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D-import-restriction Dictionary

Import restriction

A ban or permit limit on bringing a product into a country

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Plain meaning
A ban or permit limit on bringing a product into a country
How to use it
Where a restriction protects the venture's product, plan for the day it is lifted. Price competitiveness against imports should be in the stress test.
South African benchmark
South Africa uses tariffs and anti-dumping duties more than outright bans (Article 78).
Country notes
Botswana restricted a range of vegetables from 2022, lifted the ban in phases after December 2024 and reinstated it on key vegetables; Namibia uses NAB controls.
Go and read
C6 Lesson 6.6, M8-U3
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A049, LIB-A134
See also
Non-tariff barrier, Local-content requirement, Stress test
Map of trade flows from South Africa into the four local marketsSouth AfricaZimbabweZambiaBotswanaNamibiaTrade corridorsSouth Africa supplies the regionImport parity sets the ceilingExport parity sets the floorBans and levies move the priceMain flows
From Module 7, Trade and Policy, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C7 Trade and Policy.