CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

The retail price at which each of the following fresh beef products may be sold in Francistown, Gaborone, Kanye, Lobatse, Mahalapye, Mochudi, Mogoditshane, Molepolole, Palapye, Pilane, Ramotswa, Selebi-Phikwe, Serowe, Shashe, Tlokweng and Tonota shall not exceed the price specified opposite thereto?

Liver (Sebete) …………………………..	P1,10 per kg
Offal (Mateng) …………………………..	P0,45 per kg

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORT AND EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(25th November, 1985)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restriction on importation of certain agricultural products

4. Restriction on exportation of certain agricultural products

5. Application for permit

6. Issue of permit

7. Appeal

First Schedule – Restricted Agricultural Imports

Second Schedule – Specified Agricultural Products

Third Schedule – Restricted Agricultural Exports

S.I. 154, 1985,
S.I. 63, 1995,
S.I. 30, 1998,
S.I. 71, 2000,
S.I. 11, 2004,
S.I. 22, 2005,
S.I. 66, 2005,
S.I. 6, 2011,
S.I. 24, 2011,
S.I. 38, 2011,
S.I. 109, 2020.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Import and Export of Agricultural Products) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

For the purposes of these Regulations “authorised officer” means the officer in the Ministry of Agriculture who is charged with the responsibility of issuing permits for the importation into Botswana and exportation out of Botswana of agricultural products.

3. Restriction on importation of certain agricultural products

(1) No person shall import any agricultural products specified in the First Schedule hereto except under and in accordance with a written permit issued by the authorised officer.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), no permit shall be required for the importation of?

(a) …

(b) seed intended for planting, being a consignment or part of a consignment clearly marked as seed; or

where such goods are imported by any person for the purpose of that person’s own consumption or use and in the quantities specified in the said Schedule.

4. Restriction on exportation of certain agricultural products

(1) No person shall export any agricultural product specified in the Second and Third Schedules hereto except under and in accordance with a written permit issued by the authorised officer.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), no permit shall be required for the exportation of any agricultural product which does not exceed the quantities specified under the Second Schedule.

5. Application for permit

(1) An application for an import or export permit, as the case may be under these Regulations, shall be made to the authorised officer, and such application shall contain such information and shall be accompanied by such documents as may be specified by the authorised officer.

(2) Any person applying for an import permit under these Regulations shall produce, to the authorised officer, such information or documents as the officer may require, proving that at least?

(a) 30% of the maize grain;

(b) 70% of the maize meal, samp, maize rice or animal feed for poultry and livestock;

(d) 70% of the sorghum meal, sorghum rice or any other processed sorghum product,

which is the subject of his or her application, was obtained in Botswana.

(3) An application for an import and export permit under subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by an application fee of P150.

6. Issue of permit

Where the authorised officer is satisfied that an applicant for a permit is a fit and proper person and such person has complied with all the conditions specified for the issue of a permit, he may issue the applicant with an import or export permit, as the case may be.

7. Appeal

Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the authorised officer to issue him with an import or export permit, as the case may be, under these Regulations may appeal to the Minister of Agriculture whose decision thereon shall be final.

FIRST SCHEDULE
RESTRICTED AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS

(reg. 3(1))

Animal feed for poultry and livestock

Bananas

Beetroot

Broccoli

Butternuts

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Cucumber

Fresh milk

Gem Squash

Green pepper

Green beans

Lettuce

Maize

Maize products

Mangoes

Onions

Oranges

Potatoes

Pulses

Pumpkin

Sorghum

Sorghum products

Sweet potatoes

Tomatoes

Water melon

Wheat

SECOND SCHEDULE
SPECIFIED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

(reg. 3(2)(c))

Products	Quantity
Bananas	20 kg per person
Beetroot	10 kg per person
Butternuts	10 kg per person
Carrots	10 kg per person
Green pepper	10 kg per person
Maize	25 kg per person
Maize products	25 kg per person
Mangoes	10 kg per person
Pulses	25 kg per person
Pumpkin	10 kg per person
Sorghum	25 kg per person
Sorghum products	25 kg per person
Sweet potatoes	10 kg per person
Water melon	10 kg per person
Wheat	25 kg per person
Cabbage	30 kg per person
Fresh milk	2 litres per person
Onions	15 kg per person
Oranges	15 kg per person
Potatoes	20 kg per person
Tomatoes	10 kg per person

THIRD SCHEDULE
RESTRICTED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

(reg. 4)

Castor beans	Pulses
Groundnuts	Sorghum
Maize	Sorghum products
Maize products	Sunflower seed
Millet	Wheat
Millet products

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORT CONTROL) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(3rd April, 1987)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Controller of Imports

4. Restriction on importation of certain goods

5. Application for import permit

6. Person entitled to apply for permit

7. Issue of import permit

8. Duration and renewal of import permit

9. Import permit not transferable, negotiable, etc.

10. Exemptions

11. Appeal

12. Offences and penalties

Schedule 1 – Goods Requiring Import Permit

Schedule 2 – Application for Import Permit

S.I. 38, 1987,
S.I. 96, 1991,
S.I. 15, 1996,
S.I. 59, 1996.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Import Control) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“bona fide gift” means an unsolicited gift for which no charge has been or is to be made, sent to the addressee and certified by the addressee to be a bona fide gift;

“common customs area” means the combined areas of Botswana, Lesotho, Republic of South Africa and Swaziland;

“Controller” means the person designated Controller of Imports under regulation 3;

“free-trade area” means the countries of Zimbabwe and Malawi;

“import permit” or “permit” means a permit issued by the Controller under regulation 7;

“personal effects” means household and personal goods, whether new or otherwise, imported for personal use and not for trade;

“trade” means to carry on the business of buying or selling of goods by retail or wholesale and includes barter or exchange;

“trade sample” means goods imported without any charge, for publicity and information and not for trade.

3. Controller of Imports

(1) The Minister shall by notice published in the Gazette designate a public officer to be the Controller of Imports.

(2) The Controller may delegate any of his duties or functions under this Act to any public officer.

4. Restriction on importation of certain goods

Subject to the provisions of regulation 10, no person shall import into Botswana any goods specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations except under and in accordance with an import permit issued under these Regulations.

5. Application for import permit

(1) An application for an import permit shall be made to the Controller in the form ^{1″/> as may be specified by the Controller.}

^{1″/> >See Schedule 2 to these Regulations.>}

(2) Every application shall be accompanied by such documents or information as the Controller may consider necessary to specify.

6. Person entitled to apply for permit

A person shall not be entitled to apply for an import permit under these Regulations unless he is a holder of a valid trading licence and?

(a) he is a citizen of Botswana and is not a minor;

(b) he holds a resident permit authorising him to carry on business in Botswana; or

7. Issue of import permit

On receipt of an application made under regulation 5, the Controller shall, upon payment of such fee as he may specify by notice published in the Gazette issue, subject to such conditions as he may impose or as may be attached thereto, an import permit to the applicant.

8. Duration and renewal of import permit

(1) Unless cancelled or revoked, an import permit issued under regulation 7 shall be valid for a period of six months beginning from the date of issue of the permit and may be renewed from time to time.

(2) When renewing an import permit, the Controller may vary the conditions attached to the permit and may impose additional conditions.

9. Import permit not transferable, negotiable, etc.

An import permit issued under these Regulations shall not be transferred, negotiated, sold or used to the benefit of any person not named in the permit without the prior written approval of the Minister.

10. Exemptions

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4, an import permit shall not be required for the importation of goods prescribed thereunder where such goods are being imported for the following purposes?

(a) as bona fide gifts;

(b) as personal effects; or

Provided that the total value or quantity of such imports in a single consignment does not exceed the value or quantity prescribed by the Controller in a notice published in the Gazette for such purposes.

11. Appeal

An applicant who is aggrieved by a decision of the Controller?

(a) as to any condition attached to his import permit; or

(b) to cancel, withdraw or suspend his import permit,

may appeal to the Minister within 30 days from the date of such decision of the Controller.

12. Offences and penalties

(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any person who is convicted of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable?

(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and

(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding P400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

SCHEDULE 1
GOODS REQUIRING IMPORT PERMIT

(reg. 4)

Description of Goods	Tariff Heading Ref.
MEAT of bovine animals fresh or chilled ………………………………	02.01
MEAT of bovine animals, frozen …………………………………………	02.02
MEAT of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen ………………………………..	02.03
MEAT of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen …………………….	02.04
MEAT of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen ……………………………………………………………………………..	02.05
EDIBLE offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh chilled or frozen ………………..	02.06
MEAT and edible offals, of poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh, chilled fresh, chilled or frozen ………………………………………..	02.08
PIG fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked ……………….	02.09
MEAT and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked: edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal ……………………	02.10
LIVE fish ……………………………………………………………………..	03.01
FISH, fresh or chilled ……………………………………………………..	03.02
FISH, frozen …………………………………………………………………	03.03

FISH fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen ………………………………………………………..	03.04
FISH, dried, salted or in brine: whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit for human consumption but excluding smoked salmon of subheading No. 0305.41 ………………………………………………………………….	Ex 03.05
CRUSTACEANS, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine ……………………………………..	03.06
MOLLUSCS, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine ……………………………………………………….	03.07
MILK and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter …………………………………………….	04.01
MILK and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter ……………………………………………………..	04.02
BUTTERMILK, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kefir 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 or cocoa …………	04.03
WHEY, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included ……………………………………………………………………………..	04.04
CHEESE and curd …………………………………………………………	04.06
BIRD’S eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked ………………….	04.07
BIRD’S eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter …………………………………………………….	04.08
NATURAL honey ……………………………………………………………	04.09
EDIBLE products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included ………………………………………………………………….	4.10
HUMAN hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair …………………………………………………………..	05.01
PIGS’, hogs’ and boars’ bristles or hair: wastes of such bristles or hair ……………………………………………………………………….	05.02
HORSEHAIR and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as layer with or without supporting material ………………………………..	05.03
GUTS, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof but excluding sausage casings of subheading No. 0504.00.10 ……………………………………….	05.04

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 ………………………………………….	05.05
BONES, and horn-cores, unworked, defatted simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised: powder and waste of these products ………………………………	05.06
IVORY, tortoise-shells, 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 ………………………………………………………………….	05.07
CORAL and similar materials. unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cattlebone, unworked or simply prepared but cut to shape; powder and waste thereof ………………………	05.08
NATURAL sponges of animal origin ……………………………………	05.09
AMBERGRIS, castoreum, civit and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried, glands and other animal chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved ……………………………….	05.10
ANIMAL products not elsewhere specified or included: dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, but excluding animal semen of subheading No. 0511.99.20 ……..	05.11
CUT flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared ………………………………..	06.03
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 ………………………………………………………………….	06.04
POTATOES, fresh or chilled …………………………………………….	–
TOMATOES, fresh or chilled …………………………………………….	07.02
ONIONS, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled ………………………………………………………….	07.03
CABBAGES, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled ……………………………………………	07.04
LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp), fresh or chilled …………………………………………………………………….	07.05
CARROTS, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled ………………………………..	07.06
CUCUMBERS and gherkins, fresh or chilled …………………………	07.07

LEGUMINOUS vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled ……………………………………………………………………………..	07.08
OTHER vegetables, fresh or chilled …………………………………….	07.09
VEGETABLES (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen ……………………………………………………………	07.10
VEGETABLES provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption but excluding onions of subheading No. 0711.10 ………………………………………………………………………….	07.11
DRIED vegetable, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared …………………………………………………….	07.12
DRIED leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split ……………….:…………………………………………………… similar roots and tubers with high starch or insulin content, fresh or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith …………………………………………………………………	07.13 07.14
BRAZIL nuts………………………………………………………………….	0801.20
OTHER nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled but excluding pistachios of subheading No. 0802. 50 …………..	08.02
BANANAS, including plantains, fresh or dried ………………………	08.03
DATES, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried …………………………………………	08.04
CITRUS fruit, fresh or dried ………………………………………………	08.06
GRAPES, fresh or dried ………………………………………………….	08.06
MELONS (including watermelons and papayas), fresh ……………	08.07
APPLES, pears and quinces, fresh ……………………………………	08.08
APRICOTS cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh ……………………………………………………………..	08.09
OTHER fruits, fresh ………………………………………………………..	08.10
FRUIT and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter ……………………………………………………..	08.11
FRUIT and nuts provisionally preserved (for example, by, sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption ………………………………………………	08.12
FRUIT, dried …………………………………………………………………	08.13
MIXTURES of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter PEEL of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions ……………………………	08.14
COFFEE, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion ………………………………………………………………..	09.01
TEA ……………………………………………………………………………	09.02
MATÉ …………………………………………………………………………	09.03

PEPPER of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta but excluding pepper of subheadings No. 0904.11 and No. 0904.12 …………………………………………………………………………….. including cinnamon and cinnamon tree flowers neither crushed nor ground of subheading No. 0906.10 …………………………..	09.04 09.06
CLOVES (whole fruit, cloves and stems) ……………………………..	09.07
NUTMEG, mace and cardamoms ………………………………………	09.08
SEEDS of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway or juniper ……………………………………………………………………	09.09
GINGER, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices ……………………………………………………….	09.10
WHEAT and meslin ……………………………………………………….	10.01
RYE …………………………………………………………………………..	10.02
BARLEY ……………………………………………………………………..	10.03
OATS …………………………………………………………………………	10.04
MAIZE (corn) ………………………………………………………………..	10.05
GRAIN Sorghum ……………………………………………………………	10.07
BUCKWHEAT, millet and canary seed, other cereals ……………..	10.08
WHEAT or meslin flour ……………………………………………………	11.01
CEREAL flours (excluding that of wheat or meslin) …………………	11.02
CEREAL groats, meal and pellets ……………………………………..	11.03
CEREAL grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) except rice of Heading No. 10.06, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground …………	11.04
FLOUR, meal and flakes of potatoes …………………………………..	11.05
FLOUR of meal of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No. 07.13, sago or of roots or tubers of heading No. 07.14.14; flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8 ……………………………………………………………………………..	11.06
MALT, whether or not roasted …………………………………………..	11.07
STARCHES, inulin …………………………………………………………	11.08
WHEAT gluten, whether or not dried …………………………………..	11.09
SOYA beans, whether or not broken …………………………………..	12.01
GROUND-NUTS, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken ………………………………………………………	12.02
COPRA ……………………………………………………………………….	12.03
LINSEED, whether or not broken ……………………………………….	12.04
RAPE or colza seeds, whether or not broken ………………………..	12.05
SUNFLOWER seeds, whether or not broken …………………………	12.06
OTHER oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken but excluding mustard seed of subheading No. 1207.50 ………………………………………………………………………………	12.07
FLOURS and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits (excluding those of mustard) ………………………………………………………	12.08
HOP cones, fresh or dried, whether or not of subheading No. 1210.10.10 and 1210.20.10…………………………………………..	12.10

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 or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered …………………………	12.11
LOCUST beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar cane. fresh or dried whether or not ground, fruit stones and kennels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots the variety cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included ………………………………………………………………….	12.12
CEREAL straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground pressed or in the form of pellets …………………………..	12.13
SWEDES, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (Alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupins, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets …………………..	12.14
LAC: natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams but excluding shellac of subheading No. 1301.10.10 ……………….	13.01
VEGETABLE saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products but excluding opium and agar-agar of subheadings No. 1302.11 and 1302.31 …………………………………………………………….	13.02
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans; reeds, rushes, osief, raffia, cleaned, blanched or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark): Other ……………………………………………………………………………..	1401.90.90
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and eelgrass), whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting materials …………………………………………………………………	14.02
VEGETABLE materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn, piassava,)
VEGETABLE products not elsewhere specified or included ……………………………………………………………………………..	14.04
LARD: other pig fat and poultry fat rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted …………………………………………	15.01
LARD stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared ……………………….	15.03
FATS and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemicals modified ……………..	15.04

WOOL grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) ……………………………………………………………………	15.05
OTHER animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but chemically modified …………………………………….	15.06
GROUND-NUT oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified ……………………………………………………	15.08
OLIVE oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified ……………………………………………………	15.09
OTHER oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading No. 15.0 …………………………………………………………………	15.10
PALM oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified …………………………………………………..	15.11
SUNFLOWER-SEED, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified ……………………………………………………………………………..	15.12
COCONUT (Copral), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified but excluding coconut (copral) oil and its fractions of subheadings No. 1513.1 and No. 1513.19 ………………………..	15.13
RAPE, colza or mustard oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified………………………………..	15.14
OTHER fixed vegetables fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified but excluding linseed oil and its fractions of subheadings fractions…………………………………………………	1516.10
MARGARINE: edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter ……………………………………………………………..	15.17
ANIMAL or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included …………………….	15.18
GLYCEROL (glycerine), whether or not pure: glycerol waters and glycerol lyes ……………………………………………………………..	15.20
VEGETABLE waxes (excluding tri-glycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured but excluding carnauba wax of subheading No. 1521.10.10 ………………………………………………………………	15.21
DEGRAS: residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes ………………………..	15.22
SAUSAGES and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products ………………………	16.01

OTHER prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood …………..	16.02
EXTRACTS and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates …………………………………………..	16.03
PREPARED or preserved fish: caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs but excluding sardines and caviar of subheading No. 1604.13.10 and 1604.30.10 …………………….	16.04
CRUSTACEANS, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved …………………………………………………	16.05
CANE or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form ……………………………………………………………………………..	17.01
OTHER sugar, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form: sugar syrups, not containing added flavoring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; or refining of sugar ……………………………………………………………………..	17.03
COCOA shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste ……………….	18.02
COCOA paste, whether or not defatted ……………………………….	18.03
MALT extract, food preparations for flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion, by mass, of less than 50 per cent, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings No. 04.01 to No. 04.04, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion, by mass of less than 10 per cent, not elsewhere specified or included ……………………………………………………………………………..	19.01
PASTA, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared ………………………………..	19.02
TAPIOCA and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms: Other ……………………………………………………………………………..	1903.00.90
PREPARED foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereal (excluding maize (corn)), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared …………………………………………………….	19.04
VEGETABLES, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	20.01
TOMATOES prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid ……………………………………………………………….	20.02
MUSHROOMS and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid ……………………………………………..	20.03
OTHER vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid frozen …………………………………………	20.04
OTHER vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid not frozen …………………………………….	20.05

JAMS, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter ………………………… preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included but excluding tamarinds of subheading No. 2008.99.40 ………………………………………………………………	20.07 20.08
FRUIT juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	20.09
EXTRACTS, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate, roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof …………………………………………………..	21.01
YEAST (active or inactive); other single cell micro-organisms, dead, prepared baking powders …………………………………….	21.02
SAUCES and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard ………………………………………………………………….	21:03
SOUPS and broths and preparations thereof: homogenised composite food preparations but excluding other soups and broths in powder, solid or concentrated form of subheading No. 2104.10.20 ………………………………………………………………	21.04
ICE cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa ……………………………………………………………………………..	21.05
FOOD preparations not elsewhere specified or included …………..	21.06
WATERS, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow ………………….	22.01
WATERS, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages …………………….	22.02
WINE of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must ……..	22.04
VERMOUTH and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances ……………………………………..	22.05
OTHER fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead) …	22.06
UNDENATURED ethyl alcoholic strength by volume of 80 percent vol. or high; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 per cent vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages but excluding rum of subheading No. 2208.40 …………………..	22.08

VINEGAR and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid ..	22.09
FLOURS, meals and pellets, of meat or of meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; graves …………………………………….	23.01
BRAN, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of leguminous plants ……………………………………………………..	23.02
RESIDUES of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets …………………………………………………………..	23.03
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil ………………………………………………………………………….	23.04
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil ………………………………………………………………………….	23.05
OIL-CAKE and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading No. 23.04 or 23.05 …..	23.06
WINE leses: argol ………………………………………………………….	23.07
VEGETABLE materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or not included ………………………………………………………………….	23.08
PREPARATIONS of a kind used in animal feeding …………………	23.09
UNMANUFACTURED tobacco; tobacco refuse ……………………..	24.01
CIGARS, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes but excluding cigars of subheading No. 24.02.10 ………………………………………………………………….	24.02
OTHER manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; essences ………………………………………………..	24.03
SALT (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution; sea water ………	25.01
NATURAL calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk …………………………………	25.10
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 ………………………………	25.16
DOLOMITE, whether or not calcined: dolomite roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs or a rectangular (including square) shape; agglomerated dolomite; (including tarred dolomite) ………………………………	25.18

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 ………………………….	25.19
GYPSUM: anhydrite; plaster (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities or accelerators of retarders ……………………..	25.20
LIMESTONE flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement ………………..	25.21
QUICKLIME, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading No. 28.25 ……………………….	25.22
ASH and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing metals or metallic compounds ……………….	26.20
COAL: briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal, ………………………………………………………………..	27.01
LIGNITE, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet ……………..	27.02
PEAT (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated ………..	27.03
COKE and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon ………………………………………….	27.04
COAL gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases (other than ……………………………………………………………………………..
TAR distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tar …………………………………………..	27.06
OILS and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the mass of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents ……………………………………………………………………………..	27.07
PITCH and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars ……………………………………………………………..	27.08
PETROLEUM oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude ……………………………………………………………………..	27.09
PETROLEUM oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude: preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by mass 70 per cent or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations ……………………………………………………………………………..	27.10
PETROLEUM gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons but excluding butanes of subheadings No. 2711.13.10 and No. 1711.29.10 ………………………………………………………………	27.11
PETROLEUM jelly; paraffin wax: microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other process, whether or not coloured but excluding petroleum jelly of subheading No. 2712.10 ……………………..	27.12

PETROLEUM coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals but excluding petroleum coke of subheadings No. 2713.11 and No. 2713.12 ……………………………………………………….	27.13
BITUMEN and asphalt, natural: bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks …………………………..	27.14
BITUMINOUS mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs) ……………………………………………………………………………..	27.15
ELECTRICAL energy ………………………………………………………	27.16
FLUORINE, chlorine, bromide and iodine ……………………………..	28.01
CARBON (carbon black and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or not included …………………………………
ARSENIC …………………………………………………………………….	2804.80
DIPHOSPHOROUS pentaoxide; phosphoric acid and plyphosphoric acids ……………………………………………………	28.09
OXIDES of boron; boric acids …………………………………………….	28.10
HYDROGEN fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) ………………………………	2811.11
ARSENIC acids ……………………………………………………………..	2811.19.20
ARSENIC trioxide and arsenic pentoxide ……………………………..	2811.19.10
SULPHIDES of non-metal; commercial phosphorus trisulphide ……………………………………………………………………………..	28.13
SODIUM hydrozide (caustic soda): Solid …………………………….	2815.11
IN AQUEOUS solution (soda lye or liquid soda) …………………….	2815.12
HYDROXIDE and peroxide of magnesium …………………………….	2816.10
ZINC oxide: zinc peroxide ………………………………………………..	28.17
MANGANESE oxides ……………………………………………………..	28.20
COBALT oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides	28.22
HYDRAZINE and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides ……………………………………………………………………………..	28.25
FLUORIDES: fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts but excluding fluorides of aluminium of subheading 2826.12 …………………………………………………..	28.26
AMMONIUM chloride ……………………………………………………..	2827.10
CALCIUM chloride …………………………………………………………	2827.20
CHLORIDE of barium ………………………………………………………	2827.38
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	2827.39
COMMERCIAL calcium hyprocholirite and other calcium hypochlorites ……………………………………………………………	2828.10
MAGNESIUM sulphates ………………………………………………….	2833.21
COPPER sulphates ……………………………………………………….	2833.25
ZINC sulphates ……………………………………………………………..	2833.26
BARIUM sulphates …………………………………………………………	2833.27
MANGANESE sulphates ………………………………………………….	2833.29.10
NITRATES of Potassium ………………………………………………….	2834.21

SODIUM nitrates …………………………………………………………..	2834.29
TRIAMMONIUM phosphates …………………………………………….	2835.21
CALCIUM hydrogen phosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”) …………..	2835.25
MONOCALCIUM phosphate ……………………………………………..	2835.26.10
BARIUM carbonate ………………………………………………………..	2836.60
MAGNESIUM carbonate ………………………………………………….	2836.99.10
CYANIDES, cyanide oxide and complex cyanides …………………	28.37
SILICATES; Commercial alkali metal silicates: Other ……………..	2839.90.90
BORATES; Peroxoborates (Perborates) ………………………………	28.40
CHROMATES of zinc of lead …………………………………………….	2841.20
BARIUM chromate and strontium chromate…………………………..	2841.50.10
OTHER salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids…………………….	28.42
RADIOACTIVE chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products) …………………………………………………………………	28.44
ISOTOPES, compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined ………………………………….	28.45
COMPOUND inorganic or organic of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals ………….	28.46
PHOSPHIDES, whether or not chemically defined ………………….	28.48
CALCIUM cynamide ……………………………………………………….	2851.00.10
SULPHONIC acids …………………………………………………………	2904.10.10
NITROBENZENE (oil of mirbane) ………………………………………..	2904.20.30
TRINITROTOLUENE: trinitrobenzene …………………………………..	2904.20.40
PENTAERYTHRITOL …………………………………………………….	2905.42
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	2905.49
CHLOROPHENOLS ……………………………………………………….	2908.10.20
EPOXIDES, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphanated, nitrated or nitrosated derivates ……………………………………………………………………………..	29.10
METHANAL (formaldehyde) ……………………………………………..	2912.11
PARAFORMALDEHYDE …………………………………………………	2912.60
FORMIC acid ………………………………………………………………..	2915.11
SALTS of formic acid ………………………………………………………	2915.12
ESTERS of formic acid ……………………………………………………	2915.13
LEAD acetate ……………………………………………………………….	2915.29.10
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	2915.29.90
BENZOYL peroxide and benzoyl chloride …………………………….	2916.32
PHTHALIC anhydride ………………………………………………………	2917.35
TARTARIC acid ……………………………………………………………..	2918.12
POTASSIUM hydrogen tartrate (cream of tartar) …………………….	2918.13.20
SODIUM TARTRATE ………………………………………………………	2918.13.40
ANTIMONY potassium tartrate ………………………………………….	2918.13.50
OTHER salts of tartaric acid ……………………………………………..	2918.13.60
O-ACETALSALICYLIC acid ………………………………………………	2918.22.10
OO-DIETHYL o-p-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate (Parathion) ……….	2920.10.10

QUATERNARY ammonium salts and hydrocides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids but excluding lecithins of subheading No. 2923.20.10 ………………………………………….	29.23
DIURON ……………………………………………………………………..	2914.21.10
ACETAMINOPHENOL …………………………………………………….	2924.29.20
ACRYLAMIDE ………………………………………………………………	2924.29.50
ACRYLONITRILE …………………………………………………………..	2926.10
ORGANIC derivatives of hydrazine or of hydrozylamine …………..	29.28
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE ………………………………………………	2929.10.20
OTHER organo-inorganic compounds …………………………………	29.31
BROMACIL ………………………………………………………………….	2933.59.60
OO-DIETHYL0-4 methyl 2 isopropylpysimazine ……………………..	2933.69.40
AMETRINE ………………………………………………………………….	2933.69.50
PROVITAMINS and vitamins natural produced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent ………………………………………..	29.36
HORMONES, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives thereof, used as hormones; other steroids used primarily as hormones ………………………………………………………………..	29.37
GLYCOSIDES, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, esters and other derivatives ………………………………….	29.38
ANTIBIOTICS ………………………………………………………………..	29.41
INDIGO, in immediate packings of a content of less than 5 kg or in containers holding less than 5 litres …………………………….	3203.00.20
SYNTHETIC organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined: preparations based on synthetic organic colouring matter as specified in note 3 to this chapter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined …………..	32.04
CASEIN, caseinates and other casein derivatives: casein glues ……………………………………………………………………………..	35.01
ALBUMINS, albuminates and other albumin derivatives …………..	35.02
RENNET, not prepared ……………………………………………………	3507.10.10
PROPELLENT POWDERS ………………………………………………	36.01
PREPARED explosives (excluding propellent powders) …………..	36.02
SAFETY fuses: detonating fuses: percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators ………………………………………….	36.03
FIREWORKS ………………………………………………………………..	3604.10
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	3604.90.90
FERROCERIUM and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials as specified by note 2 to chapter 36 ……………………………………………………………….	36.06

INSECTICIDES ……………………………………………………………..	3808.10
FUNGICIDES ……………………………………………………………….	3808.20
HERBICIDES, anti-sprouting products and plant growth regulators ……………………………………………………………………………	3808.30
DISINFECTANTS …………………………………………………………..	3808.40
RODENTICIDES ……………………………………………………………	3808.90.10
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	3808.90.90
POLYMERS of ethylene, in primary forms 3901.20.10, 30.20, 3901.90.10, 3901.90.20, 3901.90.80 and 3901.90.90 …………..	39.01
POLYMERS of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms excluding goods falling within subheadings No. 3902.10.10, 3902.30.10 and 3902.30.90 ………………………………………….	39.02
POLYACETALS ……………………………………………………………	3907.10
POLYCARBONATES ……………………………………………………..	3907.40
ALKYD RESINS …………………………………………………………….	3907.50
POLYETHYLENE terephthalate …………………………………………	3907.60
POLYBUTYLENE terephthalates ………………………………………	3907.91.10
OTHER polyesters ………………………………………………………..	3907.91.90
OTHER polytylene terephthalates ……………………………………..	3907.99.10
OTHER polyesters ………………………………………………………..	3907.99.90
POLYAMIDES in primary forms ………………………………………..	39.08
UREA formaldehyde ………………………………………………………	3909.10.10
UREA formaldehyde moulding powders ………………………………	3909.10.20
OTHER urea formaldehyde ………………………………………………	3909.10.30
THIOUREA resins ………………………………………………………….	3090.10.90
MELAMINE RESINS ………………………………………………………	3909.20
OTHER amino-resins ……………………………………………………..	3909.30
PHELONIC resins ………………………………………………………….	3909.40
POLYURETHANES ………………………………………………………..	3909.50
POLYMIDES ………………………………………………………………..	3911.90.10
POLYHYLAMINES: polyamideamines ……………………………….	3911.90.20
WASTE and scrap of other plastics ……………………………………	3915.90.90
MONOFILAMENT of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm. rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of phenolic resins compounded with fibre, fabric or paper …………………..	3916.90.10
MONOFILAMENT of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface worked but not surface worked but not otherwise worked, of other phenoplasts ……………………………………….	3916.90.90
TUBES, pipes and hoses, seamless, of phenoplasts compounded with fibre, fabric or paper …………………………………………….	3917.29.10
TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation, polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless, without fittings ……………………………………………………………………	3917.29.50
FLEXIBLE tubes, pipes and hoses or other hoses of other condensation polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless, without fittings ……………………………………………	3917.29.50

TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation, polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless …………	3917.32.75
TUBES, paper, seamless, without fittings	3917.39.15
TUBES, pipes and hoses of other condensation, polycondensation or polyaddition products, seamless, fittings ……………………………………………………………………………..	3917.39.55
FLOOR coverings of plastics, whether or not self adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles, of other condensation, polycondensation or polyaddition products ……………………….	3918.90.40
SELF-ADHESIVE plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes. whether or not in rolls, or other condensation, polycondensation or polyaddition products ……………………….	3919.90.07
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of polycarbonates, polyethylene terephthalate, unsaturated polyesters and other polyesters ……………………………………………………………….	3920.63
REGENERATED cellulose film ………………………………………….	3920.71.10
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of amino and phenolic resins ……………………………………………………………………………..	3920.93
OTHER plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of other condensation, polycondensation products ………………………………………….	3920.94 3921.19.30
DECORATIVE laminates of phenolic resins, themosetting, of a value for duty purposes per m^{2″/> not exceeding 270c ……………}	3921.90.02
DECORATIVE laminates of phenolic resins, thermosetting of a value for duty purposes per m^{2″/> >exceeding 270c ………………….}	3921.90.04
PLATES, sheets, film, foil and strip of phenolic resins, laminated with glass fibre, thermosetting ……………………………………..	3921.90.06
LAMINATES of phenolic resins with a basis of paper, thermosetting ………………………………………………………….	3921.90.08
LAMINATES of phenolic resins with a basis of textile fibre, thermosetting …………………………………………………………..	3921.90.10
OTHER laminates of phenolic resin, thermosetting ………………..	3921.90.12
BATHS, shower-baths, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics ………………………………………………………………..	39.22
ARTICLES for the conveyance or packing of goods of plastics: stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics …………….	39.23
OTHER household articles and toilet articles, of plastics …………	3924.90
BUILDERS’ ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included in Nos. 39.01 to 39.14 but excluding saddle trees of plastics, waterskiing life jackets, corset busks and similar supports for articles of apparel or clothing accessories made from plastic material and plastic containers for the collection of blood for blood transfusion ………………………………………………………	39.25 39.26

NATURAL rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip ……………………………………………………………………….	40.01
SYNTHETIC rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of any product of heading No. 40.01 with any product of this heading, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip …………………………………	40.02
RECLAIMED rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip ……………………………………………………………………………..	40.03
WASTE, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders, and granules obtained therefrom …………………..	40.04
COMPOUND rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip ………………………………………………………..	40.05
OTHER forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example discs and rings), of unvulcanised rubber ……………………………………………………………………………..	40.06
VULCANISED rubber thread and cord …………………………………	40.07
PLATES, sheets, strip and profile shapes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber ………………………………………………..	40.08
TUBES, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fitting (for example, joints elbows, flanges ……………………………………………………………………	40.09
CONVEYOR or transmission belt or belting, of vulcanised rubber ……………………………………………………………………..	40.10
NEW pneumatic tyres, of rubber ………………………………………..	40.11
RETREADED or used pneumatic tyres of rubber: solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber …………………………………………………………………….	40.12
INNER tubes, of rubber ……………………………………………………	40.13
HYGIENIC or pharmaceutical articles (including teats), of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without fittings of hard rubber ………………………………………………….	40.14
ARTICLES of apparel and clothing rubber but excluding gloves of subheadings 4015.11 and 4015.19 ……………………………..	40.15
OTHER articles of vulcanised rubber (excluding hard rubber) but excluding collapsible containers and rubber bands of subheadings 4016.99.70 and 4016.99.80 …………………………	40.16
HARD rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap: articles of hard rubber.	40.17
RAW hides and skins of bovine 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 ………………………………………………………..	41.01

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 …………………………………………………………	41.02
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 ……………………………………………………….	41.03
GOAT or kid skin leather, without hair on (excluding leather of heading No. 41.08 or 41.09) but excluding parchment-dressed leather of subheading 4106.20.10 ………………………………..	41.06
LEATHER of birds …………………………………………………………	41.07.90.10
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 and 41.03) ……………………	43.01
TANNED or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of materials)(excluding those of heading No. 43.03) ……………………………………………………………….	43.02
FUEL wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms ………………………………………………..	44.01
WOOD charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal,) whether or not agglomerated ……………………………………………………………	44.02
WOOD in the rough, whether or not subheadings 4403.10.90, 4403.31.30, 4403.32.30, 4403.33.30. 4403.34.30, 4403.35.30, 4403.91.30, 4403.92.30 and 4403.99.30 …………..	44.03
HOOPWOOD: split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like ……………………………………..	44.04
WOOD wool: wood flour …………………………………………………..	44.05
WOOD sawn or shipped lengthwise, slices or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm (excluding goods of subheadings 4407.21.10, 4407.22.10, 4407.23.10, 4407.91.10, 4407.92.10 and 4407.99.10) ……………………………………………………….	44.07
VENEER sheets and sheets for plywood (whether or not spliced) and other woods sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded of finger-jointed, or a thickness not exceeding 6 mm ………………………………………	44.08

WOOD (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed ……………………………………..	44.09
PARTICLE board and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances ………………………………………….	44.10
FIBREBOARD of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances ……………	44.11
PLYWOOD, veneered panels and similar laminated wood ……….	44.12
DENSIFIED wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes ……………………………………………………………………………..	44.13
PACKING cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cabledrums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards of wood …………………………………………………………	44.15
BUILDERS’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, articles made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of heading No. 46.01; articles of loofah ……………………	46.02
NEWSPRINT, in rolls or sheets ………………………………………..	48.01
UNCOATED paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and punch card stock and punch tape paper, in rolls or sheets (excluding paper of heading No. 48.01 or 48.03); hand-made paper or paperboard but excluding subheadings Nos. 4802.20.60, 4802.20.70, 4802.20.90, 4802.60.20, 4802.60.25, 4802.60.40, 4802.60.45, 4802.60.50 and 4802.60.65 ………………………….	48.02
OTHER ……………………………………………………………………….	4804.39.90
MULTI-PLY paper and paperboard: Other, of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m^{2″/> and of which 60 per cent or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical process ………………………..}	4805.21.30
WITH only one outer layer bleached: Other of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m^{2″/> and of which 60 per cent or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical process ………………………….}	4805.22.30
HAVING three or more layers, of which only the two outer layers are bleached: Other, of a mass not exceeding 200 g/m^{2″/> and of which 60 per cent or more by mass of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical process ………………………….}	4805.23.30

COMPOSITE paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper on paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets …………………………………………	48.07
OTHER craft paper, crêped or crinkled whether or not embossed or perforated ……………………………………………………………	4808.30
CRÊPED paper with a mass of less than 35 g/m^{2″/> ………………….}	4808.90.05
CRÊPED paper with a mass of 35 g/m^{2″/> or more but not exceeding 60 g/m^{2″/> …………………………………………………….}}	4808.90.10
CRINKLED tissue paper of a kind used for decorative purposes ……………………………………………………………………………..	4808.90.15
WAXED paper ………………………………………………………………	4809.90.15
UNUSED postage, revenue or similar destined; stamp-impressed paper; cheque forms: bank note, stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title but excluding uncrossed travellers’ cheques not bound into books ……………………………………………………………………………..	49.07
PRINTED or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings ………..	49.09
OTHER printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs: Other ……………………………………………	4911.10.90
PRINTED embossed credit cards without magnetic tape …	Ex 4911.99.90
WOVEN fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair ……..	51.11
WOVEN fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair …..	51.12
COTTON, not carded or combed ……………………………………….	52.01
COTTON waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) ……..	52.02
COTTON, carded or combed …………………………………………….	52.03
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing 85 per cent or more by mass of cotton, of a mass of not more than 200 g/m^{2″/> …………….>}	52.08
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing 85 per cent or more by mass of cotton, of a mass of more than 200 g/m^{2″/> ……………..}	52.09
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 per cent of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade fibres, of a mass of not more than 200 g/m^{2″/> …………………………………………..}	52.10
WOVEN fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 per cent of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with manmade fibres, of a mass of more than 200 g/m^{2″/> ………………………………………………..}	52.11
OTHER woven fabrics of cotton ………………………………………….	52.12
TRUE hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) ………………………………………………………..	53.02

JUTE and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun: tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) but excluding jute fibre ……………………………………………………..	53.03
SISAL and other textile fibres of the genus agave; raw or processed but not spun: tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and textiles nes), ramie and other vegetable fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) …………………….	53.05
YARN of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No. 53.03 …	53.07
YARN of other vegetable textile fabrics; paper yarn ………………..	53.08
WOVEN fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No. 53.03 but excluding woven fabrics of jute ……………………	53.10
WOVEN fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn ……………………………………………………………….	53.11
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of 120 dtex or more, not dyed …………………………………………………………	5402.31.70
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of less than 1 000 dtex, not dyed ………………………………………………………….	5402.32.10
TEXTURED yarn of nylon or other polyamides, of 1 000 dtex or more, not dyed ………………………………………………………..	5402.32.30
OTHER yarn of polyester fibres …………………………………………	5509.59
OTHER yarn of synthetic staple fibres ………………………………..	5509.99
YARN (excluding sewing thread) of man-made fibres: Other …………………………………………………………………………	5511.10.90
YARN of synthetic staple fibre, containing less than 85 per cent by mass of such fibres: Other ………………………………………	5511.20.90
YARN of artificial staple fibres, other …………………………………..	5511.30.90
WOVEN fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85 per cent or more by mass of synthetic staple fibres ……………………….	55.12
WOVEN fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85 per cent by mass of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a mass not exceeding 170 g/m^{2″/> >…………………}	55.13
WOVEN fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85 per cent by mass of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a mass exceeding 170 g/m^{2″/> ……………………..}	55.14
OTHER woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres …………………….	55.15
WOVEN fabrics of artificial staple fibres ………………………	55.16
RUBBER thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading No. 54.04 plastics ………………………..	56.04

WOVEN pile fabrics and chenille fabrics, rubberised ……………….	5801.10.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics of combed fibres with uncut floats ……….	5801.10.35
OTHER weft pile fabrics of carded wool with uncut floats, containing by mass 40 per cent or more cotton and of a mass not exceeding 144 g/m^{2″/> ……………………………………………..}	5801.10.40
OTHER velvet, of a mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> ………………….}	5801.10.60
UNCUT weft pile fabrics of cotton, rubberised ………………………..	5801.21.10
CUT corduroy, rubberised ………………………………………………..	5801.22.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics, rubberised ……………………………………	5801.23.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics …………………………………………………..	5801.23.90
WARP pile fabrics, épinglé (uncut), rubberised ……………………..	5801.24.05
VELVET, of a mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> ………………………..}	5801.24.40
VELVET, of a mass exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> …………………………….}	5801.24.45
OTHER warp pile fabrics ………………………………………………….	5801.24.90
WARP pile fabrics, cut, rubberised …………………………………….	5801.25.05
VELVET, of mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> …………………………..}	5801.25.35
VELVET, of a mass exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> …………………………….}	5801.25.40
CHENILLE fabrics, rubberised …………………………………………..	5801.26.05
OTHER chenille fabrics …………………………………………………..	5801.26.90
OF woven uncut weft pile fabrics, rubberised ………………………..	5801.31.05
CUT corduroy, rubberised ………………………………………………..	5801.32.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics, rubberised …………………………………..	5801.33.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics …………………………………………………..	5801.33.90
WARP PILE FABRICS, ÉPINGLÉ (uncut), rubberised ……………..	5801.34.05
OTHER velvet, of a mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> …………………}	5801.34.45
OTHER warp pile fabrics ………………………………………………….	5801.34.90
WARP pile fabrics, cut, rubberised …………………………………….	5801.35.05
OTHER velvet, of a mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> ………………….}	5801.35.45
OTHER velvet ……………………………………………………………….	5801.35.50
OTHER warp pile fabrics, cut ……………………………………………	5801.35.90
CHENILLE fabrics, rubberised …………………………………………..	5801.36.05
OTHER chenille fabrics ……………………………………………………	5801.36.90
WOVEN pile fabrics of other textile materials, rubberised …………	5801.90.05
OTHER weft pile fabrics, with uncut floats, of jute or of other textile bast fibres ……………………………………………………….	5801.90.50
OTHER weft pile fabrics, with uncut floats, of true hemp ………….	5801.90.55
OTHER velvet, of a mass exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/> ………………………}	5801.90.65
TERRY towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton, unbleached, similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton ………………	5802.11.90
OTHER terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton. rubberised ……………………………………………………………….	5802.19.05
OTHER terry towelling and similarly woven terry fabrics, of cotton ……………………………………………………………………………..	5802.19.90

TERRY towelling and similar woven terry fabrics of other textile materials, rubberised ………………………………………………….	5802.20.05
OTHER terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of other textile materials ………………………………………………………..	5802.20.90
TUFTED textile fabrics, rubberised (excluding felt and non-wovens) ……………………………………………………………..	5802.30.05
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics ……………………………………	5802.30.45
OTHER tufted textile fabrics ……………………………………………..	5802.30.90
GAUZE of man-made filaments or staple fibres (excluding elastic fabrics) ……………………………………………………………………	5803.90.40
GAUZE of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading No. 53.03 (excluding elastic fabrics) ……………………………………………	5803.90.50
TULLES and other net fabrics, rubberised …………………………….	5804.10.05
MECHANICALLY made lace of man-made fibres, rubberised …….	5804.21.05
MECHANICALLY made lace of other textile materials, rubberised ………………………………………………………………………………	5804.29.05
HAND-MADE lace, rubberised …………………………………………..	5804.30.05
OTHER woven fabrics (including terry towelling and similar terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics ………………………………………….	5806.10.90
OTHER narrow woven fabrics, containing by mass 5 per cent or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread ………………………..	5806.20.90
OTHER narrow woven fabrics of cotton ………………………………..	5806.31.90
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width not exceeding 14 mm ………………………………………………………	5806.32.30
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width exceeding 14 mm but not exceeding 29 mm …………………………………..	5806.32.35
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width exceeding 29 mm but not exceeding 54 mm …………………………………..	5806.32.40
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width exceeding 54 mm but not exceeding 78 mm …………………………………..	5806.32.45
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width exceeding 78 mm but not exceeding 100 mm …………………………………	5806.32.50
NARROW woven fabrics of man-made fibres, of a width exceeding 100 mm but not exceeding 200 mm ……………………………….	5906.32.55
OTHER narrow woven fabrics of man-made materials, of a width not exceeding 14 mm …………………………………………………	5806.39.25
NARROW woven fabrics other, of a width exceeding 14 mm but not exceeding 29 mm …………………………………………………	5805.39.30
NARROW woven fabrics other, of a width exceeding 29 mm but not exceeding 54 mm …………………………………………………	5806.39.35
NARROW woven fabrics other, of a width exceeding 54 mm but not exceeding 78 mm …………………………………………………	5806.39.40
NARROW woven fabrics other, of a width exceeding 78 mm but not exceeding 100 mm ……………………………………………….	5806.39.45

NARROW woven fabrics other, of a width exceeding 100 mm but not exceeding 200 mm ……………………………………………….	5806.39.50
OTHER narrow woven fabrics of other materials ……………………	5806.39.90
LABELS, badges and similar articles of textile materials, not embroidered, knitted or crocheted, in the piece ………………..	5807.90.30
RUBBERISED textile fabrics, not knitted or crocheted (excluding fabrics combined with cellular rubber) ……………………………	Ex 5811.00.05
TEXTILE fabrics of man-made fibres and woven fabrics of wool or animal hair (excluding pile fabrics), not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated ……………………………………….	Ex 5811.00.10
VELVET of a mass not exceeding 275 g/m^{2″/>d, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated; and woven pile fabrics (excluding corduroy of cotton or man-made fibres, velvet or fabrics of silk), not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated …………………………………………………………………………….}	Ex 5811.00.25
NARROW woven fabrics (excluding those of cotton or flax of a width exceeding 200 mm), not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated ……………………………………………………………	Ex 5811.00.35
OTHER quilted textile products in the piece ………………………..	Ex 5811.00.90
TYRE cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamide ………………………………………………………………	5902.10.90
TYRE cord fabric of polyesters …………………………………………	5902.20.90
OTHER tyre cord fabric …………………………………………………..	5902.90.90
TEXTILE wall coverings …………………………………………………..	5905.00.90
ELECTRICAL insulating tape …………………………………………..	5906.10.10
OTHER rubberised textile fabrics ………………………………………	5906.10.90
OTHER rubberised textile fabrics ………………………………………	5906.99.90
PILE fabrics, including “long pile” fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted: other of wool or other “long pile” fabrics …………………………………………………………………………….	6001.10.90
LOOPED pile fabrics of cotton ………………………………………….	6001.21.90
OTHER looped pile fabrics of synthetic fibres ……………………….	6001.22.30
OTHER looped pile fabrics of man-made fibres ……………………..	6001.22.90
OTHER looped pile fabrics of textile materials ………………………	6001.29.90
OTHER pile fabrics of cotton ……………………………………………	6001.91.90
OTHER pile fabrics of synthetic fibres …………………………………	6001.92.80
OTHER pile fabrics of man-made fibres ………………………………	6001.92.90
PILE fabrics of other textile materials …………………………………	6001.99.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics …………………………………..	6002.10.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics …………………………………..	6002.20.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics ………………………………….	6002.30.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of wool or fine animal hair …………………………………………………………………………….	6002.41.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton ………………………	6002.42.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of man-made fibres …………	6002.43.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics …………………………………..	6002.49.90

OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of wool or fine animal hair …………………………………………………………………………….	6002.91.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of cotton ………………………	6002.92.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics of man-made fibres …………	6002.93.90
OTHER knitted or crocheted fabrics …………………………………..	6002.99.90
MENS’ or boys, overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, (including ski-jackets), windcheaters, windjackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted ……………………………………….	61.01
WOMENS’ or girls’ overcoats, car-coats, cloaks, anoraks, (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, windjackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted ……………………………………….	61.02
MENS’ or boys’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (excluding swim-wear), knitted or crocheted ………………………………….	61.03
WOMENS’ or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, knitted or crocheted ………………………………………..	61.04
MENS’ or boys’ shirts, knitted or crocheted …………………………	61.05
WOMENS’ or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, knitted or crocheted ……………………………………………………………….	61.06
MENS’ or boys’ underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes,
WOMENS’ or girls’ slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, negliges, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or crocheted ………………………..	61.08
T-SHIRTS, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted ………..	61.09
JERSEYS, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted ………………………………………………….	61.10
BABIES’ garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted ……………………………………………………………….	61.11
TRACK suits, ski suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted …….	61.12
GARMENTS, made up of knitted or crocheted fabrics of heading No. 59.03,59.06 or 59.07 ……………………………………………	61.13
OTHER garments, knitted or crocheted ……………………………..	61.14
PANTY hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including stockings for varicose veins and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted ……………………………….	61.15
GLOVES, mittens and mitts, crocheted ……………………………..	Ex 61.16
MENS’ or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets), wind-cheaters, windjackets and similar articles ………………………………………………………………….	62.01

WOMENS’ or girls’ overcoats. car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets). windcheaters, windjackets and similar articles ……………………………………………………	62.02
MENS’ or boys’ suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts ………………………..	62.03
WOMENS’ or girls’ suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts ……………………………………………………………………	62.04
MENS’ or boys shirts …………………………………………………….	62.05
WOMENS’ or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirtblouses ………………	62.06
MENS’ or boys’ singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles …………………………………………………………………..	62.07
GARMENTS, made up of fabrics of heading No. 56.02, 56.03, 59.03, 59.06 or 59.07 ………………………………………………..	62.10
CURTAINS (including drapes) and interior blinds: curtain or bed valances …………………………………………………………………	63.03
OTHER furnishing articles ……………………………………………….	63.04
SACKS and bags, of a kind used for the used or new rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables, of textile materials …………	63.10
PARTS of footwear; removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts thereof ……………………………………………………………	64.06
RUBBER bathing caps …………………………………………………..	65.06.91.10
SKINS and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof ………….	67.01
SLAG wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls, of a value for duty purposes per kg not exceeding 500c	6806.10.80
SLAG wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof) in bulk, sheets or rolls, other …………..	6806.10.90
PANELS, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders …………………………………………………	68.08
YARN and thread of fabricated asbestos …………………………….	6812.20
CORDS and string of fabricated asbestos, whether or not plaited …………………………………………………………………………….	6812.30
WOVEN or knitted fabric of fabricated asbestos …………………..	6812.40
OTHER paper, millboard and felt of fabricated asbestos ………….	6812.60.90
GLAZED ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing ………………………………………………………………….	69.08

CERAMIC sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures ……………………………………………..	69.10
LABORATORY, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated but excluding chamber pots, spittoons, urinals bedpans, medicine droppers and goods of subheadings Nos. 7017.10.90, 7017.20.90 and 7017.90.90 …………………………………………………………………………….	70.17
DIAMONDS, worked ………………………………………………………	71.02
PRECIOUS stones and semi-precious set (excluding ungraded precious stones and semiprecious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport) ………………………………………	71.03
SYNTHETIC or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set (excluding ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport) ………………………………………………………………	71.04
DUST and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi-precious stones, other ………………………………………..	7105.90
SILVER (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in power form …………………………………………………………………………….	71.06
BASE metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured ……………………………………………………	71.07
GOLD (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form ……………………	71.08
BASE metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured ……………………………………………………	71.09
PLATINUM, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form ……………………………………………………………	71.10
BASE metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured …………………………………..	71.11
WASTE and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal …………………………………………………………	71.12
COIN …………………………………………………………………………	71.18
FERRO-ALLOYS …………………………………………………………..	72.02
FERROUS waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel ……………………………………………………………………..	72.04
GRANULES of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel …………………	7205.10
ANGLES, shapes and sections of iron or steel ……………………..	7301.20
TUBES, pipes and hallow profiles, of cast iron ……………………..	73.03
TUBES, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron or steel ……	73.04
HIGH-PRESSURE hydro-electric conduits, of steel, with an internal cross-sectional dimension exceeding 400 mm and a wall thickness exceeding 10,5 mm ………………………………..	7305.31.10

HIGH-PRESSURE hydro-electric conduits, of steel, with an internal cross-exceeding 10,5 mm ………………………………..	7305.39.10
HIGH-PRESSURE hydro-electric conduits, of steel, with an internal cross-sectional dimension exceeding 400 mm and a wall thickness exceeding 10.5 mm ……………………………….	7305.90.10
OTHER tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel …	73.06
TUBES or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel …………………………………………………………	73.07
STRUCTURES and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lockgates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel: plates rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel …………………………………………………………….	73.08
RESERVOIRS, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material of iron or steel, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litre, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment …………………………………	73.09
TANKS, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material of iron or steel, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litre, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment ………………………………….	73.10
CHAIN and parts thereof, of iron or steel excluding bush roller conveyor chain and parts of bush roller conveyor chain of sub-headings 7315.11.10 and 7315.19.10 ……………………….	73.15
ANCHORS, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel …………..	73.16
SCREWS, bolts, nuts, coach-screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotterins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel but excluding goods of subheadings: Nos. 7318.15.03, 7318.15.06, 7318.15.09, 7318.15.13, 7318.15.16, 7318.15.19, 7318.15.23, 7318.15.43, 7318.15.46, 7318.16.20, 7318.16.25, 7318.16.30, 7318.16.35, 7318.16.40, 7318.16.45 and 7318.16.90	73.18
SPACE heaters fitted with reflectors, portable ………………………	7321.82.10
OTHER appliances for liquid fuel ………………………………………	7321.82.90
PARTS for goods of subheading 7321.90.90	7321.82.10
RADIATORS for central heating, not electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel: air heaters and hot air distributors (including distributors which can also distribute fresh or conditioned airs), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron on steel ………………………………………………………..	73.22

TABLE, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel: iron or steel wool: pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel but excluding ovens of subheading No. 7323.99.75 ………………..	73.23
SANITARY ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel …………………	73.24
GRINDING balls and similar articles for mills ……………………….	7325.91
OTHER cast articles of iron or steel …………………………………..	7325.99
OTHER articles of iron or steel …………………………………………	73.26
REFINED copper and copper alloys, unwrought ……………………	74.03
COPPER waste and scrap ………………………………………………	74.04
COPPER powders and flakes …………………………………………..	74.06
COPPER bars, rods and profiles ……………………………………….	74.07
COPPER plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,15 mm ……………………………………………………………………….	74.09
COPPER plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,15 mm ……………………………………………………………………….	74.10
COPPER tubes and pipes ……………………………………………….	74.11
COPPER tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) ………………………………………………………………….	74.12
TABLE, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, other ……………………………………………………………………..	7418.10.90
SANITARY ware and parts thereof, other …………………………….	7418.20.90
OTHER articles of copper ……………………………………………….	7419.99.90
ALUMINIUM waste and scrap …………………………………………..	76.02
BARS and other rods of aluminium, of a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7,5 mm but less than, 12,5 mm (excluding products containing, by mass, more than 6 per cent of copper or 8,5 per cent of zinc, or 2 per cent of manganese, or 2 per cent of lead, or 4 per cent of titanium, or 0.5 per cent of boron) ……..	76.04.29.30
BARS and other rods of aluminium of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 12.5 mm or more but not exceeding 160 mm (excluding products containing by mass, more than 6 per cent of copper, or 6 per cent of magnesium, or 2 per cent of silicon, or 8,5 per cent of zinc, or 2 per cent of manganese, or 2 per cent of lead, or 4 per cent of titanium, or 0.5 per cent of boron) ………………………………………………..	7604.29.40
OTHER bars and rods of aluminium …………………………………..	7604.29.50
PROFILES of aluminium, of a maximum cross sectional dimension not exceeding 370 mm (excluding products containing, by mass, more than 6 per cent of copper, or 6 per cent of magnesium, or 2 per cent of silicon, or 8,5 per cent of zinc) …………………………………………………………….	7604.29.60

ALUMINIUM wire …………………………………………………………..	76.05
ALUMINIUM plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm but excluding goods of subheadings No. 7606.11.10 or 7606.91.10 and articles of subheading No. 7606.92.25 …….	76.06
ALUMINIUM foil (whether or not printed or backed with a paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,2 mm ……	76.07
ALUMINIUM tubes and pipes …………………………………………..	76.08
STRANDED wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated ……………………………..	76.14
ALUMINIUM slugs for impact extrusion ………………………………	7616.90.15
ALUMINIUM bobbins of a kind used with textile machinery	7616.90.50
MAGNESIUM and articles thereof, including waste and scrap …..	81.04
COBALT matters and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap …………………………………………………………………….	81.05
BISMUTH and articles thereof including waste and scrap ……….	81.07
TITANIUM and articles thereof, including waste and scrap	81.08
ZIRCONIUM and articles thereof, including waste and scrap	81.09
ANTIMONY and articles thereof, including waste and scrap	81.10
MANGANESE and articles thereof, including waste and scrap ….	81.11
BERYLLIUM, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium, and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap ………………………………………………………..	81.12
CERMETS and articles thereof, including waste and scrap	81.13
OTHER rock drilling or earth boring bits and parts thereof (excluding parts not incorporating sintered metal carbide or cermets) …………………………	8207.11.30
TOOLS for tapping or threading …………………………………	82.07.40
TOOLS for turning ………………………………………………….	8207.80
KNIVES and cutting blades for metal working, identifiable for use solely or principally with non-portable industrial machines ………………………………………………………..	8208.10.10
KNIVES and cutting blades for wood working, identifiable for use solely or principally with non-portable industrial machines ………………………………………………………..	8208.20.10
OTHER knives and cutting blades identifiable for use solely or principally with non-portable industrial machines ………………	8208.20.10

SUPER-HEATED water boilers …………………………………………	8402.20
CENTRAL heating boilers ……………………………………………….	84.03
ECONOMISERS, air heaters, superheaters, steam accumulators, feedwater evaporators and heaters, and soot removers, for use with the boilers of heading No. 84.02 ………	8404.10.20
OTHER steam turbines and other turbines ………………………….	8406.19.90
PUMPS for liquids whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators but excluding goods of subheading No. 8413.30.20 and bucket pumps of subheading No. 8413.81.90 ……………………………………………………………..	84.13
VACUUM pumps, other ………………………………………………….	8414.10.90
VENTILATING fans (excluding domestic type) with metal bodies and of which the fanblade assembly (impeller) has a diameter of 300 mm or more ……………………………………….	8414.51.10
OTHER ventilating fans ………………………………………………….. and of which the fanblade assembly (impeller) has a diameter of 300 mm or more ……………………………………………………	8414.51.20 8414.59.20
OTHER ventilating fans …………………………………………………..	8414.59.30
PARTS: For ventilating fans (excluding domestic type) with metal bodies and self-contained electric motors and of which the fanblade assembly (impeller) has a diameter of 300 mm or more ……………………………………………………………………..	8414.90.60
PARTS, for other ventilating fans ………………………………………	8414.90.70
MEDICAL, surgical or laboratory sterilisers …………………………	8419.20
FRONT-END shovel loaders; Other, not tracked, driven by internal combustion piston engines, of a mass of 6 000 kg or more but not exceeding 30 000 kg, of which the bucket cutting edge can be lowered, when the bucket is horizontal, below the level of the wheels ……………………………………….	8429.51.20
MECHANICAL shovels, excavators and shovel loaders with a 360 degree revolving superstructure, other …………………………….	8429.52.90
OTHER mechanical shovels. Excavators and shovel loaders …….	8429.59.90
AGRICULTURAL, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports ground rollers ………..	84.32
HARVESTING and threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce (excluding egg-grading machines of subheading 8433.60.20) ..	84.33
MACHINES for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables ………………………………………………	8437.10
MACHINERY, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation of manufacture of food or drink (excluding machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils) but excluding goods of subheadings 8438.30, 8438.50.10, 8438.90.10 and 8438.90.20 …………………………………………	84.38

CONVERTERS, lathers, ingot moulds, and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or metal foundries (excluding goods of subheading 8454.20.20 …	84.54
METAL-ROLLING mills and rolls therefore ………………………….. multi-station transfer machines, for working metal …………………	84.55 84.57
LATHES numerically controlled ………………………………………..	8458.11
CAPSTAN AND TURRET LATHES ……………………………………	8458.19.10
OTHER lathes ……………………………………………………………..	8458.19.90
	8458.91
	8458.99
DRILLING and boring machines, numerically controlled ………….	8459.21
OTHER drilling and boring machines ………………………………….	8459.29.90
	8459.39.90
	8459.40
MILLING machines, numerically controlled ………………………….	8459.51
	8459.61
OTHER threading or tapping machines ………………………………	8459.70
HONING or lapping machines ………………………………………….	8460.40
MACHINE tools other than grinding, sharpening, honing or lapping machines …………………………………………………….	8460.90.90
MACHINE-TOOLS for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included ………………………………………………….	84.61
FORGING or die-stamping machines …………………………………	8462.10
OTHER bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines …..	8462.21.90
	8462.29.90
PUNCHING or notching machines, power-operated ……………….	8462.49.20
PARTS and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading Nos. 84.56 to 84.65, including work or tool holders, self-opening dieheads, dividing heads and other special attachments for machine-tools; tool holders for any type of tool for working in the hand but excluding goods of subheadings Nos. 8466.10.90, 8466.91.90, 8466.92.90, 8466.93.40, 8466.93.90 and 8466.94.90 ……………………………………………………………..	84.66
HAND-HELD blow pipes …………………………………………………	8468.10
OTHER gas operated machinery and apparatus ……………………	8468.20
OTHER gas valves of copper alloys, not flanges, for use with pipes of an inside cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 15 mm …………………………………………………………………..	8481.80.35

OTHER gate valves of copper alloys, not flanged, for use with pipes of an inside cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 32 mm ……………………………………………………………………	8481.80.37
OTHER gate valves of copper alloys, not flanged, for use with pipes of an inside cross-sectional dimension exceeding 32 mm but not exceeding 80 mm ……………………………………..	8481.80.39
OTHER gate valves of copper alloys, not flanged, for use with pipes of an inside cross-sectional dimension exceeding 80 mm ……………………………………………………………………….	8481.80.41
OTHER gate valves of copper alloys, flanged ………………………..	8481.80.43
HOSE or toilet bibcocks, pillar cocks, water mixing taps (bath, washbasin, bidet, shower or sink type), shower units, watertank locking taps, cooking range taps or tapping ferrules for off take pipes of an inside cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 25 mm ………………………………….	8481.80.79
OTHER parts for taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances …….	8481.90.90
BEARING housings, incorporating ball or roller bearings, identifiable for use solely or principally in mining machinery …	8483.20.60
GEARS and gearing (excluding toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters …………………………….	8483.40
AC generators of an output not exceeding 450 kV.A. ……………..	8501.63.10
AC generators, other ……………………………………………………..	8501.63.90
AC generators of an output exceeding 750 kV.A. other …………..	8501.64.90
OTHER generators ………………………………………………………..	8511.50.90
OTHER, transformers with a laminated iron or steel core, having a power handling capacity of less than 500 V.A and a rated secondary voltage of less than 1 000 V (excluding voltage and current transformers suitable for metering and protective purposes) ………………………………………………….	8504.31.20
TRANSFORMERS, other ………………………………………………..	8504.31.90
TRANSFORMERS having a power handling capacity exceeding 15 000 kV.A. but not exceeding 47 500 kV.A. and a rated secondary voltage not exceeding 500 V. ………………	8504.34.20
TRANSFORMERS having a power handling capacity of 47 500 kV.A. and a working voltage not exceeding 145 kV. ………..	8504.34.30
ELECTRIC (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photo beam ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for spraying of metals or sintered metal carbides but excluding soldering irons of subheading No. 8515.1 ……………………………………………………………	85.15

OTHER electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters …………………………………………………….	8516.10.90
OTHER electric heating resistors ………………………………………	8516.80.90
PREPARED unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena ………………………………………	85.23
RECORDS, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records ……………………………..	85.24
OTHER transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus ……………………………………………………………….	8525.20.90
TELEVISION receivers (including video monitors and video projectors), whether or not combined, in the same housing, with radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or producing apparatus ………………………………………………….	85.28
CAPACITORS ……………………………………………………………..	8532.10.90
	8532.22.90
	8532.25.90
	8532.29.90
	8532.30
LIGHTNING arrestors …………………………………………………….	8535.40.10
SWITCHES identifiable for use solely or principally with domestic stoves and hot-plates ………………………………………………..	8536.50.30
SWITCHES identifiable for use solely or principally with rail locomotives and railway rolling-stock ……………………………..	8536.50.40
OTHER switches with a current rating not exceeding 15 A for a voltage of less than 500 V (excluding motor starter switches and waterproof, watertight or flame-proof types)	8536.50.80
ELECTRIC filament or discharge lamps including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps but excluding goods of subheading No. 8539.22.10 and 8539.29.15 ………………………………………………………………	85.39
RAIL locomotives powered from an OTHER locomotives ……………………………………………………..	8602.90.20
RAILWAY or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled(for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) …………………………………………..	86.04
RAILWAY or tramway passenger coaches, not self propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled ………………..	86.05
RAILWAY or tramway vans and wagons, not self propelled ………	86.06
PARTS of railway or tramway locomotives or rollingstock but excluding goods of subheadings Nos. 8607.11.20, 8607.11.40, 8607.12.20, 8607.12.40, 8607.19.30, 8607.19.40, 8607.21.20, 8607.21.60, 8607.29.20. 8607.29.60, 8607.30.20, 8607.30.60, 8607.91.20, 8607.99.30 ……………………………	86.07

TRACTORS………………………………………………………………….	87.01
MOTOR VEHICLES for the transport of ten or more persons including drivers ……………………………………………………………	87.02
MOTOR VEHICLES and other motor vehicles principally designed for transport of persons including station wagons and racing cars ………………………………………………………………….	87.03
MOTOR VEHICLES for transport of goods …………………………..	87.04
SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods…………………………………………………………………………	87.05
CHASSIS fitted with engines for the motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.06 ………………………………………………………	87.06
BODIES (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.05 ……………………………………………………………..	87.07
PARTS and accessories of motor vehicles of headings Nos. 87.01 to 87.05 ……………………………………………………………..	87.08
MOTOR TRUCKS, self propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories and warehouses …………………………………………………………………	87.09
TANKS and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles …………………………………………………………………………….	87.10
MOTOR CYCLES (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without sidecars ……………………………..	87.11
BICYCLES and cycles including delivery tricycles not motorised …………………………………………………………………………………	87.12
INVALID’S CARRIAGE, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled …………………………………………………..	87.13
PARTS and accessories of vehicles of headings Nos. 87.11 to 87.13 …………………………………………………………………………	87.14
TRAILERS and semi-trailers; other vehicles not mechanically propelled and parts thereof ………………………………………………	87.16

WHEELBARROWS ………………………………………………………	8716.80.20
OTHER parts for carriages, carts, coaches, trailers, semi-trailers and wheelbarrows ……………………………………………………..	8716.90.40
CRUISE ships, excursions boats, ferryboats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods ……………………………………………………………………	89.01
FISHING vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products ……………………………………..	89.02
YACHTS and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes but excluding inflatable boats of subheading No. 8903.10 ………………………………………………………………….	89.03
TUGS and pusher craft …………………………………………………..	89.04
LIGHT-VESSELS, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms ………………………………………………	89.05
OTHER vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats ……………………………………………………………	89.06
OTHER floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, coffer, dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) …………………….	89.07
VESSELS and other floating structures for breaking up ………….	89.08
REVOLVERS and pistols ………………………………………………	93.02
OTHER firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive bolt humane killer, line-throwing guns) but excluding Very pistols, line-throwing guns and other devices designed to project only signal flares ……………………………………………………………………………	93.03
OTHER arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons) …………………………………………………………….	93.04
PARTS and accessories of articles of headings Nos. 93.01 to 93.04 …………………………………………………………………….	93.05
BOMBS, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar ammunitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads ……………………………………………………	93.06

SWORDS, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor ……………..	93.07
OTHER filing cabinets ……………………………………………………	9403.10.20
OTHER parts of lights and lighting fittings of unhardened vulcanised rubber, leather or composition leather (excluding those for searchlights or spotlights) ………………………………	9505.99.05
OTHER prefabricated buildings …………………………………………	9406.00.90
OTHER machines for games of skill or chance …………………….	9504.90.80
CRICKET pads and shin-guards ……………………………………….	9506.99.50
OTHER ………………………………………………………………………	9506.99.90
TYPEWRITER or similar ribbons inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes but excluding plastic carbon ribbons for typewriters and plastic; silk and cotton computer ribbons ……………………….	96.12
POSTAGE or revenue stamps stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery (stamped paper), and the like, used, or if unused not of current or new issue in the country to which they are destined …………………………………………….	97.04
COLLECTIONS and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest ……….	97.05
ANTIQUES of an age exceeding one hundred years ………………	97.06

SCHEDULE 2
APPLICATION FOR IMPORT PERMIT

(reg. 5)

Form 1C.2
REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
Ref. No. ……………………..
CONTROL OF IMPORTS APPLICATION FOR IMPORT PERMIT
TO THE CONTROLLER OF IMPORTS, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Private Bag 004, Gaborone.
…………………………………………………………………………………………. (full name of signatory
in block letters) hereby apply for a permit to import into the Republic of Botswana the following goods from ………………………………………………………………. (Country of Supply).
I declare that the goods will be imported and dealt with in accordance with the provisions as set out in the Import Control Regulations and that the information given is true and correct.
Name and address of Applicant (BLOCK LETTERS) ……………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Signature…………………………………………………
Status…………………………………………………….
Date…………………………………………..			(See instructions on back)
Full Description of goods (In terms of usual)	Quantity	Transac- tion Value	Total Value	Supplier	Supplier’s Add.	Purpose for which goods are required. (See instruction on back)









INSTRUCTIONS TO IMPORTERS
1. Applications for permits to import goods into the Republic of Botswana must be submitted in original only on this form. Applicants may have their own forms printed provided the particulars and layout conform with the official form.
2. A permanent reference number will be allocated to each importer at the time his first application is received. This number must be quoted to all subsequent applications and relative correspondence.
3. Importers may enclose, with their applications, unstamped addressed envelopes to be used for forwarding permits to them.
4. A separate application form must be submitted in respect of each country of supply and each individual supplier.
5. Goods must be grouped in classes, and each class must be grouped separately on the application form. When the number of items warrants it, a separate form may be used for each class of goods. One item only should be entered on one ruled line.
6. The purpose for which goods are required must be stated clearly and adequately. When goods are required for, or to replace stocks sold to Government Departments, or for the provision or maintenance of public services, or for use by any specified industry, this fact must be stated and documentary evidence from the department or industry concerned, may be required at the discretion of the Controller of Imports.
7. If and when goods are required to replace a consignment lost in transit, particulars sufficient to identify it, including numbers of covering permits, should be furnished with the application.
8. The issue of an Import Permit will convey no guarantee of supply or shipment.
9. The issue of a permit may be refused, or quantities applied for curtailed, without assignment of any reason.
10. Telegraphic, telephonic or personal applications will not be entertained.
11. If an applicant for a permit supplies any false information in connection with his application, the Controller will refuse such application.
12. Applications for import permits in respect of goods the importation of which is restricted under any other law of Botswana (e.g. arms, ammunition, livestock, agricultural products, etc.) must be accompanied by a valid permit issued under the law concerned.
13. The signatory to an application for import permit MUST be either-
(a) the actual importer for a personal importation;
(b) the proprietor or owner in the case of importation by private trader; or
(c) the Director, Secretary or authorised agent in the case of importation by a limited company.

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORTATION OF SUGAR) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(1st January, 1985)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. B.D.C. to be sole importer of sugar

3. Penalties

S.I. 145, 1984,
S.I. 68, 1986.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Importation of Sugar) Regulations.

2. B.D.C. to be sole importer of sugar

(1) The Botswana Development Corporation (in these Regulations referred to as the “Corporation”) shall be the sole importer of sugar for a period of 10 years beginning from the date of commencement of these Regulations:

Provided that any person may import up to 12,5 kg of sugar for his personal consumption.

(2) The Corporation shall make such arrangements as it considers necessary for the importation of sugar.

3. Penalties

Any person, other than the Corporation, who imports sugar shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to the penalties specified in section 5 of the Act.

CONTROL OF GOODS (AUTHORISED OFFICERS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(3rd May, 1974)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Power to appoint authorised officers

4. Powers of authorised officers

5. Offence

S.I. 66, 1974.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Authorised Officers) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Minister as such under regulation 3.

3. Power to appoint authorised officers

For the purpose of securing compliance with regulations made under the Act, the Minister may appoint such persons as may appear to him necessary or expedient for such purpose to be authorised officers.

4. Powers of authorised officers

Authorised officers shall have the power to?

(a) enter into and inspect premises to which regulations made under the Act apply; and

(b) require persons carrying on or employed in connection with any trade, business, undertaking or enterprise to produce books, accounts or other documents relating to that trade, business, undertaking or enterprise.

5. Offence

Anybody who obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence.

CONTROL OF GOODS (MARKING OF GOODS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(1st October, 1974)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Marking of goods

4. Goods sold pre-packed or individually

5. Goods sold in bulk

6. Goods sold on hire-purchase

7. Discounts

8. Goods to be sold at a lower price

9. Prescribed details not to be altered

10. Prescribed details not to be removed

11. Markings to be in ink, etc.

12. Offences

Schedule

S.I. 121, 1974,
S.I. 124, 1974.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Marking of Goods) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“offer for sale” includes invitation to treat;

“premises” includes any display-window, shop-window or show case;

“prescribed details” means the details required by regulation 3 to be displayed in respect of any goods.

3. Marking of goods

(1) No person shall offer for sale by retail on any premises any goods unless such goods have clearly marked thereon or in a position to be clearly visible to prospective purchasers?

(a) the cash price of such goods; and

(b) the quantity of goods to which such price relates,

in the manner prescribed by these Regulations.

(2) In the prescribed details the abbreviations specified in the second column of the Schedule may be used in place of the words respectively specified in the first column of the said Schedule.

4. Goods sold pre-packed or individually

Where goods are offered for sale pre-packed or as individual items, each such pre-packed article or individual item shall be marked with the prescribed details in characters not less than 5 mm in height and, except in the case of the figure “1”, 2 mm wide:

Provided that where goods are of such a nature that, for reasons of?

(i) weight;

(ii) size or bulk;

(iii) hygiene; or

(iv) security,

they cannot be so marked or cannot be handled by a prospective customer, the prescribed details may be displayed in such a way as to be clearly identifiable with such goods and in characters of not less than 10 mm in height and, except in the case of the figure “1”, 4 mm wide.

5. Goods sold in bulk

Where goods are offered for sale from bulk and in accordance with a purchaser’s requirements as to weight, measure or number, the prescribed details shall be displayed in such manner as to be clearly identifiable with such goods and in characters of not less than 10 mm in height and, except in the case of the figure “1”, 4 mm wide.

6. Goods sold on hire-purchase

Where goods are offered for sale on hire-purchase terms or by way of credit-sale or on any other terms as to deferred payment the following details shall be displayed in addition to the prescribed details and in characters of similar size?

(a) the amount of any deposit;

(b) the amount of each instalment;

(d) the total number of instalments; and

(e) the total amount to be paid by way of deposit and instalments.

7. Discounts

Where goods are offered for sale at a discount whether for prompt payment, bulk purchase, for a limited time or for any other reason, details of the amount to be purchased or the date of termination of such limited time, as the case may be, shall be displayed with the prescribed details and in characters of similar size.

8. Goods to be sold at a lower price

Where goods are offered for sale at a price lower than that previously displayed, the prescribed details of such former price shall be cancelled or obliterated and shall not be restored, and the prescribed details of such lower price shall be displayed.

9. Prescribed details not to be altered

Except in the case of a genuine mistake or with the approval of an authorised officer appointed under the Control of Goods (Authorised Officers) Regulations, no person shall alter any of the prescribed details in respect of any goods when such goods have been displayed if the result of such alteration would be either?

(a) to increase the price of such goods; or

(b) to reduce the quantity to which the price relates.

10. Prescribed details not to be removed

Except at the request of a purchaser and only after sale has been concluded, no person shall remove the prescribed details from any goods.

11. Markings to be in ink, etc.

The prescribed details shall be marked in non-toxic ink, paint or other indelible substance and, subject, to the proviso to regulation 4 and, to regulation 5, only be printed?

(a) on the goods themselves;

(b) on a label securely affixed thereto; or

(c) on any container, package or wrapping material in which the goods are contained, packed or wrapped and offered for sale.

12. Offences

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

SCHEDULE

(reg. 3(2))

Word	Abbreviation
Pula	P
Thebe	t.
each	ea.
pair	pr.
dozen	doz.
half-dozen	1/2 doz.

CONTROL OF GOODS (TRADING MARGINS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(1st January, 1975)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Appointment of Price Controller and Inspectors

4. Application

5. Delivery of price lists

6. Delivery of invoice or cash sale slip by manufacturer, etc.

7. Delivery of invoice or cash sale slip by retailer

8. Goods imported for sale

9. Mark-ups

10. Appeal to Minister

Schedule

S.I. 146, 1974,
S.I. 149, 1975,
S.I. 36, 1985,
S.I. 52, 1987.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Trading Margins) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“authorised officer” means an authorised officer appointed under the Control of Goods (Authorised Officers) Regulations, and includes the Price Controller and a Price Control Inspector;

“cost price” of any goods in respect of a trader, means the price paid or to be paid by him for those goods excluding any discounts not exceeding 10 per cent in toto allowable for prompt payment, bulk order or otherwise, and excluding insurance, freight and delivery charges; and where the price is stated in foreign currency the price in pula shall be ascertained by reference to the rate of exchange on the day on which the goods were imported into Botswana;

“distributor” means a wholesaler who sells to wholesalers;

“manufacturer” means a person who manufactures, or by any process produces, an article from raw, unfinished or partly manufactured materials for sale to a distributor, wholesaler, retailer or direct to the public;

“mark-up”, in respect of any goods, means the difference between the actual price at which such goods are sold by a trader, exclusive of any insurance, freight or delivery costs, and the cost price to the trader of such goods plus any insurance, freight, delivery, processing or packaging costs calculated as a percentage of such cost price;

“Price Controller” means the person designated as such under regulation 3;

“Price Control Inspector” means a person designated as such under regulation 3;

“price list” means a price list required to be delivered to the Price Controller under regulation 5;

“retailer” means?

(a) a person who holds or is required to hold a licence under the Trade Act (Cap. 43:02), other than an agent, an auctioneer, a driller, an external representative, an insurance agent, a produce buyer or a wholesaler licence;

(b) a person who holds or is required to hold a bottle store liquor licence under the provisions of the Liquor Act (Cap. 43:11);

(c) a person who, being the holder of, or being required to hold, an hotel liquor licence under the provisions of the Liquor Act, sells liquor in an off-sales department as defined in that Act;

“sale” includes offer for sale and invitation to treat;

“sales agent” means a person who holds or is required to hold an agent’s licence or an external representative’s licence issued under the Trade Act or the Liquor Act;

“trader” includes wholesaler, distributor, sales agent and retailer;

“wholesaler” means a person who holds or is required to hold a wholesaler’s licence issued under the Trade Act or the Liquor Act.

3. Appointment of Price Controller and Inspectors

(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate a public officer to be Price Controller, and such other persons as he deems fit to be Price Control Inspectors.

(2) The Price Controller and all Price Control Inspectors shall be deemed to be authorised officers for the purposes of the Control of Goods (Authorised Officers) Regulations.

4. Application

(1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), these Regulations shall apply to the sale of all goods other than those in respect of which separate price restrictions have been imposed under the Act.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply to the sale of any goods for delivery outside Botswana.

5. Delivery of price lists

(1) No manufacturer, distributor, sales agent or wholesaler shall sell any goods unless he has delivered to the Price Controller two copies of his price list in respect of those goods.

(2) If the Price Controller is not satisfied with a price list he may?

(a) call for such further information as he may think necessary; or

(b) declare that such goods shall not be sold in Botswana.

(3) A price list shall include the following information?

(a) the price actually paid or to be paid by him for such goods;

(b) the cost of transport or delivery, if additional to the price paid;

(d) the price at which such goods are to be sold;

(e) details of any discounts allowable to a purchaser whether for prompt payment, bulk orders or otherwise;

(f) details of any transport or delivery charges if payable by a purchaser.

(4) Any manufacturer, distributor, sales agent or wholesaler who?

(a) gives any false information in a price list;

(b) sells any goods at a price exceeding the sale price quoted in a price list; or

shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) The Minister may exempt any class of manufacturers, distributors, sales agents or wholesalers in respect of any specific goods or class of goods from the provisions of subregulation (1).

6. Delivery of invoice or cash sale slip by manufacturer, etc.

(1) No manufacturer, distributor, sales agent or wholesaler shall sell any goods unless at the time of sale he delivers to the purchaser, in the case of a credit sale, an invoice, or, in the case of a cash sale, a cash sale slip which shall, in either case, include the following information?

(a) a description of the goods sold;

(b) the date of sale;

(d) the unit price of the goods sold;

(e) the quantity of goods sold; and

(f) the total price of the goods sold.

(2) A copy of every invoice or cash-sale slip issued under subregulation (1) shall be retained by the person issuing it for two months from the date of issue and shall be kept available for inspection by an authorised officer.

(3) The original of every invoice or cash-sale slip issued under subregulation (1) shall be retained by the purchaser to whom it is issued for a period of two months from the date of issue and shall be kept available for inspection by an authorised officer.

(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

7. Delivery of invoice or cash sale slip by retailer

(1) No retailer shall sell any goods unless, at the time of sale, if so required by a purchaser, he delivers to the purchaser, in the case of a credit sale, an invoice giving the following information, namely?

(a) the name of the purchaser;

(b) a description of the goods sold;

(d) the unit price of the goods sold;

(e) the quantity of goods sold; and

(f) the total price of the goods sold,

or, in the case of a cash sale, a dated cash sale slip:

Provided that, in the case of a cash sale, no cash sale slip need be issued in respect of goods sold with the unit-price thereof marked upon the goods themselves or upon any package in which the goods are wrapped or packed separate from other goods.

(2) A copy of every invoice or cash sale slip issued under subregulation (1) shall be retained by the person issuing it for a period of two months from the date of issue and shall be kept available for inspection by an authorised officer.

(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

8. Goods imported for sale

(1) No retailer importing goods for sale shall sell any such goods unless he has delivered to the Price Controller a statement of the actual cost to him of such goods, setting out as separate items, transport, insurance and other charges included in such cost.

(2) If the Price Controller is not satisfied with a statement delivered to him pursuant to subregulation (1) he may?

(a) call for such further information as he may think necessary; or

(b) declare that such goods shall not be sold in Botswana.

(3) Any retailer who?

(a) gives false information in a statement delivered pursuant to subregulation (1);

(b) fails to give any information called for by the Price Controller under subregulation (2)(a);

(c) sells any goods without having first delivered to the Price Controller the statement required under subregulation (1); or

(d) sells goods in contravention of subregulation (2)(b),

shall be guilty of an offence.

9. Mark-ups

(1) No distributor, sales agent or wholesaler shall sell any goods specified in the first column of the Schedule with a mark-up greater than that respectively specified in relation thereto in the second column of the said Schedule.

(2) No retailer shall sell any goods specified in the first column of the Schedule with a mark-up greater than that respectively specified in relation thereto in the third column of the said Schedule.

(3) Where the Price Controller is satisfied that a manufacturer, distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer has a common interest with another distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer, he may, by notice served on the persons concerned, limit the total aggregate mark-up on goods passing between those persons.

(4) For the purposes of subregulation (3), a common interest shall be deemed to exist when?

(a) a manufacturer, distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer owns or controls in any distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer, 20 per cent or more of any class of voting shares or other voting participation, either directly or indirectly, or such shares are held with power to vote, or has the power to elect a majority of directors in such other distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer;

(b) one person owns or controls in any manufacturer, distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer 20 per cent or more of any class of voting shares or other voting participation, either directly or indirectly, or holds such shares with power to vote, or has the power to elect a majority of directors, and he or a member of his immediate family owns or controls a similar holding or has similar power in or over any other manufacturer, distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer.

(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4), immediate family includes parent, spouse, child, brother or sister.

(6) Any distributor, sales agent, wholesaler or retailer who sells any goods with a mark-up greater than that permitted by or under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

10. Appeal to Minister

Any person dissatisfied with any declaration by the Price Controller under regulation 5(2) or 8(2)(b), or any notice served by the Price Controller under regulation 9(3), may appeal to the Minister.

SCHEDULE

Classification of Goods	Distributor Wholesaler Sales Agent	Retailer


1. (a) Maize, wheat, rice, sorghum, uncooked and intended for human or animal consumption, whether whole or broken or in the form of meal or flour; tea in any form; candles; bottled gas; milk or milk powder (other than condensed or evaporated milk in tins); matches; sugar in any form.	71/2%	10%
(b) Agricultural implements and tools whether mechanically driven or not, other hand tools and power tools and appliances for industrial, agricultural or veterinary use; industrial fasteners of all kinds; wire of all kinds and for any purpose; chemicals and equipment and parts thereof for the treatment of water; building and construction materials of any kind and whether for domestic, industrial or other purposes.	10%	25%
(c) Books of a kind used for teaching and instruction in schools and other institutions of learning and training; exercise books, pencils and pens of all kinds.	10%	20%
2. (a) All foodstuffs and beverages (whether alcoholic or not) of whatever kind and whatever form and whether intended for human or animal consumption not otherwise mentioned.	10%	25%
(b) Soaps, detergents, fertilizers, insecticides, vermicides, fungicides, disinfectants, medicines and remedies, other than those specified in paragraph 3(b), and other goods and materials, in whatever form or however packed, for the maintenance or improvement of cleanliness, health, or sanitary conditions or for improvement or protection in agriculture or horticulture or for veterinary use.	10%	25%
(c) Domestic fuels; materials, goods and accessories for domestic heating or lighting; ammunition, guns, other hunting or fishing requisites or parts or accessories thereof.	10%	221/2%
(d) Clothing of any kind including footwear, underwear, outerwear, and having a unit value not exceeding P15; manufactures of textile materials for personal or domestic use; textile fabrics for clothing or furnishing; clothing accessories; cottons and knitting wools; and other items for the making or repair of clothing; bedding; bed linen.	10%	45%
(e) Hardware of kinds not otherwise mentioned; and including household crockery and cutlery, kitchen utensils and implements; glassware of all kinds.	10%	35%
(f) Books and stationery including periodicals, and other items normally sold through stationery or bookshops and not otherwise mentioned.	10%	45%
3. (a) Clothing of any kind having a unit value in excess of P15.	10%	45%
(b) Drugs and medicines obtainable only from a chemist registered in accordance with the Botswana Health Professions Act (Cap. 61:02).	10%	50%
(c) Cosmetics, toiletries and other products normally sold through chemist shops and not otherwise specifically mentioned.	10%	33 1/3%
4. (a) New household furniture and other goods normally sold through furniture shops and not specifically mentioned elsewhere.	10%	50%
(b) Second-hand furniture and other goods normally sold through furniture shops and not specifically mentioned elsewhere.	5%	35%
(c) All other goods not specifically mentioned in this Schedule.	10%	331/3%

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORTATION OF EGGS AND POULTRY MEAT) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(7th December, 1979)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restriction on importation of eggs and poultry meat

4. Application for import permit

5. Import permit to be presented at place of entry

6. Validity of import permit

7. Return of import permit to Government poultry office

8. No fees payable in respect of import permit

9. Power to suspend Regulations

S.I. 120, 1979,
S.I. 29, 1984.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Importation of Eggs and Poultry Meat) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations?

“eggs” means the eggs of any domestic fowl;

“the Government poultry office” means the principal office in Gaborone of the department of the Government for the time being concerned with the regulation of the production of eggs and poultry meat;

“import permit” means a permit such as is referred to in regulation 3;

“officer” has the same meaning as in the Customs and Excise Duty Act (Cap. 50:01);

“place of entry” means a place of entry for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Duty Act;

“poultry meat” means the meat, including the blood, bones, fat and flesh, of any domestic fowl, whether fresh or dried, frozen, tinned or otherwise preserved.

3. Restriction on importation of eggs and poultry meat

No person shall import eggs or poultry meat except under and in accordance with a written permit issued under these Regulations by the Minister for the time being responsible for agriculture or by a person authorised by him in that behalf:

Provided that a person may, without a permit issued under these Regulations, import for consumption by himself or his immediate family not more than 36 eggs and 5 kg of poultry meat at any one time.

4. Application for import permit

Any person wishing to obtain an import permit shall lodge an application, in such form as the Minister for the time being responsible for agriculture may require, at the Government poultry office.

5. Import permit to be presented at place of entry

The importer of eggs or poultry meat under an import permit shall present the import permit or cause it to be presented for verification to an officer at the place of entry of the eggs or poultry meat.

6. Validity of import permit

(1) An import permit shall be valid in respect of one consignment alone whether of eggs or poultry meat or of both eggs and poultry meat.

(2) An import permit shall, in any event, cease to be valid at the expiry of 30 days immediately after the date of issue stamped thereon.

7. Return of import permit to Government poultry office

Every holder of an import permit shall surrender the permit at or transmit it by post to the Government poultry office not later than seven days immediately after the day on which the eggs or poultry meat to which the permit relates were imported or on which the permit ceased to be valid by virtue of regulation 6(2), whichever is the earlier.

8. No fees payable in respect of import permit

No fee shall be payable in respect of an application for or the issue of an import permit.

9. Power to suspend Regulations

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, suspend the operation of these Regulations either indefinitely or for such period as he may specify in the order and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the order.

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORTS FROM AND EXPORTS TO IRAQ OR OCCUPIED KUWAIT) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(29th October, 1990)

S.I. 105, 1990.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Imports from and Exports to Iraq or Occupied Kuwait) Regulations.

2. Prohibition of imports and exports

No person shall import any goods from, or export any goods to, Iraq or occupied Kuwait:

Provided that the provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any goods exported to Iraq or occupied Kuwait for humanitarian purposes in accordance with any resolution of the United Nations.

3. Forfeiture

Any goods being imported into Botswana or exported from Botswana in contravention of regulation 2 may be seized and shall be forfeited to the Government.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RETURNABLE CONTAINERS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(4th July, 1997)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Marking of containers

4. Deposits and refunds on containers

5. Offences and penalties

Schedule

S.I. 44, 1997.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Returnable Containers) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“returnable container” means such container, including a crate and a barrel, marked as specified in the Schedule hereto, in which the bottler thereof retains ownership.

3. Marking of containers

The manufacturer of a returnable container shall ensure that it is clearly marked “returnable for deposit”.

4. Deposits and refunds on containers

A person who sells any soft drink, beer or other product in a returnable container shall?

(a) charge as a deposit, in relation to the size of the returnable container in which it is contained, such amount as may be specified in the second column of the Schedule; and

(b) refund that deposit to any person who returns to him an empty, unbroken or undamaged returnable container in the form the buyer wants, whether upon an exchange of goods, credit or cash.

5. Offences and penalties

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and be liable?

(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and

(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding P400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.

SCHEDULE

Size of container	Deposit
340ml beer bottle	25t
500ml beer bottle	25t
750ml beer bottle	25t
350ml soft drink bottle	25t
1l soft drink bottle	60t
Crate	P5
30ml barrel	P30
50ml barrel	P50

CONTROL OF GOODS (LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS CYLINDERS) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(14th July, 2000)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restriction on import and export of cylinders

4. Offence and penalty

S.I. 45, 2000.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “liquefied petroleum gas cylinder” means a vessel approved for storage and carriage of liquefied petroleum gas and is of any of the following capacities:

9; 14; 19 and 48 kilograms.

3. Restriction on import and export of cylinders

No person shall import or export liquefied petroleum gas cylinders bearing the brand or trade name of a company without the written permission of the company.

4. Offence and penalty

A person who contravenes regulation 3 commits an offence and is liable to conviction to a fine not exceeding P500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF PRE-PACKED REFINED SUGAR) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(1st March, 2006)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Restriction on importation of pre-packed refined sugar

S.I. 14, 2006,
S.I. 86, 2008.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Pre-Packed Refined Sugar) Regulations, and shall come into operation on 1st April, 2006.

2. Restriction on importation of pre-packed refined sugar

(1) A person shall not import pre-packed refined sugar unless it is in minimum packages of 50 kg.

(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to?

(a) specialty sugar; and

(b) quantities of not more than 12.5kg of sugar imported for household consumption.

CONTROL OF GOODS (INTOXICATING LIQUOR (LEVY) REGULATIONS

(section 3(2)(d))

(31st October, 2008)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Levy on intoxicating liquor

3. Calculation of value of levy

4. Fund into which levy payable

5. Application of Regulations

Schedule

S.I. 91, 2008,
S.I. 111, 2008,
S.I. 99, 2009,
S.I. 112, 2010,
S.I. 81, 2012,
S.I. 116, 2013,
S.I. 151, 2014,
S.I. 37, 2016,
S.I. 40, 2016,
S.I. 157, 2018,
S.I. 92, 2019.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Intoxicating Liquor (Levy) Regulations.

2. Levy on intoxicating liquor

A person who?

(a) produces intoxicating liquor specified in the Schedule shall pay a levy of 35 per cent of value of such goods when sold for home consumption; and

(b) imports intoxicating liquor specified in the Schedule shall pay a levy at a rate of 35 per cent of the value of such goods.

3. Calculation of value of levy

The value for purposes of assessing the levy on intoxicating liquor?

(a) locally produced, shall be the cost of production of the intoxicating liquor when sold for home consumption in the ordinary course of trade in the usual trade packaging to any buyer not deemed to be related to the seller inclusive of any duty payable on the goods in terms of the Customs Act (Act No. 33 of 2018) and Excise Duty Act (Act No. 34 of 2018) and exclusive of value added tax liable on the goods; and

(b) imported, shall be the value for customs duty purposes in terms of section 326 of the Customs Act, inclusive of any duty payable on the goods in terms of the Customs Act and Excise Duty Act plus transport and insurance costs of the goods and exclusive of value added tax liable on the goods.

4. Fund into which levy payable

The levy under regulation 2 shall be collected by the Botswana Unified Revenue Service and credited to the Levy on Alcoholic Beverages Fund and the manner of utilising the levy shall be as specified in the Order establishing the Levy on Alcoholic Beverages Fund.

5. Application of Regulations

These Regulations shall not apply to?

(a) intoxicating liquor when exported directly by the producer or from a bonded warehouse;

(b) intoxicating liquor when imported as passengers’ baggage in the quantities prescribed under Rebate Item 407:02 of the Customs and Excise Duty Regulations (Cap. 50:01 (Sub. Leg.)) or Schedule No. 2 of the Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 50:03).

(c) undenatured ethyl alcohol strength by volume of 80 per cent volume or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength, used as raw materials for industrial purposes.

SCHEDULE

(reg. 2)

Description of Goods	Tariff Heading and Commodity Code
Traditional African beer powder as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 19	2203.10
Beer made from malt	2203
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must exclude that of Heading No. 20.09	2204
Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances	2205
Other fermented beverages (for example cider, perry, mead); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included	2206
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 per cent vol; spirit liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparation of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages	2208

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (MARKING AND LABELLING OF HALAAL AND NON-HALAAL MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(13th February, 2009)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Marking and labelling of halaal and non-halaal meat

4. Selling halaal or non-halaal under false pretences

S.I. 9, 2009,
S.I. 99, 2013.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Marking and Labelling of Halaal and Non-halaal Meat and Meat Products) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“halaal” means meat or a meat product prepared under and maintained in strict compliance with the laws and customs of the Islamic religion;

“meat” includes beef, mutton, poultry, goat, pork, fish or lamb;

“meat product” means any article of food intended for sale for human consumption and derived or prepared in whole or in part from the carcass or the organs or viscera of cattle, sheep, poultry, goat, pig, fish or lamb;

“non-halaal” means any meat or meat product not prepared under or maintained in strict compliance with the laws and customs of the Islamic religion; and

“supermarket/chain store” means a self service store of at least 1000 square metres, that sells a wide range of food items, household goods and wines but not beers and spirits.

3. Marking and labelling of halaal and non-halaal meat

(1) Where halaal and non-halaal meat or meat product is offered for sale in any supermarket or chain store, the seller shall?

(a) mark or label the meat or meat product with the words “halaal” or “non-halaal” in such a way that it is clearly identifiable and in characters of not less than 10mm in height;

(b) display over the halaal meat or meat products signs that read, in clearly visible block letters, “halaal meat and meat products”;

(c) display over the non-halaal meat or meat products signs that read, in clearly visible block letters, “non-halaal meat and meat products”; and

(d) separate the halaal meat or meat products from the non-halaal meat or meat products to avoid any contamination.

(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable?

(a) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding P1 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and

(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding P2 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.

4. Selling halaal or non-halaal under false pretences

Any person who offers for sale in a supermarket or chain store?

(a) halaal meat or meat product as non-halaal; or

(b) non-halaal meat or meat product as halaal, commits an offence and is liable?

(i) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding P1 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and

(ii) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding P2 000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.

CONTROL OF GOODS (NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION)(LEVY)) REGULATIONS

(section 3(2)(d))

(26th March, 2010)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Levy on electricity consumption

4. Calculation of value of levy

5. Fund into which levy is payable

6. Application of Regulations

S.I. 26, 2010,
S.I. 2, 2022.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (National Electrification (Levy)) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“Department” means the Department of Energy within the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources; and

“National Electrification Fund” means the Fund established under the National Electrification Fund Order (Cap. 54:01 (Sub. Leg.)).

3. Levy on electricity consumption

(1) Botswana Power Corporation shall pay a levy at a rate of 10 thebe per kilo-watt-hour of electricity sold.

(2) The levy payable by the Botswana Power Corporation in subregulation (1) shall be charged to the end users of electricity.

4. Calculation of value of levy

The value for the purpose of assessing the levy on electricity consumption shall be the kilo-watt-hours sold multiplied by the value of the levy.

5. Fund into which levy is payable

(1) The levy under regulation 3 shall be collected by the Botswana Power Corporation and transferred to the Department and the levy so transferred shall be paid over by the Department to the National Electrification Fund.

(2) The manner of utilising the levy shall be as in the Order (Cap. 54:01 (Sub. Leg.)) establishing the National Electrification Fund.

6. Application of Regulations

These Regulations shall not apply to?

(a) electricity sold for purposes of bulk supply in accordance with the Electricity Supply Act (Cap. 73:01);

(b) electricity exported in accordance with the Electricity Supply Act (Cap. 73:01); and

(c) electricity that is not supplied through electricity facilities owned by the Government of Botswana or by the Botswana Power Corporation.

CONTROL OF GOODS (TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS (LEVY)) REGULATIONS

(section 3(2)(d))

(14th February, 2014)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Levy on tobacco and tobacco products

4. Calculation of value of levy

5. Fund into which levy is payable

S.I.15, 2014,
S.I. 111, 2017.>

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as Control of Goods (Tobacco and Tobacco Products (Levy)) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “levy” means a charge imposed on tobacco and tobacco products under regulation 3.

3. Levy on tobacco and tobacco products

Any person who?

(a) manufactures tobacco or tobacco products shall pay a levy at the rate of 30 per cent on the cost of production of such products when sold for home consumption; and

(b) imports tobacco or tobacco products, shall pay a levy at a rate of 30 per cent on the value.

4. Calculation of value of levy

The value for the purpose of assessing the levy on tobacco and tobacco products?

(a) manufactured in Botswana, shall be the cost of production of the tobacco and tobacco products when sold for home consumption in the ordinary course of trade in the usual trade packaging to any buyers not considered to be related to the seller, inclusive of any duty payable in terms of the Customs and Excise Duty Act (Cap. 50:01) and the> >Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 50:03) liable on goods; and

(b) imported, shall be the value for customs duty purposes in terms of section 75 of the Customs and Excise Duty Act plus the customs duty paid or payable on the goods transport and insurance costs, exclusive of > >Value Added Tax Act liable on the goods.

5. Fund into which levy is payable

(1) The levy under regulation 3 shall be collected by the Botswana Unified Revenue Service established under section 3 of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act (Cap. 53:03>) and paid into the Levy on Tobacco and Tobacco Products Fund.>

(2) The manner of utilising the levy shall be as specified in the Order establishing the Levy on Tobacco and Tobacco Products Fund.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON SALT) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(13th February, 2015)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Restriction on importation of salt

S.I. 10, 2015.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Salt) Regulations.

2. Restriction on importation of salt

(1) A person shall not import salt unless it is in minimum package of 100 kg.

(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to?

(a) quantities of not more than 1kg of table or coarse salt imported for household consumption; and

(b) speciality salt.

(3) For purposes of these Regulations, “salt” means pre-packed salt whether table salt or denatured salt and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution (sea water).

CONTROL OF GOODS (RESTRICTION ON EXPORTATION OF FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METAL SCRAP AND WASTE) REGULATIONS

(under section 3(1)(a))

(31st December, 2014)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Registration of scrap metal dealers

4. Export permit for export of scrap metal and waste

5. Application for export permit

6. Consultation with domestic scrap metal processing industry

7. Scrap metal destined for export not to be packed

8. Issue of permit

9. Appeal

9A. Regulations

SCHEDULE

S.I. 153, 2014,
S.I. 27, 2020.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Restriction on Exportation of Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metal Scrap and Waste) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“authorised officer” means an officer in the Ministry of Trade and Industry who is charged with the responsibility of issuing export permits under these Regulations;

“BURS” means the Botswana Unified Revenue Service established under section 3 of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act (Cap. 53:03); and

“Director” means the Director for the Department of Industrial Affairs.

3. Registration of scrap metal dealers

(1) A person shall not export scrap metal and waste unless the person is registered with the Ministry.

(2) An application for registration under subregulation (1) shall be made to the Director in such form as may be determined by the Minister and shall be accompanied by?

(a) a licence to collect scrap metals issued under section 16 of the Waste Management Act (Cap. 65:06); and

(b) a BURS Tax Clearance Certificate.

4. Export permit for export of scrap metal and waste

(1) A person shall not export any ferrous or non-ferrous scrap metal and waste set out in the Schedule except under an export permit issued in terms of these Regulations.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), domestic foundries, recyclers, mills and smelters of scrap metal may purchase the quantity of scrap metal at a price predetermined by a formula agreed to between the scrap dealer and domestic scrap metal processing industry.

(3) The predetermined price in subregulation (2) shall be?

(a) Southern African Customs Union price range plus 2 per cent for ferrous metals; and

(b) Southern African Customs Union price less 5 per cent for non-ferrous metals.

5. Application for export permit

(1) A person registered under regulation 3 may apply for an export permit in writing to an authorised officer.

(2) An application under subregulation (1) shall contain such information and be accompanied by such documents as may be required by an authorised officer.

6. Consultation with domestic scrap metal processing industry

(1) An authorised officer shall, in considering an application for an export permit, ensure that local foundries, mills and smelters of scrap metal are given preference to purchase ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal and waste from the applicant.

(2) …

(3) Where domestic foundries, recyclers, mills and smelters of scrap metal purchase part of the consignment of the scrap metals, an application for export permit shall be considered based on the remaining scrap metal.

7. Scrap metal destined for export not to be packed

A person desirous of exporting scrap metal shall not pack such scrap metal into containers prior to receipt of an export permit for ease of verification, inspection or quality assessment by an authorised officer.

8. Issue of permit

(1) Where an authorised officer is satisfied that an applicant for an export permit has complied with all conditions as may be required under regulation 5 for the issue of an export permit, the authorised officer may issue the applicant with an export permit.

(2) An export permit issued under these Regulations shall only apply to a consignment specified in the export permit.

9. Appeal

Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the authorised officer to issue him with an export permit under these Regulations may appeal, in writing, to the Minister within 30 days of notification of authorised officer’s decision.

9A. Penalties

Any person who exports ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap and waste in contravention of regulation 4 commits an offence and is liable to the penalty prescribed in section 5 of the Act.

SCHEDULE

(regulation 4)

*DESCRIPTION OF GOODS*	*TARIFF HEADING*
Ferrous waste and scrap; re-melting scrap ingots of iron or steel	7204
Waste and scrap of stainless steel	7204.21
Waste and scrap of alloy steel (excl. stainless)	7204.29
Turnings, shavings. chips, milling waste, sawdust, fillings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles of iron or steel	7204.41
Other turnings, shavings. chips, milling waste, sawdust, fillings, trimmings, and stampings, whether or not in bundles of iron or steel	7204.49
Copper and brass waste and scrap	7404
Nickel waste and scrap	7503
Aluminium waste and scrap	7602
Zinc waste and scrap	7902
Tin waste and scrap	8002
Tungsten (Wolfram) and articles thereof including waste and scrap	8101
Molybdenum and articles thereof including waste and scrap	8102
Tantalum and articles thereof including waste and scrap	8103
Magnesium waste and scrap	8104

CONTROL OF GOODS PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF CLOTH FACE MASKS) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(15th May, 2020)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Restriction of importation of cloth face masks

S.I. 75, 2020.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Cloth Face Masks) Regulations.

2. Restriction of importation of cloth face mask

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a person shall not import a cloth face mask without a permit.

(2) A small, medium and micro citizen enterprise shall use an import permit to import cloth masks, which permit shall be for single use only.

(3) A person who contravenes these Regulations commits an offence and is liable to a fine of P5000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON THE IMPORTATION OF BAKED GOODS) REGULATIONS

(under section 3)

(14th August, 2020)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restrictions on importation of baked goods

4. Application for import permit

5. Issue of import permit

6. Period of validity of permit

7. Refusal to grant permit

8. Appeal against refusal to grant permit

9. Penalties

10. Revocation of S.I No. 52 of 2003

11. Transitional and savings provisions

SCHEDULES

S.I. 102, 2020

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on the Importation of Baked Goods) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“baked goods” means all types of bread, pies, pastries, rolls, cookies, muffins, scones, cakes, cupcakes and other such baked products usually prepared from flour or meal derived from some form of grain; and

“Director” means the Director of the Department of International Trade.

3. Restrictions on importation of baked goods

(1) No person shall import baked goods except with a permit issued under these Regulations.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), an import permit shall not be required for the importation, by any person, of an amount not exceeding 2 kg of baked goods per week.

4. Application for import permit

(1) A person may apply for an import permit in respect of baked goods, on the grounds that there is a shortage of baked goods in Botswana.

(2) An application for a permit to import baked goods shall be made to the Director, in Form A set out in the First Schedule, and shall be supported by a valid trading licence and accompanied by an application fee of P100.

5. Issue of import permit

Where the Director is satisfied that there is a shortage of baked goods in Botswana, the Director shall, within 21 days of receiving an application, issue to the applicant, an import permit in Form B set out in the Second Schedule to the applicant, subject to such conditions as the Director may consider necessary.

6. Period of validity of permit

An import permit shall be valid for such period as may be specified in the permit, which period shall not exceed six months.

7. Refusal to grant permit

Where an application for a permit is refused, the Director shall notify the applicant, in writing, stating the reasons for refusing the application.

8. Appeal against refusal to issue permit

A person aggrieved by the refusal to issue an import permit under regulation 7 may appeal to the Minister within 30 days of receiving the Director s decision.

9. Penalties

Any person who?

(a) contravenes any provision of these Regulations or a condition contained in a permit issued to him or her; or

(b) provides information that is false or misleading in a material particular in his or her application,

shall be liable?

(i) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both, and

(ii) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding P400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.

10. Revocation of S.I. No. 52 of 2003

The Control of Goods, Price and Other Charges (Restriction on the Importation of Bread Loaves and Pie Pastries) Regulations are hereby revoked.

11. Transitional and savings provisions

Notwithstanding the revocation effected under regulation 10, any permit issued or applications commenced under the revoked Regulations, shall continue to be valid as though granted in terms of these Regulations.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

FORM A
APPLICATION FOR AN IMPORT PERMIT

(Regulation 4(2))

1. Full names of applicant

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Physical address of applicant

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Postal address of applicant

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Licence number

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. Permit is requested for importing the following?

Specification of goods	Quantity of goods>

6. Purpose for which goods are required

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Destination of goods

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. Port of entry of goods

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

I certify that the information furnished in this application is correct in every respect and I undertake to comply with the conditions set out in the permit once issued to me.

Date ………………………………….. Applicant?s signature ………………………………

SCHEDULE 2

FORM B
PERMIT

(Regulation 5)

Permit number ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Permission is hereby granted to ………………………………………………………………… of (applicant?s address) ………………………………………………………………………………………………. to import ?

Specification of goods	Quantity of goods






1. Port of entry of goods …………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Destination of goods …………………………………………………………………………………………….
Upon expiry or full utilisation of the permit the holder must return this permit to the Director of the Department of International Trade.
Date ………………………………………………. ………………………………………… For DIRECTOR
The permit is valid for the period commencing …………………………. to ………………………………..

FOR OFFICIAL USE BY CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICIALS
Specification	Quality	Date	Signature of Customs official

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGES) (LEVY) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(1st April, 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Application

4. Levy on sugar sweetened beverages

5. Calculation of value of levy

6. Fund into which levy is payable

S.I. 34, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Sugar Sweetened Beverages) (Levy) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise provides?

“accountable person” means an importer, manufacturer or producer of sugar sweetened beverages;

“sugar sweetened beverages” means?

(a) waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, or flavoured;

(b) non-alcoholic beverages; and

set out in the Customs Tariff Schedule under the Customs Act.

3. Application

These Regulations shall apply to?

(a) sugar sweetened beverages produced in Botswana; and

(b) sugar sweetened beverages imported into Botswana under the Customs Act.

4. Levy on sugar sweetened beverages

An accountable person who?

(a) imports sugar sweetened beverages that exceeds 4 grams of sugar content per 100ml shall pay a levy at the rate of?

(i) P0.02 per gram of sugar content,

(ii) P0.02 per gram of sugar content deemed as 25 gram sugar content per 100ml, for beverages imported into Botswana which are not labelled; or

(b) produces sugar sweetened beverages that exceeds 4 grams of sugar content per 100ml shall pay a levy at the rate of?

(i) P0.02 per gram of sugar content, or

(ii) P0.02 per gram of sugar content deemed as 25 gram sugar content per 100ml, for beverages produced in Botswana that are not labelled.

5. Calculation of value of levy

The calculation of the value of the levy for the purposes of assessing the levy on sugar content of sugar sweetened beverages under regulation 4, shall be?

(a) the total sugar content of the sugar sweetened beverages produced in Botswana; or

(b) the total sugar content of the sugar sweetened beverages imported in terms of the Customs Act.

6. Fund into which levy is payable

The levy under regulation 4 shall be collected by the Botswana Unified Revenue Service, and paid into the Consolidated Fund.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF BOTTLED WATER) REGULATIONS

(section 3(1))

(30th April 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restrictions on importation of bottled water

4. Application for import permit

5. Issuance of import permit

6. Validity of import permit

7. Offences and penalties

8. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 2018

SCHEDULE

S.I. 40, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Bottled Water) Regulations, 2021.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“Director” means an officer in the Department of International Trade who is charged with the responsibility of issuing import permits under these Regulations.

3. Restrictions on importation of bottled water

No person shall import bottled water unless the water is in bottle of more than 10 litres measurement.

4. Application for import permit

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, any person who wishes to import bottled water in bottles of 10 litres or less shall make an application to the Director in Form A set out in the Schedule:

Provided that an import permit shall not be required for the importation by any person, of an amount not exceeding two litres of water.

5. Issuance of import permit

Where the Director is satisfied that the application for a permit under these Regulations has satisfied the necessary conditions, the Director may issue an import permit in Form B set out in the Schedule.

6. Validity of import permit

The permit issued under regulation 5 shall be valid for the single transaction or importation that the permit relates to.

7. Offences and penalties

Any person who imports bottled water in contravention of regulation 3 or 4 commits an offence and is liable to a penalty specified under section 5 of the Act.

8. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 2018

The Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restrictions on Importation of Bottled Natural and Mineral Water) Regulations, 2018 are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

FORM A
APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO IMPORT BOTTLED WATER

(reg 4)

1. Applicant?s Details

Company Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Contact Person ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Identity/Passport No. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Postal Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Physical Address ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Telephone Number (Cellphone) ………………………………………… Office ……………………………….

Email Address …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Description of quantities to be imported (i.e. 500ml, 750ml, 1 litre, 5 litres etc.). Please specify the number of units and litres to be imported.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Quantity procured from local manufacturers (attach invoices as proof of local procurement).

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Declaration: I declare that the foregoing particulars are correct.

Signature ………………………….

Date ………………………………..

FORM B
IMPORTATION PERMIT FOR BOTTLED WATER

(reg 5)

Permit Number …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Permission is hereby granted to …………………………………………………………………………………….
of (applicant?s address) ………………………………………………………………………………….. to import
Description of Bottle (i.e. 500ml, 750ml, 1 litre etc.)	Total Number of Units Imported	Total Litres







	Total Litres

1. Country of Origin ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Port of entry of goods (Border Post) …………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………… Date	……………………………………………. for the Director
This permit is valid for the period commencing …………………….. to …………………….

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS AND FLAT BAGS) (LEVY) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(3rd June, 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Application

4. Levy on plastic carrier bags and flat bags

5. Calculation of value of levy

6. Fund into which levy is payable

S.I. 51, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags) (Levy) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“accountable person” means a person liable to pay a plastic carrier bag or a flat bag levy under regulation 4;

“levy” means a charge imposed on a plastic carrier bag or a flat bag under regulation 4;

“flat bag” means a flat bag under tariff heading 3923.21.07, 3923.29.40 and 3923.29.50 of the Customs Tariff Schedule under the Customs Act (Act No. 33 of 2018) and under the Standards (Import Inspection) Regulations (Cap. 43:07 (Sub. Leg.)); and

“plastic carrier bag” means a plastic carrier bag under tariff heading 3923.21.17, 3923.29.40 and 3923.29.50 of the Customs Tariff Schedule under the Customs Act and under the Standards (Import Inspection) Regulations.

3. Application

These Regulations shall apply to?

(a) plastic carrier bags or flat bags imported into Botswana; and

(b) plastic carrier bags or flat bags produced in Botswana.

4. Levy on plastic carrier bags and flat bags

An accountable person who?

(a) imports plastic carrier bags or flat bags shall pay a levy at the rate of P0.15 per plastic carrier bag or flat bag; or

(b) produces plastic carrier bags or flat bags shall pay a levy at the rate of P0.15 per plastic carrier bag or flat bag when sold for home consumption.

5. Calculation of value of levy

The value for the purposes of assessing the levy on a plastic carrier bag or flat bag under regulation 4, shall be?

(a) the number of plastic carrier bags or flat bags imported into Botswana; or

(b) the number of plastic carrier bags or flat bags produced in Botswana.

6. Fund into which levy is payable

The levy paid in terms of regulation 4 shall be collected by the Botswana Unified Revenue Service and paid into the National Environmental Fund.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON THE IMPORTATION OF MAIZE EXTRUDED SNACKS) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(11th June, 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restriction on importation of maize extruded snacks

4. Application for import permit

5. Issue of import permit

6. Validity

7. Refusal to issue import permit

8. Appeal against refusal to issue import permit

9. Penalties

SCHEDULE

S.I. 55, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on the Importation of Maize Extruded Snacks) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“authorised officer” means any person authorised by the Director to exercise his or her powers;

“Director” means the Director of the Department of International Trade; and

“maize extruded snacks” means a product that is manufactured using an extrusion based process to develop the final product, usually prepared from corn or maize, this includes amongst others?

(i) puffed maize chips, or

(ii) puffed popcorn.

3. Restriction on importation of maize extruded snacks

A person shall not import maize extruded snacks except with a permit issued under these Regulations.

4. Application for import permit

An application for a permit to import maize extruded snacks shall be made to the Director, in Form A set out in the Schedule, and shall be supported by a valid trading licence and accompanied by an application fee of P100.

5. Issue of import permit

Where the Director or an authorised officer, upon receiving an application, is satisfied that the applicant has bought at least 40 per cent local maize extruded snacks and wishes to import the remaining percentage, the Director or the authorised officer may issue such applicant with a permit in Form B set out in the Schedule.

6. Validity

An import permit shall be valid for single use only.

7. Refusal to issue import permit

Where an application for an import permit is refused, the Director shall notify the applicant, in writing, stating the reasons for refusing to issue the import permit.

8. Appeal against refusal to issue import permit

A person aggrieved by the refusal to issue an import permit under regulation 7 may appeal to the Minister within 30 days of receiving the Director?s decision.

9. Penalties

A person who?

(a) contravenes any provision of these Regulations; or

(b) provides information that is false or misleading in a material particular in his or her application,

commits an offence and shall be liable to the penalties specified in section 5 of the Act.

SCHEDULE

FORM A
APPLICATION FOR AN IMPORT PERMIT

(reg 4)

1. Full names of applicant ……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Physical address of applicant ………………………………………………………………………………
3. Postal address of applicant …………………………………………………………………………………
4. Licence number ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Proof of purchase of local maize extruded snacks-
Specification of goods	Quantity of goods	Percentage sourced





6. Permit is requested for importing the following-
Specification of goods	Quantity of goods



7. Purpose for which goods are required …………………………………………………………………..
8. Destination of goods ………………………………………………………………………………………….
I certify that the information furnished in this application is correct in every respect and I undertake to comply with the conditions set out in the permit once issued to me.
Date …………………..	Applicant’s signature …………………………..

FORM B
PERMIT

(reg 5)

Permit number ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission is hereby granted to ………………………………………………………………………………. of (applicant?s address) ………………………………………………………………………………, to import-
Specification of goods	Quantity of goods (Tons)

1. Port of entry of goods …………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Destination of goods ………………………………………………………………………………………….
Upon expiry or full utilisation of the permit, the holder must return this permit to the Director of the Department of International Trade.
Date …………………….	…………………………… For Director

This permit is valid for the period commencing from ………………….. to ………………………

FOR OFFICIAL USE BY CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICIALS
Specification of goods	Quantity	Date	Customs official signature

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON THE IMPORTATION OF SCHOOL UNIFORM) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(24th September, 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Restriction on importation of school uniform

4. Application for import permit

5. Issue of import permit

6. Period of validity of permit

7. Refusal to grant permit

8. Appeal against refusal to issue permit

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

S.I. 76, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on the Importation of School Uniform) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires?

“school uniform” means school tunic, dress, pinafore, shirt, skirt, pants, slacks, blouse, t-shirt, tie, scarf, hat, jersey, tracksuit for a public or private pre-school, primary, and secondary school; and

“Director” means the Director of the Department of International Trade.

3. Restriction on importation of school uniform

No person shall import school uniform except with a permit issued under these Regulations.

4. Application for import permit

An application for a permit to import school uniform shall be made to the Director, in Form A set out in the First Schedule and accompanied by a valid trading licence and an application fee of P100.

5. Issue of import permit

Where the Director approves an application for a permit to import school uniform, the Director shall, within 21 days of receiving the application, issue to the applicant, an import permit in Form B set out in the Second Schedule, subject to such conditions as the Director may consider necessary.

6. Period of validity of permit

An import permit shall be valid for such period as may be specified in the permit.

7. Refusal to grant permit

Where an application for a permit is refused, the Director shall notify the applicant, in writing, stating the reasons for refusing the application.

8. Appeal against refusal to issue permit

A person aggrieved by the refusal to issue an import permit under regulation 7 may appeal to the Minister within 30 days of receiving the Director’s decision.

SCHEDULE 1

FORM A
APPLICATION FOR AN IMPORT PERMIT

(reg 4)

1. Full names of applicant …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. Physical address of applicant …………………………………………………………………………….
3. Postal address of applicant ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. Licence number ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. Permit is requested for importing the following-
Specification of goods	Quantity of goods






6. Purpose for which goods are required ……………………………………………………………………
7. Destination of the goods …………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Port of entry of the goods …………………………………………………………………………………..
I certify that the information furnished in this application is correct in every respect and I undertake to comply with the conditions set out in the permit once issued to me.
Date ………………….	Applicant’s signature …………………………….

SCHEDULE 2

FORM B
PERMIT

(reg 5)

Permit number …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission is hereby granted to ………………………………………………………………………………… of (applicant’s address) ………………………………………………………………………………………………. to import-
Specification of goods	Quantity of goods







1. Port of entry of goods …………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Destination of goods ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Upon expiry or full utilisation of the permit the holder shall return this permit to the Director of the Department of International Trade.
Date ………………….	…………………………………… For Director

The permit is valid for the period commencing ………………………….. to …………………………..

FOR OFFICIAL USE BY CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFFICIALS
Specification of goods	Quantity	Date	Signature of Customs official

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF WHEAT FLOUR) REGULATIONS

(section 3)

(5th November, 2021)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Person authorised to issue permits

3. Restriction on importation of wheat flour

4. Application for import permit

5. Issue of import permits

6. Appeal against refusal to issue import permit

7. Penalties

8. Revocation of S.I. No. 40 of 1985

S.I. 92, 2021.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Wheat Flour) Regulations.

2. Person authorised to issue permits

For the purposes of these Regulations, “authorised officer” means the officer in the Ministry responsible for trade who is charged with the responsibility of issuing permits for the importation of wheat flour into Botswana.

3. Restriction on importation of wheat flour

(1) No person shall import wheat flour except under and in accordance with a written permit issued under these Regulations.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), an import permit shall not be required from any person who imports wheat flour of an amount not exceeding 12.5 kg, for his personal consumption.

4. Application for import permit

An application for a permit to import wheat flour shall be made to the authorised officer, and such application shall contain such information, and shall be accompanied by such documents, as may be specified by the authorised officer.

5. Issue of import permits

Where the authorised officer is satisfied that an applicant for a permit under regulation 4 is a fit and proper person and that such person has complied with all the conditions specified for the issue of a permit he may authorise such person to import wheat flour on such conditions as may be specified in the permit.

6. Appeal against refusal to issue import permit

Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the authorised officer to issue him with an import permit under these Regulations may appeal to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry whose decision thereon shall be final.

7. Penalties

Any person who imports any wheat flour into Botswana without an import permit or contravenes any provision contained in the permit issued to him shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to penalties prescribed in section 5 of the Act.

8. Revocation of S.I. No. 40 of 1985

The Control of Goods (Restriction on Importation of Wheat Flour) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 are hereby revoked.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (PETROLEUM PRODUCTS LEVY) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS

(section 3(1))

(11th March, 2024)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 66 of 1979

S.I. 30, 2024.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Petroleum Products Levy) (Revocation) Regulations.

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 66 of 1979

The Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Petroleum Products Levy) Regulations are hereby revoked.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (PETROLEUM PRICES) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS

(section 3(1))

(11th March, 2024)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 2000

S.I. 31, 2024.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Petroleum Prices) (Revocation) Regulations.

2. Revocation of S. I. No. 44 of 2000

The Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Petroleum Prices) Regulations are hereby revoked.

CONTROL OF GOODS (AVIATION FUEL PRICES) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS

(section 3(1))

(4th June, 2024)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 94 of 2013

S.I. 63, 2024.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Aviation Fuel Prices) (Revocation) Regulations.

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 94 of 2013

The Control of Goods (Aviation Fuel Prices) Regulations are hereby revoked.

CONTROL OF GOODS, PRICES AND OTHER CHARGES (RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF PRE-PACKED CEMENT) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS

(section 3(1))

(1st October, 2024)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1. Citation

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 2024

S.I. 69, 2024.

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Pre-Packed Cement) (Revocation) Regulations.

2. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 2024

The Control of Goods, Prices and Other Charges (Restriction on Importation of Pre-Packed Cement) Regulations are hereby revoked.