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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-000-159	4.1. Issues related to sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures A83: Certification requirement	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Ministry of Health	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-08-30	View
Complaint:	Cumbersome certification procedures for certification of milk inputs.Certification officers are based in Dar es Salaam and going to Tunduma for verification is very cumbersome
Resolution status note:	Tanzania Revenue Authority reported that TRA does random physical verification as part of risk management analysis before clearing mainly on textiles motor vehicles.
NTB-000-160	1.1. Export subsidies A82: Testing requirement	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Tanzania Bureau of Standards	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-08-28	View
Complaint:	Exports go through unnecessary, onerous and costly testing and documentation procedures, since the TBS, TFDA, Ministry of Health and Tanzania atomic energy authority each have to issue export certification on every export consignment.
Resolution status note:	Tanzania Revenue Authority reported that TRA does random physical verification as part of risk management analysis before clearing and this is done mainly on textiles motor vehicles.
NTB-000-160	1.1. Export subsidies A82: Testing requirement	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Tanzania Bureau of Standards	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-08-28	View
Complaint:	Exports go through unnecessary, onerous and costly testing and documentation procedures, since the TBS, TFDA, Ministry of Health and Tanzania atomic energy authority each have to issue export certification on every export consignment.
Resolution status note:	Tanzania reported that Tanzania Institutions have been established and governed by Laws. The process of establishing Testing procedures under one roof is underway.
NTB-000-160	1.1. Export subsidies A82: Testing requirement	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Tanzania Bureau of Standards	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-08-28	View
Complaint:	Exports go through unnecessary, onerous and costly testing and documentation procedures, since the TBS, TFDA, Ministry of Health and Tanzania atomic energy authority each have to issue export certification on every export consignment.
Resolution status note:	Tanzania reported that Tanzania Institutions have been established and governed by Laws. The process of establishing Testing procedures under one roof is underway. Tanzania Revenue Authority reported that TRA does random physical verification as part of risk management analysis before clearing and this is done mainly on textiles motor vehicles.
NTB-000-161	7.4. Costly procedures	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Ministry of Trade	Tanzania	Resolved 2016-06-15	View
Complaint:	A number of non-tariff fees are levied on agricultural and manufactured products. Examples are: inspection fees, Warehousing fees; Air Cargo levy; Agricultural Cess, Livestock Marketing Cess, landing and parking fees, seaman's levy and farm support fees.
Resolution status note:	The SADC Sub Committee on Trade facilitation carried out a review of long standing NTBs and found out that the various fees identified above, i.e. inspection fees, warehousing fees; air cargo levy; agricultural cess, livestock marketing cess, landing and parking fees, seaman's levy and farm support fees were acceptable as long as they are for the services rendered and are also provided for in the national legislations. This is finding therefore resolves the NTB
NTB-000-162	8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Ministry of Transport	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-07-28	View
Complaint:	Registration and accreditation of transporters is too high, (Charge is USD 10,000 per company so that only capable and serious transporters are registered)
Resolution status note:	Tanzania Revenue Authority reported that TRA is responsible for issuing the transporter license and that the fees is only Ks 20 000.
NTB-000-165	8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees	2009-07-27	Tanzania: Dar-es-Salaam Port	Tanzania	Resolved 2012-06-15	View
Complaint:	Dar es Salaam port charges are considered high although it is one of the best ports in the region. Registration and accreditation of transporters is high, In addition to the charges and logistics, transit bonds are bureaucratic and are treated differently in other SADC countries.
Resolution status note:	The 10th meeting of SADC Committee on Trade facilitaion agreed that the NTB was outdated & also that ‘charges’ had to be unpacked to enable comparison of all types of charges imposed at the port. It was noted that Dar es Salaam Port has special dispensations for transit cargo, which are not offered to cargo destined to Tanzania. According to the latest study by Tanzania, the Dar es Salaam port is the cheapest in the Region therefore this NTB was considered resolved.
NTB-000-148	2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures Policy/Regulatory	2009-07-27	Zambia: Ministry of Trade	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zambia licensing process just too long.
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that the process only takes 24hours
NTB-000-163	2.4. Import licensing Policy/Regulatory	2009-07-27	Zambia: Ministry of Trade	Tanzania	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Licensing process just too long
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that the process only takes 24hours
NTB-000-175	1.1. Export subsidies B6: Product identity requirement	2009-07-27	Zambia: Bureau of Standards	Malawi	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zambia has placed standards requirements that sugar from Malawi be fortified with Vitamin A.
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that all sugar for domestic consumption, be it imported or manufactured locally is supposed to be fortified with vitamin A.
NTB-000-175	1.1. Export subsidies B6: Product identity requirement	2009-07-27	Zambia: Bureau of Standards	Malawi	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zambia has placed standards requirements that sugar from Malawi be fortified with Vitamin A.
Resolution status note:	Zambia reported that all sugar for domestic consumption, be it imported or manufactured locally is supposed to be fortified with vitamin A.
NTB-000-142	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Industry and Commerce	South Africa	Resolved 2011-06-09	View
Complaint:	Zimbabwe imposes restrictions on imports of maize meal
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that there are no more quotas on importation of mealie-meal .Anyone .i.e individuals or companies can import any quantity as long as all the requirements are met.
NTB-000-142	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Industry and Commerce	South Africa	Resolved 2011-06-09	View
Complaint:	Zimbabwe imposes restrictions on imports of maize meal
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that there are no more quotas on importation of mealie-meal .Anyone .i.e individuals or companies can import any quantity as long as all the requirements are met.
NTB-000-143	5.1. Quantitative restrictions	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Industry and Commerce	South Africa	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	Zimbabwe imposes import restrictions on flour
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that there are no more quotas on importation of flour .Anyone .i.e individuals or companies can import any quantity as long as all the requirements are met.
NTB-000-144	1.8. Import bans	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Industry & Commerce	South Africa	Resolved 2011-03-04	View
Complaint:	An import ban has been put in place for poultry products
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that the ban has since been lifted on poultry and its products.
NTB-000-145	2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Agriculture	South Africa	Resolved 2011-06-09	View
Complaint:	A 10% import levy is imposed on all agricultural products.
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that import levy has been suspended on all basic commodities most of which are agricultural in nature.
NTB-000-171	2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Trade	Malawi	Resolved 2010-07-30	View
Complaint:	Rice has been turned back from Zimbabwe according to allegations of misuse on Rules of Origin.
NTB-000-189	2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure	2009-07-27	South Africa: Beit Bridge	Malawi	Resolved 2012-04-26	View
Complaint:	Pilferage of goods and the opening of sealed containers at the South African side of the Beitbridge border post
Resolution status note:	At the 3rd meeting the Tripartite NTBs Focal Points and NMC Chairs held in Dar -es-Salaam on 19-20 April 2012,South Africa reported that they would consult SARS to provide an explanation of how the border process works and on measures put in place to prevent the incident re-occurring. Once this information was received from SARS, it wiould be uploaded to the online system. It was therefore agreed to have this NTB resolved as this could have been a once off incident.
NTB-000-194	2.2. Arbitrary customs classification	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Ministry of Industry & Commerce	Zimbabwe	Resolved 2011-03-01	View
Complaint:	The Zimbabwe tariff regime has a wide dispersion of import duty rates across the harmonised System. Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and importers are often engaged in disputes over which tariff code to classify certain commodities. Where two tariff codes appear similar, ZIMRA officials would want to maximize revenue and classify commodities according the high revenue earning tariff. At the same time, importers classify commodities according to the lowest tariff rates in order to minimize costs. These tariff classification disputes act as a non tariff barrier which can delay the clearing of goods. Valuation of goods is done by senior Customs (ZIMRA) Officers who are not always available thus causing further delays.
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that Clear tariff resolution structures are in place. These start from station level up to National level. Importers of goods may escalate the disputes to Fiscal courts and ZIMRA may also seek the assistance of WCO tariff rulings.
NTB-000-195	2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges	2009-07-27	Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Revenue Authority	Zimbabwe	Resolved 2011-03-01	View
Complaint:	Valuation of goods is done by senior Customs (ZIMRA) Officers who are not always available thus causing further delays.
Resolution status note:	Zimbabwe reported that an office specifically dealing with valuation matters is now in place at Beitbridge and is headed by a senior officer.

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