Provides information on any manufacturing sectors or services where only citizens or a sub-set of the population in that country are allowed to own or sell.
Last Published: 8/22/2019
Private ownership is prohibited in Angola in the areas of defense, internal public order, and state security; banking activities relating to the operations of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance; administration of ports and airports; and other areas where the law gives the Angolan government exclusive responsibility for its operations.  Investment in the petroleum, diamond, and financial sectors are governed by sector-specific legislation.

For investments in the following sectors, a minimum of 35 percent local participation/partnerships is no longer required:  1) electricity and water, 2) tourism and hospitality, 3) transportation and logistics, 4) telecommunications and information technology, 5) construction, and 6) media.

Imports into Angola of the following goods are prohibited:
-- animals and animal by-products from areas affected by epizootic diseases.
-- plants coming from areas affected by epiphytic disease.
-- some distilled beverages, counterfeit goods, pornography, roulette and other gambling machines.
-- passenger vehicles over 6-years from the manufacturing date.
-- industrial vehicles if more than 10-years from the manufacturing date.
-- transgenic grain or seed.

Import licenses are required for certain products including some foods, medicines, live animal and plants, as well as some communications and national security related items.  On January 14, 2019, Presidential Decree No. 23/19 entered into effect giving priority to 54 categories of goods produced in Angola by requiring that importers demonstrate that they either cannot find a product domestically or have already purchased domestically.  The issuing of an import license for the 54 product categories is subject to these two requirements. 

 
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