WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/3/MYS/1
19December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5573)
Original: English Committee onImport Licensing
REPLIES TOQUESTIONNAIRE ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES1
Notification under Article 7.3ofthe
Agreement onImport Licensing Procedures
MALAYSIA
Thefollowing communication, dated 4December 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofMalaysia.
Submitted herewith areMalaysia 'sreplies totheQuestionnaire. Please notethat,effective
17October 1997, some additional products aresubject toautomatic licensing forthepurpose ofdata
collection (seepages 6-8).
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Contents
Item Ministry/Agency Page
1. Products subject toimport licensing Ministry ofInternational Trade and 4
administered byMITI under Customs Industry
(Prohibition ofImports) Order 1988
2. Additional products subject toimport Ministry ofInternational Trade and 6
licensing administered byMITI under Industry
Customs (Prohibition ofImports)
(Amendment) (No.4)1997 Order
effective 17October 1997
3. Fishandfishproducts Fisheries Development Authority of 8
Malaysia
4. Plant andplanting materials Department ofAgriculture 10
5. Radioactive material/irradiating Atomic Energy Licensing Board 14
apparatus
6. Animal andanimal products Department ofVeterinary Services, 16
Malaysia
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Item Ministry/Agency Page
7. Pesticides Pesticides Board ofMalaysia 18
8. Importation ofpesticides forresearch Pesticides Board ofMalaysia 20
andeducation purposes
9. Rice, glutinous flour, ricevermicelli, Ministry ofAgriculture 22
millmachinery
10. Round cabbages andunroasted coffee Federal Agricultural Marketing 24
beans Authority (FAMA)
11. Palm oil Palm OilRegistration andLicensing 26
Authority (PORLA)
12. Explosives including propellent TheRoyal Malaysian Police 29
powder, prepared explosives,
other propellant powders, safety
fuses, detonating fuses, percussion
ordetonating caps, igniters,
detonators, pyrotechnic articles,
nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin,
mercury fullminate, leadazide,
leadstyphnate, ficric acid
(trinitrophenol tetranit-rate (petn)),
nitroguanidine and
trimethylenetrinitra-mine, fireworks
13. Anypiece ofequipment, apparatus, TheRoyal Malaysian Police 31
appliance oranyother device capable
ofproducing thesound ofasiren or
anyother sound resembling thatofa
siren irrespective ofitsmode of
operation
14. Dress serving, usedorworn asshield TheRoyal Malaysian Police 33
orprotection against attack including
bullet-proof vests
15. Firearms andammunitions TheRoyal Malaysian Police 35
16. Electrical equipment Ministry ofEnergy, Telecommunication 36
andPostMalaysia
17. Intoxicating liquor, tobacco and Royal Customs andExcise Department 39
denatured spirit
18. Telecommunication apparatus Malaysia Telecommunication 41
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Item Ministry/Agency Page
19. (1)Sawlogs/wood intheround/ Malaysian Timber Industry Board 43
roughly squared orhalf-squared (MTIB)
butnotfurther manufactured
(2)Large, scantling andsquares of
60square inches andabove
20. Therapeutic Substances andGoods Drug Control Authority (Ministry 46
Poisons Act1952 (revised 1989) ofHealth)
SaleofDrugs Act1952 (revised 1984)
21. Control ofimport ofscheduled Department ofEnvironment 48
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Importcontrolsareadministeredbytheoneauthority,theRoyalCustomsandExciseDepartment
butanumber ofMinistries andGovernment Agencies areresponsible forlegislation andapproval of
licences. Consequently, replies totheQuestionnaire havebeenorganized according tospecific products
orgoods, andthelegislative instruments under which import controls forthem aremaintained.
Products subject toimport licensing administered byMinistry ofInternational Trade
andIndustry (MITI) under Customs (Prohibition ofImports) Order 1988
Outline ofsystems
1. Importation ofselected industrial products aresubject toimport licensing administered byMITI.
Purpose andcoverage oflicensing
2. Licences arecategorised intoautomatic andnon-automatic licensing:
2.1 Automatic licensing
Safety helmets, allsingle andmulti-colour copying machines, motor-homes, golfcarts, bodies
(including cabs) formotor vehicle, chassis andpartsthereof formotor vehicles, prime movers,
wheat flour, cement, highspeed duplicator, electronic control master playback, filmortapes
formagnetic recording.
2.2. Non-automatic licensing
Sugar, natural barium sulphate, activated clayandbleaching earth, passenger andcommercial
vehicles,motorcycles,steelbarsandincludingwirerods,steelbillets,plasticandpaperinsulated
wireandcables, CFC, batik sarong. Imports ofallgoods fromSerbia andMontenegro and
Israel.
3. Thesystem applies toimports ofgoods originating from allcountries, withtheexception of
allimports from Serbia andMontenegro andIsrael which aresubject tonon-automatic licensing.
4. Automatic licensing isintended fordatacollection. Non-automatic licensing isintended to
regulate theflowofimports, topromote selected strategic industries which havebeenidentified to
achieve certain socio-economic objectives. Imports ofCFCareregulated inaccordance withMalaysia 's
obligations under theMontreal Protocol.
5. Import licences areissued under theprovision oftheCustoms (Prohibited ofImports) Order
1988, under subsection (1)ofsection 31oftheCustoms ACT 1967 witheffect from1January 1988.
Procedures
6. Forproducts under restriction thequantity ofimports isapplicable globally.
I. MITI willissuequota allocation lettertoqualified importers. Theletterwillcontain thequantity
andthesource ofimports.
II. Quotas areallocated onayearly basis andimport licences willbeissued based onthequotas
allocated.