Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 01 January 1967
Publication where the measure is specified: Control of Goods Act
Regulation where the measure is specified: Control of Goods (Import of Radioactive Substances) Regulations
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. Restriction on import of radioactive substance
No person shall import into Malawi any radioactive substance unless—
(a) he is authorized to do so in terms of an open import licence issued in terms of regulation 3; or (b) he has obtained a licence to do so from the Secretary for Economic Affairs"
Reference of the measure: Paragraph 4
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage
2844.10.00	Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Natural uranium and its compounds;alloys, dispersions (inc	No
2844.20.00	Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Uranium enriched in U 235 and itscompounds; plutonium and	No
2844.30.00	Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Uranium depleted in U 235 and itscompounds; thorium and it	No
2844.40.00	Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Radioactive elements and isotopesand compounds other than	No
2844.50.00	Radioactive chemical elements andradioactive isotopes (including thefissile or fertile chemical elementsand isotopes) and their compounds;mixtures and residues containingthese products: Spent (irradiated) fuel elements(cartridges) of nuclear re	No

Description: "radioactive substance" means any substance which consists of or contains any radioactive
chemical element whether natural or artificial and whose specific activity exceeds 0.002 of a microcurie
per gramme of parent radioactive chemical element of substance and which has a total activity of more
than 0.1 microcurie;

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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