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Customs Regulations in Kenya |
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
- Passport (original) � (If issued within last two years
the old passport is also required)
- Work Permit for non-Kenyan citizens
- Baggage Declaration Form C-18 signed by customer
- Bank Release
- Inventory in English, valued and detailed showing the number
of packages and in triplicate
- Insurance Certificate
- Invoices for electrical items and serial numbers
- Certificate of change of address
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
- CUSTOMER MUST BE PRESENT AT CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
- Goods are subject to 100% Customs verification
- Used household goods and personal effects are duty-free for
returning Kenyan citizens provided they have resided outside
Kenya for a minimum of two years and effects are imported within
three months of owner's arrival
- Non-Kenyan citizens (first time arrivals) are permitted to
import used household goods and personal effects duty-free within
three months of Work Permit being issued
- Kenyan citizens who have resided for more than two years outside
Kenya are not entitled to import used household goods and personal
effects duty-free
- Household goods must have been in owner�s possession
for at least one year prior to import. If new, duty will be
charged at the current rates.
DUTIABLE/RESTRICTED ITEMS
- Alcoholic beverages
- New items (may require Import License and are subject to payment
of Customs duties and taxes)
- Fabric pieces
- Trade goods or goods for sale or disposed to other persons
- Aircraft and vessels of all kinds
- Used machinery
- All computers whether new or old (except under diplomatic
status) or unless imported by a student who is studying computer
studies
PROHIBITED ITEMS
- Weapons, silencers, ammunitions, toy guns and explosives,
including tear gas
- Firearms require a certificate to be issued by Nairobi
Firearms Bureau for import
- Plants, seeds, bulbs, fresh fruit and vegetables (unless
a permit is obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture stating
plants are free from disease)
- Pornographic material
- Drugs
- Political literature
MOTOR VEHICLES
- Importation highly restricted and time consuming
- First time arrivals to Kenya and returning Kenyan citizens
residing outside Kenya for a minimum of two years are permitted
to import ONE auto duty-free provided:
- Auto is more than three months old and has been registered
in owner's name for more than three months
- Auto is less than 2,500 cc
- Auto is not sold within 12 months of import
- Owner's Work Permit has been approved for first time arrivals
to Kenya
- Owner is 18 years of age or older
- Documents required:
- Import Declaration Form (IDF), Clean Report (IDF) and
Clean Report Finding (CRF)
- Authority to import vehicle letter
- Log Book
- Certificate of Registration (indicate engine and chassis
number, first date of registration and engine capacity)
- Certificate of local value
- Passport (if issued within last two years, the old passport
is also required)
- Customs C15 Form
- New autos require invoice bearing engine and chassis number
- Work Permit
PETS
- Import permit must be obtained from the Veterinary Department
at Kabete, Nairobi prior to shipping
- Up to date Vaccination Certificate from country of origin
must be provided on arrival
- Dogs and cats are exempt from Value Added Tax but are dutiable
- Birds and bird eggs are prohibited
URL: http://www.revenue.go.ke |
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