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18 August  2017 
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
  AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 5 .1-5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT  
MALAYSIA  
The following notification, dated 11 August  2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Malaysia.  
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1. 
(a) Title / numb er / date of the law or regulation establishing / changing 
the import licensing procedure:  
Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) Order 2017  
 (b) If the notified measure refers to a change in an already notified import 
licensing procedure, please in dicate the document symbol of the 
notification to which change(s) has(ve) been introduced. (In this case 
please also indicate in Section 3, below, the nature of the changes (i.e. inclusion 
or exclusion of some goods and a list thereof; contact point for in formation 
and/or administrative body(ies) for submission of applications, etc.)):  
G/LIC/N/1/MYS/2 and G/LIC/N/3/MYS/1 2 
2. Information  concerning the institution / change of import licensing procedure:  
(a) List of products subject to the licensing procedur e (Exact name of the 
products and/or whenever possible HS code and indication of the exact HS 
Nomenclature ( i.e. 1996;  2002 or 2007).  Abbreviations should be avoided.  In 
the case of a long list of products, please attach the list as an Annex in Microsof t 
Word or compatible software.  Please do not use PDF, or photocopies .) 
Please refer to Item 3  
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility  
Director   
Export and Import Control Section  
Trade and Industry Support Division  
Ministry of International Trade  Industry (MITI)  
Menara MITI, No. 7,  
Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah,  
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  
Tel: 603 – 6208 4 701 / 6208 47 02 
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  (c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications  (If more than one 
please include the same information for each body.)  
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published  
 28 July 2017 
 Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) Order 2017.  
 Source of publication (official Gazette/Journal/website): 
http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pua_20170731_P.U.(A)225.pdf  
 (e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is  
[ ] automatic.   If so please indicate:  (f) the administrative purpose:  N/A 
 [] Non-automatic.   If so please indicate:  (g) the measure being 
implemented  through the import licensing procedure:    
 
(h) Expected duration of the licensing procedure if this can be estimated 
with some probability, and if not, reason why this information cann ot be 
provided  
3. Other relevant data or information :  (i.e. complete title and data concerning the 
legislation, inclusion or exclusion of certain products from the import licensing regime 
and list thereof ; changes related to t he administrative body(ies) for submission of 
applications, etc. ) 
Abolishment of import license requirement for 181 tariff lines of iron and steel products  
(HS 2017 ) under the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) Order 2017, from 
1st August 2017 .  
 
The 181 tariff lines are li sted in Annex 1 , as attached1. 
 
 
 
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1 Available  for consultation in English only (Market Access Division).