IMPORT of (Coffee, Tea, mate and spices)
All countries
Fill out prescribed form attached and submit it to NPPO (Reduit) - Processing of application based on assessment of risk by NPPO.
Plant Import Permit is required.
(PIP) - To minimise risks of introduction of pests and diseases through imported commodities which are potential pathways for their introduction and spread.
Risk Categorization is as follows:-
-Low Risk/Medium Risk: Formulation of new Phyto-sanitary measures / Import Protocol
-High Risk: This requires Pest Risk Analysis / Consultation with relevant experts in the Bio-security Technical Advisory Committee.
*Pre-Market Approval and Health Certificate are required (See file attached).
Prohibition : No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, expose for sale or sell any tea, coffee, chicory, cocoa or chocolate drink unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 142 to 155.
Tea - (a) shall be the product of steaming, drying or firing or any combination of these, of fermented, semi-fermented or non-fermented leaves, buds and tender stems of one or more varieties of the plant Camellia or Thea; (b) shall not yield more than 7% of total ash of which at least one half shall be soluble in boiling water; (c) yield not less than 30% of water soluble extract; (d) not contain spurious, decayed or mouldy leaves or stalks; and (e) shall not contain any colouring substance. Tea dust, tea fanning or tea sifting - (a) shall be the dust, fanning or sifting of tea; (b) shall not yield more than 5% ash insoluble in boiling water (c) shall comply with the standard for tea in regulation 142.
Tea extract, instant tea or soluble tea - (a) shall be a dried product made exclusively by the aqueous extraction of tea;(b) shall not contain more than -(i) 15% of total ash; and (ii) 6% water;(c) shall not contain less than
(i) 4% of caffeine; or (ii) 7% of tannin.
Scented tea shall be tea to which has been added one or more aromatic substance that is harmless and natural, including jasmine flowers and rose petals.
Coffee bean shall be the raw or roasted seed of any species of the plant Cofea."
Coffee or ground coffee or coffee powder -(a) shall be the pure roasted coffee bean that is ground or otherwise prepared so as to be suitable for making an infusion or decoction; (b) shall be free from husk; and (c) shall not contain any colouring matter. Instant coffee or soluble coffee - (a) shall be the dried soluble solids obtained from water extraction of freshly roasted, pure coffee beans; (b) shall be in the form of a free flowing granules or powder; and (c) shall not contain any colouring matter.
Decaffeinated coffee - (a) shall be the coffee which contains not more than 0.1% weight per volume of anhydrous caffeine; and (b) shall not contain any colouring matter.Coffee essence - (a) shall be the liquid extract of coffee, with or without the addition of glycerol or sugar or a combination of these; (b) shall contain not less than 0.5% weight per volume of anhydrous caffeine derived from coffee; and
(c) shall not contain any colouring matter.
The content of a tea bag shall conform to the standards prescribed for tea in regulations 142 to 145.
Chicory -(1)(a) shall be the powder obtained by roasting and grinding the clean and dried root of the plant Cichorium intybus;
(b) shall contain not more than - (i) 10% and not less than 3.5% of ash; and (ii) 2.5% of ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid; and (c) shall contain not less than 50% of water soluble extract. (2) Where edible fat, edible oil or sugar is added to chicory, any one or combination of more than of such edible fat, edible oil or sugar shall not exceed 2% of the total volume of the powder;
Coffee and chicory - (a) shall be a mixture of coffee and chicory which shall contain not less than 50% of coffee; and (b) shall contain 0.5% of caffeine derived from coffee. Cocoa or cocoa powder or soluble cocoa -
(a) shall be the powdered product prepared from cocoa paste; (b) shall, in its water-free, fat free and alkaline-free content, contain not more than -(i) 19% starch naturally present;(ii) 7% crude fibre;(iii) 8% total ash;(iv) 5.5% of ash insoluble in water;(v) 0.4% of ferric oxide;(vi) 10.5% of total alkalinity calculated as potassium carbonate; and
(vii) 12.5% ash;(c) may contain flavouring substance and food conditioner as provided in Thirty-Ninth Schedule."
Compliance (4) "Chocolate and chocolate drink (1) Milk chocolate shall - (a) be cocoa paste or soluble cocoa mixed with - (i) sugar; (ii) milk solids; and
(iii) cocoa fat;
(b) contain not less than - (i) 3.5% milk fat;
(ii) 25% total fat; (iii) 10.5% milk solids on a fat-free basis; (iv) 2.5% cocoa paste on a water-free and fat-free basis and (v) 25% total cocoa dried solids. (2) Milk chocolate that is described as "Full Cream Milk Chocolate" or "Dairy Milk Chocolate" - (a) shall contain not less than - (i) 5% milk fat; (ii) 15% milk solids on a fat-free basis; (iii) 2.5% of cocoa paste on a water-free and fat-free basis; and
(iv) 20% total cocoa dried solids. (b) may contain permitted flavouring substance listed in the Twenty-Third Schedule; and
(c) may contain permitted food conditioner as provided in the Thirty-Ninth Schedules. (3) White chocolate shall be a product which - (a) shall contain -(i) 20% cocoa butter; and (ii) sugar;(b) may contain -(i) milk components;(ii) not more than 3.5% milk fat;(iii) 14% milk solids; (iv) 55% sucrose; (v) vegetable fat other than cocoa butter; or (vi) permitted flavouring substance and permitted food conditioner as provided in the Twenty-Third and Thirty-Ninth Schedules, respectively. (4) White chocolate shall, in its water-free, fat-free and alkaline-free content comply with regulation 154(b). (5) A chocolate drink shall contain sugar and not less than 15% of cocoa paste or soluble cocoa. (6) The cocoa paste or soluble cocoa in a chocolate drink shall in its water-free, fat- free and alkaline-free content comply with regulation 154 (b).
Plant Import Permit: Rs. 50.00
Processing fee: Rs 500 per consignment.
Phyto-sanitary clearance fee: Rs. 100 per consignment.
Clearance of Imported Consignment at Port of Entry:
1. Applicant calls at NPPO (National Plant Protection Office) to request for an appointment with NPPO Officer.
2. NPPO Officer verifies document(s) and Inspect product.
3. Clearance obtained: Certificate of Inspection forwarded to Mauritius Revenue Authority to authorize delivery from customs/bonds.
1. Proforma Invoice / Invoice 2. Import License 3. Pre-Market Approval certificate,
4. Phytosanitary Certificate from Exporting Country. 5. Plant Import Permit.
