

2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures  

Complaint

Delays and high cost of screening honey. Tanzania Bureau of Standards takes from 3 to 4 weeks with constant follow up; 20 items are screened on payment of T50,000/-  

Status note

Tanzania Bureau of Standards reported that there is some improvement on the dwell time at TBS Test house. There has been an influx of samples in the food sector which has resulted in companies having to wait for maximum 1-2 weeks. The current capacity of the conformity infrastructure (soft and hard), has necessitated that TBS Laboratory applies a first come first attended procedure. TBS encourages the business community not to wait until the last hour before they lodge their enquiry.

2. The cost of conducting an analysis is determined by the type of analysis to be conducted and therefore the cost of the reagents which goes up with time. Example, the current (2011) analysis cost for Honey is 160,000.00Tanzanian Shillings per sample.  

Progress update note

 

Policy or regulatory NTB

No 

Location

Tanzania: Tanzania Bureau of Standards (Government institution)  

Reporting Country or Region

Tanzania  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2009-07-27  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2011-07-28  

Product Description

Honey

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2009-07-27 00:00  

Modified

2011-08-30 08:43