GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA N$2.00 WINDHOEK - 30 August 2002 No.2802 GOVERNMENT NOTICES CONTENTS Page No. 145 Agronomic Industry Act, 1992: Imposition of a genera11evy on certain categories of controlled products.... No. 146 Declaration of agronomic corps under the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992................. 3 No. 147 Agronomic Industry Act, 1992: Imposition of a genera11evy on certain controlled products... 5 Government Notices MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT No. 145 2002 I hereby- AGRONOMIC INDUSTRY ACT, 1992: IMPOSITION OF A GENERAL LEVY ON CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF CONTROLLED PRODUCTS (a) on the recommendation of the Namibian Agronomic Board, under section 18(1) of the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992), with effect from the date of publication of this notice, impose general levies on certain categories of controlled products as set out in the Schedule; and (b) repeal Government Notice No. 200 of 15 August 1998. H.K.ANGULA MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Windhoek, 8 August 2002
2 Government Gazette 30 August 2002 No. 2802 SCHEDULE 1. A person who produces and sells for his or her benefit wheat or white maize seeds shall pay a general levy of two comma six percent (2.6%) on an amount to be determined by the Namibian Agronomic Board from time to time, not exceeding the actual producer price or landed cost price of seeds or products so produced or sold. 2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, a person who - (a) imports into Namibia wheat or white maize seeds, or agronomic products which were derived from the grinding, crushing or milling of wheat or white maize seeds; or (b) purchases wheat or maize seed from a person referred to in paragraph 1, shall pay a general levy of zero comma six five percent (0,65%) on an amount to be determined by then amibian Agronomic Board from time to time, not exceeding the actual producer price or landed cost price of seeds or products so imported or purchased. 3. The levy referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be payable on the importation of- (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) breakfast cereals; durum wheat flour; industrial or household starches; maizena; pasta (the finished product); and popcorn; which were derived wholly or partly from the grinding, crushing or milling of wheat or white maize seeds. 4. The levies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be payable on the sale, importation or purchase of wheat and white maize seeds intended for planting purposes. 5. Any person who has paid a levy on behalf of another person, as contemplated in section 18(4) of the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992), shall be entitled to recover the amount of that levy by deducting such amount from any amount due by him or her to the person on whose behalf the levy has been paid. 6. For the purposes of paragraph 2 "landed cost" means the purchase price of wheat or white maize seeds, including any taxes and duties, and transport costs to the final destination in Namibia, payable in respect thereof. 7. The levy referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be collected by the Board.
No. 2802 Government Gazette 30 August 2002 3 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT No. 146 2002 DECLARATION OF AGRONOMIC CROPS UNDER THE AGRONOMIC INDUSTRY ACT, 1992 Under section 2 of the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992), I hereby declare the crops set out in the Schedule to be agronomic crops for the purposes of that Act. H.K.ANGULA MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Windhoek, 8 August 2002 SCHEDULE CROPS COMMON NAME Apple Apricot Artichoke Asparagus Avocado Banana Beetroot Blackberry Boer bean (Broadbean) Cabbage Cape gooseberry Carrot Celery Chayote Cherry Chicory Chili Chive Coriander Crisp mint Cucumber Custard apple Date Egg fruit Endive Fennel Fig Garlic Ginger Gran ad ilia Grape Guava Horseradish Jack Fruit Kholrabi Kiwi fruit Kumquat Leaf lettuce Leek BOTANICAL NAME Malus domestica Prunus armeniaca Cynara scolymus Asparagus officina/is Persea americana Musa paradisiaca Beta vulgaris Rubus fructicosus Phaseolus vulgaris Brassica oleracea Physalis peruviana Daucus carota Apium graveolens var. dulce Sechium edule Prunus aviaum x cerasus Cichorium intybus Cap is cum frutescens Allium schoenoprasum Coriandrum sativum Mentha longifolia Cucumis sativus Annona reticulata Phoenix dactylifera Solanum melongena Chichorium endivia Foeniculum vulgare Ficus carica Allium sativum Zingiber ojjicinale Passiflora edulis Vitis all species Psidium guajava Armoracia rusticana Artocarpus heterophyllus Brassica oleraceae var. gongylodes Actinidia deliciosa Fortunella all species Lactuca sativa Allium porrum
4 Lemon Lime Litchi Loganberry Loquat Maize Mandarin orange Mango Maranka Medlar Mulberry Nectarine Onion Orange Parsley Parsnip Papaw Pea Peach Pear Pepper Pineapple Plum Pomegranate Pomelo Potato Prickly pear Pummelo Pumpkin Quince Radish Raspberry Rhubarb Sage Seville orange Shallot Sourfig Spinach Strawberry Sweet marjoram Sweet melon Sweet potato Thyme Tomato Tree tomato Turnip Watermelon Government Gazette 30 August 2002 Citrus limon Citrus aurantiifolia Litchi chinensis Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus Eriobotrya japonica Zea mays Citrus reticulata Mangifera indica Lagenaria siceraria Mespilus germanica Morus all species var. nucipersica Citrus sinensis Petroselinum crispum Pastinaca sativa Carica papaya Pisum sativum Pyrus communis Capiscum annuum Ananas comosus Prunus domestica Punica granatum Citrus paradisii Solanum tuberosum Opuntia all species Citrus grandis Cucurbita all species Cydonia oblanga Raphanus sativus Rubus idaeus Rheum rhabarburum Salvia officina/is Citrus aurantium Carpobrotus muirii Spinacia oleracea Fragraria all species Origanum majorana Cucumis melo Ipomoea batatas Thymus vulgaris Lycopersicon lycopersicum Cyphomandra betacea Brassica napus Citrullus lanatus No. 2802
No. 2802 Government Gazette 30 August 2002 5 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT No. 147 2002 AGRONOMIC INDUSTRY ACT, 1992: IMPOSITION OF A GENERAL LEVY ON CERTAIN CONTROLLED PRODUCTS Under section 18(1) of the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992), I hereby impose, on the recommendation of the Namibian Agronomic Board, with effect from the publication of this notice, the general levies set out in the Schedule on the controlled products set out in the Annexure to the Schedule. H.K.ANGULA MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Windhoek, 8 August 2002 SCHEDULE 1. Any person who produces and sells, excluding exports, for his, her or its benefit any controlled product, being agronomic crops, set out in the Annexure to this Schedule shall pay a general horticultural levy of one comma two percent (1,2%) on the selling price of the controlled product concerned. 2. Any person who imports into Namibia any controlled product set out in the Annexure to this Schedule shall pay a general horticultural levy of one comma two percent (1,2%) on the landed cost of the controlled product so imported. 3. Any person who purchases controlled products from a person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2, as the case may be, shall pay a general levy of one comma two percent ( 1,2%) on the selling price concerned or the landed cost concerned, as the case may be, of the controlled product so purchased. 4. Any person who has paid a levy on behalf of another person, as contemplated in section 18(4) of the Agronomic Industry Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992), shall be entitled to recover the amount of that levy by deducting such amount from any amount due by him, her or it to the person on whose behalf the levy has been paid. 5. For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3 "landed cost" means the purchase price of the controlled product concerned, including any taxes and duties, and transport costs to the final destination in Namibia, payable in respect thereof. 6. The levy referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be collected by the Board. ANNEXURE CROPS COMMON NAME Apple Apricot Artichoke Asparagus Avocado Banana Beetroot Blackberry Boer bean (Broadbean) Cabbage Cape gooseberry Carrot BOTANICAL NAME Malus domestica Prunus armeniaca Cynara scolymus Asparagus officina/is Persea americana Musa paradisiaca Beta vulgaris Rubus fructicosus Phaseolus vulgaris Brassica oleracea Physalis peruviana Daucus carota
6 Celery Chayote Cherry Chicory Chili Chive Coriander Crisp mint Cucumber Custard apple Date Eggfruit Endive Fennel Fig Garlic Ginger Granadilla Grape Guava Horseradish Jack Fruit Kholrabi Kiwi fruit Kumquat Leaf lettuce Leek Lemon Lime Litchi Loganberry Loquat Maize Mandarin orange Mango Maranka Medlar Mulberry Nectarine Onion Orange Parsley Parsnip Papaw Pea Peach Pear Pepper Pineapple Plum Pomegranate Pomelo Potato Prickly pear Pummelo Pumpkin Quince Radish Government Gazette 30 August 2002 Apium graveolens var. dulce Sechium edule Prunus avium x cerasus Cichorium intybus Cap is cum frutescens Allium schoenoprasum Coriandrum sativum Mentha longifolia Cucumis sativus Annona reticulata Phoenix dactylifera Solanum melongena Chichorium endivia Foeniculum vulgare Ficus carica Allium sativum Zingiber officinale Passiflora edulis Vilis all species Psidium guajava Armoracia rusticana Artocarpus heterophyllus Brassica oleraceae var. gongylodes Actinidia deliciosa Fortunella all species Lactuca sativa Allium porrum Citrus limon Citrus aurantiifolia Litchi chinensis Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus Eriobotrya japonica Zea mays Citrus reticulata Mangifera indica Lagenaria siceraria Mespilus germanica Morus all species var. nucipersica Citrus sinensis Petroselinum crispum Pastinaca sativa Carica papaya Pisum sativum Pyrus communis Capiscum annuum Ananas comosus Prunus domestica Punica granatum Citrus paradisii Solanum tuberosum Opuntia all species Citrus grandis Cucurbita all species Cydonia oblanga Raphanus sativus No. 2802
No. 2802 Raspberry Rhubarb Sage Seville orange Shallot Sourfig Spinach Strawberry Sweet marjoram Sweet melon Sweet potato Thyme Tomato Tree tomato Turnip Watermelon Government Gazette 30 August 2002 Rubus idaeus Rheum rhabarburum Salvia officina/is Citrus aurantium Carpobrotus muirii Spinacia oleracea Fragraria all species Origanum majorana Cucumis melo Ipomoea batatas Thymus vulgaris Lycopersicon lycopersicum Cyphomandra betacea Brassica napus Citrullus lanatus 7