Rwanda

Official links

Compliance Requirements

Rwanda National Trade Portal provides information on import and export requirements

https://rwandatrade.rw/objective/746?l=…

Customs Formalities

Rwanda Revenue Authority Customs Services

https://www.rra.gov.rw/en/customs-servi…

Authorisation & Permits

Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

https://rdb.rw/

Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)

https://www.rsb.gov.rw/ https://www.rwandafda.gov.rw/

HACCP/SPS Requirements

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)

Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA)

https://www.rwandafda.gov.rw/ https://www.rica.gov.rw/about-us

Tax Information

Rwanda Revenue Authority

https://www.rra.gov.rw/en

Trade Agreements

Ministry of Trade and Industry

https://www.minicom.gov.rw/

Trade Finance Providers

Bank of Kigali

I&M Bank Rwanda

BPR Bank Rwanda

Access Bank Rwanda

Equity Bank Rwanda

GTBank Rwanda

https://bk.rw/business/trade-financing https://www.imbankgroup.com/rw/business… https://bpr.rw/products/trade-finance https://rwanda.accessbankplc.com/corpor… https://equitygroupholdings.com/rw/save… https://www.gtbank.co.rw/business-banki…

Trade Promotion Agency

National Agricultural Export Development Board
Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

https://www.naeb.gov.rw/ https://rdb.rw/about-rdb/

Tariffs

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48.20 Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard

6 tariff lines

48.20 Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
4820.10.00	Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles	0.35%	0%	0%
4820.20.00	Exercise books	0.35%	0%	0%
4820.30.00	Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers	0.35%	0%	0%
4820.40.00	Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets	0.35%	0%	0%
4820.50.00	Albums for samples or for collections	0.35%	0%	0%
4820.90.00	Other	0.35%	0%	0%

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HS 4820.90.00

Other

Section X · Pulp of wood; paper & paperboard › Ch 48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard › 48.20 Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard

Applied duty rates

0.35% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $168 To the world $2 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $5 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $68 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

$46 2025 2025 $46 To the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$168	$2
2023	$5	$0
2024	$68	$0
2025	$46	$0

Imports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $172 From the world $52 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $129 From the world $38 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $108 From the world $18 Within the Commonwealth

$143 $28 2025 2025 $143 From the world $28 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

Show data

Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$172	$52
2023	$129	$38
2024	$108	$18
2025	$143	$28

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Rwanda Trade Information provides trade information on export, import and transit procedures, customs services, tariffs and standards.

https://rwandatrade.rw/

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