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Small-Scale Importation of Controlled Horticultural Products for Commercial use and Personal use

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Other Goods 31/12/2014
Summary:
Description:

8.1 Any person importing not more than N$15,000.00 worth of horticultural products per month for commercial purposes shall be classified as a small-scale importer.

8.2 Small-scale importers shall be required to obtain an import permit for each consignment and such importers shall not be required to comply with MSP requirements.

8.3 No importation of Special Controlled Products (SCP) shall be allowed during the closed border periods.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0701 Potatoes, Fresh or Chilled
2 0702 Tomatoes,Fresh, Chilled
3 0703 Onions, Garlic, Shallot, Leek and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
4 0704 Cabbages fresh or chilled
5 0705 Lettuce and Chicory, fresh or chilled
6 0706 Carrots, Turnship,Beetroot, Fresh or Chilled
7 0707 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled
8 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
9 0709 Other vegetables, Asparagus, Celery, fresh or chilled
10 0709.5 Mushrooms and truffles:
11 0709.59 Other, Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)
12 0709.9 Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.)
13 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:
14 0710.2 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled:
15 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
16 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
17 0803 Banana, including plantains, fresh or dried
18 0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
19 0803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
20 0804.30 Pineapples
21 0804.40 Avocados
22 0804.50 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens
23 0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
24 0806 Grapes, fresh or dried:
25 0807 Melons (including watermelons) and pawpaws (papayas), fresh
26 0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:
27 0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:
28 0810 Other fruit, fresh
29 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
30 0812 Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
31 0813 Fruit, dried(excluding that of headings 0801 to 0806); mixtures of nuts or dried fruits
32 0814 Peel of citrus fruit to melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative
33 1003 Barley
34 1006 Rice
35 1007 Grain sorghum
36 1004 Oats
37 0801 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
38 0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Import, Export, and Transit Rules and Procedures Pertaining to Controlled Horticultural Products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Trade annual license 12 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations Relating to the Importation of Controlled Products - Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 Regulation Import/Export