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Importation of plants, plant products and other regulated articles

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 27/10/2008
Summary:

In Namibia, importing plant material, pests, soil, or other specified items requires a permit and must be done through designated entry points with proper documentation. Failure to follow these rules can result in a fine of up to N$20,000 or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
Description:

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person must not import into Namibia -

(a) any plant material, plant pest, beneficial organism, soil or packaging; or

(b) any other object or material which has been specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, except if the person holds a permit issued under this Act that authorises importation thereof.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who imports a regulated article must ensure that the article -

(a) is brought into Namibia only through a designated point of entry;

(b) is declared and presented to a plant quarantine officer for inspection on its arrival; and

(c) is accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant protection authority of the country from where it is exported, or by any other certificate or document of permission issued in that country as may be prescribed.

(3) The Minister may exempt, by notice in the Gazette or by regulation, any plant material or class of plant material as may be specified from the requirements of subsection (1) or from the requirements of either paragraph (b) or (c), or both paragraphs (b) and (c), of subsection (2), and specify conditions applying in relation to any such exemption.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or a provision of subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding N$20 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 1201 Soya beans, whether or not broken
2 1202 Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
3 1203 Copra
4 1204 Linseed, whether or not broken
5 1205 Rape or colza seed, whether or not broken
6 1209 Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing
7 1210 Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in form pellets; lupulin
8 1211 Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
9 1212 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety CICHORIUM INTYBUS SATIVUM) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included
10 1213 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets
11 1214 Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets
12 1701 Cane or beet sugar in solid form
13 2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants otherwise prepared of preserved
14 2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse
15 0601 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower: chicory plants and roots (excluding roots of heading)
16 0602 Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
17 0603 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
18 0604 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
19 2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
20 2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
21 2003 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
22 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen (excluding products of heading 20.06
23 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen (excluding products of heading 20.06)
24 2006 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
25 2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
26 2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or r included
27 2009 Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
28 1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
29 1508 Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
30 4410 Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
31 4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
32 4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
33 4413 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes
34 4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
35 4418 Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Procedure for applying for the import permit of plants and plant products
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 3 Months No
2 Procedure for applying for transit permits of plants and plants products.
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Transit Transit permit 21 Days No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Promulgation of Plant Quarantine Act, 2008 (Act No. 7 of 2008) of the Parliament Act Import/Export