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Type Class Valid From Valid To
General Goods 27/06/2012
Summary:

Importation of regulated material under section 4(2)(a) of the Act is restricted to specific ports and airports. These include major airports like Hosea Kutako International Airport, Eros Airport, and Mpacha Airport; seaports like Walvis Bay and Lüderitz; and various border posts, rail stations, and post offices across the country, such as Oshikango, Oranjemund, and Windhoek Railway Station.
Description:

4. (1) For the purposes of section 4 (2) (a) of the Act, importation of regulated material can only be done at the following ports or airports:

(a) Hosea Kutako International airport;

(b) Port of Walvis Bay;

(c) Port of Lüderitz;

(d) Ariamsvlei;

(e) Noord Oewer;

(f) Velloorsdrift; 

(g) Oranjemund;

(h) Klein Menasse;

(i) Holweg;

(j) Ngoma;

(k) Wenela;

(1) Muhembo;

(m) Impalila;

(n) Oshikango;

(o) Ruacana;

(p) Buitepost;

(q) Eros Airport;

(r) Mpacha Airport;

(s) Windhoek Rail Way Station;

(t) Grootfontein Rail Way Station;

(u) Tsumeb Rail Way Station;

(v) Otjiwarongo Rail Way Station;

(w) Gobabis Rail Way Station;

(x) PX Post Office; or

(y) Keetmanshoop Rail Station.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0601 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower: chicory plants and roots (excluding roots of heading)
2 0602 Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
3 0604 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
4 1211 Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
5 06.01 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots (excluding roots of heading 12.12):
6 06.02 Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
7 06.04 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared:

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Procedure for applying for the import permit of plants and plant products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 3 Months No
2 Procedure for applying for transit permits of plants and plants products.
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Transit permit 21 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations relating to Issuing of Import Permits, Examination of Imported Plants, Diseases or Insects, and Lodging of Appeals Regulation Import/Export