The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has released a statement, informing importers and exporters that the list of goods requiring import or export license has been amended.

The development follows after the new Control of Goods Act of 2018 which became operational on 24th July, 2020. Following the development, an import permit is required for the following;

1. Goods for which an import permit is required:
2. Wild animals, Wild Animal Trophies and Wild Animal Products
3. Meat
4. Bovine and
5. Swine
6. Live Poultry, Day Old Chicks, Undressed and Dressed Poultry
7. Fish whether frozen, dried or live and eggs and spawn thereof
8. Table Eggs

1. Goods for which an export permit is required:
2. Implements of war (other than arms and ammunition), atomic energy materials of strategic

value, and items of primary strategic significance used in the production

2. of arms and ammunition and other implements of war, including the following- Beryllium;

(c) tantalum (d) uranium (e) lithium (f) columbite Cobalt; (g) thorium (h) germanium; (j)

titanium;( k) nickel; and any materials containing such metals.

3. Petroleum products

For more details on more amendments, please your nearest MRA offices. Meanwhile, the Authority is advising importers and exporters to attach a valid copy of import or export license when submitting declaration forms to Customs for goods that

require a license. Importers and exporters are required to apply and obtain import and export licenses from the Ministry of Trade before importing or exporting licensable goods.