REPLIES
TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES[1]
Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures (2017)
Malaysia
The following communication, dated 14 March 2018,
is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Malaysia.
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Malaysia's import licensing regime, as notified
in the document G/LIC/N/3/MYS/12 has not been modified and remains valid for
2017, except for the changes to which this document refers to.
Import controls
are administered by one authority, the Royal Customs Department of Malaysia,
but a number of Ministries and Government Agencies are responsible for the
legislation and approval of licences.
Consequently, replies to the Questionnaire have been organised according
to specific products or goods, and the legislative instruments under which
their import controls are maintained.
1 Products subject to import licensing
under THE Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017 - (Ministry of
international trade and industry). 2
2 LIVE FISH, Fish and fish products –
(DEPARTMENT OF MALAYSIAN QUARANTINE AND INSPECTION SERVICES (MAQIS)). 4
3 PLANT, PLANT PRODUCTS AND REGULATED
PRODUCTS– (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) 6
4 RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL/IRRADIATING
APPARATUS - (ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSING BOARD) 9
5 Animal and animal products - (department
of veterinary services). 11
6 IMPORTATION OF PESTICIDES FOR SALE -
(PESTICIDES BOARD OF MALAYSIA). 14
7 Importation of pesticides for research
and educational purposes -(pesticides board of malaysia). 16
8 RICE AND PADDY, GLUTINOUS FLOUR, RICE
VERMICELLI - (MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-BASED INDUSTRY). 17
9 IMPORTATION OF ROUND CABBAGE AND
UNROASTED COFFEE BEANS - (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE). 19
10 INTOXICATING LIQUOR, TOBACCO AND
DENATURED SPIRIT – (ROYAL CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT OF MALAYSIA). 21
11 TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS - (SIRIM
QAS INTERNATIONAL). 23
12 THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES AND GOODS –
(PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES DIVISION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH). 26
13 CONTROL OF IMPORT OF SCHEDULED WASTES
(TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTES) – (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT). 28
14 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT-(MINISTRY OF
ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER (KETHHA)) 30
15 LOGS; WOOD IN THE ROUGH, WHETHER OR NOT
STRIPPED OF ITS BARK OR MERELY ROUGHED DOWN; WOOD ROUGHLY SQUARED OR HALF‑SQUARED
BUT NOT FURTHER MANUFACTURED; BAULKS and piles of BAKAU; SAWNTIMBER and plywood,
veneered panels and similar laminated wood;
(MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD (MTIB)). 36
16 IMPORTATION OF Sugar (including cane
and beet sugar, chemically pure sucrose, fructose and glucose), WHEAT FLOUR AND
CEMENT - (Ministry of DOMESTIC trade, CO-OPERATIVES and CONSUMERISM). 38
16.1 Sugar (including cane and beet sugar, chemically pure
sucrose, fructose and glucose). 38
16.2 Wheat Flour. 40
16.3 Cement. 43
17 WASTE, PARINGS AND SCRAP OF PLASTICS - (DEPARTMENT OF
NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (NSWMD)). 44
[1] See document G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire.