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Restrictions on entering into, residence in, conducting of business in or the bringing of certain articles or substances into, export processing zones

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Restriction Goods
Summary:

No one is allowed to conduct retail business or move goods from an export processing zone without written permission from the Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Finance.

Description:

4. (1) No person shall -

(a) unless authorized thereto in writing by the Minister, acting in consultation with the Minister of Finance -

(i) conduct any business or undertaking in retail trade in an export processing zone in respect of any goods manufactured in, or imported into, such export processing zone;

(ii) remove any goods manufactured in an export processing zone from such export processing zone for any purpose other than removal to another export processing zone or for export to a country other than Namibia;

(3) Except where the Minister, in consultation with the competent authority concerned, in writing otherwise directs, the goods or articles specified or referred to in this subsection shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), not be brought into, or be allowed to remain in, an export processing zone -

(g) any item prohibited in terms of a notice under section 2 of the Import and Export Control Act, 1994 (Act 30 of 1994);

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 01 - 99 All Commodities

Procedures Implementing the Measure

No procedures found under this measure.

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Export Processing Zones Act 9 of 1995 Act Import/Export