NameProhibition of importation, manufaturing and commercial distribution of plastics, plastic bags and plastic sheets made of plastic film with a wall thickness of less than sixty micrometers is prohibited for use in Malawi.
DescriptionIt is prohibited to import, manufacture, trade or engage in distribution of plastics, plastic bags, and plastic sheets made of plastic film with a wall thickness of sixty micrometers.
CommentsTo prevent environmental impacts resulting from plastics.
Validity From2015-03-07
Validity To9999-12-31
ReferenceENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT(PLASTICS REGULATIONS) 2015.
Technical CodeA19
Measure TypeProhibitions
AgencyMinistry of Natural Resources
Legal Document- Environment Management Act
Is StandardNo
UN Code(not set)
Measure ClassGood
Created Datetime2016-01-26 15:05:26
Updated Datetime2016-01-26 15:05:26
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
Commodity/s
# HS Code Description
1 39011000 POLYETHYLENE HAVING A SPECIFIC GRAVITY <0.94, IN PRIMARY FORMS
2 39012000 POLYETHYLENE HAVING A SPECIFIC GRAVITY >=0.94, IN PRIMARY FORMS
3 39013000 ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
4 39019000 OTHER POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
5 39021000 POLYPROPYLENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
6 39022000 POLYISOBUTYLENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
7 39023000 PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
8 39029000 OTHER POLYMERS OF PROPYLENE OR OTHER OLEFINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
9 39031100 EXPANSIBLE POLYSTYRENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
10 39031900 POLYSTYRENE (EXCL. EXPANSIBLE), IN PRIMARY FORMS
11 39032000 STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE (SAN) COPOLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
12 39033000 ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS) COPOLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
13 39039000 POLYMERS OF STYRENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
14 39041000 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, NOT MIXED WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
15 39042100 NON-PLASTICISED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MIXED, IN PRIMARY FORMS
16 39042200 PLASTICISED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MIXED, IN PRIMARY FORMS
17 39043000 VINYL CHLORIDE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
18 39044000 VINYL CHLORIDE COPOLYMERS (EXCL. ACETATE), IN PRIMARY FORMS
19 39045000 VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE POLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
20 39046100 POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
21 39046900 FLUORO-POLYMERS (EXCL. POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE), IN PRIMARY FORMS
22 39049000 POLYMERS OF HALOGENATED OLEFINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
23 39051200 POLYVINYL ACETATE IN AQUEOUS DISPERSION
24 39051900 POLYVINYL ACETATE, NOT IN AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
25 39052100 VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS IN AQUEOUS DISPERSION
26 39052900 VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS, NOT IN AQUEOUS DISPERSION, IN PRIMARY FORMS
27 39053000 POLYVINYL ALCOHOL, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING UNHYDROLYSED ACETATE GROUPS
28 39059100 COPOLYMERS
29 39059900 POLYMERS OF OTHER VINYL ESTERS & OTHER VINYL POLYMERS IN PRIMARY FORMS NES
30 39061000 POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
31 39069000 ACRYLIC POLYMERS PREPARED,IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
32 39071000 POLYACETALS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
33 39072000 OTHER POLYETHERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
34 39073000 EPOXIDE RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
35 39074000 POLYCARBONATES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
36 39075000 ALKYD RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
37 39076000 POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, IN PRIMARY FORMS
38 39077000 POLYLACTIC ACID, IN PRIMARY FORMS
39 39079100 UNSATURATED POLYESTERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
40 39079900 POLYESTERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
41 39081000 POLYAMIDE -6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10 OR -6,12, IN PRIMARY FORMS
42 39089000 OTHER POLYMIDES, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
43 39091000 UREA RESINS; THIOUREA RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
44 39092000 MELAMINE RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
45 39093000 OTHER AMINO RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
46 39094000 PHENOLIC RESINS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
47 39095000 POLYURETHANES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
48 39100000 SILICONES IN PRIMARY FORMS
49 39111000 PETROLEUM RESINS... OTHER RESINS AND POLYTERPENES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
50 39119000 POLYSULPHIDES, POLYSULPHONES AND OTHER PRODUCTS..., IN PRIMARY FORMS
51 39121100 NON-PLASTICISED CELLULOSE ACETATES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
52 39121200 PLASTICISED CELLULOSE ACETATES, IN PRIMARY FORMS
53 39122000 CELLULOSE NITRATES (INCL. COLLODIONS), IN PRIMARY FORMS
54 39123100 CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE AND ITS SALTS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
55 39123900 OTHER CELLULOSE ETHERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
56 39129000 CELLULOSE AND ITS CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES, IN PRIMARY FORMS, NES
57 39131000 ALGINIC ACID, ITS SALTS AND ESTERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
58 39139000 NATURAL AND MODIFIED NATURAL POLYMERS, IN PRIMARY FORMS
59 39140000 ION-EXCHANGERS BASED ON POLYMERS OF 39.01 TO 39.13, IN PRIMARY FORMS
60 39151000 WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP, OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE
61 39152000 WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP, OF POLYMERS OF STYRENE
62 39153000 WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP, OF POLYMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
63 39159000 WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP, OF OTHER PLASTICS, NES
64 39161000 MONOFILAMENT >1MM, RODS... AND PROFILE SHAPES, OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE
65 39162000 MONOFILAMENT >1MM, RODS..., ETC, OF POLYMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
66 39169000 MONOFILAMENT >1MM, RODS... AND PROFILE SHAPES, OF OTHER PLASTICS, NES
67 39171000 ARTIFICIAL GUTS OF HARDENED PROTEINS OR CELLULOSIC MATERIALS
68 39172100 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, RIGID, OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE
69 39172200 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, RIGID, OF POLYMERS OF PROPYLENE
70 39172300 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, RIGID, OF POLYMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
71 39172900 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, RIGID, OF OTHER PLASTICS, NES
72 39173100 FLEXIBLE TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, WITH A BURST PRESSURE >=27.6MPA
73 39173200 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, NOT REINFORCED, WITHOUT FITTINGS, NES
74 39173300 TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, NOT REINFORCED, WITH FITTINGS ATTACHED, NES
75 39173900 OTHER TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, NES
76 39174000 FITTINGS, FOR TUBES, PIPES AND HOSES, OF PLASTIC
77 39181010 ---FLOOR,WALL,CEILING COVERINGS SELF-ADHESIVE OF POLMERS/VINYLCHL.IN ROLL
78 39181020 ---FLOOR,WALL,CEILING COVERINGS OF POLYMERS/VINYL CHLORIDE IN TILES
79 39189000 FLOOR, WALL OR CEILING COVERINGS OF PLASTICS, NES, IN ROLLS OR TILES
80 39191000 SELF-ADHESIVE TAPE, PLATES, STRIP..., IN ROLLS, WIDTH =<20CM
81 39199000 OTHER SELF-ADHESIVE PLATES, TAPE, STRIP, FOIL... OF PLASTICS, NES
82 39201000 PLATES..., OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
83 39202000 PLATES..., OF POLYMERS OF PROPYLENE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
84 39203000 PLATES..., OF POLYMERS OF STYRENE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
85 39204300 OTHER PLATES,SHEETS...CONTAINING BY WEIGHT NOT LESS THAN 6% OF PLASTICISE
86 39204900 OTHER PLATES, SHEETS....OF POLMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
87 39205100 PLATES..., OF POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
88 39205900 PLATES..., OF OTHER ACRYLIC POLYMERS, NOT REINFORCED, ETC, NES
89 39206100 PLATES..., OF POLYCARBONATES, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
90 39206200 PLATES..., OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
91 39206300 PLATES..., OF UNSATURATED POLYESTERS, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
92 39206900 PLATES..., OF OTHER POLYESTERS, NOT REINFORCED,ETC, NES
93 39207100 PLATES..., OF REGENERATED CELLULOSE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
94 39207300 PLATES..., OF CELLULOSE ACETATE, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
95 39207900 PLATES..., OF OTHER CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES, NOT REINFORCED, ETC, NES
96 39209100 PLATES..., OF POLYVINYL BUTYRAL, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
97 39209200 PLATES..., OF POLYAMIDES, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
98 39209300 PLATES..., OF AMINO-RESINS, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
99 39209400 PLATES..., OF PHENOLIC RESINS, NOT REINFORCED, ETC
100 39209900 PLATES..., OF OTHER PLASTICS, NOT REINFORCED, ETC, NES
101 39211100 CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS... OF POLYMERS OF STYRENE
102 39211200 CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS... OF POLYMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE
103 39211300 CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS... OF POLYMERS OF POLYURETHANES
104 39211400 CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS... OF POLYMERS OF REGENERATED CELLULOSE
105 39211900 CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS... OF OTHER PLASTICS, NES
106 39219000 OTHER CELLULAR PLATES, STRIPS..., OF PLASTICS, NES
107 39221000 BATHS, SHOWER-BATHS AND WASH-BASINS, OF PLASTICS
108 39222000 LAVATORY SEATS AND COVERS OF PLASTICS
109 39229000 BIDETS, LAVATORY PANS... AND OTHER SANITARY WARE OF PLASTICS, NES
110 39231010 ---BOXES,CASES,CRATES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR PACKING IN INDUSTRY
111 39231090 ---BOXES,CASES,CRATES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES NOT FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
112 39232110 ---SACKS AND BAGS OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
113 39232111 ---SACKS AND BAGS OF POLYMERS OF ETHYLENE OTHER THAN FOR PACKAGING ININDUS
114 39232910 ---SACKS AND BAGS OF OTHER PLASTICS FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
115 39232911 ---SACKS AND BAGS OF OTHER PLASTICS OTHER THAN FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
116 39233010 ---CARBOYS,BOTS,FLASKS,ETC FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
117 39233090 ---CARBOYS,BOTS,FLASKS,ETC OTHER THAN FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
118 39234010 ---SPOOLS,COPS,BOBBINS,ETC FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
119 39234090 ---SPOOLS,COPS.BOBBINS,ETC OTHER THAN FOR PACKAGING IN INDUSTRY
120 39235000 STOPPERS, LIDS, CAPS AND OTHER CLOSURES OF PLASTICS
121 39239000 ARTICLES FOR THE PACKING OF GOODS, OF PLASTICS, NES
122 39241000 TABLEWARE AND KITCHENWARE OF PLASTICS
123 39249000 HOUSEHOLD AND TOILET ARTICLES OF PLASTICS, NES
124 39251000 RESERVOIRS... AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS, CAPACITY >300 L, OF PLASTICS
125 39252000 DOORS, WINDOWS AND THEIR FRAMES AND THRESHOLDS FOR DOORS, OF PLASTICS
126 39253000 SHUTTERS, BLINDS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES AND PARTS, OF PLASTICS
127 39259010 ---ROOFING SHEETS, RIDGING AND TILES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN NOTE 1
128 39259090 ---BUILDERS'WARE OF PLASTICS,N.E.S.OR INCLUDED
129 39261000 OFFICE OR SCHOOL SUPPLIES OF PLASTICS
130 39262000 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES OF PLASTICS
131 39263000 FITTINGS FOR FURNITURE, COACHWORK OR THE LIKE OF PLASTICS
132 39264000 STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES OF PLASTICS
133 39269010 ---TARPAULINS
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