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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-000-509	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2012-03-14	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2012-05-21	View
Complaint:	Lack of availability of EAC simplified certificate of origin issued by Tanzania
Resolution status note:	On 21 may 2012, Tanzania reporterd that, the Simplified Certificates of Origin had been posted to all TRA regional managers, district managers and officer in charge of all border stations as at Friday 18th May, 2012.
NTB-000-697	1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions	2009-07-16			Resolved 2019-08-21	View
Complaint:	Lack of coordination among the numerous institutions involved in testing and clearance of goods at the Borders
Resolution status note:	.The NTBs meeting of Focal Points held on 19- 21 August 2019 was informed that the EAC agreed to harmonise the operations of their institutions. This NTB no longer was resolved in the EAC Time Bound mechanism.
NTB-000-254	2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures	2009-09-08	Angola: Angola Revenue Authority	Namibia	Resolved 2011-11-30	View
Complaint:	Lack of harmonized procedures between Namibian and Angolan customs authorities make exports into Angola very difficult and generally frustrating.
Resolution status note:	During the NTBs national workshop held in Angola on 30 November 2011, it was reported that Angola has modernised customs procedures by reducing dwell time to 48 hours. Angola is also developed simplified trade regimes for informal and small scale traders, incorporating them into the trading system.
NTB-000-435	2.14. Other	2010-09-16	EAC	Kenya	Resolved 2014-12-11	View
Complaint:	Lack of implementation of EAC harmonized documents by partner states.
Resolution status note:	At the 16th NTBs forum held in Kigali in December 2014, EAC Secretariat reported that Partner States are now using EAC harmonized documents. This NTB is therefore resolved
NTB-000-304	2.14. Other	2009-09-09	Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kasumbalesa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Resolved 2010-12-02	View
Complaint:	Lack of knowledge of regulations by customs officials
Resolution status note:	DRC is participating in the SADC Customs Management project where by the customs officials are now actively involved in regional matters.
NTB-000-816	1.1. Export subsidies	2018-03-01	Tanzania: Tanzania Revenue Authorities	Kenya	Resolved 2019-10-15	View
Complaint:	LACK OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS FROM KENYA BY TANZANIA
Resolution status note:	During the Regional Monitoring Committee held on 14th October, 2019 Tanzania has implemented the recommendations of the verification mission on confectionaries. Hence the NTB is resolved.
NTB-000-763	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-28	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment for printed adhesive paper labels products and corrugated cartons manufactured in Kenya and exported to Uganda.
Resolution status note:	The Secretariat reported that the SCTIFI meeting was informed that Uganda provides preferential treatment. The matter is therefore resolved
NTB-000-763	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-28	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment for printed adhesive paper labels products and corrugated cartons manufactured in Kenya and exported to Uganda.
Resolution status note:	The SCTIFI meeting was informed that Uganda provides preferential treatment. The matter is resolved
NTB-000-877	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Uganda: URA	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment for printed adhesive paper labels products and corrugated cartons manufactured in Kenya and exported to Uganda.
Resolution status note:	The meeting was informed that Uganda provides preferential treatment. NTB was resolved
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-000-809	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-000-875	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Uganda: KRA	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:	Uganda had reported that the Company manufacturing them was under duty remission regime and hence should attract full CET. Kenya reported that it is not under duty remission scheme. Uganda confirmed that the company is not on duty remission and the Uganda Revenue Authority has started granting preferential Treatment.
NTB-000-867	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-11-17	Uganda: URA	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 transfered into Uganda.
Resolution status note:	Uganda had reported that the Company manufacturing them was under duty remission regime and hence should attract full CET. But then Uganda confirmed that the company is not on duty remission and the Uganda Revenue Authority started granting preferential Treatment.
NTB-000-773	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin Policy/Regulatory	2017-05-05	Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority	Kenya	Resolved 2019-05-03	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment of packaging materials for beverages i.e. juice, milk etc manufactured in Kenya when exported into Uganda.
Resolution status note:	Kenya informed the 27th Regional Monitoring Committee meeting on 3rd May 2019 that Uganda is now recognising the packaging materials from Kenya. The NTB was resolved.
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-000-853	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Uganda: Busia	Kenya	Resolved 2018-11-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of preferential treatment of paper sacks manufactured in Kenya and transfered to Uganda
Resolution status note:	This NTB was resolved by the Committee on Customs. The Meeting recalled that the matter was considered and resolved that URT grants preferential treatment on paper sacks. The Meeting agreed that paper sacks should be granted preferential market access. The matter was resolved.
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-000-860	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Namanga	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 the bilateral meeting that took place in January, 2018, the two Partner States agreed as follows: i) Kenya will review the Stay of Application with the view of terminating it by end of June 2018. ii) The United Republic of Tanzania will review the decision to place tariffs on Kenyan textiles with view of giving relief to manufacturers operating outside EPZ by 30th June 2018. The stay of application by Kenya ended on 30th June, 2018 and there was no extension for the same. Republic of Kenya through her letter ref.EAC/5/16/3/Vol.9(130) dated 22nd August, 2018 reported that United Repubic of Tanzania is denying preferential tariff treatment on textiles. The issue was resolved by the Customs Committee.
NTB-000-861	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Tanzania: Namanga	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 the bilateral meeting that took place in January, 2018, the two Partner States agreed as follows: i) Kenya will review the Stay of Application with the view of terminating it by end of June 2018. ii) The United Republic of Tanzania will review the decision to place tariffs on Kenyan textiles with view of giving relief to manufacturers operating outside EPZ by 30th June 2018. The stay of application by Kenya ended on 30th June, 2018 and there was no extension for the same. Republic of Kenya through her letter ref.EAC/5/16/3/Vol.9(130) dated 22nd August, 2018 reported that United Repubic of Tanzania is denying preferential tariff treatment on textiles. The issue was resolved by CoC
NTB-000-872	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2017-05-05	Seychelles: TRA	Kenya	Resolved 2018-05-16	View
Complaint:	Lack of Preferential treatment of textiles and apparels products from Kenya when exported into Tanzania.
Resolution status note:	During the bilateral meeting that took place in January, 2018, the two Partner States agreed as follows: i) Kenya will review the Stay of Application with the view of terminating it by end of June 2018. ii) The United Republic of Tanzania will review the decision to place tariffs on Kenyan textiles with view of giving relief to manufacturers operating outside EPZ by 30th June 2018. The stay of application by Kenya ended on 30th June, 2018 and there was no extension for the same. Republic of Kenya through her letter ref.EAC/5/16/3/Vol.9(130) dated 22nd August, 2018 reported that United Repubic of Tanzania is denying preferential tariff treatment on textiles. Tanzania reported that the issue was resolved by the CoC.

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