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Export Requirements for Minerals or Groups of Minerals.

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Restriction Goods 31/12/1992
Summary:

No person may export minerals from Namibia without written permission from the Commissioner, unless they hold a relevant licence or are exempted by law. Failure to comply with this requirement can result in a fine of up to R20,000 or imprisonment for up to two years.
Description:

(1). No person shall export any mineral or group of minerals from Namibia, except with the permission of the Commissioner previously obtained generally or in every particular case in writing and subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Commissioner, unless he or she -

(a) is the holder of a non-exclusive prospecting licence, a mining claim or a mineral licence and has been granted the permission referred to in section 16(1)(c), 31(1)(d), 67(1)(c), 77(1)(d) or 90(1)(d) to remove any such mineral or group of minerals from Namibia; or

(b) is exempted from the provisions of this section in terms of section 137.

(2). An application for the permission referred to in subsection (1), shall be made to the Commissioner or any other person designated by him or her in such form as may be determined in writing by the Commissioner and shall be accompanied by such application fee, if any, as may be determined under section 123, together with such documents and information as may be required by the Commissioner.

(3). Any person who has contravened or failed to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R20 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 2608.00 Zinc ores and concentrates
2 2607.00 Lead ores and concentrates
3 2606.00 Aluminium ores and concentrates
4 2605.00 Cobalt ores and concentrates
5 2604.00 Nickel ores and concentrates
6 2602 Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 per cent or more, calculated on the dry mass
7 2603.00 Copper ores and concentrates
8 2601 Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
9 2609.00 Tin ores and concentrates
10 2610.00 Chromium ores and concentrates
11 2611.00 Tungsten ores and concentrates
12 2612 Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates
13 2613 Molybdenum ores and concentrates
14 2614.00 Titanium ores and concentrates
15 2615 Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates
16 2616 Precious metal ores and concentrates
17 2617 Other ores and concentrates
18 2618 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel
19 2619 Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel
20 2620 Slag, ash and residues (excluding that from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing metals, arsenic or their compounds
21 2621 Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp); ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste
22 2501 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water
23 2502 Unroasted iron pyrites
24 2503 Sulphur of all kinds(excluding sublimed sulphur , precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)
25 2504 Natural graphite
26 2505 Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26
27 2506 Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square)shape
28 2507 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined kg
29 2508 Other clays(not including expanded clays of heading 68.06) , andalusite kyanite and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths
30 2512 Siliceous fossil meals( for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent relative density of 1 or less
31 2513 Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives, whether or not heat- treated
32 2514 Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape
33 2515 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent relative density of 2,5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed orb merely cut , by sawing or otherwise , into blocks or slabs of a rectangular(including square) shape
34 2516 Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular(including square)shape
35 2517 Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling or railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading; tarred macadam granules chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25. 15 or 25.16, whether or not heat-treated
36 2518 Dolomite, whether or not calcined or sintered, including dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut , by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular(including square) shape.
37 2519 Natural magnesium carbonate(magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned(sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering ; other magnesium oxide, whether or not pure.
38 2520 Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without quantities of accelerators or retarders
39 2521 Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
40 2524 Asbostos
41 2525 Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or calcined), but not including borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85 per cent of H3BO3 calculated on the dry mass
42 2529 Feldspar; leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; flourspar
43 2530 Mineral substances not elsewhere specified
44 71.03 Precious stones (excluding diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (excluding diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport
45 71.04 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport
46 71.06 Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
47 7107.00 Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured
48 71.08 Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
49 7109.00 Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi manufactured
50 71.10 Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
51 7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
52 7103 Precious stones (excluding diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (excluding diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for Minerals Export permit (Single Consignment)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Export permit 1 Months No
2 Application for mineral's export permit (Multiple consignment)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Export permit No
3 Application for Non-Exclusive Prospecting Licence (NEPL)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export NEPL 1 Years No
4 Application to register Claims (Company)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Mining Claim 3 Years No
5 Application to register Claim (Natural person)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Mining Claim 3 Years No
6 Application for Minerals Export permit (Multiple Consignment)
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Export permit 6 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Promulgation of Minerals (Prospecting and Mining) Act, 1992 (Act 33 1 of 1992), of the National Assembly Act Import/Export