Botswana - Obtain Business License for Animal Hide and Skin

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. Visit the nearest District Animal Production office (DAP) for consultation then make a verbal request for your application with the hides and skins Department personnel.
2. You will be issued with an application form, fill it out accurately, attach the requirements and submit them for verification and processing
3. On a schedule date by DAP an inspector will then be sent to the site to assess, if the plot is large enough for an industrial sites and issue a report
4. If the plot size is of suitable industrial size and all the facility requirement are available i.e. water source, shed, drainage system, a quarantine area and you will be issued with the licence upon payment of the application fees

Note:
The public health office will be involved in cases where there are no plots/areas designated for industrial sites

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Required Documents

Note:
Consult with the nearest District Animal Production office (DAP), department of animal skin and hides about the required document that you need to submit

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Agriculture (Contact link):
Ministries

Eligibility

• Farmers, companies and institution dealing large scale animal’s Hides and skins

Fees

• Buyers license P100.00 per year
• Exporters license P200.00 per year

Validity

Licenses expires on the 31st December each year and it is renewable only on condition that one complies with the hides and skins export Act.

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Instructions

A license may then be granted under the following conditions:

• Availability of water;
• Availability of a drainage system;
• A shed/shelter where the hides/skins will be preserved and kept; and
• A quarantine area (only for an exporters license)

Required Information

• Full name of the applicant
• Location address of the plot or site
• Tittle deed of the plot
• Size of the plot
• Type of licences (import or export)

Need for the Document

• This documents gives applicant the guideline on how to apply for the licences
• All business or individual’s dealing with large scales of animals Hides and Skins should be licensed, as stipulated by the Hides and Skins Act Cap 49:01 of Botswana

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