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Regulations

Type Class Valid From Valid To
General Goods
Summary:

The Minister may make regulations in relation to the transportation, processing, sale and exportation of forest produce and the issuing of permits, licences or other documents required for those activities;
Description:

48. (1) The Minister may make regulations in relation to -

(l) the transportation, processing, sale and exportation of forest produce and the issuing of permits, licences or other documents required for those activities;

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 4403 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
2 4404 Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like
3 4407 Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
4 4408 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
5 4409 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed
6 Veneers, Droppers, Mopane roots and Forest fruits
7 4413 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for Harvesting Permit for Forest Produce
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export 3 Months No
2 Application for Export Permit for Forest Produce
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Forest permit for Export 7 Days No
3 Application for Transit Permit for Forest Produce
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit 4 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Forest Act No. 12 of 2001 Act Import/Export