WTO Quantitative Restrictions

Malaysia #6437 (v.3)

Base data

Notified in
Version validity
24/10/2023 - present
Current active version v.3
Reporting member
Malaysia
In force from
End date
In force
General description
Non-automatic licensing for the import and export of:
• Mercury
• Amalgams (containing mercury)
• Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defines, excluding amalgams (including mercury sulphate and mercury compounds of a kind used as luminophores)
• Organo mercury compound
• Dental alloys containing mercury
National legal basis
Poisons Act 1952 [Act 366]

Customs Act 1967 [Act 235]

Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2023

Customs (Prohibition of Exports) Order 2023
Administrative mechanism
Administered by Ministry of Health (MOH).

Details of the requirement can be accessed at: https://www.pharmacy.gov.my/v2/ms/dokumen/garis-panduan-umum-permohonan-epermit-import-eksport-dikeluarkan-bpf-kkm.html
Responsible entities
Ministry of Health
HS version
HS 2022
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Meta data

WTO justifications

XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;

GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)

Reported as: Article XX(b) of the GATT
Non-WTO commitments

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Reported as: Minamata Convention on Mercury (Malaysia is a signatory to this Convention)
Affected partners
Non-affected partners

Measures

Reported restrictions
NAL, NAL-X
Symbol
NAL
NAL-X

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