Inside Cannes Day 8
Q1 What is the procedure and conditions for the import in Kenya and clearance of customs.
Q2 What is the maximum age of two motor vehicles allowed to hand in the country.
Q3 How can I expect to pay duty on the importation of a second motor vehicle by hand.
Q4 What are the requirements to enable me travel across the borders of Kenya by road with a personal car.
Q5 I am Kenyan study abroad and brought back home soon, I entitled to commission in Kenya free.
Q6 What items are free of import duties.
Q7 What are levied on computers and books.
Q9 is filming and photography equipment temporarily in Kenya duty free.
Q1 What is the procedure and conditions for the import in Kenya and clearance of customs.
To import commodity in Kenya, an importer will use the services of a clearing agent that will process the import documents across Kenya electronically Customs Simba system 2005 and clear the goods on your behalf to view a list of licensed clearing agents here.
Import declaration fee IDF 2 25 CIF value subject to a minimum of 5000 Ksh 00 is payable.
Customs will impose fees to be paid according to the value of the element s and the rate of duty the East African Community Common External Tariff establishing rates of duty on imported products is available here.
Q2 What is the maximum age of two motor vehicles allowed to hand in the country.
Motor vehicles over 8 years old are not allowed in Kenya according to the quality standard KS 1515 2000 by the Kenya Bureau of Standards in Kenya Customs apply this requirement this year, we allow vehicles manufactured in 2001 and thereafter.
Q3 How can I expect to pay duty on the importation of a second motor vehicle by hand.
The fee for the importation of a motor vehicle is as follows.
Excise duty 20 of the CIF import duties.
VAT 16 from the CIF import duties of excise duty.
2 IDF 25 of the CIF value or Ksh 5000, according to the highest value is payable.
CIF This is the vehicle customs value ith the cost, insurance freight paid for the vehicle.
The CIF value of the vehicle is deducted from the current retail price of the vehicle CRSP.
Q4 What are the requirements to enable me travel across the borders of Kenya by road with a personal car.
For Kenyan residents traveling with a vehicle registered in Kenya, you will have two options.
Post your logbook with Customs at the exit point or at the border and collect during re-entry into the country.
Otherwise, you can file your logbook with Customs - Evaluation Division of Motor Vehicles to Forodha House Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
For foreigners must obtain a carnet This document is issued by the office of the Automobile Association AA in all countries.
Q5 I am Kenyan study abroad and brought back home soon, I entitled to commission in Kenya free.
You may, among other things, a motor vehicle off buses and mini-buses in the subject countries duty-free under the following conditions.
You must have resided outside Kenya for at least two years, during which time you should not have visited Kenya for a total of more than 90 days.
You must have personally owned and used the motor vehicle for at least twelve months.
You should not have been granted a similar exemption previously.
Other items that can be exempted when imported as baggage by a returning resident are.
Personal and household effects that were in his personal or domestic use in its former location.
Q6 What items are free of import duties.
The Fifth Schedule to the Act on Customs Management Africa 2004 Community establishes the regime of exemptions.
Part A preferred Specific exceptions individuals and institutions.
Q7 What are levied on computers and books.
New computers, printers and parts only attract import fees Declaration 2 of 25 computers used excise draw at 25 and import rights of the 2025 Declaration of the cost, CIF.
The books do not attract import duty and VAT, however, there is an import declaration fee of 2 25 CIF cost.
Duty is payable on donations or gifts at the rate in East African Community Common External Tariff, unless these goods do not attract duty in the first place.
However, items that are exempt from duty are set out in the Fifth Schedule of the Community Customs Management Act East Africa in 2004.
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Q9 is filming and photography equipment temporarily in Kenya duty free.
Filming and photography equipment may be in the country temporarily remotely by the system of customs Simba 2005.
This imports are not subject to import IDF declaration form However, a deposit must be provided now that the equipment will be exported within a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of importation.
A non-refundable deposit 1 of the value of goods or Ksh 30 000, whichever is greater, is payable.
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