Complaint

Complaint number
NTB-001-019  
NTB Type
4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures  
NTM Code
A1: Prohibitions/restrictions of imports for SPS reasons 
Complaint
PVOC is currently a requirement for seed shipment into Uganda. This is causing considerable delays in seed shipment. In addition, the enforcement of PVOC requirements in Uganda is based on Uganda standards 821. There is however a disconnect between the Uganda standards and the parent seed regulations in terms of some of the conformity requirements such as label markings where the UG standards is asking for markings that are not in the Seed regulations.  
Status note
This is a legal requirement where all commodities under mandatory standards go through PoVC inspection and the standard in question is a harmonized East African Standard and not an NTB. Hence the issue is operational and should be resolved in the system  
Progress update note
 
Policy or regulatory NTB
No 
Location
Uganda: Malaba (Border post)  
Reporting Country or Region
Kenya  
Country specific trade issue
No  
Date of incident
2021-03-01  
Status
Resolved  
Date of resolution
2021-07-06  
Product Description
Seeds

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Total value
0  
Date reported
2021-06-02 17:28  
Modified
2021-07-06 14:28  
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