Market Requirements

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
    1. SADC
    2. COMESA
    3. Everything but Arms
    4. AGOA
    5. WTO
    6. Malawi –China
    7. Malawi – India
    8. Malawi – Mozambique
    9. Malawi – Botswana
    10. 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:
    1. Fair trade international – Hired labour
    2. Rainforest Alliance
    3. Farm sustainability Assessment
    4. Uniliver Sustainable Agriculture Code