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i | Page Malawi Cross Border Traders Association (CBTA) Women in Cross Border Trade Booklet 48 | Page 55 Stone Tiles 68.10 56 Dried Beens 07.13 57 Soap and detergent paste 34.01 and 34 MALAWI - ZIMBABWE PRODUC'rs HS Code 1 Plastic air vents 3917/3917.33 2 Empty Sacks 63.05 3 Cassava and Cassava Products 07.14 and 11.08 4 Plastic twine 56.07 Fresh milk and milk products 04.01 6 Ridges/ twine (for making cane chairs and cane products) 56.07 7 Charcoal burners and charcoal burner clay 68.15 and 25.08 8 Handicrafts (baskets, woven) 46.02 9 Millet 10.08 10 Pack for pies (grease proof paper) 48.19 11 Chilli Sauce 21.03 12 Tissue 48.18 13 Napkins 96.09 14 Plastic chairs 94.03 15 Candles 34.06 16 Pencils 96.09 17 Ice ingredients and corns 21.05 18 Waste aper 47.07 19 Ice cream machine 8418.69.00 20 Popcorn machine 84.19 and 85.16 21 Fibre glass resin 39.26 22 Fibre glass 70.19 23 Window panes 76.10 24 Wheat flour 11.01 25 Window putty 32.14 USE STR PLATFORM TO ENJOY THE TRADE AND AVOID SMUGGLING OF YOUR GOODS.

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Page 1: Malawi Cross Border Traders Association (CBTA) Women in

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e

M

alaw

i Cro

ss B

orde

r Tra

ders

Ass

ocia

tion

(CBT

A)

W

omen

in C

ross

Bor

der T

rade

Book

let

48 |

Pa

ge

55

Ston

e Ti

les

68.1

0

56

Drie

d Be

ens

07.1

3

57

Soap

and

det

erge

nt p

aste

34

.01

and

34

MAL

AWI -

ZIM

BABW

E

PR

ODU

C'rs

HS

Cod

e 1

Plas

tic a

ir ve

nts

3917

/391

7.33

2

Empt

y Sa

cks

63.0

5 3

Cass

ava

and

Cass

ava

Prod

ucts

07

.14

and

11.0

8 4

Plas

tic tw

ine

56.0

7

Fres

h m

ilk a

nd m

ilk p

rodu

cts

04.0

1 6

Ridg

es/ t

win

e (fo

r mak

ing

cane

cha

irs a

nd

cane

pro

duct

s)

56.0

7

7 Ch

arco

al

burn

ers

and

char

coal

bu

rner

cl

ay

68.1

5 an

d 25

.08

8 Ha

ndic

raft

s (ba

sket

s, w

oven

) 46

.02

9 M

illet

10

.08

10

Pack

for p

ies (

grea

se p

roof

pap

er)

48.1

9 11

Ch

illi S

auce

21

.03

12

Tiss

ue

48.1

8 13

N

apki

ns

96.0

9 14

Pl

astic

cha

irs

94.0

3 15

Ca

ndle

s 34

.06

16

Penc

ils

96.0

9 17

Ic

e in

gred

ient

s and

cor

ns

21.0

5 18

W

aste

ape

r 47

.07

19

Ice

crea

m m

achi

ne

8418

.69.

00

20

Popc

orn

mac

hine

84

.19

and

85.1

6 21

Fi

bre

glas

s res

in

39.2

6 22

Fi

bre

glas

s 70

.19

23

Win

dow

pan

es

76.1

0 24

W

heat

flou

r 11

.01

25

Win

dow

put

ty

32.1

4

USE

STR

PLA

TFO

RM T

O E

NJO

Y TH

E TR

ADE

AND

AVO

ID S

MU

GG

LIN

G O

F YO

UR

GO

ODS

.

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47 |

Pa

ge

25

Hair

piec

es a

nd w

eave

s 63

.03

and

67.0

4

26

Swee

ts, b

ubbl

e-gu

ms

17.0

4

27

Pens

and

Pen

cils

96.0

8 an

d 96

.09

28

Knitt

ing

woo

l 51

.09

29

Cand

les

3406

.00.

00

30

Snac

ks p

otat

o an

d co

rn sn

acks

19

0.4

and

19.0

9

31

Pain

t 32

.08

and

32.0

9

32

Hoes

/axe

s 82

.01

33

Plas

tic b

ags

3923

.21

and

3923

.29

34

Spiri

ts, b

eers

22

.08,

22.0

3,22

.06

35

Mill

et

10.0

8

36

Roof

ing

Tim

ber

44.2

1

37

Mus

ical

dru

ms (

Ng’

oma)

92

.089

2.06

38

Elec

tric

cal c

able

s and

wire

s 85

.44

39

Cultu

ral I

nstr

umen

ts

92.0

2

40

Cultu

ral b

ells

and

feet

inst

rum

ents

92

.08

41

Mal

imba

Inst

rum

ents

92

.02

42

Tinn

ed/p

acke

d be

ef

16.0

2

43

Chee

se

04.0

6

44

Fres

h Pa

cked

Fish

03

.04

45

Ope

que

beer

22

.06

46

Reed

s Mat

47

Plum

bing

Mat

eria

ls

39.1

7

48

Cass

ava

and

Cass

ava

Prod

ucts

07

.14

11.0

6

49

Irron

roof

ing

shee

ts

72.1

0

50

Plas

tic m

ats

39.2

6

51

Whe

elba

rrow

s/ca

rts

8716

.80.

20

52

Plas

tic D

rum

s 39

.23

53

Larg

e Be

ers

22.0

3

54

Air V

ents

39

.17

ii |

Pa

ge

Cr

oss

Bord

er T

rade

rs A

ssoc

iatio

n w

ould

like

to

ackn

owle

dge

the

supp

ort

it re

ceiv

ed f

rom

Sou

ther

n Af

rica

Trus

t (S

AT a

nd O

SISA

) w

hich

fin

ance

d th

e pr

oces

s an

d ac

tiviti

es l

eadi

ng t

o th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

thi

s bo

okle

t. St

eve

Yoha

ne in

fac

ilita

ting

the

deve

lopm

ent

of W

omen

in C

ross

Bor

der

Trad

ers

book

let,

Lucy

Kad

yam

pake

ni K

anjir

a a

nd s

peci

al re

cogn

ition

is a

lso e

xten

ded

to

all

CBTA

Ex

ecut

ive

Mem

bers

an

d Bo

ard

of

Trus

tees

fo

r pr

ovid

ing

back

grou

nd d

ocum

enta

tion

into

the

pro

cess

incl

udin

g th

eir

part

icip

atio

n at

th

e va

lidat

ion

mee

ting

/ wor

ksho

p fo

r thi

s boo

klet

.

Edite

d by

Bern

adet

te M

alun

ga

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iii |

Pa

ge

LI

ST O

F AC

RON

YMS

CBTA

Cr

oss B

orde

r Tra

ders

Ass

ocia

tion

SACB

TA

Sout

hern

Afr

ica

Cros

s Bor

der T

rade

rs A

ssoc

iatio

n CO

MES

A Co

mm

on M

arke

t for

Eas

tern

and

Sou

ther

n Af

rica

TIDO

Tr

ade

Info

rmat

ion

Desk

Offi

cer

SADC

So

uthe

rn A

fric

a De

velo

pmen

t Com

mun

ity

EAC

East

Afr

ican

Com

mun

ity

SAT

Sout

hern

Afr

ica

Trus

t TF

TA

Trip

artit

e Fr

ee T

rade

Are

a Af

CFTA

Af

rica

Cont

inen

tal F

ree

Trad

e Ar

ea

COVI

D - 1

9 Co

rona

viru

s Dise

ase-

19

OSI

SA

Ope

n So

ciet

y In

itiat

ive

for S

outh

ern

Afric

a U

NCT

AD

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Con

fere

nce

on T

rade

and

Dev

elop

men

t

46 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 1

2: A

DDIT

ION

AL L

IST

OF

GO

ODS

UN

DER

COM

ESA

SIM

PLIF

IED

TRAD

E RE

GIM

E (S

TR) 2

020

MAL

AWI -

ZAM

BIA

Pr

oduc

ts

HS c

ode

1 Ki

tche

nwar

e (A

lum

iniu

m a

nd st

eel p

ots)

73

.23

and

76.1

5

2 M

ealie

Mea

l / m

aize

Flo

ur

11.0

2

3 M

aize

10

.05

4 Fe

rtili

zer

31.0

5

5 Se

eds

Chap

ter 1

2

6 Le

gum

es (f

resh

pea

s, b

eans

) 07

.08

7 Ca

bbag

es

07.0

4

8 Ca

rrot

s 07

.06

9 Ve

geta

bles

Ch

apte

r 7

10

Man

goes

08

.04

11

Grou

ndnu

ts

12.0

2

12

Drie

d be

ans a

nd d

ried

peas

07

.13

13

Eggs

04

.07

14

Cott

on re

sidue

s 23

.03

23.0

6

15

Chill

ies/

pap

rika

09.0

4

16

Min

eral

Wat

er

22.0

1

17

Cook

ing

Oil

15.1

2

18

Cott

on/S

unflo

wer

/veg

etab

le/S

oya

bean

and

gr

ound

nut O

il 15

.12,

15.

07

19

Empt

y SA

Cks

63.0

5

20

Anim

al S

kin

41.0

1 an

d 41

21

Plas

tic

War

e(Co

ntai

ners

, Ba

sins,

Ch

airs

, Pl

ate

and

Cups

39

.24,

39.

26

22

Mar

garin

e 15

.17

23

Petr

oleu

m Je

lly, C

osm

etic

s, a

nd b

ody

lotio

ns

33.0

4

24

Polis

h, fl

oor a

nd sh

oe P

olish

34

.05

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45 |

Pa

ge

Sa

mpl

e of

App

licat

ion

Form

Appl

icatio

n fo

r Im

port

/Exp

ort L

icenc

e Fo

rm to

be

com

plet

ed in

Blo

ck le

tter

s and

subm

itted

in d

uplic

ate.

1.

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ame

of a

pplic

ant …

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rent

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tiona

lity

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Desc

riptio

n an

d lo

catio

n of

pre

mise

s use

d fo

r sto

ring

the

good

s (a

)De

scrip

tion

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t nam

e …

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ease

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plot

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eeho

ld, l

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hold

or c

usto

mar

y la

nd g

ive

plot

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if

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icabl

e …

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r ren

ewal

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vide

the

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win

g cu

rren

t or f

orm

er li

cenc

e nu

mbe

rs …

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ase

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e th

e va

lue

of g

oods

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ds e

xpec

ted

to le

ave

or to

be

in M

alaw

i: …

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of …

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9.

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se o

f im

port

s, st

ate

the

inte

nded

use

of t

he g

oods

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edite

d or

app

rove

d ag

ent o

f man

ufac

ture

r, gi

ving

nam

e of

m

anuf

actu

rer a

nd d

escr

iptio

n of

pro

duct

s in

rela

tion

to w

hich

app

lican

t is a

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e an

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s of p

erso

n ac

tual

ly re

spon

sible

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mpo

rt o

r exp

ort

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. Ar

e yo

u an

und

ischa

rged

ban

krup

t? A

ny o

ffenc

e un

der t

he a

ct?

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No

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13.H

ave

you

ever

bee

n co

nvict

ed o

f any

offe

nce

unde

r the

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s / N

o …

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s, gi

ve d

ate

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ls …

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iv |

Pa

ge

TA

BLE

OF

CON

TEN

TS

LIST

OF

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v

Chap

ter 1

: O

VERV

IEW

OF

THE

BOO

KLET

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... 1

Chap

ter 2

: BA

CKGR

OU

ND

OF

CRO

SS B

ORD

ER T

RADE

RS A

SSO

CIAT

ION

.....

.....

2

Chap

ter 3

: M

EMBE

RSHI

P AN

D BE

NEF

ITS .

......

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......

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.. 4

Chap

ter 4

: CO

MES

A SI

MPL

IFIE

D TR

ADE

REGI

ME .

......

......

......

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......

......

......

.. 5

Chap

ter 5

: CO

RON

A VI

RUS

DISE

ASE-

19 (C

OVI

D-19

) ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

6

Chap

ter 6

: TR

IPAR

TITE

OF

COM

ESA,

EAC

AN

D SA

DC O

N C

OVI

D 19

BO

RDER

GU

IDEL

INES

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. 9

Chap

ter 7

: SA

DC T

RADE

PRO

TOCO

L ....

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24

Chap

ter 8

: RI

GHTS

AN

D O

BLIG

ATIO

NS

OF

A TR

ADER

......

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......

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......

28

Chap

ter 9

: F

ORM

ALIZ

ATIO

N O

F BU

SIN

ESS .

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.. 31

Chap

ter 1

0: N

ON

-TAR

IFF

BARR

IERS

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... 3

3

Chap

ter 1

1: I

MPO

RT A

ND E

XPO

RT P

ERM

IT ..

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. 41

Chap

ter 1

2: A

DDIT

ION

AL LI

ST O

F GO

ODS

UN

DER

COM

ESA

SIM

PLIF

IED

TRAD

E RE

GIM

E (S

TR) 2

020

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46

Page 5: Malawi Cross Border Traders Association (CBTA) Women in

1 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 1

: O

VERV

IEW

OF

THE

BOO

KLET

In

the

fra

mew

ork

of i

ts p

roje

ct o

n W

omen

Tra

ders

for

em

pow

erm

ent

of

Prog

ram

me

has

deve

lope

d bo

okle

t on

wom

en i

n cr

oss-

bord

er t

rade

in

Mal

awi,

COM

ESA

and

SADC

. Th

e pr

esen

t bo

okle

t “W

omen

in C

ross

-bor

der

Trad

e” a

sm

all-s

cale

tra

ders

gu

ide

to tr

ade

rule

s an

d pr

oced

ures

is a

ddre

ssed

to s

mal

l-sca

le c

ross

-bor

der

trad

ers

from

Mal

awi.

It pr

esen

ts k

ey a

nd u

p-to

-dat

e in

form

atio

n on

exi

stin

g tr

ade

proc

edur

es a

nd s

impl

ified

sch

emes

, do

cum

enta

tion

requ

irem

ents

, ru

les

of

orig

in,

COVI

D 19

Tr

ipar

tite

COM

ESA,

EA

C an

d SA

DC

bord

er

guid

elin

es,

taxe

s, a

nd t

ariff

s w

hile

pro

vidi

ng a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f tr

ader

s' rig

hts

and

oblig

atio

ns a

nd o

f the

ben

efits

of b

usin

ess f

orm

aliza

tion.

Th

e in

form

atio

n co

ntai

ned

in t

his

guid

e is

inte

nded

for

sm

all-s

cale

cro

ss

bord

er

trad

ers

who

op

erat

e w

ithin

th

e So

uthe

rn

Afric

a De

velo

pmen

t Co

mm

unity

(SAD

C) E

ast A

fric

a Co

mm

unity

(EAC

) and

the

Com

mon

Mar

ket f

or

East

ern

and

Sout

hern

Afr

ica (C

OM

ESA)

44 |

Pa

ge

proc

esse

d m

aize

mea

l with

or w

ithou

t add

itive

s 8.

Raw

roun

d ha

rdw

ood

timbe

rs

9.So

rghu

m

10.

Soya

bea

ns

11.

Cott

on li

nt a

nd se

ed

12.

Oil

seed

s and

resid

ues f

rom

oil

seed

s Yo

u ca

n ge

t Im

port

and

Exp

ort L

icenc

e fo

rms a

t Min

istry

of T

rade

in th

e Ci

ty

Cent

re in

Lilo

ngw

e.

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43 |

Pa

ge

c.Ta

ntal

um

d.Ur

aniu

m

e.Lit

hium

f.

Colu

mbi

te

g.Th

oriu

m

h.Ge

rman

ium

i.

Tita

nium

j.

Nick

el

k.An

y m

ater

ials

cont

aini

ng su

ch m

ater

ials

cont

aini

ng su

ch m

etal

s. 2.

Petr

oleu

m p

rodu

cts

3.Th

e fo

llow

ing

gem

ston

es in

the

unm

anuf

actu

red

stat

e a.

Coru

ndum

b.

Garn

et

c.Q

uart

z d.

Tour

mal

ine

e.Tu

rquo

ise

f.Be

ryl

g.Zi

rcon

h.

Jade

i.

Oliv

ine

j.Fe

ldsp

ar

k.To

paz

l.O

pal

m.

Chry

sobe

ryl

n.Sp

inel

and

o.

Lazu

rite

4.Sc

rap

met

al

5.Hi

des a

nd sk

ins i

n pr

oces

sed

and

non-

proc

esse

d fro

m

6.Ri

ce in

cludi

ng (r

ice m

eals,

rice

bra

n an

d ric

e re

sidue

s)

7.M

aize

inc

ludi

ng(d

ried

mai

ze o

n an

d of

f th

e co

b, c

rush

ed m

aize

, sa

mp,

mai

ze g

rits,

mai

ze c

ones

, ho

min

y ch

op,

mai

ze o

ffals

and

2 |

Pa

ge

Ch

apte

r 2:

BACK

GRO

UN

D O

F CR

OSS

BO

RDER

TRA

DERS

ASS

OCI

ATIO

N

The

Cros

s-Bo

rder

Tr

ader

s As

soci

atio

n w

as

esta

blish

ed

in

2005

an

d in

corp

orat

ed in

Sep

tem

ber 2

009

unde

r the

Tru

stee

s In

corp

orat

ion

Act o

f the

Re

publ

ic o

f Mal

awi.

The

CBTA

“ac

ts a

s th

e vo

ice

of c

ross

bor

der

trad

ers

in

defe

ndin

g an

d pr

otec

ting

the

inte

rest

s of

its

m

embe

rs

thro

ugh

skill

s de

velo

pmen

t, in

form

atio

n di

ssem

inat

ion,

adv

ocac

y an

d ne

twor

king

”.

The

Cros

s Bo

rder

Tra

ders

Ass

ocia

tion

is an

org

aniza

tion

repr

esen

ting

smal

l sc

ale

Cros

s bo

rder

Tra

ders

who

are

def

ined

as

peop

le w

ho t

rave

l with

the

ir go

ods,

and

are

ther

efor

e bo

th t

he im

port

er a

nd e

xpor

ter

whe

n it

com

es t

o fil

ling

cust

oms

docu

men

ts. T

he n

atur

e of

the

ir bu

sines

s so

met

imes

mea

ns

that

the

y ar

e of

ten

not

regi

ster

ed f

or t

ax,

find

obta

inin

g th

e of

ficia

l do

cum

ents

for

exp

ortin

g/im

port

ing

diffi

cult

and

as a

res

ult

are

not

able

to

bene

fit fr

om d

uty

free

trad

e re

gim

e by

the

free

trad

e Ar

ea. T

he p

robl

ems

in

obta

inin

g pr

oper

tra

vel

docu

men

ts a

nd t

heir

cost

, hi

gh t

axes

, co

mpl

ex

proc

edur

es,

corr

uptio

n an

d ha

rass

men

t by

offi

cial

s an

d ge

nera

l la

ck o

f in

form

atio

n pr

esen

ts s

erio

us c

onst

rain

ts to

thei

r tra

ding

act

iviti

es.

The

CBTA

trie

s to

do

the

follo

win

g th

ings

; firs

tly r

epre

sent

the

inte

rest

s of

th

ese

smal

l-sca

le c

ross

bor

der

trad

ers

in v

ario

us t

rade

for

ums,

seco

ndly

pr

ovid

ing

serv

ices

to th

e tr

ader

s the

y re

pres

ent.

Visi

on o

f CBT

A CB

TA’s

visi

on i

s to

be

a fu

lly i

nteg

rate

d na

tiona

lly a

nd r

egio

nal e

cono

mic

com

mun

ity w

ith h

igh

stan

dard

s of l

ivin

g fo

r its

ent

ire m

embe

rs.

Mis

sion

To

pro

vide

exc

elle

nt t

echn

ical

ser

vice

s an

d pr

otec

t th

e in

tere

st o

f its

m

embe

rs t

hrou

gh s

kills

tra

nsfe

r an

d ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

info

rmat

ion

diss

emin

atio

n, a

dvoc

acy,

HIV

and

AID

S Pr

even

tion

and

netw

orki

ng.

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3 |

Pa

ge

M

alaw

i CBT

A ai

ms t

o ac

hiev

e th

e fo

llow

ing

spec

ific

obje

ctiv

es:

1.Pr

omot

e ne

twor

king

am

ong

cros

s-bo

rder

trad

ers w

ithin

and

out

side

M

alaw

i. 2.

Prov

ide

info

rmat

ion

to a

ll cr

oss-

bord

er t

rade

rs o

n m

atte

rs a

ffect

ing

them

. 3.

Build

uni

ty a

nd s

olid

arity

am

ong

its m

embe

rs a

nd p

rom

ote,

pro

tect

and

de

fend

its m

embe

rs’ i

nter

ests

bot

h lo

cally

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly.

4.W

ork

with

the

Gov

ernm

ent

to e

duca

te m

embe

rs o

n th

e da

nger

s of

sm

uggl

ing,

dru

g an

d ch

ild tr

affic

king

. G

over

nanc

e St

ruct

ures

Th

e CB

TA h

as t

hree

dist

inct

gov

erna

nce

stru

ctur

es,

nam

ely

- th

e Ge

nera

l M

eetin

g, th

e Bo

ard

of T

rust

ees

and

the

Nat

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e Co

mm

ittee

- an

d th

ree

leve

l of g

over

nanc

e: n

atio

nal,

regi

onal

and

dist

rict l

evel

. Th

e Ge

nera

l Mee

ting

is he

ld a

nnua

lly. I

t is t

he su

prem

e an

d de

cisio

n-m

akin

g bo

dy o

f the

Ass

ocia

tion.

The

Gen

eral

Mee

ting

is in

cha

rge

of r

evie

win

g th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f the

Nat

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e Co

mm

ittee

and

the

oth

er o

rgan

s of

th

e As

soci

atio

n,

and

mak

ing

polic

ies

and

appr

ovin

g ac

tiviti

es

and

prog

ram

mes

of t

he A

ssoc

iatio

n fo

r the

nex

t yea

r.

The

Nat

iona

l Ex

ecut

ive

Com

mitt

ee (

NEC

) is

the

supr

eme

gove

rnin

g bo

dy

and

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or r

unni

ng t

he a

ffairs

of

the

Asso

ciat

ion

as a

who

le,

prov

idin

g le

ader

ship

and

sett

ing

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

orga

nisa

tion.

42

| P

ag

e

8.Gr

ain

of a

ny v

arie

ty in

cludi

ng ri

ce, b

arle

y, b

eans

and

gro

undn

uts,

in

all f

orm

s inc

ludi

ng m

eals,

flou

rs a

nd re

sidue

s 9.

Mai

ze i

nclu

ding

drie

d m

aize

, on

or

off

the

cob,

cru

shed

mai

ze,

sam

p, m

aize

grit

s, m

aize

con

es,

hom

iny

chop

, m

aize

offa

ls an

d pr

oces

sed

mai

ze m

eal w

ith o

r with

out a

dditi

ves

10.

Refin

e an

d cr

ude

cook

ing

oil

11.

Cane

suga

r 12

.Bo

ttle

d w

ater

13

.Ca

nned

gla

ss &

pla

stic

bott

led

non-

alco

holic

drin

ks e

xcee

ding

thre

e ca

ses

14.

Liquo

r in

sach

ets

15.

Cann

ed a

nd b

ottle

d al

coho

lic d

rinks

exc

eedi

ng th

ree

case

s 16

.Co

arse

and

tabl

e sa

lt 17

.Ce

men

t 18

.So

ap in

cludi

ng (

laun

dry

bar s

oap

and

pow

dere

d de

terg

ent-l

oose

ly

pack

ed d

eter

gent

pow

dere

d so

ap w

eigh

ing

mor

e th

an 1

5kg)

19

.M

atch

es

20.

Plas

tic p

rodu

cts –

bel

ow 6

0 m

icron

s 21

.Se

cond

hand

clo

thes

exc

eedi

ng o

ne b

ale.

Und

erw

ear (

pant

s, br

as) –

stric

tly n

ot to

be

impo

rted

. 22

.Se

cond

han

d ite

ms i

nclu

ding

(kitc

hen

uten

sils a

nd re

frige

rato

rs)

23.

Ball

poin

t pen

s 24

.Fe

rtili

zers

Go

ods w

hich

requ

ire a

n Ex

port

Lice

nce

1.Im

plem

ents

of

war

(ot

her

than

arm

and

am

mun

ition

), at

omic

ener

gy m

ater

ials

of s

trat

egic

valu

e, a

nd it

ems

of p

rimar

y st

rate

gic

signi

fican

ce u

sed

in t

he p

rodu

ctio

n of

arm

s an

d am

mun

ition

and

ot

her i

mpl

emen

ts o

f war

, inc

ludi

ng th

e fo

llow

ing

a.

Bery

llium

b.

Coba

lt

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Pa

ge

Chap

ter 1

1: I

MPO

RT A

ND

EXPO

RT P

ERM

IT

Cert

ifica

tion

of Im

port

or E

xpor

t Th

is in

clude

s im

port

and

exp

ort

perm

its fo

r go

ods

unde

r co

ntro

l of g

oods

ac

t in

the

Min

istry

of

Trad

e, s

uch

as a

gricu

ltura

l or

anim

al p

rodu

cts

who

se

trad

e is

rest

ricte

d or

con

trol

led;

and

San

itary

and

Phy

to-s

anita

ry (

SPS)

ce

rtifi

cate

s to

ens

ure

that

the

goo

ds m

eet

food

saf

ety

norm

s an

d he

alth

re

gula

tions

. Goo

ds s

houl

d be

rep

orte

d to

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

rity

(Min

istry

of

Agr

icultu

re o

r Mal

awi B

urea

u of

Sta

ndar

ds) w

hich

will

issu

e th

e ap

prop

riate

ce

rtifi

cate

. The

impo

rt a

nd e

xpor

t per

mits

can

be

appl

ied

at M

inist

ry o

f Tra

de

with

app

licat

ion

fee

of M

K5, 0

00.0

0 an

d M

K20,

000

.00

for i

mpo

rt a

nd e

xpor

t Lic

ence

chec

k w

ith M

inist

ry o

f Tra

de a

t Gem

ini H

ouse

City

Cen

ter L

ilong

we.

Sa

nita

ry a

nd p

hyto

sani

tary

(SPS

) mea

sure

s an

d ot

her c

ertif

icat

ion

Trad

ers

shou

ld

be

awar

e of

go

ods

subj

ect

to

sani

tary

an

d ph

ytos

anita

ry

regu

latio

ns f

or w

hich

a c

ertif

icat

e m

ay b

e re

quire

d to

att

est

com

plia

nce

with

nor

ms

rela

ted

to fo

od s

afet

y, a

nd a

nim

al a

nd h

uman

hea

lth. T

rade

rs

shou

ld b

e fa

mili

ar w

ith a

ll ot

her

cert

ifica

tion

requ

irem

ents

. Ple

ase

chec

k w

ith M

inist

ry o

f Ag

ricul

ture

or a

ny A

gric

ultu

re D

epar

tmen

t. Go

ods w

hich

requ

ire a

n Im

port

Lice

nce

1.W

ild a

nim

als,

wild

ani

mal

trop

hies

and

wild

ani

mal

pro

duct

s 2.

Mea

t (bo

vine

and

swin

e)

3.Liv

e po

ultr

y, d

ay o

ld ch

icks,

undr

esse

d an

d dr

esse

d po

ultr

y

4.Fi

sh w

heth

er fr

ozen

, drie

d or

live

and

egg

s and

spaw

n th

ereo

f 5.

Tabl

e eg

gs

6.Fr

esh

Milk

7.

Frui

t and

veg

etab

les (

fresh

& p

rese

rved

), in

cludi

ng le

ttuc

e, ca

bbag

e,

caul

iflow

er, r

ape,

turn

ips,

fresh

bea

n, fr

esh

peas

, gre

en p

aper

, fre

sh

chili

es,

garli

c, o

nion

s, ca

rrot

s, be

etro

ots,

radi

shes

, to

mat

oes,

egg

plan

ts, I

rish

or sw

eet p

otat

oes,

bana

nas,

man

goes

, pin

eapp

les.

4 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 3

: M

EMBE

RSHI

P AN

D BE

NEF

ITS

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS O

F A

MEM

BER

1.

Jo

inin

g m

embe

r m

ust

be a

cro

ss b

orde

r tr

ader

who

impo

rt a

nd e

xpor

t go

ods o

utsid

e th

e co

untr

y.

2.

Mal

awia

n ci

tizen

of

na

tiona

lity

and

fill

regi

stra

tion

form

of

th

e As

soci

atio

n.

3.

Pay

regi

stra

tion

and

annu

al su

bscr

iptio

n fe

e no

nref

unda

ble

BE

NEF

ITS

OF

A M

EMBE

R 1.

Info

rmat

ion

and

know

ledg

e on

trad

e an

d ge

nder

issu

es

2.At

tend

trai

ning

s and

trad

e fo

rum

s 3.

Join

ing

trad

e In

tern

atio

nal p

latf

orm

s 4.

Rece

ive

Iden

tity

card

for p

aid

up m

embe

r 5.

Mar

ket A

cces

s for

bus

ines

s and

net

wor

king

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Pa

ge

Chap

ter 4

: CO

MES

A SI

MPL

IFIE

D TR

ADE

REG

IME

The

Simpl

ified

Tra

de R

egim

e (S

TR)

was

int

rodu

ced

by C

OMES

A in

200

7 an

d la

unch

ed in

Apr

il 201

0 in

Mch

inji D

istric

t – M

alaw

i. The

Pla

tform

was

laun

ched

to

supp

ort s

mal

l-sca

le c

ross

Bor

der t

rade

rs to

boo

st th

eir b

usin

ess w

ithin

COM

ESA

coun

tries

with

an

aim

of r

educ

ing c

usto

m ta

xes a

nd p

aper

wor

k at t

he b

orde

r.

The

STR

simpl

ifies

tra

de p

roce

dure

s an

d re

duce

s th

e co

sts

of t

radi

ng a

cros

s bo

rder

s. Yo

u ca

n ut

ilize

this

sche

me

only

if yo

u ar

e tra

ding

with

in C

OMES

A, fo

r in

stan

ce w

ith Z

ambi

a, Z

imba

bwe,

Mal

awi a

nd D

RC.

HOW

TO

USE

CO

MES

A ST

R?

1.Yo

u ar

e ex

port

ing

or im

port

ing

good

s who

se to

tal v

alue

is b

elow

$2,

000.

2.

Your

goo

ds a

re in

the

STR

Com

mon

List

of e

ligib

le p

rodu

cts.

3.

Good

s m

ust

be w

holly

pro

duce

d or

obt

aine

d in

a C

OM

ESA

regi

on /

m

embe

r Sta

tes.

4.Ge

ttin

g im

port

and

exp

ort p

erm

it fr

om M

inist

ry o

f Tra

de

The

com

mon

list

of g

oods

can

be

requ

este

d fr

om th

e Tr

ade

Info

rmat

ion

Desk

Offi

cer

(TID

O) o

r cu

stom

s of

ficer

s if

it is

not

disp

laye

d on

a n

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bo

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at th

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e CO

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mee

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in a

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the

com

mon

list

agr

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een

two

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ber

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es. F

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st o

f goo

ds

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plifi

ed T

rade

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k ann

ex P

ages

47

to 4

9

40 |

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ge

HO

W D

OES

THE

PRO

CESS

WO

RK?

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mpl

aina

nt s

ends

a t

ext

mes

sage

to

be r

egist

ered

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atio

nal

Foca

l Poi

nt)

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mpl

aint

stor

ed in

the

NTB

syst

em a

nd A

dmin

istra

tor n

otifi

ed

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mpl

aina

nt n

otifi

ed t

hat

the

com

plai

nt h

as b

een

refe

rred

to

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iona

l Mon

itorin

g Te

am a

nd is

bei

ng a

tten

ded

to

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atio

nal

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itorin

g Te

am

and

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l Po

ints

st

art

reso

lutio

n pr

oces

s and

pos

t Co

mm

ents

K.

If th

e iss

ue i

s re

solv

ed t

he a

dmin

istra

tor

chan

ges

stat

us o

f th

e co

mpl

aint

to

Reso

lved

in sy

stem

L.

Com

plai

nant

not

ified

that

the

com

plai

nt h

as b

een

reso

lved

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Pa

ge

Se

lect

a co

untr

y fr

om th

e lis

t abo

ve a

nd S

MS

the

NTB

to th

e fo

cal p

oint

: Ho

w to

regi

ster

/ re

port

you

r com

plai

nt?

Trad

er's

nam

e Tr

ader

's co

ntac

t num

ber

Wha

t is t

he p

robl

em?

Whe

re a

nd w

hen

did

it ha

ppen

? HO

W D

OES

THE

PRO

CESS

WO

RK?

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mpl

aina

nt s

ends

a t

ext

mes

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to

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atio

nal

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l Poi

nt)

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stor

ed in

the

NAB

syst

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nd A

dmin

istra

tor n

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ed

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nt n

otifi

ed t

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com

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nt h

as b

een

refe

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to

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iona

l Mon

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ng a

tten

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nal

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us o

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to

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the

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How

to re

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epor

t you

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plai

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Trad

er's

nam

e Tr

ader

's co

ntac

t num

ber

Wha

t is t

he p

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em?

Whe

re a

nd w

hen

did

it ha

ppen

? 6

| P

ag

e

Chap

ter 5

: CO

RON

A VI

RUS

DISE

ASE-

19 (C

OVI

D-19

)

31 D

ecem

ber

2019

, WHO

was

ale

rted

to

seve

ral c

ases

of p

neum

onia

in

Wuh

an C

ity, H

ubei

Pro

vinc

e of

Chi

na.

A ne

wly

iden

tifie

d (N

ovel

) cor

ona

viru

s was

isol

ated

on

7th Ja

nuar

y 20

20,

nam

ed S

ARS-

CoV-

2, th

e di

seas

e CO

VID-

19

Coro

na v

irus f

amily

– c

omm

on c

old,

SAR

S; M

ERS

Zoon

otic

Dise

ase

Spre

ad t

hrou

gh d

ropl

ets

(cou

ghin

g) a

nd c

lose

per

sona

l un

prot

ecte

d co

ntac

t with

an

infe

cted

per

son

(touc

hing

, sha

king

han

ds).

Zoon

otic

Dis

ease

W

HO’S

STR

ATEG

IC O

BJEC

TIVE

S FO

R TH

IS R

ESPO

NSE

Li

mit

hum

an-to

-hum

an tr

ansm

issio

n

Iden

tify,

isol

ate

and

care

for p

atie

nts e

arly

Id

entif

y an

d re

duce

tran

smiss

ion

from

the

anim

al so

urce

Ad

dres

s cr

ucia

l un

know

ns

rega

rdin

g cl

inic

al

seve

rity,

ex

tent

of

tr

ansm

issio

n an

d in

fect

ion,

tre

atm

ent

optio

ns,

and

acce

lera

te t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f dia

gnos

tics,

ther

apeu

tics a

nd v

acci

nes

Com

mun

icat

e cr

itica

l risk

and

eve

nt in

form

atio

n to

all

com

mun

ities

an

d co

unte

r misi

nfor

mat

ion

2. T

rans

mis

sion

from

an

imal

hos

t to

hum

ans

1. T

rans

mis

sion

be

twee

n an

imal

hos

ts

3. T

rans

miss

ion

betw

een

hum

ans

Zoon

otic

tra

nsm

issi

on

Am

plif

icat

ion

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Pa

ge

Min

imize

so

cial

an

d ec

onom

ic

impa

ct

thro

ugh

mul

ti-se

ctor

ial

part

ners

hips

PU

BLIC

HEA

LTH

MEA

SURE

S RE

QU

IRED

Ra

pid

iden

tific

atio

n, d

iagn

osis

and

man

agem

ent o

f the

cas

es

Iden

tific

atio

n an

d fo

llow

up

of th

e co

ntac

ts

Infe

ctio

n pr

even

tion

and

cont

rol i

n he

alth

car

e se

ttin

gs in

clud

ing

PPE

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

hea

lth m

easu

res f

or tr

avel

ers

Awar

enes

s-ra

ising

in th

e po

pula

tion

Ri

sk c

omm

unic

atio

n TH

E SP

READ

O

F CO

VID-

19

BETW

EEN

HU

MAN

S IS

BE

ING

DRIV

EN

BY

DRO

PLET

TRA

NSM

ISSI

ON

Th

e vi

rus

is tr

ansm

itted

fro

m a

sic

k pe

rson

to

a he

alth

y pe

rson

thr

ough

re

spira

tory

dro

plet

s w

hen

the

sick

pers

on c

ough

s or

tal

ks c

lose

to

anot

her

pers

on

KEY

EXAM

PLES

OF

INFO

RMAT

ION

WHI

CH T

HE P

UBL

IC N

EED

TO K

NO

W

Wha

t is h

appe

ning

? W

hy?

Whe

re?

Who

is a

t risk

? W

hat a

re th

e da

nger

s?

How

can

I pr

otec

t mys

elf,

my

fam

ily a

nd m

y co

mm

unity

? Ho

w c

an I

prev

ent i

nfec

tion?

W

hat s

houl

d I d

o if

som

eone

I kn

ow is

sick

? W

hat k

ind

of h

elp

and

trea

tmen

t are

ava

ilabl

e, w

here

and

how

can

I ac

cess

it?

Whi

ch a

genc

ies a

re h

elpi

ng?

Is

ther

e a

hotli

ne n

umbe

r – a

nd if

so, w

hat i

s it?

Fo

r how

long

is th

e em

erge

ncy

likel

y to

con

tinue

? W

here

can

I fin

d m

ore

info

rmat

ion?

38 |

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ge

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M

EASU

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TO IN

TERR

UPT

CO

VID

19 T

RAN

SMIS

SIO

N.

Indi

vidu

al m

easu

res

Each

indi

vidu

al m

ust f

ollo

w th

e ke

y st

eps

outli

ned

belo

w in

ord

er to

in

terr

upt t

rans

miss

ion

of th

e Co

rona

viru

s (CO

VID-

19):

Freq

uent

han

d w

ashi

ng w

ith s

oap

and

clea

n w

ater

or

use

of h

and

sani

tizer

s Av

oid

touc

hing

face

to p

reve

nt in

trod

uctio

n of

the

viru

s Co

ver t

he m

outh

with

flex

ed e

lbow

whe

n co

ughi

ng.

Avoi

d at

tend

ing

over

crow

ded

plac

es

Repo

rt t

o he

alth

wor

ker

once

you

dev

elop

sig

ns a

nd s

ympt

oms

of

COVI

D-19

; and

W

ear f

ace

mas

k KE

Y M

ESSA

GES

Is th

ere

a va

ccin

e?

Curr

ently

ther

e is

no v

acci

ne to

pro

tect

aga

inst

Cor

ona

viru

s dise

ase.

Is

ther

e a

trea

tmen

t?

Ther

e is

no sp

ecifi

c an

tivira

l tre

atm

ent f

or C

oron

a vi

rus d

iseas

e. P

eopl

e w

ith

Coro

na v

irus d

iseas

e ca

n se

ek m

edic

al c

are

to h

elp

relie

ve sy

mpt

oms a

nd

man

age

com

plic

atio

ns

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Pa

ge

Chap

ter 6

: TR

IPAR

TITE

OF

COM

ESA,

EAC

AN

D SA

DC O

N C

OVI

D 19

BO

RDER

GU

IDEL

INES

TR

IPAR

TITE

GU

IDEL

INES

Th

e Tr

ipar

tite

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

tes

adop

ted

the

follo

win

g Gu

idel

ines

as

min

imum

uni

form

reg

ulat

ions

, pr

oced

ures

and

sta

ndar

ds i

n or

der

to

redu

ce t

he s

prea

d of

the

cor

ona

viru

s an

d m

inim

ize d

isrup

tions

in

the

supp

ly c

hain

and

to

faci

litat

e m

ovem

ent

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s ac

ross

the

re

gion

dur

ing

the

COVI

D-1

9 Pa

ndem

ic.

OBJ

ECTI

VES

OF

THE

GU

IDEL

INES

Th

e m

ain

obje

ctiv

e of

the

Gui

delin

es is

to

cont

ain

the

spre

ad o

f CO

VID-

19

whi

lst f

acili

tatin

g tr

ade

and

tran

spor

t fo

r sa

fe, e

ffici

ent

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e m

ovem

ent

of g

oods

and

ser

vice

s ac

ross

the

reg

ion

durin

g th

e CO

VID-

19

pand

emic

. 1.

Com

plem

ent

regi

onal

and

nat

iona

l m

easu

res

agai

nst

the

COVI

D-19

pa

ndem

ic a

imed

at

prot

ectin

g ci

tizen

s ag

ains

t th

e pa

ndem

ic b

y lim

iting

th

e sp

read

of C

OVI

D-19

thro

ugh

tran

spor

t and

mob

ility

acr

oss b

orde

r. 2.

Safe

gua

rd th

e ex

istin

g tr

adin

g ar

rang

emen

ts (r

egio

nal a

nd g

loba

l sup

ply

chai

ns) i

n or

der t

o m

inim

ize th

e di

srup

tion

to c

ross

-bor

der t

rade

in g

oods

an

d se

rvic

es,

whi

lst s

trik

ing

the

bala

nce

betw

een

prim

arily

ens

urin

g pu

blic

hea

lth o

n on

e ha

nd a

nd t

he n

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to s

usta

in n

atio

nal e

cono

mie

s, liv

elih

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of c

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ns a

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od se

curit

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re s

moo

th a

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nint

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4.

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litat

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cour

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loca

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duct

ion

and

trad

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an

d se

rvic

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the

reg

ion

durin

g th

is CO

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19 p

ande

mic

suc

h as

fo

od,

med

ical

equ

ipm

ent

and

med

icin

es,

incl

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g m

edic

al s

uppl

ies,

Pers

onal

Pro

tect

ive

Equi

pmen

t (P

PE)

so a

s to

incr

ease

the

ir av

aila

bilit

y fr

om w

ithin

the

regi

on; a

nd

5.En

hanc

e re

gion

al a

war

enes

s on

mea

sure

s in

stitu

ted

agai

nst

the

COVI

D-19

pan

dem

ic w

ith re

gard

to m

easu

res

aim

ed a

t ens

urin

g sa

fe m

ovem

ent

of

good

s an

d se

rvic

es

in

the

regi

on

and

miti

gate

/

elim

inat

e st

igm

atiza

tion

of d

river

s and

cre

w o

n sp

read

ing

the

viru

s.

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Guid

elin

es fa

cilit

ate

and

supp

ort

Trip

artit

e M

embe

r /

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ner

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es in

im

plem

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e po

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s and

mea

sure

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bat C

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orld

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n (W

CO),

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vil

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Org

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(ICAO

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tern

atio

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Mar

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O) a

nd A

fric

an C

entr

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r Dise

ase

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AfCD

C).

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elin

es in

corp

orat

e in

the

Stan

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Ope

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oced

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(SO

Ps) f

or

the

Man

a gem

ent

and

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ss B

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rans

port

at

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nate

d Po

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of E

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and

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to N

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ser

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o flo

w

betw

een

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ber

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tes

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le o

bser

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pub

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COVI

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stri

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good

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prod

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and

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supp

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med

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hosp

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supp

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and

Per

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Equi

pmen

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E);

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(ii

i)Cl

eani

ng a

nd h

ygie

ne p

rodu

cts

incl

udin

g fa

ce m

asks

, fac

e sh

ield

s, ha

nd

sani

tizer

, di

sinfe

ctan

ts,

soap

, al

coho

l fo

r in

dust

rial

use,

ho

useh

old

clea

ning

pro

duct

s and

per

sona

l toi

letr

ies;

(iv

)Ch

emic

als,

pac

kagi

ng,

equi

pmen

t, sp

ares

, m

aint

enan

ce m

ater

ials,

raw

m

ater

ials

and

friti

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pro

duct

s us

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prod

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n an

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sing

of

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duct

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edic

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and

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of

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duct

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edic

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oth

er e

ssen

tial g

oods

and

ser

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s (v

i)Fu

el, i

nclu

ding

coa

l and

gas

(v

ii) O

ther

goo

ds a

nd s

ervi

ces

that

a M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

e co

nsid

ers

as

criti

cal

durin

g th

e CO

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19

pand

emic

, sh

all

be

allo

wed

to

m

ove,

ho

wev

er, i

t is

incu

mbe

nt fo

r th

e M

embe

r/ P

artn

er S

tate

to in

form

oth

er

Mem

ber

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r St

ates

and

not

ify o

ther

sta

ke h

olde

rs t

hrou

gh t

he

COM

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EAC

and

SAD

C Se

cret

aria

ts W

ebsit

es; a

nd

(viii

)W

here

a M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

e is

unab

le t

o ac

cept

the

flow

of a

ll go

ods

and

serv

ices

from

oth

er M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es w

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obs

ervi

ng

publ

ic h

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mea

sure

s on

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mus

t in

form

oth

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embe

r /

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ner

Stat

es a

nd o

ther

sta

ke h

olde

rs t

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gh

the

CO

MES

A, E

AC a

nd S

ADC

Secr

etar

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who

shal

l pos

t suc

h no

tific

atio

ns

on th

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espe

ctiv

e W

ebsit

es.

TRAD

E AN

D TR

ANSP

ORT

FAC

ILIT

ATIO

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Trip

artit

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embe

r /

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Stat

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inue

to

faci

litat

e th

e sa

fe

mov

emen

t of

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ds a

nd s

ervi

ces

from

and

to

othe

r M

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r /

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ner

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es b

y:

1.

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idin

g ad

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ical

sup

plie

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ent

for

and

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uct

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scre

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fron

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ther

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to m

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Dire

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Chap

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ON

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BARR

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Re

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Mon

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w

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.trad

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mea

ns l

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reg

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ions

, an

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easu

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adm

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rativ

e an

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chni

cal

requ

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ents

any

mea

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her

than

tar

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impo

sed

by a

Mem

ber

Stat

e w

hose

effe

ct is

to im

pede

trad

e; ‘N

TB’ r

efer

s to

Non-

tarif

f bar

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Thre

e Sy

stem

s und

er N

TBs

1.N

TB M

onito

ring

Uni

t Th

e un

it se

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at

the

COM

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Secr

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iat

to c

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inat

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onito

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of N

TBs u

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this

regu

latio

n 2.

Nat

iona

l Foc

al P

oint

Th

e M

inist

ries/

Gove

rnm

ent

Depa

rtm

ents

or

any

othe

r au

thor

ised

body

as a

ppoi

nted

und

er A

rtic

le 6

of t

hese

Reg

ulat

ions

3.

Nat

iona

l Mon

itorin

g Co

mm

ittee

It

is a

com

mitt

ee o

f rel

evan

t sta

keho

lder

s fr

om p

rivat

e an

d pu

blic

se

ctor

s as e

stab

lishe

d un

der A

rtic

le 5

of t

hese

Reg

ulat

ions

. Do

you

kno

w y

ou c

an re

port

to th

e no

n-ta

riff?

Ba

rrie

r mon

itorin

g sy

stem

? Ar

e yo

u ha

ving

pro

blem

s mov

ing

or c

lear

ing

good

s acr

oss b

orde

rs?

Repo

rt u

sing

the

mob

ile n

umbe

rs b

elow

: Th

e SM

S su

pple

men

ts

the

web

-bas

ed

onlin

e sy

stem

fo

r re

port

ing,

m

onito

ring,

and

elim

inat

ion

of N

on-t

ariff

bar

riers

(N

TB).

The

SMS

tool

is

COM

ESA,

EAC

, SAD

C

12 |

Pa

ge

2.Ca

tego

risin

g Cr

oss

Bord

er T

ruck

Driv

ers,

Pilo

ts a

nd C

rew

s as

wor

kers

un

dert

akin

g tr

ansp

orta

tion

of e

xem

pted

goo

ds a

nd se

rvic

es s

hall

be

clas

sifie

d as

und

erta

king

ess

entia

l se

rvic

es a

nd f

acili

tate

d th

eir

mov

emen

t. 3.

Dire

ctin

g Tr

ansp

orte

rs,

Tran

spor

ters

As

soci

atio

ns

and

Logi

stic

s Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers t

o ad

here

to th

e re

quire

men

t of h

avin

g a

max

imum

of

onl

y tw

o (2

) to

thr

ee (

3) p

erso

n cr

ew p

er t

ruck

inc

ludi

ng t

he

d riv

er.

4.Sc

reen

ing

and

test

ing

all

driv

ers

/ pi

lots

and

the

ir cr

ew b

efor

e de

part

ure

at d

esig

nate

d /

cred

ited

test

ing

facil

ities

. I

n or

der

to

ensu

re c

ontin

ued

safe

mov

emen

t of g

oods

and

serv

ices

in th

e re

gion

wh

ile o

bser

ving

the

WHO

reco

mm

ende

d m

easu

res:

(i)

Imm

edia

tely

iso

latin

g an

y pe

rson

s, i

nclu

ding

driv

ers

/ pi

lots

/

crew

, th

at e

xhib

it sy

mpt

oms

or t

est

posit

ive

in l

ine

with

set

na

tiona

l Gui

delin

es a

nd tr

eat t

hose

with

sym

ptom

s in

acco

rdan

ce

with

the

COVI

D-19

pro

toco

ls un

der t

he s

uper

visio

n of

the

Heal

th

Auth

oriti

es.

(ii)

If a

driv

er o

r cr

ew m

embe

r is

show

ing

signs

or

sym

ptom

s of

CO

VID-

19 a

re t

este

d po

sitiv

e, t

he t

ruck

will

be

deco

ntam

inat

ed

befo

re it

is a

llow

ed t

o co

ntin

ue t

o its

fin

al d

estin

atio

n an

d th

e dr

iver

or c

rew

Mem

ber m

ust b

e re

ferr

ed to

a tr

eatm

ent C

entr

e at

op

erat

or's

cost

(unl

ess

the

cost

s ar

e w

aive

d by

the

host

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ate)

. Th

e dr

iver

or

crew

will

be

isola

ted

at t

he

gove

rnm

ent

desig

nate

d fa

cilit

ies

at t

he o

pera

tor's

cos

t (u

nles

s th

e co

sts a

re w

aive

d by

the

host

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

te a

nd

(iii)

In t

he e

vent

tha

t cr

ews

are

isola

ted

or q

uara

ntin

ed w

hile

in

tran

sit,

truc

k ow

ners

/o

pera

tors

sh

all

mak

e ne

cess

ary

arra

ngem

ents

for

a b

acku

p cr

ew t

o en

sure

tha

t th

e go

ods

are

deliv

ered

to

the

inte

nded

des

tinat

ion.

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ates

sh

all

expe

dite

the

mov

emen

t of

bac

kup

crew

s af

ter

they

hav

e be

en c

lear

ed b

y He

alth

Offi

cial

s.

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Pa

ge

5.Tr

eatin

g dr

iver

s an

d cr

ew w

ho a

re te

sted

for C

OVI

D-19

and

foun

d to

be

pos

itive

in t

he h

ost

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ate

whe

re t

he t

est

was

ca

rrie

d ou

t, M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es a

re u

rged

not

to

repa

tria

te

infe

cted

driv

ers a

nd c

rew

to th

e co

untr

y of

orig

in to

avo

id th

e sp

read

of

CO

VID-

19, u

nles

s re

ques

ted

to d

o so

by

the

coun

try

of o

rigin

of

the

driv

er /

crew

. In

the

latt

er c

ase,

the

cou

ntrie

s co

ncer

ned

shal

l en

sure

tha

t su

ch r

epat

riatio

n is

hand

led

with

utt

er m

ost

care

to

avoi

d co

ntag

ion

by t

he i

nfec

ted

driv

er /

cre

w.

All

repa

tria

tion

or

trea

tmen

t cos

ts, a

s th

e ca

se m

ay b

e, s

hall

be b

orne

by

the

oper

ator

(u

nles

s the

cos

ts a

re w

aive

d by

the

host

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

te)

6.Al

low

ing

driv

ers

/ pi

lots

and

cre

w m

embe

rs t

hat

hold

a v

alid

ne

gativ

e CO

VID-

19 c

lear

ance

cer

tific

ate

issue

d by

the

cou

ntry

of

depa

rtur

e in

the

last

16

days

to

proc

eed

to d

eliv

er o

r co

llect

the

go

ods

as p

er t

he p

rovi

sions

whi

le o

bser

ving

the

nat

iona

l law

s an

d re

gula

tions

. 7.

Cons

ider

ing

and

impl

emen

ting

elec

tron

ic s

urve

illan

ce m

onito

ring

syst

ems,

as

may

be

gree

d by

M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es,

for

man

agem

ent

of t

he r

egist

ratio

n of

cro

ss b

orde

r tr

ips,

rec

ordi

ng,

mon

itorin

g an

d su

rvei

llanc

e of

driv

er w

elln

ess

incl

udin

g m

edic

al te

st

resu

lts f

or s

peci

fied

com

mun

icab

le d

iseas

es s

uch

as C

OVI

D-19

, tr

acki

ng o

f ve

hicl

es,

load

s an

d dr

iver

s, co

ntac

t tr

acin

g,

queu

e m

anag

emen

t at p

orts

, bor

der p

ost a

nd o

ther

faci

litie

s an

d st

atist

ical

an

alys

is an

d re

port

ing.

8.

Prov

idin

g hy

gien

e fa

cilit

ies

at e

ach

tran

spor

t no

de, s

uch

as a

ir an

d se

a po

rts,

Inla

nd c

onta

iner

Dep

ots,

Cont

aine

r Fr

eigh

t Sta

tions

, Roa

d Si

de S

tatio

ns /

Tru

ck S

tops

, bor

der

post

s an

d in

land

ter

min

als

\ as

re

com

men

ded

by W

HO a

nd th

e N

atio

nal G

over

nmen

ts

9.Ad

optin

g a

join

t in

spec

tions

an

d co

ordi

nate

d ap

proa

ch

at

all

desig

nate

d po

ints

for':

ent

ry a

nd e

xit o

f goo

ds a

nd p

rovi

ding

acc

ess

and

adeq

uate

per

sonn

el a

t the

se p

oint

s. 10

.Dire

ctin

g tr

ansp

ort o

pera

tors

and

thei

r ass

ocia

tions

to:

32 |

Pa

ge

b) T

hey

usua

lly s

houl

der

the

burd

en o

f car

e an

d do

mes

tic w

ork

and

are

thus

mor

e in

nee

d of

soc

ial p

rote

ctio

n sc

hem

es s

uch

as c

hild

car

e an

d el

derly

ca

re,

if su

ch

prov

ision

s ar

e lin

ked

to

an

empl

oym

ent

rela

tions

hip.

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31 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 9

: F

ORM

ALIZ

ATIO

N O

F BU

SIN

ESS

Ther

e a

re

man

y r

easo

ns

why

fo

rmal

izing

yo

ur b

usin

ess

is im

port

ant

for

you

and

for

the

econ

omy

of y

our

coun

try.

You

may

alre

ady

be f

amili

ar

with

the

num

erou

s ch

alle

nges

con

fron

ting

info

rmal

tra

ders

. Her

e be

low

we

pres

ent s

ome

of th

e dr

awba

cks o

f inf

orm

al tr

ade:

Pe

rson

al s

afet

y

The

risks

ass

ocia

ted

with

ICBT

are

man

y, p

artic

ular

ly f

or w

omen

tra

ders

: ha

rass

men

t and

dem

ands

for s

exua

l fav

ours

, for

ced

pros

titut

ion,

exp

osur

e to

hea

lth r

isks

such

as

STI

and

STDs

, ar

e so

me

of t

he m

ost

com

mon

ch

alle

nges

that

con

fron

t inf

orm

al tr

ader

s in

man

y co

untr

ies.

Bu

sine

ss R

isks

Br

iber

y an

d se

izure

of

mer

chan

dise

are

com

mon

whe

n en

gagi

ng in

info

rmal

tr

ade

activ

ities

. Th

e fin

ancia

l co

sts

of p

ayin

g br

ibes

or

undu

e fe

es a

nd o

f co

nfisc

atio

n of

goo

ds m

ay h

ave

signi

fican

t im

pact

s on

your

bus

ines

s.

Cred

it a

nd B

usin

ess

oppo

rtun

itie

s In

form

al tr

ader

s and

ow

ners

of i

nfor

mal

bus

ines

ses f

ace

mor

e di

fficu

lties

to

acce

ss c

redi

t and

oth

er se

rvice

s fro

m fo

rmal

fina

ncia

l ins

titut

ions

, as t

hey

are

rega

rded

as

high

-risk

cus

tom

ers.

As a

resu

lt, th

ey a

re e

ither

den

ied

cred

it or

of

fere

d ve

ry h

igh

inte

rest

rate

s.

Soci

al p

rote

ctio

n

Trad

ers

or w

orke

rs o

pera

ting

in th

e in

form

al s

ecto

r hav

e no

acc

ess

to s

ocia

l pr

otec

tion,

hea

lth c

over

age

and

othe

r soc

ial s

ecur

ity b

enef

its a

cces

sible

in

the

form

al s

ecto

r, w

hen

they

exi

st. T

his

crea

tes

situa

tions

of v

ulne

rabi

lity

and

soci

al m

argi

naliz

atio

n th

at a

re p

erpe

tuat

ed th

roug

h th

eir l

ives

. Wom

en

are

part

icula

rly a

t a d

isadv

anta

ge fo

r tw

o m

ain

reas

ons:

a)

The

y ar

e ty

pica

lly o

verr

epre

sent

ed in

the

info

rmal

eco

nom

y an

d co

ncen

trat

ed in

the

mos

t ins

ecur

e jo

bs; a

nd

14 |

Pa

ge

(i)Co

llabo

rate

with

Hea

lth O

ffici

als

to d

esig

n an

d im

plem

ent

a se

nsiti

zatio

n pr

ogra

m f

or c

ross

bor

der

oper

ator

s an

d th

eir

empl

oyee

s (ii

)Re

gist

er a

ll cr

oss-

bord

er t

rips

thro

ugh

an a

ppro

ved

natio

nal

plat

form

and

syst

em.

(iii)

Test

driv

ers

/ cr

ews

/ pi

lots

prio

r to

com

men

cem

ent

of t

heir

cros

s-bo

rder

trip

arid

allo

w o

nly

pers

onne

l th

at h

ave

test

ed

nega

tive

for C

OVI

D-19

to p

roce

ed w

ith th

e tr

ip

(iv)

Info

rm t

heir

driv

er /

cre

w m

embe

rs w

ith n

egat

ive

COVI

D-19

te

st c

ertif

icat

es t

hat

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ates

may

opt

to

perf

orm

rand

om te

stin

g fo

r qua

lity

assu

ranc

e (v

)In

stru

ct d

river

s of

cro

ss b

orde

r tr

ucks

/ v

ehic

les

to c

ompl

ete

Trip

She

ets /

Log

boo

ks w

hich

show

thei

r sto

ps, d

estin

atio

n an

d tim

es d

urin

g th

e tr

ip.

The

Trip

She

et /

Log

book

s m

ust b

e ke

epin

g th

e cu

stod

y of

the

driv

er d

urin

g th

e tr

ip a

nd s

how

n to

Law

Enf

orce

men

t an

d He

alth

Offi

cial

s on

dem

and.

Trip

She

ets

and

Log

book

s m

ust b

e st

ored

at

the

offic

es o

f th

e O

pera

tor

and

shou

ld b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e to

La

w

Enfo

rcem

ent

and

Heal

th

Offi

cial

s w

hen

requ

ired

to fa

cilit

ate

cont

act t

raci

ng a

nd in

vest

igat

ions

. (v

i)O

pera

tors

to

colla

bora

te w

ith G

over

nmen

ts in

exp

lorin

g ho

w

vehi

cle

trac

king

dat

a ca

n be

use

d fo

r tra

cing

and

inve

stig

atio

ns

(vii)

Ensu

re t

hat

cros

s bo

rder

driv

ers

carr

y su

ffici

ent

face

mas

ks

and

shie

lds,

han

d sa

nitiz

ers,

wat

er a

nd s

oap

for

the

WHO

re

com

men

ded

hygi

ene

purp

oses

(v

iii)

Inst

ruct

driv

ers

not

to c

arry

una

utho

rised

per

sons

suc

h as

hi

tch

hike

rs

(ix)

Inst

ruct

cro

ss b

orde

r dr

iver

s to

mai

ntai

n at

lea

st 1

met

re

phys

ical

dist

ance

bet

wee

n pe

rson

s at

all

times

thro

ugho

ut th

e tr

ip; a

nd

(x)

Prov

ide

isola

tion

faci

litie

s fo

r cre

ws

and

empl

oyee

s w

ho s

how

sig

ns a

nd S

ympt

oms

and

or te

st p

ositi

ve fo

r CO

VID-

19.

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Pa

ge

11.U

rgin

g ea

ch o

ther

to:

i.Pr

omot

e lo

cal

prod

uctio

n of

the

ite

ms

requ

ired

to c

onta

in

COVI

D-19

pan

dem

ic,

for

exam

ple,

med

icat

ions

, sa

nitiz

ers,

prot

ectiv

e ge

ar, v

entil

ator

s etc

; and

(x

i)Fa

cilit

ate

Intr

a-Tr

ipar

tite

expo

rt /

tra

nsfe

r of

med

ical

sup

plie

s an

d re

lief

item

s su

ch a

s fo

od i

tem

s am

ongs

t th

e M

embe

r /

Part

ner S

tate

s fro

m su

rplu

s are

as t

o de

ficit

are

area

s.

GAZ

ETTE

D TR

ANSI

T RO

UTE

1.

All t

rans

port

ers

shou

ld u

se g

azet

ted

tran

sit ro

utes

alo

ng th

e tr

ansp

ort

corr

idor

s as w

ell a

s int

erco

nnec

ting

rout

es

2.Dr

iver

s ar

e re

quire

d to

dec

lare

thei

r fin

al d

estin

atio

n an

d ar

e ur

ged

to

stop

onl

y at

des

igna

ted

poin

ts a

long

the

tran

spor

t cor

ridor

s 3.

Gove

rnm

ents

sho

uld

desig

nate

spe

cific

poi

nts

alon

g th

e tr

ansit

rout

es

thro

ugho

ut t

he r

egio

n w

here

driv

ers

and

crew

can

rec

uper

ate

whi

lst

min

imize

s co

ntac

ts w

ith th

e lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es, s

uch

rest

ing

plac

es b

e co

mm

unic

ated

to

othe

r M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es t

hrou

gh t

he R

EC

Secr

etar

iats

; and

4.

Gove

rnm

ents

sho

uld

subm

it to

REC

Sec

reta

riats

det

aile

d co

rrid

or

map

s in

clud

e the

fol

low

ing

deta

ils -

des

igna

ted

rout

es,

chec

k po

ints

, lis

ts o

f de

signa

ted

safe

and

sec

ure

park

ing

faci

litie

s, fu

ellin

g st

atio

ns

and

quar

antin

e ce

ntre

s fo

r cr

oss

bord

er r

oad

tran

spor

t ve

hicl

es i

n tr

ansit

and

per

form

ing

deliv

erie

s / p

ick-

ups.

HA

NDL

ING

OF

CARG

O A

T PO

INT

OF

ENTR

Y /IN

TERN

AL B

ORD

ERS

1.Fo

r sim

plifi

catio

n an

d au

tom

atio

n of

trad

e an

d tr

ansp

ort f

acili

tatio

n pr

oces

ses

and

docu

men

ts t

o re

duce

fac

e to

fac

e in

tera

ctio

n an

d de

lays

at

port

s an

d bo

rder

cro

ssin

gs, M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es a

re

enco

urag

ed to

: (i)

Sim

plify

and

aut

omat

e tr

ade

and

tran

spor

t fac

ilita

tion

proc

esse

s w

hilst

ens

urin

g th

at a

ll le

gal d

ocum

ents

are

in p

lace

and

cus

tom

s an

d ot

her r

egul

ator

y re

quire

men

ts a

re c

ompl

ied

with

;

30 |

Pa

ge

ac

quire

the

nec

essa

ry p

erm

its a

nd l

icen

ses.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e co

untr

y,

rest

ricte

d go

ods

for

whi

ch a

n im

port

/exp

ort

perm

it is

requ

ired

may

incl

ude

grai

ns,

mai

ze,

frui

ts

and

vege

tabl

es,

live

anim

als,

fres

h m

ilk,

liquo

rs,

gem

ston

es,

petr

oleu

m p

rodu

cts

and

othe

rs.

For

a lis

t of

res

tric

ted

good

s re

quiri

ng e

xpor

t an

d im

port

per

mits

che

ck w

ith M

inist

ry o

f Tr

ade.

Tra

ders

fo

und

impo

rtin

g or

exp

ortin

g th

ese

prod

ucts

with

out

a pe

rmit

may

be

pros

ecut

ed b

y la

w.

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29 |

Pa

ge

Ri

ght t

o ca

rry g

oods

for p

erso

nal u

se

Pers

ons

who

car

ry s

mal

l con

signm

ents

that

are

not

mea

nt fo

r res

ale

and

are

for

pers

onal

use

hav

e th

e rig

ht to

use

the

pers

onal

reba

te s

chem

e, g

rant

ing

tax-

free

allo

wan

ce o

n sm

all a

mou

nts o

f mer

chan

dise

, reg

ardl

ess o

f its

orig

in.

In M

alaw

i, th

e pe

rson

al r

ebat

e sc

hem

e ap

plie

s to

con

signm

ents

who

se

over

all v

alue

doe

s not

exc

eed

MW

K 30

0,00

0 (U

S$ 4

00)

Ob

ligat

ion

s:

Befo

re y

ou st

art y

our j

ourn

ey y

ou sh

ould

mak

e su

re to

hav

e a

valid

doc

umen

t to

be

allo

wed

into

the

oth

er c

ount

ry. T

his

can

be a

pas

spor

t, yo

ur Id

entit

y Ca

rd a

nd b

orde

r pas

s w

hen

the

bord

er p

ass

sche

me

is in

pla

ce. P

leas

e ch

eck

with

Imm

igra

tion

Depa

rtm

ent

Decl

arat

ion

of g

oods

It

is th

e tr

ader

’s r

espo

nsib

ility

to

decl

are

the

mer

chan

dise

to

cust

oms

(offi

cial

s) d

epar

tmen

t und

er th

e ap

plic

able

trad

e re

gim

e. R

emem

ber,

avoi

ding

bo

rder

sta

tions

, con

ceal

ing,

und

er-d

ecla

ring

and

misc

lass

ifyin

g yo

ur g

oods

is

cons

ider

ed il

licit

trad

e.

Brib

es

Trad

ers

shou

ld n

ot a

ttem

pt t

o br

ibe

cust

oms

offic

ial t

o av

oid

paym

ent

of

dutie

s or t

o ob

tain

pre

fere

ntia

l tre

atm

ent.

Proh

ibite

d go

ods

Trad

ers

shou

ld b

e aw

are

of t

he l

ist o

f pr

ohib

ited

good

s th

at c

anno

t be

im

port

ed,

expo

rted

or

tran

sited

. Th

ese

may

inc

lude

nar

cotic

s, h

azar

dous

ch

emic

al su

bsta

nces

, wea

pons

, wild

life

and

so o

n. P

leas

e ch

eck

with

Cus

tom

s de

part

men

t fo

r th

e sp

ecifi

c re

gula

tions

cov

erin

g th

ese

proh

ibiti

ons.

Tra

ders

fo

und

impo

rtin

g or

exp

ortin

g th

ese

prod

ucts

are

pro

secu

ted

by la

w.

Rest

ricte

d go

ods

Trad

ers

shou

ld b

e aw

are

of t

he l

ist o

f re

stric

ted

or c

ontr

olle

d go

ods

and

16 |

Pa

ge

(ii)

Intr

oduc

e or

enh

ance

pre

-cle

aran

ce o

f goo

ds a

nd s

ingl

e w

indo

w

proc

essin

g (iii)

Acce

lera

te t

he c

reat

ion

of o

nlin

e ap

plic

atio

ns a

nd p

latf

orm

s fo

r th

e pr

oces

sing.

Cle

aran

ce o

f im

port

s an

d ex

port

s, a

pplic

atio

n,

issua

nce

and

rene

wal

s of

lic

ense

s an

d pe

rmits

, re

gist

ratio

n of

dr

iver

s, op

erat

ors,

veh

icle

s an

d lo

ads,

pay

men

t of

fee

s an

d fo

r in

form

atio

n di

ssem

inat

ion

and

shar

ing ;

(iv)I

mpl

emen

ting

and

inte

grat

ing

the

SMAR

T Co

rrid

or

build

ing

bloc

ks t

hat

mon

itor

thro

ugh

ICT,

the

phy

sical

mov

emen

t of

dr

iver

s, v

ehic

les

and

load

s an

d do

cum

enta

tion

flow

s th

roug

h po

rts,

bor

ders

, wei

gh b

ridge

s an

d CO

VID-

19 t

estin

g, q

uara

ntin

e an

d iso

latio

n fa

cilit

ies;

and

(v)

Ado

pt

com

mon

an

d in

tegr

ated

el

ectr

onic

su

rvei

llanc

e an

d m

onito

ring

syst

ems f

or d

river

s, ve

hicl

es a

nd lo

ads.

2.To

the

ext

ent

poss

ible

, car

go c

lear

ance

sho

uld

be f

acili

tate

d at

all

desig

nate

d en

try

poin

ts b

y jo

int

I m

ulti-

agen

cy t

eam

s in

clud

ing

Cust

oms,

Sta

ndar

ds b

odie

s, H

ealth

, Im

mig

ratio

n, S

ecur

ity,

Polic

e,

Part

/ B

orde

r co

ntro

l in

a on

e st

op m

ode

of o

pera

tion

to m

inim

ize

the

time

take

n to

cle

ar g

oods

, driv

ers a

nd c

rew

. 3.

Any

cont

rols

inst

itute

d by

any

indi

vidu

al M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es

shou

ld b

e ap

plie

d in

a c

onsid

erat

e an

d pr

opor

tiona

te m

anne

r. 4.

Gove

rnm

ents

and

tra

nspo

rter

s w

ill a

dher

e to

and

pro

vide

hea

lth

and

hygi

ene

faci

litie

s as

per

the

WHO

rec

omm

enda

tions

and

na

tiona

l mea

sure

s for

CO

VID-

19.

5.Al

low

us

e of

w

areh

ousin

g fa

cilit

ies

to

addr

ess

the

liqui

dity

ch

alle

nges

fac

ed b

y im

port

ers

and

min

imiza

tion

of s

prea

d of

CO

VID-

19 b

y pe

ople

insp

ectin

g ca

rgo;

and

6.

Cust

oms

and

othe

r Age

ncie

s to

faci

litat

e th

e m

ovem

ent o

f goo

ds b

y al

low

ing

scan

ned

docu

men

ts in

lieu

of o

rigin

al d

ocum

ents

that

may

ta

ke l

onge

r to

be

phys

ical

ly c

ourie

red

and

in o

rder

to

min

imiz

e ph

ysic

al c

onta

cts /

inte

ract

ions

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17 |

Pa

ge

M

OVE

MEN

T O

F G

OO

DS IN

TRA

NSI

T /

INLA

ND

DELI

VERI

ES

1.Dr

iver

s an

d cr

ew in

tra

nsit

to o

ther

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ates

and

th

ose

deliv

erin

g go

ods

and

serv

ices

inla

nd, s

houl

d be

fac

ilita

ted

to

mov

e th

roug

h th

eir

terr

itory

to

inla

nd d

estin

atio

ns a

s ne

eded

the

ir sa

fety

sho

uld

be g

uara

ntee

d in

situ

atio

ns w

here

tra

vel r

estr

ictio

ns

have

bee

n pu

t in

plac

e;

2.Tr

ansp

orte

rs a

re c

ompe

lled

to e

nsur

e th

at d

river

s an

d cr

ew a

re

scre

ened

or t

este

d be

fore

they

star

t the

trip

and

wea

r mas

ks w

hen

in

prox

imity

of

pers

ons

othe

r th

an t

he c

rew

mem

bers

thr

ough

out

the

trip

3.

Und

er t

he p

reva

iling

circ

umst

ance

s , i

t m

ight

tak

e lo

nger

for

som

e go

ods

in

tran

sit

to

reac

h ex

it cu

stom

s of

fices

. Cu

stom

s Ad

min

istra

tions

ar

e re

quire

d to

w

aive

th

e tim

e-lim

it be

twee

n cu

stom

s offi

ce o

f dep

artu

re to

the

Cust

oms o

ffice

of e

xit;

4.Sh

ippi

ng li

nes

are

urge

d to

wai

ve c

harg

es o

n co

ntai

ners

del

ays d

urin

g th

is pa

ndem

ic p

erio

d ; a

nd

5.M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es a

nd t

rans

port

ers

are

requ

ired

to d

isinf

ect

the

truc

ks c

arry

ing

carg

o b

efor

e an

d af

ter l

oadi

ng o

r unl

oadi

ng.

PAYM

ENT

AND

COM

MU

NIC

ATIO

N S

ERVI

CES

1.M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es m

ay w

aive

fee

s on

Por

t /

Bord

er h

andl

ing

char

ges f

or e

ssen

tial g

oods

requ

ired

durin

g th

is pe

riod ;

2.

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

tes

are

urge

d to

faci

litat

e th

e us

e of

ele

ctro

nic

paym

ents

, suc

h as

mob

ile m

oney

to

signi

fican

tly r

educ

e th

e us

e of

ca

sh to

cur

b th

e sp

read

of C

OVI

D -19

; 3.

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ates

to

urge

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs in

clud

ing

bank

s an

d te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n co

mpa

nies

to

low

er t

rans

actio

n co

sts

on

mon

ey tr

ansf

er, d

ata

and

roam

ing

char

ges;

and

28 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 8

: RI

GHT

S AN

D O

BLIG

ATIO

NS

OF

A TR

ADER

W

hat a

re y

our r

ight

s?

Righ

t to

secu

rity o

f per

son

Tr

ader

s sh

ould

be

able

to

cros

s th

e bo

rder

with

out

the

risk

of a

buse

s, ha

rass

men

t or

gen

der-

base

d vi

olen

ce.

The

right

to

secu

rity

of p

erso

n is

guar

ante

ed b

y se

vera

l int

erna

tiona

l ins

trum

ents

. For

inst

ance

, the

Map

uto

Prot

ocol

, sig

ned

in 2

003

by m

ost

Afric

an S

tate

s, pr

ovid

es f

or s

ever

al le

gal

oblig

atio

ns re

gard

ing

wom

en, e

stab

lishi

ng th

at a

ll w

omen

shal

l be

entit

led

to

resp

ect f

or th

eir l

ives

, int

egrit

y an

d se

curit

y of

per

son.

Fr

eedo

m of

mov

emen

t Tr

ader

s fr

om M

alaw

i do

not

req

uire

a v

isa t

o en

ter

to C

OM

ESA

or S

ADC

regi

on fo

r ex

ampl

e Za

mbi

a, Z

imba

bwe

and

the

Uni

ted

Repu

blic

of T

anza

nia

but

do r

equi

re a

val

id p

assp

ort,

Heal

th P

assp

ort,

COVI

D 19

Pan

dem

ic

Cert

ifica

te o

r bor

der p

ass

- whe

n th

e bo

rder

pas

s sc

hem

e is

in p

lace

, may

be

also

acc

epte

d. P

leas

e ch

eck

with

Imm

igra

tion

Depa

rtm

ent.

Righ

t to

trans

pare

ncy

Trad

ers

have

the

rig

ht t

o ac

cess

rel

evan

t in

form

atio

n ab

out

regu

latio

ns,

trad

e pr

oced

ures

, doc

umen

tary

req

uire

men

ts, d

utie

s, fe

es a

nd t

axes

. Suc

h in

form

atio

n an

d an

y fu

rthe

r cha

nge

shou

ld b

e pu

blic

ly a

vaila

ble

or d

ispla

yed

at th

e bo

rder

. Ple

ase

chec

k w

ith C

usto

ms o

ffici

als o

r dep

artm

ent.

Proc

essin

g of

tran

sact

ions

Tr

ade

tran

sact

ions

sho

uld

be p

roce

ssed

by

cust

oms

offic

ials

in a

n ef

ficie

nt

and

timel

y m

anne

r. Tr

ader

s hav

e th

e rig

ht to

dem

and

rece

ipts

for a

ny p

aym

ent

mad

e.

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27 |

Pa

ge

your

goo

ds (S

impl

ified

Cer

tifica

te o

f Orig

in) b

ecau

se th

is do

cum

ent h

as

been

abo

lishe

d.

Cust

oms

dutie

s sh

ould

not

be

conf

used

with

oth

er t

axes

. For

inst

ance

, STR

do

es n

ot e

xem

pt tr

ader

s fr

om p

ayin

g ot

her t

axes

suc

h as

: Val

ue A

dded

Tax

(V

AT),

a ty

pe o

f co

nsum

ptio

n ta

x le

vied

on

mos

t go

ods

whe

neve

r va

lue

is ad

ded.

If a

pplic

able

, VAT

sho

uld

be p

aid

in th

e co

untr

y w

here

goo

ds w

ill b

e so

ld.

Exci

se t

ax l

evie

d o

n p

rodu

cts

suc

h a

s a

lcoh

ol,

cosm

etic

s, s

oft

drin

ks

etc.

If a

pplic

able

, exc

ise ta

x sh

ould

be

paid

in th

e co

untr

y w

here

goo

ds w

ill b

e so

ld.

Adm

inist

rativ

e fe

es a

pplie

d to

cer

tain

pro

cedu

res

such

as

for o

btai

ning

a S

PS

cert

ifica

te o

r fo

r en

terin

g tra

nsac

tions

into

the

Aut

omat

ed S

yste

m fo

r Cu

stom

s Da

ta (A

SYCU

DA).

The

ASYC

UDA

fee

is 1

US$

for S

TR tr

ansa

ctio

ns

18 |

Pa

ge

4.M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es a

re u

rged

to

acce

pt p

aym

ent

in U

S do

llars

or

oth

er c

onve

rtib

le c

urre

ncie

s fo

r bo

rder

and

Por

t ch

arge

s w

here

ne

cess

ary.

AP

PLIC

ATIO

N O

F CU

STO

MS

LAW

S AN

D IN

TERP

RETA

TIO

N

1.Ta

king

in to

con

sider

atio

n th

e m

obili

ty re

stric

tions

to c

onta

in C

OVI

D-19

whi

ch m

ight

del

ay c

omm

unic

atio

n of

Cus

tom

s de

cisio

ns t

o fie

ld

offic

ers,

Cust

oms

Adm

inist

ratio

ns a

re u

rged

to

give

fie

ld o

ffice

rs

dele

gate

d po

wer

s to

dec

ide

on h

ow t

o ha

ndle

ess

entia

l goo

ds a

nd

serv

ices

; and

2.

Subj

ect

to

natio

nal

law

s an

d re

gula

tions

, Po

rts

and

Cust

oms

Adm

inist

ratio

ns a

re u

rged

to

wai

ve f

ees,

stor

age

and

hand

ling

char

ges

and

war

e ho

use

rent

rel

atin

g to

ess

entia

l go

ods

that

are

im

porte

d du

ring

the

COVI

D-19

pan

dem

ic a

nd a

re n

ot t

rans

ferr

ed t

o th

e re

spec

tive

dest

inat

ion

due

to C

OVI

D-19

rest

rictio

ns.

INSP

ECTI

ON

OF

GO

ODS

FO

R Q

UAL

ITY

AND

SAFE

TY

1.N

otw

ithst

andi

ng t

he C

OVI

D-19

pan

dem

ic, g

oods

with

dire

ct im

pact

on

hum

an h

ealth

, sa

fety

and

env

ironm

ent

shal

l co

ntin

ue t

o be

in

spec

ted

for q

ualit

y an

d sa

fety

2.

Insp

ectio

n Ag

enci

es in

the

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

tes

are

urge

d to

dev

ise m

easu

res

to ex

pedi

te t

he i

nspe

ctio

n pr

oces

s; a

nd

3.Pr

iorit

y sh

ould

be

give

n to

insp

ectio

n of

ess

entia

l goo

ds.

EXCH

ANG

E AN

D SH

ARIN

G O

F IN

FORM

ATIO

N

1.M

embe

r / P

artn

er S

tate

s are

urg

ed to

con

tinuo

usly

shar

e in

form

atio

n on

the

CO

VID

-19

pand

emic

with

eac

h ot

her

and

with

the

REC

Se

cret

aria

ts;

2.Go

vern

men

t age

ncie

s, tr

ader

s an

d ca

rgo

hand

lers

are

urg

ed to

sha

re

info

rmat

ion

on \

chal

leng

es e

ncou

nter

ed in

the

mov

emen

t of

goo

ds

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19 |

Pa

ge

and

serv

ices

dur

ing

this

perio

d of

CO

VID-

19 p

ande

mic

to

faci

litat

e tim

ely

resp

onse

; 3.

The

Mem

ber

I Pa

rtne

r St

ates

and

the

REC

Sec

reta

riats

are

to

desig

nate

con

tact

per

sons

and

the

ir de

signa

tions

who

will

fac

ilita

te

the

exch

ange

an

d sh

arin

g of

in

form

atio

n in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith

inte

rnat

iona

l hea

lth re

gula

tions

. 4.

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r St

ates

and

the

REC

Sec

reta

riats

will

con

tinuo

usly

co

nduc

t aw

aren

ess a

nd tr

aini

ng in

terv

entio

ns to

ens

ure

avai

labi

lity

of

the

nece

ssar

y ca

paci

ty a

nd r

eadi

ness

to

resp

ond

to t

he C

OVI

D-19

pa

ndem

ic; a

nd

5.M

embe

r I P

artn

er S

tate

s ar

e ur

ged

to s

ubm

it to

the

REC

Secr

etar

iats

, d

ocu

me

nts

on

CO

VID-

19

natio

nal

decl

arat

ion,

po

licie

s, la

ws,

regu

latio

ns

and

notif

icat

ions

an

d Se

cret

aria

ts

shal

l po

st,

such

do

cum

ents

on

thei

r re

spec

tive

web

sites

for

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

and

diss

emin

atio

n.

CR

OSS

BO

RDER

RO

AD P

ASSE

NG

ER T

RAN

SPO

RT

1.Su

bjec

t to

Nat

iona

l Law

s and

Reg

ulat

ions

, Int

er-S

tate

mas

s mov

emen

t of

pers

ons

buse

s /

min

ibus

es o

r ot

her

vehi

cles

sha

ll be

allo

wed

to r

esum

e th

roug

h m

utua

lly a

gree

d an

d re

cogn

ized

arra

ngem

ents

bet

wee

n th

e co

untr

y of

orig

in, c

ount

ry o

f des

tinat

ion

and

coun

trie

s of t

rans

it, p

rior t

o th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d ad

optio

n of

Trip

artit

e gu

idel

ines

for

cros

s-bo

rder

pa

ssen

ger t

rans

port

. (i)

Citiz

ens

and

resid

ents

re

turn

ing

to

hom

e co

untr

ies/

plac

es

of

resid

ence

will

be

subj

ecte

d to

the

gaze

tte

regu

latio

ns in

the

coun

try

of o

rigin

and

cou

ntry

of

dest

inat

ion

been

scr

eeni

ng a

nd t

estin

g as

w

ell a

s iso

latio

n or

qua

rant

ine,

if d

eem

ed n

eces

sary

; (ii

)Th

e fo

llow

ing

will

be

subj

ecte

d to

loca

l reg

ulat

ions

on

scre

enin

g on

ly

acco

rdin

g to

loc

al r

egul

atio

ns u

nles

s in

the

scr

eeni

ng t

hey

show

sy

mpt

oms

of C

OVI

D-19

then

they

sha

ll be

sub

ject

ed to

isol

atio

n an

d qu

aran

tine

if de

emed

nec

essa

ry:

26 |

Pa

ge

If

your

goo

ds a

re n

ot e

ligib

le f

or F

TA t

reat

men

t, cu

stom

s du

ties

may

be

char

ged.

Th

e SA

DC T

rade

Pro

toco

l ste

p by

ste

p.

Befo

re y

ou t

rave

l to

the

bord

er, m

ake

sure

you

hav

e th

e fo

llow

ing

Trav

el d

ocum

ents

or

visa

for

the

coun

try

you

are

ente

ring.

Tra

ders

from

Mal

awi d

o no

t req

uire

a v

isa to

ent

er

Zam

bia

and

the

Uni

ted

Repu

blic

of T

anza

nia

but d

o re

quire

a v

alid

pas

spor

t.

In th

e ab

senc

e of

a p

assp

ort,

the

Nat

iona

l Ide

ntity

Car

d ca

n be

use

d to

obt

ain

a bo

rder

pas

s fre

e of

cha

rge

that

shou

ld b

e ob

tain

ed a

t the

bor

der.

Suffi

cien

t Fo

reig

n Cu

rren

cy a

nd r

ecei

pt fr

om c

ertif

ied

fore

x bu

reau

or

bank

s

SA

DC C

ertif

icat

e of

Orig

in to

pro

ve th

e or

igin

of y

our g

oods

O

NCE

YO

U R

EACH

TH

E BO

RDER

FO

LLO

W T

HES

E ST

EPS

1.Ha

ve t

he S

ADC

Cert

ifica

te o

f Orig

in s

tam

ped

by a

cus

tom

s of

ficer

in

the

coun

try

whe

re th

e go

ods a

re c

omin

g fr

om.

2.Fi

ll in

a C

usto

ms

Docu

men

t (d

ecla

ratio

n fo

rm)

to d

ecla

re y

our

good

s an

d ha

ve i

t st

ampe

d by

a c

usto

ms

offic

er i

n th

e co

untr

y w

here

the

good

s are

com

ing

from

. 3.

Clea

r im

mig

ratio

n fo

rmal

ities

whe

n en

terin

g th

e ot

her

coun

try

Subm

it th

e st

ampe

d do

cum

ents

at t

he c

usto

ms

desk

s on

the

othe

r sid

e of

the

bord

er

If yo

ur g

oods

qua

lify

as o

rigin

atin

g in

SAD

C, y

ou w

ill n

ot b

e as

ked

to p

ay a

ny

duty

. You

may

be

aske

d to

pay

oth

er ta

xes o

r fee

s.

WH

AT

ARE

THE

TARI

FFS?

WH

AT

ARE

THE

TAXE

S?

IS T

HER

E A

NY

OTH

ER F

EE T

HAT

YO

U S

HO

ULD

PA

Y?

Tarif

fs o

r cu

stom

s du

ties

are

taxe

s im

pose

d by

Gov

ernm

ents

on

impo

rted

go

ods.

Thes

e sh

ould

be

paid

to

the

cust

oms

auth

ority

of

the

impo

rtin

g co

untr

y. R

emem

ber,

if yo

u ar

e tr

adin

g un

der S

TR:

You

shou

ld n

ot p

ay a

ny cu

stom

s dut

y

You

are

no

long

er re

quire

d to

pro

vide

a c

ertif

icate

to p

rove

the

orig

in o

f

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Pa

ge

•U

nder

2. “

Suffi

cien

t wor

king

or p

roce

ssin

g” is

def

ined

diff

eren

tly fo

r di

ffere

nt p

rodu

cts.

For

clot

hing

an

d te

xtile

s,

this

may

re

quire

tw

o “s

ubst

antia

l tr

ansf

orm

atio

ns.”

One

exa

mpl

e w

ould

be

if th

e U

nite

d Re

publ

ic o

f Ta

nzan

ia im

port

s th

read

from

a n

on-S

ADC

coun

try,

turn

s th

at th

read

in

to c

loth

, and

the

n us

es t

hat

clot

h to

mak

e cl

othi

ng,

the

clot

hing

w

ould

qua

lify

as o

rigin

atin

g w

ithin

the

SADC

regi

on.

•Ac

tiviti

es t

hat

do n

ot c

ount

as

suf

ficie

nt w

orki

ng o

r pr

oces

sing

in

clud

e pa

ckag

ing

or r

epac

king

, as

sem

blin

g or

disa

ssem

blin

g, a

nd

“orn

amen

tal

or f

inish

ing

oper

atio

ns”

on t

extil

es s

uch

as d

ying

and

em

broi

dery

It is

impo

rtan

t to

note

that

the

good

s loc

ated

in a

cou

ntry

are

not

the

sam

e as

goo

ds o

rigin

atin

g fr

om a

cou

ntry

. Pr

oduc

ts t

hat

wou

ld n

ot

mee

t the

SAD

C ru

les

of o

rigin

incl

ude

prod

ucts

pur

chas

ed in

a S

ADC

mem

ber c

ount

ry b

ut p

rodu

ced

else

whe

re.

•Fo

r ex

ampl

e, s

econ

d-ha

nd c

loth

ing

that

is im

port

ed in

to t

he U

nite

d Re

publ

ic o

f Ta

nzan

ia f

rom

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd p

urch

ased

by

a tr

ader

to s

ell i

n M

alaw

i wou

ld n

ot m

eet t

he S

ADC

rule

s of

orig

in. T

he

trad

er w

ould

pay

the

cus

tom

s du

ties

that

Mal

awi

wou

ld n

orm

ally

ap

ply

to th

ese

prod

ucts

. •

SADC

has

ado

pted

spec

ific

rule

s of o

rigin

for n

early

eve

ry p

rodu

ct. T

hese

ru

les a

re a

vaila

ble

in A

nnex

I to

the

revi

sed

SADC

Pro

toco

l on

Trad

e.

If yo

ur g

oods

are

elig

ible

for

FTA

tre

atm

ent,

you

need

to

obta

in a

SAD

C Ce

rtifi

cate

of O

rigin

bef

ore

trav

elin

g to

the

bord

er

If yo

u ar

e ex

port

ing

good

s fr

om M

alaw

i to

the

Unite

d Re

publ

ic of

Ta

nzan

ia, y

ou c

an o

btai

n th

ese

cert

ifica

tes

from

the

Mal

awi R

even

ue

Auth

ority

Cus

tom

s St

atio

ns n

amel

y Bl

anty

re P

ort,

Lilon

gwe

Port

and

M

zuzu

Por

t. If

you

are

expo

rtin

g go

ods

from

the

Uni

ted

Repu

blic

of T

anza

nia

to

Mal

awi,

you

can

obta

in th

ese

cert

ifica

tes

from

Tan

zani

a Ch

ambe

r of

Com

mer

ce, I

ndus

try

and

Agric

ultu

re.

20 |

Pa

ge

(a)

Secu

rity,

em

erge

ncy

and

hum

anita

rian

relie

f ser

vice

s as m

aybe

ag

reed

bet

wee

n M

embe

r / P

artn

er S

tate

s;

(b)

Engi

neer

ing

and

mai

nten

ance

sup

port

serv

ices

(inc

ludi

ng e

ngin

eers

an

d su

ppor

t sta

ff) su

ppor

ting

the

prod

uctio

n of

goo

ds.

(c)

Tran

spor

tatio

n of

wor

k cr

ews a

nd te

ams u

nder

spec

ial a

rran

gem

ents

be

twee

n M

embe

r / P

artn

er S

tate

s. (d

)Di

plom

atic

pe

rson

nel

in

acco

rdan

ce

with

ru

les

esta

blish

ed

by

Mem

ber /

Par

tner

Sta

tes .

2.

Inte

r-st

ate

mov

emen

t of

per

sons

by

all

mod

es o

f tr

ansp

ort

shal

l be

al

low

ed

subj

ect

to

exist

ing

bila

tera

l , m

ultil

ater

al

and

corr

idor

ag

reem

ents

be

twee

n an

d am

ong

Mem

ber/

Pa

rtne

r St

ates

on

ce

arra

ngem

ents

for s

afe

trav

el a

re m

ade,

such

as t

estin

g of

all

pass

enge

rs

befo

re t

hey

trav

el a

s is

done

for

driv

ers

and

crew

s as

per

the

SO

Ps o

f th

e Tr

ipar

tite

Guid

elin

es.

3.Th

e fo

llow

ing

cond

ition

s m

ust

be m

et b

y op

erat

ors

and

stak

ehol

ders

w

ho m

ay w

ish to

app

ly fo

r the

exe

mpt

ions

. (i)

Redu

ctio

n in

num

ber

of p

asse

nger

s in

a b

us,

min

i -bus

or

othe

r ve

hicl

e an

d en

forc

emen

t of

pub

lic h

ealth

mea

sure

s of

1 m

etre

di

stan

ce a

part

; (ii

)Pr

ovisi

on o

f WHO

reco

mm

ende

d hy

gien

e fa

cilit

ies

on th

e ve

hicl

e, a

t th

e bu

s te

rmin

uses

, bo

rder

s an

d ot

her

plac

es t

he c

ross

-bor

der

buse

s may

stop

(ii

i)In

form

atio

n di

ssem

inat

ion

by o

pera

tors

to p

asse

nger

s on

COVI

D-19

pr

even

tativ

e m

easu

res

in t

he l

angu

ages

of

the

trav

elle

rs (

whe

re

poss

ible

); an

d (iv

)Co

mpl

etio

n of

tr

avel

hi

stor

y qu

estio

nnai

res

by

pass

enge

rs

/ tr

avel

ers

and

ensu

ing

that

com

plet

ed t

rave

l hi

stor

y fo

rms

are

subm

itted

to P

ort H

ealth

Offi

cial

s.

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Pa

ge

RE

GU

LATI

ON

S O

F O

THER

MO

DES

OF

CRO

SS B

ORD

ER T

RAN

SPO

RT

For

air,

rail,

inl

and

wat

erw

ays

and

mar

itim

e m

odes

of

tran

spor

t, th

e fo

llow

ing

will

app

ly:

(i)M

embe

r / P

artn

er S

tate

s to

cons

ult a

nd a

gree

on

the

susp

ensio

n of

in

ters

tate

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s and

the

cond

ition

s for

serv

ices

that

will

be

allo

wed

to c

ontin

ue;

(ii)

Inte

rsta

te t

rave

lling

of

pers

ons

shou

ld b

e di

scou

rage

d an

d w

here

it

take

s pl

ace

it sh

ould

be

acco

rdin

g to

tra

vel

advi

sorie

s, ru

les

and

proc

edur

es p

ut in

pla

ce b

y co

untr

y of

orig

in, t

rans

it an

d de

stin

atio

n.

Phys

ical

dist

anci

ng o

f at l

east

1 m

etre

mus

t be

appl

ied

(iii)

Hygi

enic

fac

ilitie

s re

com

men

ded

by t

he W

HO b

e pr

ovid

ed o

n th

e ve

hicl

e an

d te

rmin

al a

reas

and

dur

ing

trav

el;

(iv)

Info

rmat

ion

diss

emin

atio

n by

the

driv

er, p

ilot,

crew

and

ope

rato

rs

to

pass

enge

rs

on

COVI

D-19

pr

even

tativ

e m

easu

res

mus

t be

co

nduc

ted

in th

e la

ngua

ges o

f the

trav

elle

rs (w

here

pos

sible

); an

d (v

)Ha

rmon

ised

regu

latio

ns,

incr

ease

d fa

cilit

ies

and

capa

city

to

test

pa

ssen

gers

in a

dditi

on t

o dr

iver

s an

d cr

ews,

to f

acili

tate

inte

rsta

te

trav

ellin

g of

per

sons

sha

ll be

enc

oura

ged

for

econ

omic

gro

wth

and

po

vert

y al

levi

atio

n w

hile

con

tain

ing

the

spre

ad o

f CO

VID-

19 g

uide

d by

WHO

com

plia

nt a

nd h

arm

onize

d Tr

ipar

tite

guid

elin

es

MO

NIT

ORI

NG

AN

D RE

VIEW

Th

e RE

C se

cret

aria

t in

con

sulta

tion

with

mem

ber/

part

ner

stat

es a

nd o

ther

ke

y st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd p

artn

ers s

houl

d:

(i)Re

view

nat

iona

l tr

ade

and

tran

spor

t re

late

d po

licie

s, r

egul

atio

ns

and

resp

onse

mea

sure

s and

iden

tify

in c

onsis

tenc

ies;

(ii

)Ba

sed

on t

he r

evie

w,

sele

ct b

est

prac

tices

and

pro

pose

to

the

Mem

ber

/ Pa

rtne

r st

ates

har

mon

ized

polic

ies,

reg

ulat

ions

and

m

easu

res

(iii)

Put

in p

lace

a m

echa

nism

to

enab

le M

embe

r /

Part

ner

Stat

es t

o sh

are

info

rmat

ion

on C

OVI

D-19

res

pons

e po

licie

s, r

egul

atio

ns a

nd

24 |

Pa

ge

Chap

ter 7

: SA

DC T

RADE

PRO

TOCO

L Ho

w to

use

the

SADC

Tra

de P

roto

col

If yo

u ar

e tr

adin

g w

ith th

e U

nite

d Re

publ

ic o

f Tan

zani

a, y

ou w

on’t

be a

ble

to

use

the

COM

ESA

Sim

plifi

ed T

rade

Reg

ime

beca

use

this

coun

try

is no

t a

COM

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part

ner

stat

e. T

he U

nite

d Re

publ

ic o

f Ta

nzan

ia is

inst

ead

part

of

SADC

. As y

ou k

now

, our

ow

n co

untr

y- M

alaw

i - is

also

a S

ADC

mem

ber s

tate

. Th

e Go

vern

men

ts o

f Mal

awi a

nd th

e U

nite

d Re

publ

ic of

Tan

zani

a ar

e cu

rren

tly

in th

e pr

oces

s of d

iscus

sing

the

esta

blish

men

t of a

Sim

plifi

ed T

rade

Reg

ime

on

a bi

late

ral b

asis.

Tr

ade

amon

g SA

DC c

ount

ries

is re

gula

ted

by th

e SA

DC T

rade

Pro

toco

l, w

hich

ai

ms

to

simpl

ify

and

harm

onize

cu

stom

s pr

oced

ures

am

ong

mem

ber

coun

trie

s an

d en

cour

age

the

grow

th o

f tr

ade

with

in t

he r

egio

n. U

nder

the

Pr

otoc

ol,

the

SADC

Fre

e Tr

ade

Area

(FT

A) w

as e

stab

lishe

d in

200

8 an

d pr

ovid

es d

uty-

free

mar

ket

acce

ss o

r re

duce

d ta

riffs

to

good

s or

igin

atin

g in

SA

DC.

You

can

bene

fit fr

om d

uty-

free

mar

ket a

cces

s und

er th

e SA

DC T

rade

Pro

toco

l if

your

goo

ds sa

tisfy

one

of t

he fo

llow

ing

rule

s of o

rigin

:

1.Yo

ur g

oods

wer

e pr

oduc

ed in

a S

ADC

mem

ber

stat

e. T

his

mea

ns t

he

prod

uct

is en

tirel

y gr

own,

min

ed, f

ished

bor

n an

d ra

ised,

or

prod

uced

w

ith m

ater

ials

orig

inat

ing

in a

SAD

C m

embe

r sta

te.

2.A

port

ion

of t

he m

ater

ials

that

mak

e up

you

r go

ods

are

impo

rted

fro

m

outs

ide

the

regi

on,

but

thes

e m

ater

ials

have

und

ergo

ne “

suffi

cien

t w

orki

ng o

r pro

cess

ing”

in a

SAD

C m

embe

r sta

te.

Exam

ples

of

prod

ucts

tha

t w

ould

mee

t th

e SA

DC r

ules

of

orig

in

Incl

ude

vege

tabl

es h

arve

sted

in a

mem

ber

stat

e, a

nim

als

born

and

ra

ised

in a

mem

ber s

tate

, fish

ing

prod

ucts

obt

aine

d in

the

wat

er o

f a

mem

ber

stat

e, o

r an

y ot

her

prod

uct

that

doe

s n

ot c

onta

in m

ater

ial

from

out

side

SADC

.

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