NAB strengthens border control inspections
ELLANIE SMIT
WINDHOEK
During the 2020/2021 financial year, the border control inspectorate of the Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) recorded a total of 3 945 grain and grain product import consignments.
The overall compliance rate was 99.2%, the NAB said.
According to the board, since it officially took over the implementation of all regulatory functions in April 2020, which included border control inspection services, it has implemented a fully functional border control inspectorate sub-division at all commercial ports of entry and exit into and out of Namibia.
The NAB currently has 11 border control inspectorate offices at various border posts which provide border control inspection services with a full staff complement of 29 at respective border posts.
It said the main objective of the border control inspection services is to determine and ensure compliance and admissibility of agronomic and horticultural products as documented for export import and transit.
The border control inspectorate performs the first line of the inspection process - physical inspection, document checks and verifications for admissibility of agronomic and horticultural products for export, import and in-transit, according to the NAB.
Confiscated
“Non-compliance may result in the refusal of product entry into or through Namibia,” the board said.
Non-compliant consignments are sealed for inland inspection at the first point of offloading.
Should products be deemed non-compliant with import conditions and regulations, they are confiscated by NAB officials.
Confiscated products that are fit for human consumption are donated to charity originations of the NAB’s choice, however, products that are not fit for human consumption are destroyed.
WINDHOEK
During the 2020/2021 financial year, the border control inspectorate of the Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) recorded a total of 3 945 grain and grain product import consignments.
The overall compliance rate was 99.2%, the NAB said.
According to the board, since it officially took over the implementation of all regulatory functions in April 2020, which included border control inspection services, it has implemented a fully functional border control inspectorate sub-division at all commercial ports of entry and exit into and out of Namibia.
The NAB currently has 11 border control inspectorate offices at various border posts which provide border control inspection services with a full staff complement of 29 at respective border posts.
It said the main objective of the border control inspection services is to determine and ensure compliance and admissibility of agronomic and horticultural products as documented for export import and transit.
The border control inspectorate performs the first line of the inspection process - physical inspection, document checks and verifications for admissibility of agronomic and horticultural products for export, import and in-transit, according to the NAB.
Confiscated
“Non-compliance may result in the refusal of product entry into or through Namibia,” the board said.
Non-compliant consignments are sealed for inland inspection at the first point of offloading.
Should products be deemed non-compliant with import conditions and regulations, they are confiscated by NAB officials.
Confiscated products that are fit for human consumption are donated to charity originations of the NAB’s choice, however, products that are not fit for human consumption are destroyed.
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