Parliament Gardens, Theo Ben Gurirab, 13347, Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek, Namibia
tradeportal@mirco.gov.na

Coat of Arms

Republic of Namibia

Ministry of International Relations & Trade

Namibia Trade Information Portal

Log in
Waving Flag
Key Sectors

Measure

Notice to be Given and Health Certificate Obtained Before Import

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 20/04/2011
Summary:

Anyone planning to import animals, animal products, or restricted materials into or through Namibia must notify the Chief Veterinary Officer in advance and obtain a health certificate from the exporting country's authorities.
Description:

Animal health Act 1 of 2011 - Section 9

A person who proposes to import any animal, animal product or restricted material for entry into Namibia or for conveyance in transit through Namibia must –

(a) give prior notice in the prescribed manner to the Chief Veterinary Officer of the importation arrangements; and

(b) before the animal, animal product or restricted material enters Namibia, obtain a health certificate from a competent authority of the country from where it is exported.

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 0102 Live bovine animals: Cattle
6 0103 Live Swine: Pigs
7 0104 Live sheep and goats: Sheep
8 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
9 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
10 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
11 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
12 0104 Live sheep and goats: Goats
13 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
14 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
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 2105 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa
28 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:
29 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
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 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding those of heading 15.03):
32 04.01 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
33 04.02 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
34 04.04 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included:

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