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Registration as an Importer of Controlled Products

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Registration Requirement Goods
Summary:

Importers of controlled products must register with the Board and hold the necessary certificates for horticultural trading or milling. Entities involved in the production, processing, storage, and marketing of controlled products must also submit required information to the Board.
Description:

According to the Government Notice_Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 - Section 4

4.1.1 All importers of controlled products, shall be required to register with the Board on application and in the prescribed form, as per section 10(1)(j) of the Agronomic Industry Act, (Act 20 of 1992).

4.1.2 Importers of horticultural products shall hold a valid certificate of registration for a horticultural trading facility, where applicable.

4.1.3 Importers of controlled grain crops shall hold a valid certificate of registration as miller.

4.1.4 In terms of section 10(k)(ii) of the Agronomic Industry Act, (Act 20 of 1992) an entity engaged in the production, processing, storage, and marketing of controlled products shall be required to submit specified information to the Board.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0701 Potatoes, Fresh or Chilled
2 1005 Maize Grain
3 1001 Wheat Grain
4 1008 Pearl Millet Grain
5 1101.00 Wheat Flour
6 1102.20 Maize Flour
7 1102.90 Pearl Millet (Mahangu) Flour
8 0702 Tomatoes,Fresh, Chilled
9 0703 Onions, Garlic, Shallot, Leek and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
10 0704 Cabbages fresh or chilled
11 0705 Lettuce and Chicory, fresh or chilled
12 0706 Carrots, Turnship,Beetroot, Fresh or Chilled
13 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled
14 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
15 0709 Other vegetables, Asparagus, Celery, fresh or chilled
16 0709.5 Mushrooms and truffles:
17 0709.59 Other, Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)
18 0709.9 Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.)
19 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:
20 0710.2 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled:
21 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
22 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
23 0711.5 Mushrooms and truffles:
24 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
25 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:
26 0803 Banana, including plantains, fresh or dried
27 0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
28 0803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
29 0804.30 Pineapples
30 0804.40 Avocados
31 0804.50 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens
32 0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
33 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried:
34 0807 Melons (including watermelons) and pawpaws (papayas), fresh
35 0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:
36 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:
37 0810 Other fruit, fresh
38 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
39 0812 Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
40 0813 Fruit, dried(excluding that of headings 0801 to 0806); mixtures of nuts or dried fruits
41 0814 Peel of citrus fruit to melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative
42 1002 Rye
43 1003 Barley
44 1006 Rice
45 1007 Grain sorghum
46 1004 Oats
47 1107 Malt, whether or not Roasted
48 1108 Starches; inulin
49 1102 Cereal Flours (excluding that of wheat or meslin)
50 1103 Cereal groats, meal and pellets
51 1104 Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) (excluding rice of heading 10.06); germ of cereals, whole rolled, flaked or ground
52 1105 Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes
53 1106 Flour, meal and powder of dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14
54 0801 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
55 0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
56 07.09 Other vegetables, fresh or powder, chilled

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Import, Export, and Transit Rules and Procedures Pertaining to Controlled Horticultural Products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Trade annual license 12 Months No
2 Application for Registration as a Horticulture Trader
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Trader Certificate No
3 Import, Export, and Transit Rules and Procedures Pertaining to Controlled Agronomic Products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Phyto-sanitary certificate 90 Days No
4 Procedures on Transit Controlled of Agronomy Products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Phyto-sanitary certificate 21 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations Relating to the Importation of Controlled Products - Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 Regulation Import/Export