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Powers of Minister in Relation to Import and Export of Goods

Type Class Valid From Valid To
General Goods 30/11/1994
Summary:

The Minister may, in the public interest, issue a notice in the Gazette to prohibit or restrict the import or export of specific goods into or from Namibia, either entirely or under certain conditions specified in a permit. Goods can be classified based on their source, destination, or purpose. Permits may also specify the quantity, value, price, timeframe, and conditions for import or export, including rules on possession, ownership, or use after importation.

The Minister, or an authorized person, can cancel, amend, or suspend any permit if its conditions are not met, if the permit holder is convicted under the Act, or if it's in the public interest. The Minister can also amend or withdraw any public notice. Additionally, the Minister can require anyone involved in importing, exporting, manufacturing, or handling goods to provide relevant information within a specified timeframe.
Description:

(I) The Minister may, whenever it is necessary or expedient in the public interest, by notice in the Gazette prohibit-

(a) the import into or the export from Namibia; or

(b) the import into or the export from Namibia, expect under the authority of and in accordance with the conditions stated in a permit issued by the Minister or by a person authorised by him or her, of any goods of a class or kind specified in such notice or of any goods other than goods of a class or kind specified in such notice

(2) For the purposes of subsection (l) goods may be classified also according to the source or origin or the intermediate or final destination thereof or according to the channels along which or manner in which they are imported or exported or according to the purposes for which they arc intended to be used.

(3) A permit issued under subsection (I) may prescribe the quantity or value of goods which may be imported or exported thereunder, the price at which, the period within which, the port through or from which, the country or territory from or to which and the manner in which the goods may be imported or exported, and such other conditions as the Minister may direct, including any condition relating to the possession, ownership or disposal of goods after the import thereof or to the use to which they may be put.

(4) The Minister or any person authorized by him or her, may cancel, amend or suspend any permit issued under subsection (l). if the Minister is satisfied that any condition of the permit has not been complied with, or if the holder of the permit has been convicted of an offence under this Act, or if it is necessary or expedient in the public interest.


(5) The Minister may by like notice withdraw or amend any notice issued under subsection (I).

furnishing of information to Minister

3. The Minister or any person authorized by him or her, may in writing direct any person who imports, exports or manufactures any goods or trades in any goods or in the course of his or her business or trade handles or has under his or her control any goods, to furnish the Minister within a period specified in the direction with any information at his or her disposal in relation to the import, export, manufacture, supply or storage of the goods concerned.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 4011 New pneumatic tyres, of rubber
2 6309 Worn clothing and worn textile articles
3 3915 Waste, parings and scraps, of plastics
4 0302 Frozen Fish
5 0302 Fish, fresh or chilled (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04)
6 0303 Fish, frozen (excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04)
7 0304 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
8 0305 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
9 0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
10 0307 Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
11 0308 Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
12 0309 Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption
13 6310 Used or new rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables of textile materials
14 3208 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter:
15 3209 - Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium:
16 3210 - Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather
17 7001 Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass (excluding glass from cathode ray tubes or other activated glass of heading 85.49); glass in the mass
18 290371 Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
19 290375 Dichloropentafluoropropanes (HCFC-225, 225ca, 225cb)
20 290379 Chlorotetrafluoroethanes (R-124)
21 4706 Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material:
22 4707 Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard:
23 4012 Retreated or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber
24 2841 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
25 2843 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residue containing these products
26 2845 Isotopes (excluding those heading 2844); compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
27 3824.78 Hydrofluorocarbons blends (HFCs)
28 3824.74 Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
29 290339 Hydroflourocarborns Blend (HFCs)
30 3603 Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators
31 3604 Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for import permit for importation of vehicles.
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 12 Months No
2 Procedures for applying import permit at MIT
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Import permit. ​​​​​​​Details of application procedures can be found at IMEX-Web Interface Version 1.0 (gov.na) 1 Years No
3 The procedure for applying for import/export permit of frozen fish
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Export/Import permit 1 Years No
4 Application for import permit of goods at Ministry of Industrialization and Trade
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 1 Years No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Import and Export Control Act No. 30 of 1994 Act Import/Export