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Prohibited & Restricted Imports
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[ Prohibited Imports ] [ Restricted Imports ]

Prohibited Imports

a) "Ibero" oil and "Turkey brand" vegetal oil
b) "Mc Ray" scotch whisky
c) Skin treatment creams:

"Mipipo" skin treatment cream
"Elegance" skin toning cream
"Amba" cream
"Tura" medicated cream
"IKB" medicated cream
"Symbi" cream
"Nice" super cream
"Mipipo" hydroquinone lotion
"Crusader" skin toning cream
"Renue" super bleaching cream
"Desire" complexion cream

d) Soaps:

"Jabiru" antiseptic germicidal soap
"Roberts" medicated soaps
"Skingard" antiseptic soap
"HG 12" germicidal soap
"Tura Savon" germicide
"Bexo" antiseptic soap
"Mipipo" germiddal soap
"Sukissa Bango" antiseptic soap
"Bicu" soap

e) Pesticides for agricultural use containing at least one of the following products:

captafol
binapacryl (morocide)
aldrin, heptachlore
dinosebe acetate (aretit)
cyhexatin
2-4-5 TCP
dinosebe
dieldrin

Trade names of these pesticides are listed thereafter:

made from captafol:
difolatan, folcid, merpafol, crisfolatan, foltaf, haipen, mycodifol, ortodifolatan 80, captalatan 80
weedkillers made from aretit:
HOE 002904, evosit, phenotan.
made from dinosebe:
subitex, vertac, Dinitro Weed Killer, basanite, chemox general, chemox, chemsect, dynamite, elgetol, hel-fire, kiloseb, nitropone, sinox general, unicrop, caldon, dinitro, DN289, gebutox, premerge, subitex, vertac.
made from binapacryl:
acricid, ambox, dapacryl, dinosebe, endosan, morocide, HOE 2784, NIA 9044.
made from Dieldrin:
alvit, dieldrex, dieldrite, octalox, panoram D-31.
made from Aldrine: alvit, dieldrex, dieldrite, octalox, panoram D-31, aldrex 30, aldrite, aldrosol, dfinox, octalene, seedrin liquid.
made from heptachlore:
drinox, H-34, heptamul.

f) Toxic waste and other industrial waste
g)"Cock brand" insecticide
h) Non iodized salt
i) Counterfeit goods
j) Wheat flour from Nigeria (importation suspended)
k) Bovine meat of European origin (importation suspended)
l)Tthe products or equipments , whenever using the substances impoverishing the ozone layer
m) Pharmaceutical product INTETRIX P GRANULES (importation suspended)
n) Pharmaceutical products including phenolphtalein (Mucinum, Purganol)

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Restricted Imports

a) Edible meat
b) Sea or bred fish, crustaceans and mulluscs
c) Alimentary preparations for other animals (see code 23.09.90.00 of Cameroon Customs Tariff Book)
d) Medicines (codes 30.03.10.00 to 30.04.90.00 of Cameroon Customs Tariff Book)
e) Medicated soaps.
f) Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders; pyrotechnic articles, beacon rockets.
g) Transmitter-receivers and other receivers
h) Weapons and war ammunition
i) Precious substances (gold, platinum, sapphire, etc)
j) Radioactive substances (uranium, thorium, detorium, etc) and equipment containing radioactive elements.
k) Order No. 0064 of 12/05/95: -

  • Tariff No. Chemical Formula Scientifique Denomination Technical Visa
  • 2903.41.00 CFC-11 (CCL3 F) Trichlorofluoromethane MINEF (Bureau Nationaldel'Ozone)
  • 2903.42.00 CFC-12 (CCL2 F2) Dichlorodifluoromethane MINEF (Bureau National de ['Ozone)
  • 2903.43.00 CFC-113 (C2 CL3 F3) Trichlorotrifluoroethane MINEF (Bureau National de ['Ozone)
  • 2903.44.00 CFC-115 (C2 CL F5) Chloropentafluoroethane MINEF (Bureau NaUonal de ['Ozone)
  • CFC-114 (C2 CL2 F4) Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
  • 2903.46.00 Halon-1211 (C Br CL F2)Bromochlorodifluoromethane MINEF (Bureau National de ['Ozone)
  • Halon-1301 (C Br E2) Bromotrifluoromethane
  • Halon-2402 (C2 Br2 F4) Dibromotetrafluoromethane
  • 2903.14.00 C CL4 Tetrachlorure de Carbone MINEF (Bureau National de ['Ozone)
  • 2903.19.00 C2 H3 CL3 1,1,1 - Trichloroethane MINEF (Bureau National de ['Ozone)
  • (methyte chloroforme)
  • 2903.30.00 C H3 Br Bromure de methyle MINEF (Bureau NaUonal de ['Ozone)

l) Second-hand vehicles not subjected to PSI. They are under the CIVIO Program.
m) Salt: maximume iodine 100ppm or 100 mg/kg
n) Wheat Flour: must conform to norms specified in Decree 27/MINDIC/DPPC dated March 1st, 1994.
o) Pharmaceuticals products (licensed)
p) Medicine for veterinary purposes (licensed)

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The information given in this document has been given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing. Please verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis of any action taken as we regret we cannot accept liability for an consequences due to inaccuracies in this information.

"THE CARRIER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISSING OR INCORRECT IDR/CRI NUMBERS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY REMAINS WITH THE MERCHANT. ANY FINES/ PENALTIES LEVIED AGAINST THE CARRIER ARE FOR THE MERCHANT'S ACCOUNT

 


 
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