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Ivory Coast bans sugar imports - 17/08/04

Ivory Coast, West Africa's biggest sugar grower, has banned sugar imports until the end of 2006 in a crackdown on fraud that is undermining its own producers according to the government. The country currently has a stock of 90,000 tonnes of unsold sugar . Ivory Coast consumes about 140,000 tonnes of sugar each year and can cover its needs with its own production. According to the Ivorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry it estimates annual production at between 170,000 and 180,000 tonnes. The government authorised sugar imports in late 2002 during a civil war that split the country in two after rebels seized the northern half, which includes key sugar producing areas.

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Ivory Coast Bans Poultry Imports From Certain Areas - 14/05/03

Ivory Coast has banned the importation and sale of poultry meat, day old chicks and eggs meant for hatching from Belgium, Netherlands and the State of Connecticut in the U.S. due to the outbreak of fowl influenza in these areas. This is only a preventive measure and is meant to protect local production and reinforce safety control and quality of animal products entering the country, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service's agricultural attache, dated May 8.

Though Ivory Coast imports of poultry products are small especially from the affected areas mentioned above, imports are expected to increase in the near future due to the unstable political situation.

Ivory Coast last banned poultry imports in 1999 and it was due to dioxin contaminated poultry meat.

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Vehicle Imports into Ivory Coast

We understand that the President of the Cote D'Ivoire has announced the intention to ban the import of vehicles over the age of 7 years with effect from 1/9/98.

As at this time we are informed that the law promulgating this decision has not as yet been adopted and therefore we are unable to confirm the actual date of implementation and the actual category of vehicles that are covered by this ruling.

We believe that it affects all types of Commercial vehicle including cars, trucks and vans but whether it also applies to public service vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances etc. is still to be confirmed.

We are aware that there will be penalties for any vehicle that is landed in the Cote D'Ivoire which exceeds 7 years of age however it is still not declared who will be required to bear this penalty.

We are in constant discussion with the relevant authorities in order to try to ascertain the full details of the intended new law and as soon as these are available we will issue a fully detailed circular to all concerned

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Prohibited Imports (please also note the above news)

a) Drugs and narcotics.
b) Weapons and war ammunition except collector's items.
c) Pornographic publications
d) Hallucinogen products except those authorised by the Ministry of Health.
e) Counterfeit goods.
f) Products containing asbestos
g) All beef and beef products from the UK and from Ireland
h) Meat flour and bones from ruminants are forbidden for import in Ivory Coast.(HS code 02.10.90).

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Restricted Imports

• Restricted import list is subject to change and is dedicated to the Ministry of Commerce
• Please refer to Decree no. 93-313 of 11/03/93 for the complete listing or contact SGS.
• There are two types of restricted imports: (in brackets, name of the item covered or of the whole HS chapter)

A) The goods subject to Government's approval: ("REGIME D'AGREMENT")

They cover restrictions in customs chapters or customs headings 02.01 to 02.09 (Meat and edible meat offal), 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06 and 03.07 (fish and crustaceans), 10.05 / 10.06 (maize and rice for sowing), 12.07/ 12.09 (other oil seeds, seeds fruit and spores for sowing), 29.05 (methanol), 30 (pharmaceutical products), 33.02 (mixtures of odoriferous substances), 85.24 (records, tapes and other recorded media for sound), 93 (arms and ammunition)

B) The goods subject to import licence: ("QUOTA/REGIME DE LIMITATION") They cover products in chapters: 27 (mineral oils and products of their distillation) and 52 (cotton).

In addition to above, import restrictions apply to the following goods:

a) Used vehicles, other than private cars: authorisation required from the Ministry of Commerce.
b) Bovine meat: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 310 / MINAGRA, of Oct. 18, 1993.
c) Meat and offal’s: specific certificates required.
d) Wheat flour: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 54, of May 8, 1995.
e) lodized salt: must comply with Ministerial Order nr. 18 of April 3, 1996.

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