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Permit for Importation of Animals, Animal products and Restricted Material for Entry into Namibia

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods
Summary:

To import any animal, animal product, or restricted material into Namibia, a person must have a valid import permit and follow the conditions specified in the permit. Even with a permit, if the item is known or suspected to be infected and the permit does not specifically allow importation in such a condition, the item cannot be imported.
Description:

According to Animal health Act 1 of 2011 - Section 7

(1) A person may not import for entry into Namibia -

(a) any animal;

(b) any animal product; or

(c) any restricted material, except if the person holds an import permit issued under this Act authorising the importation for entry into Namibia, and the importation is carried out in accordance with the conditions as prescribed and as specified in the permit.

(2) Despite that an import permit authorises the importation of any animal, animal product or restricted material, a person may not import such animal, animal product or restricted material if -

(a) the person knows or has reason to believe that the animal, animal product or restricted material is infected; and

(b) the permit does not specifically authorise the importation of the animal, animal product or restricted material in infected condition.

(3) An application for an import permit must –

(a) be made in the prescribed manner and form; and

(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(4) The Chief Veterinary Officer may require an applicant for an import permit to provide further information or documents that the Chief Veterinary Officer considers relevant for determining whether to issue the permit.

(5) An import permit authorises the importation of any animal, animal product or restricted material specified therein only within the period specified in the permit.

(6) In addition to any permit conditions, the Chief Veterinary Officer may specify any other conditions with which the importer must comply when importing any animal, animal product or restricted material to which the import permit relates.

(7) Without limiting the generality of the power conferred by subsection (6), conditions specified under subsection (6) may include conditions relating to -

(a) the identification, inspection, testing or treatment of any animal, animal product or restricted material at any time before, during or after importation;

(b) the isolation of any animal, animal product or restricted material at any time before, during or after importation;

(c) the quarantine of any animal, animal product or restricted material before or after importation;

(d) the certification of any aspect of the identity, health status, origin or history of any animal, animal product or restricted material to be imported.

(8) Any animal, animal product or restricted material in respect of which an import permit has been issued –

(a) may not be brought into Namibia at a place other than the place of entry specified in the permit;

(b) must be made available to a veterinary official at the place of entry for the purpose of inspection or carrying out any function under this Act or the requirement of a condition to which the permit is subject; and

(c) may not be removed from the place of entry without the consent in writing of a veterinary official or contrary to any condition to which the permit is subject.

(9) Any imported animal, animal product or restricted material which, in terms of this Act or a condition to which the import permit is subject, is required to be removed for the purpose of being -

(a) tested or treated; or

(b) kept in isolation, must be removed at the owner’s expense by or under the supervision of a veterinary official to a place designated by the veterinary official for that purpose.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0101 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
2 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
3 0409 Natural honey
4 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen:
5 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
6 0102 Live bovine animals: Cattle
7 0103 Live Swine: Pigs
8 0104 Live sheep and goats: Sheep
9 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
10 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
11 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
12 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
13 0104 Live sheep and goats: Goats
14 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding those of heading 15.03):
15 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:
16 0106 Other live animals: Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae):
17 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
18 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
19 0403 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
20 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
21 0406 Cheese and curd:
22 0511.10 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption: Bovine semen
23 0505 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers:
24 0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:
25 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat (excluding that of heading 02.09 or 15.03):
26 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
27 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:
28 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
29 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
30 0506 Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products:
31 4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split
32 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(c) to this Chapter)
33 4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(b) or 1(c) to this Chapter)
34 4104 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
35 4105 Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
36 4106 Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
37 4107 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
38 4112 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchmentdressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
39 4113 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
40 4114 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and laminated leather; metallised leather
41 4115 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Procedure for Application of a Namibian Veterinary Import Permit and Veterinary Import Permit for conveyance intransit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import Permit 3 Months No
2 Procedures for Importation of Animals, Animal Products and Infectious Materials into Namibia
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 4 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Animal health Act 1 of 2011 Act Import/Export