Market Requirements

Groundnuts Product Market Facts

Groundnuts Market Requirements into Tanzania

CERTIFICATION & DOCUMENTARY REQUIRMENTS	Customs bill of entry (Form 12) Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) CD 1 Form – controlled by Reserve Bank of Malawi Commercial invoice – By exporter SADC Certificate of Origin – MCCCI and MRA Consignment note /airway bill – Transporter Phyto-sanitary Certificate – Ministry of Agriculture Export quality certificate – Malawi Bureau of standards Import Permit – Relevant authority of importing country (TFDA)
PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS	Sack packaging Description and method of measurements Empty sacks made from flexible thermoplastic and film
LABELLING REQUIREMNTS	Common name of the product Net contents –weight, volume, Date of manufacturer ,expiry date or end of shelf life Batch or lot number of product Name address of manufacturer, distributor Country of origin of the product
TARIFF BARRIERS	MFN 10% (total ad volarem tax)
NON-TARIFF BARRIERS	Requirement of import application from Tanzania Food and Drug Authority Multiple Border Agencies Food inspection at port of entry Weighbridges along the main transport corridors to control gross vehicle weight delay movement of goods
PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS	Preferential arrangements Malawi benefits from the world market SADC COMESA Everything but Arms AGOA WTO Malawi –China Malawi – India Malawi – Mozambique Malawi – Botswana Malawi – Zimbabwe Malawi and Tanzania belong to SADC region and are signatories of SADC trade protocol. Malawi and Tanzania belong to WTO
VOLUNTRAY STANDARDS	There 13 voluntary standards that are accepted in Tanzania. Some of which ar: Fair trade international – Hired labour Rainforest Alliance Farm sustainability Assessment Uniliver Sustainable Agriculture Code

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