List of Products That Require Import and Export Licenses Under MITI

Issuance of Licenses for Import/Export of Items Listed in the Custom Prohibition of Import/Export Orders Under the Customs Act 1967

Background

The import and the export of goods listed under the Custom Prohibition Act 1967 are controlled:

• To safeguard local manufacturers' interest, health and plant life and the national security of the country.
• To take into consideration Malaysia 's foreign policies.
• To ensure that there should be adequate supply of essential goods.

The following goods under the Act require an Import license by MITI:

1. Raw Sugar.
2. Other Sugar.
3. Wheat Flour.
4. Milk (for tariff code 0401 30 110 and 2202 90 100 only).
5. Activated Clay and Activated Bleaching Earth.
6. Flat-Rolled Products of Iron or Non-Alloy Steel, of a width of 600mm or more, Hot Rolled, Not Clad, Plated or Coated.
7. Flat Rolled Products of Iron or Non-Alloy, of a width of 600mm or more Cold-Rolled. (Cold-Reduced), Not Clad, Plated or Coated.
8. Flat-Rolled Products of Iron or Non-Alloy Steel, of a width of 600mm or more, Clad, Plated or Coated.
9. Flat Rolled Products of Iron or Non-Alloy, of a width of 600mm or more Cold-Rolled (Cold-Reduced), Not Clad, Plated or Coated not further worked than Hot Rolled.
10. Flat-Rolled Products of Iron or Non-Alloy Steel, of a width of less 600mm or more, Not Clad or Coated.
11. Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles of Cast Iron.
12. Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles, Seamless, of Iron (other than Cast Iron) or Steel - Line Pipe of kind used for Oil or Gas Pipelines.
13. Other Tubes and Pipes (ex: Welded, Riveted or Similarly Closed) having Circular Cross- Sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406.4mm of Iron and Steel.
14. Other Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles (e.g: Open Seam or Welded, Riveted or Similarly loosed) of Iron or Steel.
15. Iron & steel products which has been exempted from Import License but require Certificate of Approval from CIDB (Construction) or SIRIM (Other than Construction).
16. Cable.
17. Vehicle.
18. Motorcycle.
19. Motor Vehicles for the transport of goods (i.e.: Dump Truck & Crawler Carrier).
20. Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods excluding fire fighting vehicles (for example breakdown lorries, crane lorries, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units).
21. Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane.
22. Road Tractors for semi-trailers, completely built-up, old (i.e.: Prime Mover).
23. Plastic Waste (Waste, Paring and Scrap of Plastics).
24. Used Tyre.
25. Toxic Chemicals and their precursors covered under the Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC) 2005 (precursors is a substance that precedes and is the source of another substance).
26. Photocopy Machine (Black and White).
27. Photocopy Machine (Colour).
28. Multifunction Printer.
29. Toner.
30. Optical disc mastering and replicating.
31. Medicine Making Machine.
32. Safety helmets except as worn by motorcyclist or motorcycle pillion riders.
33. Activated Clay and Activated Bleaching Earth.

The following goods under the Act require an Export license from MITI:

1. Refined Sugar.
2. Other Sugar.
3. Milk and Milk Product ( Milk & cream, Buttermilk, yogurt, Whey, Butter & other fats/oils, from milk, Cheese & curd, Malt extract, preparation of milk for infant, condensed sweetened/ unsweetened milk).
4. Cement clinker.
5. Portland cement.
6. Naptha.
7. Roofing tiles.
8. Bricks.
9. Wire Rods.
10. Steel Bar.
11. Other Bars Free Cutting Steel.
12. Bars and Rods, Hot- Rolled, in irregularly, Wound Coils, Of other Alloy Steel.
13. Rods of Alloy Steel; Angles, Shapes and Sections of Other Alloy Steel; Hollow Drill Bars and Rods Of Alloy or Non- Alloy Steel.
14. Slag, Dross, Scaling & Similar, Waste; iron and steel, zinc.
15. Iron Waste and Scrap.
16. Stainless Steel Waste and Scrap.
17. Copper Waste and Scrap.
18. Nickel Waste And Scrap.
19. Aluminum Waste and Scrap.
20. Lead Waste And Scrap.
21. Zinc Waste And Scrap.
22. Zinc Dust, Powders and Flakes.
23. Pure Tin Ingot.
24. Tin Waste and Scrap.
25. Magnesium Waste and Scrap.
26. Cinematograph film exposed but not developed, of 16 mm or 35 mm.
27. Toxic chemicals and their precursors covered under the Convention on the Probihition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction 1993 (CWC).

Application procedures for licence to import/export goods under the Customs Act 1967:

• Completion of form J.K. 69 for import applicants and completion of form Customs No. 2 (Principal Custom Area) or form Customs No. 8 (Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse and Free Trade Zone) for export.
• Forms can be purchased from Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad or any of its branches.

Submission of applications:

• Completed applications together with relevant supporting documents must be submitted to either MITI Headquarters or any of its branches depending on the type of goods applied for:

Import and Export Control Division,
2nd Floor, Block 10,
Government Offices Complex,
Jalan Duta, 50622 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Tel: 603-6203 3022 (General Line)
Fax: 603-6201 3012/4806