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Packaging & Labelling Requirements

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HACCP/SPS Requirements

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Tax Information

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Tariffs

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Machinery & electrical equipment

854 tariff lines

Machinery & electrical equipment
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
8501.53.00	Of an output exceeding 75 kW	0%	0%	0%
8501.61.00	Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8501.62.00	Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8501.63.00	Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8501.64.00	Of an output exceeding 750 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8501.71.00	Of an output not exceeding 50 W	0%	0%	0%
8501.72.00	Of an output exceeding 50 W	0%	0%	0%
8501.80.00	Photovoltaic AC generators	0%	0%	0%
8502.11.00	Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8502.12.00	Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8502.13.00	Of an output exceeding 375 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8502.20.00	Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines	0%	0%	0%
8502.31.00	Wind-powered	0%	0%	0%
8502.39.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8502.40.00	Electric rotary converters	0%	0%	0%
8503.00.00	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02	0%	0%	0%
8504.10.00	Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes	0%	0%	0%
8504.21.00	Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8504.22.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVA	0%	0%	0%
8504.23.00	Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA	0%	0%	0%

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HS 8501.63.00

AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators, of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA

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 › 85.01 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

Applied duty rates

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

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $177 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	–
2021	$0	–
2022	$177	–
2023	$0	–
2024	$1	–
2025	$0	–

Imports | US$ thousand

0 250 500 750

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

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

2022 2022 $728 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $225 From the world $111 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $82 From the world $3 Within the Commonwealth

$211 2025 2025 $211 From the world $122 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$728	$0
2023	$225	$111
2024	$82	$3
2025	$211	$122

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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