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Complaint number	NTB Type Category 1. Government participation in trade & restrictive practices tolerated by governments 1.1. Export subsidies 1.2. Government monopoly in export/import 1.3. State subsidies, procurement, trading, state ownership 1.4. Preference given to domestic bidders/suppliers 1.5. Requirement for counter trade 1.6. Domestic assistance programmes for companies 1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies 1.8. Import bans 1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country 1.10. Determination of eligibility of an exporting establishment (firm, company) by the importing country 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation 1.12. Multiplicity and Controls of Foreign exchange market 1.13. "Buy national" policy 1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions 1.15. Other Category 2. Customs and administrative entry procedures 2.1. Government imposing antidumping duties 2.2. Arbitrary customs classification 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin 2.4. Import licensing 2.5. Decreed customs surcharges 2.6. Additional taxes and other charges 2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures 2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures 2.9. Issues related to transit fees 2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges 2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure 2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers 2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections 2.14. Other Category 3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) Category 4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures Category 5. Specific limitations 5.1. Quantitative restrictions 5.2. Exchange controls 5.3. Export taxes 5.4. Quotas 5.5. Import licensing requirements 5.6. Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods (local content requirement) 5.7. Minimum import price limits 5.8. Embargoes 5.9. Non-automatic licensing 5.10. Prohibitions 5.11. Quantitative safeguard measures 5.12. Export restraint arrangements 5.13. Other quantity control measures 5.14. Restrictive licenses 5.15. Other Category 6. Charges on imports 6.1. Prior import deposits and subsidies 6.2. Administrative fees 6.3. Special supplementary duties 6.4. Import credit discriminations 6.5. Variable levies 6.6. Border taxes 6.7. Other Category 7. Other procedural problems 7.1. Arbitrariness 7.2. Discrimination 7.3. Corruption 7.4. Costly procedures 7.5. Lengthy procedures 7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof) 7.7. Complex variety of documentation required 7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure 7.10. Other Category 8. Transport, Clearing and Forwarding 8.1. Government Policy and regulations 8.2. Administrative (Border Operating Hours, delays at border posts, etc.) 8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit) 8.4. Transport related corruption 8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,) 8.6. Vehicle standards 8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees 8.8. Issues related to transit Other Policy or Regulatory NTB Not a policy or regulatory NTB Check allUncheck all	Date of incident	Location COMESA Burundi Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Rwanda Seychelles Somalia Sudan Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe EAC Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda SADC Angola Botswana Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe COMESA EAC SADC	Reporting country or region (additional) COMESA Burundi Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Rwanda Seychelles Somalia Sudan Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe EAC Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda SADC Angola Botswana Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe COMESA EAC SADC	Status	Actions
NTB-000-844	Insurance	2018-09-28	Uganda: Police	Burundi	Resolved 2018-09-28	View
Complaint:	Non-recognition of the COMESA Insurance by Uganda in case of accident.
Resolution status note:	Uganda reported that under the Law, in case of a fatal accident, the drivers are supposed to be taken to court unless you opt to resolve it. The meeting agreed that this NTB has been resolved.
NTB-000-843	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2018-09-12	Kenya:	Tanzania	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	KRA does not give preferential treatment for Azam energy drink exported by bakressa company and has uplifted invoice from USD 3.97 to 5.04 for Azam drink juice products. KRA has uplifted the invoice per carton of Azam drink juice products of Azam Bakhresa Group. KRA restricted 2 trucks that carried 50 tons of Azam Energy Drink to enter Kenya from Tanzania. KRA restricted the trucks until they paid extra tax for each carton from USD 3.97 to USD 5.04. The uplifting of the invoice value happened after the customer had already paid all taxes for KRA by using value of USD 3.97.
Resolution status note:	During the Meeting, URT reported that this NTB was not resolved.
NTB-000-842	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2018-10-01	Uganda: Border	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Steel products transferred to Burundi from Uganda and Kenya. Burundi does not offer preferential tariff treatment to metal products transferred from Uganda and Kenya.
Resolution status note:	The NTB was resolved
NTB-000-841	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2018-09-06	Uganda: Malaba	EAC	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Uganda does not recognize the calibration certificate issued by Weight and Measures Agency (WMA) for oil tanks from URT
Resolution status note:	Tanzania reported during the 25th EAC Regional Forum on NTBs that it was Resolved
NTB-000-840	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2018-09-06	Tanzania: Namanga	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Tanzania not granting preferential tariff treatment and non-recognition of EAC Certificate of Origin issued by KRA to leaf springs.
Resolution status note:	Kenya reported during the 25th EAC Regional Forum on NTBs that it was Resolved
NTB-000-811	3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons Policy/Regulatory	2017-10-02	Kenya: State Department of Trade	Rwanda	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Kenya banned exports of scrap metals destined to Rwanda in accordance with scrap metal Act NO. 1 OF 2015
Resolution status note:	Kenya informed the SCTIFI in November 2018 that the scrap metal is a restricted business in Kenya and that Rwanda traders require a permit to transfer the scrap metal from Kenya. Rwanda informed the meeting that NTB is resolved.
NTB-000-703	2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures	2015-11-10	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Single Customs Territory (SCT) export documents processing in Tanzania are taking longer up to 10 days to be cleared instead of 3 days.
Resolution status note:	During the SCTIFI in November, 2018, the meeting was informed that TRA requires a Bonded Transportation document (BT) to control movement of cargo. Currently, there is no linkage between the BT and the exit note. TRA ICT experts are expected to resolve the matter by 9th November 2018. The meeting agreed that this is a single customs territory (SCT) matter and not an NTB. Hence the NTB was Resolved.
NTB-000-809	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-06-01	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment of hats and other headgear, hand knitted and crocheted by Vajas manufacturers ltd in Kenya and exported into Uganda.
Resolution status note:	The SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018 was informed that Uganda had reported that the Company manufacturing the referenced products was under duty remission regime and hence should attract full CET but it was later confirmed that it is not under duty remission and the Uganda Revenue Authority started granting preferential Treatment. The NTB was resolved.
NTB-000-775	2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	It takes more than 14 days to resolve complaints relating to uplifting of invoice values where TRA officers decide to increase the value of the goods. This should take a maximum of two days to complete the process.
Resolution status note:	The SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018 was informed that this NTB had been resolved.
NTB-000-810	8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees	2017-10-02	Tanzania: Tunduma	Rwanda	Resolved 2018-10-31	View
Complaint:	Escorted trucks carrying Zambia brown sugar and white maize in transit to Rwanda are forced to pay to Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Tunduma border station a sum of Tsh 960,000 to accompany trucks.
Resolution status note:	The Committee on Customs during its meeting in May noted that Mtera route is the shortest to transit to Rwanda and the route was not yet gazetted. It was recommended to geo-map all the transit routes and gazette the Mtera route. The Mtera route was gazetted vide Legal Notice No. 48 of 10th May, 2018. The Regional Forum on NTBs at its meeting in October, 2018 was informed that Trucks to Kigali are no longer required to have escorts. The NTB was resolved.
NTB-000-709	2.2. Arbitrary customs classification	2016-04-01	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-07-05	View
Complaint:	Arbitrary uplifting of value exports of the Air filters for internal Combustion manufactured by Kenafric products leading to high charges on VAT
Resolution status note:	The Secretariat reported that this NTB had been resolved by the report of the bilateral meeting held from 3rd -5th July 2018 between Kenya & Tanzania .
NTB-000-774	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment of paper sacks manufactured in Kenya and exported into Uganda
Resolution status note:	During the SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018, Uganda reported that the NTB was resolved for Companies that are not under Duty remission.
NTB-000-762	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of Preferential treatment of textiles and apparels products from Kenya when exported into Tanzania
Resolution status note:	During SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018, Kenya reported that stay of application ended on 30th June, 2018 and there was no extension for the same. The NTB was therefore resolved.
NTB-000-770	7.4. Costly procedures	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Namanga	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Kenya is facing challenges with the delays in verification of perishable goods namely industrial gases and milk products. Industrial gases are exported in liquid state but they very quickly evaporate into gas if the export trucks are left out in the open sun for more than 48 hours. Also, milk is a sensitive product which if not preserved in conducive environment it will get spoiled therefore, should be treated as perishable products under special clearance.
Resolution status note:	During SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018, Tanzania reported that since the commencement of the SCT, goods are not verified at the border and hence there are no more delays. NTB was therefore resolved
NTB-000-761	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of Preferential treatment of textiles and apparels products from Kenya when exported into Uganda
Resolution status note:	The SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018 was informed that the stay of application on textile and apparels expired on 30th June 2018 and was not renewed The NTB was resolved by the Committee on Customs (CoC) .
NTB-000-808	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-06-01		Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment of Edible Oil and products manufactured in Kenya by all edible oil manufacturers in Kenya when exported to Tanzania. The products are being subjected to full CET duties by Rwanda and Tanzania.
Resolution status note:	The SCTIFI in November, 2018 was informed that where the certificate of origin is queried, goods should not be stopped from moving but the custom administration should call for a bond as security of the goods until the verification exercise is complete. Tanzania reported that she complied with the recommendations of the Verification except for products under Rule 11 (Separation of materials) of the EAC Rules of Origin. Kenya reported that the NTB for Lubricants & edible oils has been resolved.
NTB-000-799	2.6. Additional taxes and other charges Policy/Regulatory	2018-01-08	Kenya: Namanga		Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Tanzania does not give preferential treatment to printed labels manufactured in Kenya by SKANEM LTD and exported into Tanzania. Entry No.TZNG18-1016642. Export suspended.
Resolution status note:	During the SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November2018, Tanzania and Kenya reported that the two Partner States had identified and resolved the issues causing the NTB
Products:	4821.90: Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, non-printed
NTB-000-814	1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies	2017-11-17	Uganda: Ministry of Finance	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Discriminatory treatment (Excise duty) of Kenyan manufactured products among others Pharmaceutical products, Juice, cigarettes.
Resolution status note:	During the SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018, Uganda reported that she has put in place administrative measures to accord non discriminatory treatment to Kenya products. The NTB is therefore resolved.
NTB-000-758	6.5. Variable levies Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Tanzania Revenue Authority imposes a Weights and measures levy at 2% of the customs value for every export. The levy is not being picked on the customs entries as is the norm but on a different collection sheet raising questions on authenticity of the levy.
Resolution status note:	During the SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November 2018, Tanzania reported that this is a weight and measures levy that is paid by all including Tanzania exporters and hence it is not an NTB. The Meeting recommended that the levy should be harmonised across EAC Partner States.
NTB-000-520	6.5. Variable levies Policy/Regulatory	2012-06-20	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Beef and Pork from Kenya Farmers Choice are being charged 25% by Tanzania because the company is in the duty remission scheme despite the products not benefiting from the duty remission scheme.
Resolution status note:	During SCTIFI meeting held on 16 November2018, Kenya reported that the NTB was resolved

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