Trade Measures and Regulations

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;

The Minister may make regulations in relation to the keeping of registers relating to the obtaining, processing, sale or export of the skins of game or wild animals; the registers to be kept by any person who imports or sells or offers for sale or is, for the purpose of selling it, in possession of coyote getters and cartridges therefor; and the regulation of the import, cultivation and control of any plant, whether it is an indigenous plant or not.

Export of trophies are subject to a valid trophy hunting permit.

Imported or excisable goods can be moved in bond to a designated entry or warehousing place in Namibia or abroad, but goods from customs and excise warehouses can only be moved to approved warehousing places in Namibia or within the common customs area.

The Controller can open and inspect any container or package suspected of being imported, landed, or exported from Namibia in the absence of the importer or exporter, but must first attempt to locate and notify them to allow them the opportunity to be present during the inspection.

For goods imported into Namibia by post, the completed form or label with necessary duty particulars serves as the entry declaration required by law. Goods not meeting these requirements, or exempted by the Permanent Secretary, must be processed through a customs office, with any discrepancies leading to potential forfeiture.