REPLIES
TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES[1]
Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures (2024)
Malaysia
The following communication, dated 18 October 2024,
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/15 has not been
modified and remains valid for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, 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.
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Table of
contents
1
PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO IMPORT LICENSING UNDER THE CUSTOMS (PROHIBITION OF IMPORTS)
ORDER 2023 - (MINISTRY OF INVESTMENT, 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 ARTICLES (DEPARTMENT OF MALAYSIAN QUARANTINE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES (MAQIS), (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SABAH AND DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE, SARAWAK). 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 FOOD
SECURITY). 18
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 PROGRAMME, MINISTRY OF HEALTH). 27
13 CONTROL OF IMPORT OF SCHEDULED WASTES (TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTES) – (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT). 32
14 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
- (MINISTRY OF ENERGY
TRANSITION AND WATER TRANSFORMATION). 34
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; SAWN TIMBER; PARTICLEBOARD; FIBREBOARD AND PLYWOOD, VENEERED PANELS
AND SIMILAR LAMINATED WOOD; (MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD (MTIB)). 39
16 IMPORTATION
OF SUGAR (INCLUDING CANE AND BEET SUGAR, CHEMICALLY PURE SUCROSE, FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE),
WHEAT FLOUR AND CEMENT - (MINISTRY OF DOMESTIC TRADE AND COSTS OF LIVING
(KPDN)). 41
16.1
Sugar (including cane and beet sugar, chemically pure sucrose, fructose and
glucose) 41
16.2
Wheat Flour 43
16.3 Cement 45
17 WASTE,
PARINGS AND SCRAP OF PLASTICS -
(DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT (NSWMD)). 47
[1] See document _G/LIC/3,
Annex, for the Questionnaire.