Kenya

Official links

Compliance Requirements

The Kenya Trade Portal provides a step-by-step procedure on trade, spanning both importation and exportation procedures and documentation.

https://infotradekenya.go.ke/ https://kentrade.go.ke

Customs Formalities

https://www.kra.go.ke/

Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Kenya Bureau of Standards

https://www.kebs.org/certification-sche…

HACCP/SPS Requirements

Kenya Bureau of Standards

https://hudumaglobal.com/#services https://www.kebs.org/certification-sche…

Tax Information

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

https://www.kra.go.ke/

Trade Agreements

Infotrade Kenya, Kentrade

https://infotradekenya.go.ke/ https://kentrade.go.ke/

Trade Finance Providers

Trade Development Bank

https://www.tdbgroup.org/

Tariffs

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Machinery & electrical equipment

855 tariff lines

Machinery & electrical equipment
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
8504.23.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8504.31.00	Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA	0.1%	0%	0%
8504.32.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA	0.1%	0%	0%
8504.33.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8504.34.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8504.40.00	Static converters	0%	0%	0%
8504.50.00	Other inductors	0%	0%	0%
8504.90.00	Parts	0%	0%	0%
8505.11.00	Of metal	0%	0%	0%
8505.19.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8505.20.00	Electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes	0%	0%	0%
8505.90.00	Other, including parts	0%	0%	0%
8506.10.00	Manganese dioxide	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.30.00	Mercuric oxide	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.40.00	Silver oxide	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.50.00	Lithium	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.60.00	Air-zinc	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.80.00	Other primary cells and primary batteries	0.35%	0%	0%
8506.90.00	Parts	0%	0%	0%
8507.10.00	Lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines	0.35%	0%	0%

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HS 8504.50.00

Other inductors

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles › 85.04 Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

Applied duty rates

0% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 500 1k 1.5k

2020 2020 $20 To the world $3 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $61 To the world $7 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $35 To the world $6 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $24 To the world $6 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1,090 To the world $87 Within the Commonwealth

$595 $59 2025 2025 $595 To the world $59 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$20	$3
2021	$61	$7
2022	$35	$6
2023	$24	$6
2024	$1,090	$87
2025	$595	$59

Imports | US$ thousand

0 2k 4k

2020 2020 $2,788 From the world $794 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $2,652 From the world $465 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $3,965 From the world $663 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $1,919 From the world $306 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $3,936 From the world $790 Within the Commonwealth

$3,563 $154 2025 2025 $3,563 From the world $154 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$2,788	$794
2021	$2,652	$465
2022	$3,965	$663
2023	$1,919	$306
2024	$3,936	$790
2025	$3,563	$154

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

The Kenya Trade Portal provides a step-by-step procedure on trade, spanning both importation and exportation procedures and documentation.

https://infotradekenya.go.ke https://kentrade.go.ke

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