Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Regulations (Cap. 18:08)

CONTROL OF GOODS (IMPORT AND EXPORT) (AGRICULTURE) REGULATIONS under s. 3 G.N. 75/1967 126/1971 125/1972 150/1973 82/1988 45/1997 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “controlled goods” means any goods specified in the Schedule or any class of such goods, the import into or the export from Malawi of which is prohibited, restricted or otherwise controlled by an Order made under regulation 3. 3. Orders controlling imports (1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister responsible for Agriculture, or the Minister responsible for Natural Resources, as the case may be, may make Orders prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import into or the export from Malawi, of any goods specified in the Schedule or any class of such goods. G.N. 82/1988 (2) Without derogation from the generality of the powers conferred by subregulation (1), an Order made under this regulation may— (a) prescribe the terms and conditions subject to which controlled goods or any class of such goods may be imported into or exported from Malawi; (b) provide for empowering such person as may be prescribed by the Order— (i) to issue permits authorizing, to such extent as may be prescribed by the Order, the import into or the export from Malawi of any controlled goods or any class of such goods; (ii) on the issue of any permit, to impose terms and conditions subject to which the controlled goods to which the permit relates or any class of such goods, may be imported into or exported from Malawi; and (iii) to revoke any such permit issued by him in such circumstances and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Order. (3) An Order made under this regulation may be administered by such other Minister or authority as the Minister may, in such Order, specify. G.N. 82/1988 SCHEDULE G.N. 45/1997 1. Animal semen. 2. Barley; barley malt. 3. Bees, unmanufactured beeswax, foundation comb. 4. Bones; bone meal. 5. Carcasses, portions of carcasses and offal of animals (including poultry and other birds, but excluding reptiles) and the edible products manufactured therefrom, including beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pig meat, goat meat, and canned products. 6. Compound animal foodstuffs. 7. Dairy produce, including ice cream and ice cream mix. 8. Eggs of poultry and other birds, whether in shell, pulp or dried form. 9. Fish, whether fresh or dried, including fish meal. 10. Fodder; forage. 11. Grain of any variety, including barley, beans, groundnuts, and grain meals, flours and residues. 12. Hay; grass or straw in any variety. 13. Hides and skins. 14. Sorghums, sorghum meal, sorghum malt. 15. Live animals, including poultry and other birds, but excluding reptiles. 16. Manure. 17. Meat meal, blood meal, carcass meal. 18. Oil seeds, oil meal, oil cake, and offals and residues from oil seeds. 19. Potatoes. 20. Seeds for planting in quantities exceeding 200 lb. 21. Tea. 22. Tomatoes. 23. Tobacco. 24. Unprocessed poultry feathers, which are not part of a manufactured article. 25. Used beehives, used bee-keeping accessories and appliances. 26. Used poultry crates and incubators. 27. Vaccines, toxins, sera and analogous biological products used for the diagnosis or treatment of diseases in animals. 28. Vegetable oils. 29. Citrus fruits. 30. Bananas. 31. Live fish including the eggs and spawn thereof. 32. Wild animals, wild animal trophies and wild animal products. 33. Cassava. 34. Fruit and vegetables (including lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, rape, turnips, Chinese cabbage, fresh beans, fresh peas, green pepper, fresh chillies, onions, carrots, beetroot, radishes, tomatoes, egg plants, irish potatoes and oranges).