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Import Permits and Transit Permits

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 28/12/2018
Summary:
Description:

Application for permit to import animals, animal products or restricted materials - Section 4.

(1) An application for an import permit referred to in section 7(3) of the Act must be made on the form set out in Annexure 1 and be -

(a) submitted in writing or electronically to a veterinary official for the attention of the Chief Veterinary Officer; and

(b) accompanied by the appropriate fee set out in Schedule 2.

(2) The Chief Veterinary Officer must consider the application referred to in subregulation (1) and may approve or refuse the application.

(3) If the application for an import permit referred to in subregulation (1) is approved, the Chief Veterinary Officer must issue the import permit to the applicant.

Conditions applicable for importation of animals, animal products or restricted material - Section 5.

(1) An animal, animal product or restricted material imported into Namibia must be made available to a veterinary official at a point of entry on its entry into Namibia.

(2) A person may not remove an animal, animal product or restricted material in respect of which a written authority has been issued, from any conveyance or from any other means of transportation upon which it has been brought into Namibia, unless such animal, animal product or restricted material has been inspected by a veterinary official and the veterinary official has issued a removal permit according to Annexure 2.

(3) A person may not remove an animal, animal product or restricted material in respect of which written authority has been issued, from the place where they have been removed for the purpose of testing, treatment or isolation without a removal permit according to Annexure 2.

(4) A permit issued for importation of animals, animal products or restricted materials into Namibia may be revoked by the Chief Veterinary Officer in terms of section 10(1) of the Act at any time if there is a reason to suspect that animals, animal products or restricted materials proposed to be imported pose an unacceptable risk or is contrary to the Act.

Application for import and transit permit for conveyance in transit through Namibia 6.

(1) An application, referred to in section 8(3) of the Act, for an import and transit permit must be made on the form set out in Annexure 1 and -

(a) submitted in writing or electronically to a veterinary official for the attention of the Chief Veterinary Officer; and

(b) accompanied by the appropriate fee set out in Schedule 2.

(2) The Chief Veterinary Officer must consider the application referred to in subregulation (1) and may approve or refuse the application.

(3) If an application for the import and transit permit is approved, the Chief Veterinary Officer must issue the import and transit permit to the applicant.

General requirements for export of animals, animal products or restricted materials - Section 7.

(1) A person wishing to export an animal, animal product or restricted material must first obtain an import permit from the country of destination.

(2) The Chief Veterinary Officer must issue a health certificate in accordance with the conditions specified in the import permit on payment of the appropriate fee set out in Schedule 2.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 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:
2 0101 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
3 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
4 0409 Natural honey
5 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen:
6 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
7 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:
8 0102 Live bovine animals: Cattle
9 0103 Live Swine: Pigs
10 0104 Live sheep and goats: Sheep
11 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
12 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
13 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
14 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
15 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
16 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
17 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding those of heading 15.03):
18 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:
19 0106 Other live animals: Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae):
20 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
21 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
22 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
23 0406 Cheese and curd:
24 0511.10 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption: Bovine semen
25 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:
26 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:
27 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat (excluding that of heading 02.09 or 15.03):
28 4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split
29 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(c) to this Chapter)
30 4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(b) or 1(c) to this Chapter)
31 4104 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
32 4105 Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
33 4106 Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
34 4107 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
35 4112 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchmentdressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
36 4113 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
37 4114 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and laminated leather; metallised leather
38 4115 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour
39 4301 Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use) (excluding raw hides and skins of heading No. 41.01, 41.02 or 41.03)
40 6701 Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof (excluding goods of heading 05.05 and worked quills and scapes)
41 0104 Live sheep and goats: Goats
42 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
43 2105 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa
44 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:

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 Application for livestock import permit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 30 Days No
3 Application for meat and meat products import permit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 30 Days No
4 Application for registration as a producer of/ Trader in a controlled product at Meat Board of Namibia
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Producer Certificate 5 Years No
5 Application for In-Transit Livestock Permit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Transit Permit 7 Days No
6 Application for In-Transit Meat and Meat Products Permit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Transit Permit 7 Days No
7 Procedures for Importation of Animals, Animal Products and Infectious Materials into Namibia
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 4 Months No
8 Forestry import permit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 7 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Animal Health Act 1 of 2011 regulations Regulation Import/Export