Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A14: Authorization requirement for sanitary and phytosanitary reasons for importing certain products 
Date when the measure came into force
01 January 1996 
Publication where the measure is specified
Control of Goods Act 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Control of Goods(Import and Export) Agriculture) Order 
Country/Region applying the measure
Malawi 
The rationale of the measure
No specific objective stated 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
"4. Goods prohibited without a permit
No person shall import any bees, honey or any container of honey, unmanufactured beeswax, foundation comb, used beehives or used bee-keeping accessories and appliances into Malawi from any country other than a southern country except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Permit issued under paragraph 3." 
Reference of the measure
Paragraph 4 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
0106.41.00 Other live animals: Insects: Bees No    
0106.49.00 Other live animals: Insects: Other No    
0409.00.00 Natural honey No    
1521.10.00 Vegetable waxes (other thantriglycerides), beeswax, other insectwaxes and spermaceti, whether ornot refined or coloured: Vegetable waxes No    
1521.90.00 Vegetable waxes (other thantriglycerides), beeswax, other insectwaxes and spermaceti, whether ornot refined or coloured: Other No    
Description
"bees, honey or any container of honey, unmanufactured beeswax, foundation comb, used beehives or used bee-keeping accessories and appliances" 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description
All countries except "southern countries" which include: Angola, Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), South-West Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Republic of South Africa, Zambia and
Zimbabwe