Malawi

South Africa

The agreement covers the following areas:

• Goods grown, produced and manufactured in Malawi to be imported onto South Africa duty free
• All goods grown produced and manufactured in South Africa to be imported into Malawi subject to the Most Favoured Nation rate of duty provided for under column 6 of part III of the customs tariff of Malawi
• Rough and uncut diamonds shall be exported to Malawi
• Promotion simplification of its customs procedures with view to facilitate trade and tourism,

• Boosting trade between the two countries
• Promoting value addition
• The entry of all trade samples and transit through its territory of goods consigned to and from the territory of the other

The following conditions have to be fulfilled:

Good shall not be regarded as having been produced or manufactured in

• Benefiting goods shall be imported under the authorisation of Director General of Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa
• Rough and uncut diamonds shall be exported to Malawi free of export tax provided they are imported for industrial use
• South Africa unless the last process of manufacturing shall be performed in South Africa and as may be assigned from time to time
• Malawi, unless at least twenty five per cent or such lower percentage as may from time to time be agreed upon between the parties in respect of specified goods manufactured in Malawi

The agreement specifies that the following are not covered by the present agreement :

• Trade In Service