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Complaint number	NTB Type Category 1. Government participation in trade & restrictive practices tolerated by governments 1.1. Export subsidies 1.2. Government monopoly in export/import 1.3. State subsidies, procurement, trading, state ownership 1.4. Preference given to domestic bidders/suppliers 1.5. Requirement for counter trade 1.6. Domestic assistance programmes for companies 1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies 1.8. Import bans 1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country 1.10. Determination of eligibility of an exporting establishment (firm, company) by the importing country 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation 1.12. Multiplicity and Controls of Foreign exchange market 1.13. "Buy national" policy 1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions 1.15. Other Category 2. Customs and administrative entry procedures 2.1. Government imposing antidumping duties 2.2. Arbitrary customs classification 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin 2.4. Import licensing 2.5. Decreed customs surcharges 2.6. Additional taxes and other charges 2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures 2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures 2.9. Issues related to transit fees 2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges 2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure 2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers 2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections 2.14. Other Category 3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) Category 4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures Category 5. Specific limitations 5.1. Quantitative restrictions 5.2. Exchange controls 5.3. Export taxes 5.4. Quotas 5.5. Import licensing requirements 5.6. Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods (local content requirement) 5.7. Minimum import price limits 5.8. Embargoes 5.9. Non-automatic licensing 5.10. Prohibitions 5.11. Quantitative safeguard measures 5.12. Export restraint arrangements 5.13. Other quantity control measures 5.14. Restrictive licenses 5.15. Other Category 6. Charges on imports 6.1. Prior import deposits and subsidies 6.2. Administrative fees 6.3. Special supplementary duties 6.4. Import credit discriminations 6.5. Variable levies 6.6. Border taxes 6.7. Other Category 7. Other procedural problems 7.1. Arbitrariness 7.2. Discrimination 7.3. Corruption 7.4. Costly procedures 7.5. Lengthy procedures 7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof) 7.7. Complex variety of documentation required 7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure 7.10. Other Category 8. Transport, Clearing and Forwarding 8.1. Government Policy and regulations 8.2. Administrative (Border Operating Hours, delays at border posts, etc.) 8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit) 8.4. Transport related corruption 8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,) 8.6. Vehicle standards 8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees 8.8. Issues related to transit Other Policy or Regulatory NTB Not a policy or regulatory NTB Check allUncheck all	Date of incident	Location ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Senegal Togo ECOWAS UEMOA	Reporting country or region ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Senegal Togo ECOWAS UEMOA	Status	Actions
NTB-000-295	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-09-03	Ghana: Asankare barrier	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-09-03	View
Complaint:	The Police asked the driver to pay GH 5 without any explanation.
Resolution status note:	On GSA staff's pressure to speak to the Police, the driver was released after 15 minutes
NTB-000-294	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-08-26	Ghana: 15km from Bamboe ( GH to BF)	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-08-26	View
Complaint:	The Police delayed driver because his license looks different from the one they know.
Resolution status note:	Ten minutes after GSA staff explained the matter to the Police, the driver was released
NTB-000-293	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-08-21	Ghana: 10 Km from Tamale (Police barrier)	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-08-21	View
Complaint:	Police took driver's papers and asked him to pay money.
Resolution status note:	Few minutes after GSA staff's attempt to speak to the Police, the driver was given his papers to continue his journey
NTB-000-292	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-08-15	Ghana: 15KM to Techiman ( BF to GH)	Ghana	Resolved 2020-08-15	View
Complaint:	Police officers kept a driver at their post for more than 2 hours because he didn't pay GH 5.00
Resolution status note:	Some minutes after this, the officer gave the driver his papers to continue his journey
NTB-000-291	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-08-09	Ghana: 15 KM from Wa	Mali	Resolved 2020-08-09	View
Complaint:	The Police stopped the driver checked his papers and asked him to pay some unspecified amount before they allowed him to continue.
Resolution status note:	After this tentative of GSA staff to speak to the Police, the driver was released.
NTB-000-290	Unnecessary delay of drivers	2020-08-07	Ghana: Few kilometers to Bamboe (going to Mali)	Mali	Resolved 2020-08-07	View
Complaint:	The Police took the drivers' papers and kept them for more than an hour, without any explanation
Resolution status note:	After GSA staff's tentative to speak to the police, the drivers were released
NTB-000-289	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-08-04	Ghana: 19 km from Tamale (coming back to Ghana)	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-08-04	View
Complaint:	The Police asked the driver to pay GH 50, because they claimed the driver failed to stop.
Resolution status note:	After explaining to the officers, the driver was released
NTB-000-288	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-06-16	Ghana: 20 km to Wa, (Gh to BF)	Mali	Resolved 2020-06-16	View
Complaint:	The police claimed that the drivers' licenses were fake, and asked that the drivers to pay money.
Resolution status note:	The drivers were released
NTB-000-287	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-06-16	Ghana: Yape Customs	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-06-16	View
Complaint:	The Yape customs officers stopped the driver, took his papers and asked him to pay some money. They kept the papers for about an hour because the driver failed to pay
Resolution status note:	The driver was released
NTB-000-286	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-06-10	Ghana: walewale Police	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-06-10	View
Complaint:	The driver was asked by the Police to pay GH 200.00 because there was not the ECOWAS Brown Card's number on his undertaking. The Police later handcuffed the driver because he told his rep. at OTRAF what happened
Resolution status note:	Few minutes after, the driver was released
NTB-000-285	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-05-06	Ghana: Entrance Bamboe	Mali	Resolved 2020-05-06	View
Complaint:	& trucks were stopped by the Police and asked to Gh 5.00 each even though they had all their papers. Drivers pleaded with GH 2.00 but officers refused and kept their papers for more than an hour
Resolution status note:	10 minutes after this, the drivers were releaed
NTB-000-284	2.14. Other	2020-04-21	Ghana: Paga	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-04-21	View
Complaint:	A complaint from UCRB/OTRAF stated that, Customs officers at Paga border are surcharging the fee for the undertaking (laissez-passer). Instead of GH 90.00, they collect GH 130.00
Resolution status note:	The issue was resolved the same day, that is since that day there hasn't been any such complaint
NTB-000-283	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-04-13	Ghana: Asankare Barrier	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-04-13	View
Complaint:	4 trucks were stopped and asked to pay GH 100 even though they had all their papers
Resolution status note:	5 minutes after this conversation, the drivers were released
NTB-000-282	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-04-11	Ghana: Nyoli	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-04-11	View
Complaint:	5 trucks were stopped by the police and asked to pay Gh 5.00 each without reason. The Police ceased their papers.
Resolution status note:	7 minutes later, the drivers were released
NTB-000-281	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-04-28	Ghana: Nandoli Police barrier	Mali	Resolved 2020-04-28	View
Complaint:	The police claimed the driver's licence was not original, therefore he should pay GH 20
Resolution status note:	The driver was released
NTB-000-280	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-03-24	Ghana: Boatenga (about 15km to Wa)	Mali	Resolved 2020-03-24	View
Complaint:	Drivers were asked asked to GH 5.00 to the Police
Resolution status note:	While GSA staff was trying to talk to the Police, the latter released drivers' papers to them.
NTB-000-279	Extortion	2020-03-19	Ghana: Tamale Police	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-03-19	View
Complaint:	Two drivers driving 2 pick-up (new vehicles) belonging to the government of Burkina Faso were stopped by the Police and asked to pay an unspecified amount.
Resolution status note:	Few minutes alter, the driver called to confirm their release.
NTB-000-278	Customs extortion of money from truck drivers	2020-02-17	Ghana: Customs checkpoint at the exit of Kumasi	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-02-18	View
Complaint:	The drivers' truck got broken down on 12 February 2020 and they reported Customs on the 13th. By Sunday, 15th, the finished repairing their trucks and went to the Customs checkpoint to retrieve their papers but the officers there said until they pay some money (unspecified), they won't be given their papers.
Resolution status note:	The drivers set got back to their journey on the 18th /02/20
NTB-000-277	1.1. Export subsidies	2020-02-15	Ghana: About 40 km from Tamale (BF to GH)	Mali	Resolved 2020-02-15	View
Complaint:	The driver coming with empty truck was stopped and asked to an unspecified amount of money. Because of this, he was delayed for more than an hour.
Resolution status note:	After talking to the in-charge, the driver was released.
NTB-000-275	8.4. Transport related corruption	2020-01-20	Ghana: Few km from Bolga	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2020-01-20	View
Complaint:	Police stopped 3 trucks, kept them for more than an hour because they did not pay an unspecified amount of money.
Resolution status note:	The drivers were released

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