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EAC

JUMUIYA YA AFRIKA MASHARIKI

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

GAZETTE
Published by the East African Community
(Registered as a Newspaper at the G.P.O.)
Vol. AT 1 No. 10

ARUSHA, 30 June, 2013

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Approved measures on Import Duty Rates in the EAC CET 2012 Version
Approved measures on Import Duty Rates in the EAC CET 2012 Version
Approved measures under Duty Remission Scheme
Amendments to the Fifth Schedule of the EAC Customs Management
Act, 2004
Approved Burundis List of Companies and Industrial Inputs
Approved Duty Remission for Uganda
Approved Rwandas List of Companies and Industrial Inputs

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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

Legal Notice No. EAC/37/2013.


THE PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS UNION
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Articles 12 (3) and 39 of the Protocol on the
Establishment of the East African Community Customs Union, the Council of Ministers has approved the following measures
on customs duty rates on the items provided under The Harmonized Community Description and Coding System in Annex 1 to
the Protocol:
No.

HS Code

Description of Goods

Decision
Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi to stay application of
EAC CET and apply a duty rate of 0% for one year.

1.

8701.20.90

Road Tractors for Semi Trailers

2.

8704.22.90

Motor Vehicles for Transport of Goods With


Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda to stay application of
Gross Vehicle Weight Exceeding 5 Tons but
EAC CET and apply a duty rate of 10% for one year.
not Exceeding 20 Tons.

3.

8704.23.90

Motor Vehicles for transport of goods with


gross vehicle weight exceeding 20 tons

Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda to stay application of


EAC CET and apply a duty rate of 0% for one year.

4.

8702.10.99

Buses for transportation of more than 25


persons

5.

1001.99.10
1001.99.90

Wheat (Wheat grain)

Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda to stay application of


EAC CET and apply a duty rate of 10% for one year.
(a) Burundi and Rwanda to stay application of EAC
CET and apply duty rate of 0% one year; and
(b) Tanzania and Uganda to stay application of
EAC CET and apply duty rate of 10% for one
year.

6.

1003.00.90

Barley

Uganda to stay application of EAC CET and apply


duty rate of 10% for one year.

7.

3302.10.00

Odoriferous mixtures of a kind used as raw


materials in the food or drink industries.

Uganda to stay application of EAC CET and apply


duty rate of 0% for one year.

8.

1006.10.00
1006.20.00
1006.30.00
1006.40.00

(a)

Kenya to stay application of EAC CET and


apply import duty rate of 35% or USD 100/MT
whichever is higher for a period of one year.

Rice in the husk.


(b)
Husked (Brown) rice
Semi milled or wholly milled rice Broken
rice.

Rwanda to stay application of EAC CET and


apply import duty rate of 30% for a period of
one year.

(c)

Burundi to stay application of EAC CET and


apply import duty rate of 30% for tariff line
1006.30.00 up to 30th June 2014.

(a)

Burundi to stay application of EAC CET on HS


1101.00.00 and apply duty rate of 0% one year.
Rwanda to stay application of EAC CET on HS
1101.00.00 and apply duty rate of 35% for one
year.

9.

1101.00.00

Wheat flour

(b)

10.

1102.20.00

Maize flour

Burundi to stay of application of EAC CET and apply


duty rate of 30% for one year.

11.

8311.10.00

Welding Electrodes

Kenya to stay application of EAC CET and apply


import duty rate of 25% for a period of one year.

12.

1509.10.00

-Virgin olive oil.

Uganda to stay application of the EAC CET on HS


1509.10.00 and apply 25% for one year.

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13.

6804.10.00

Grindstone for milling, grinding or pulping

Increase duty from 0% to 25%

14.

3923.90.20

Plastic tubes for packing of tooth paste

Kenya to stay application of EAC CET rate and


apply import duty rate of 25% instead of 10% for a
period of one year.

15.

2523.29.00

Other, Portland cement

16.

4802.55.00
4802.57.00
4802.58.00
4802.61.00
4802.69.00
4804.19.90
4804.29.00
4804.39.00
4804.42.00
4804.49.00
4804.52.00
4804.59.00
4805.11.00
4805.12.00
4805.30.00
4805.91.00
4805.92.00
4805.93.00
4810.13.00
4810.19.00
4810.32.00
4810.39.00
4810.92.00

17.

3208.90.00

Seed dressing or coating agricultural Uganda to stay application of EAC CET rate and
chemicals
apply 0% for one year.

18.

8212.10.00

Maternity (maama) kit.

Uganda to stay application of EAC CET rate on


maternity kits and apply a duty rate of 0% instead of
25% for one year.

19.

7308.20.00

Towers and lattice masts

Kenya to stay application of EAC CET rate of 0% and


apply a duty rate of 10% for a period of one year.

Stay application of EAC CET rate and apply 25%


for one year.
Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind Kenya to stay application of EAC CET rate and apply
used for writing, printing or other graphic duty rate of 10% for one year.
purposes, and non perforated punch-cards
and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular
(including square) sheets, of any size, other
than paper of heading 48.01 or 48.03; handmade paper and paperboard.

(a)

Goods imported for the use by the (a)


Armed Forces Canteen Organization
(AFCO-Tanzania)

Tanzania to stay application of EAC CET on


goods imported for the use by AFCO for a
period of one year.

(b)

Goods imported for the use by the (b)


Armed Forces Shop (AFO -Rwanda);

Rwanda to stay application of EAC CET on


goods imported for the use by AFO for a period
of one year.

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

MERGING OF HS CODES AND CORRECTION OF ITEMS IN THE EAC CET


DECISION

HS CODE

a) merge HS Codes 0105.11.10


and 0105.11.90 into
0105.11.00.

0105.11.10
0105.11.90
0105.11.00.

and
into

(b) merge HS Codes 0105.12.10


and
0105.12.90
into
0105.12.00.

0105.12.10
0105.12.90
0105.12.00.

and
into

3.

delete one dash to read


0901.90.00 Other

0901.90.00

DESCRIPTION

UNIT

RATE

Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of


the speciesGallus domesticus,
ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea
fowls.
- Weighing not more than 185 g :
0105.11.00 Fowls of the species
Gallus domesticus

0%

0%

Weighing not more than 185 g:


0105.12.00 Turkeys

- Other

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4.
delete the last sentence, Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire; extinguishing grenades

This Notice shall come into force on the 1st day of July 2013.
HON. SHEM BAGEINE,
Chairperson, Council of Ministers.
Arusha, Tanzania
30th June, 2013

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

Legal Notice No. EAC/38/2013.


THE PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS UNION
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Articles 12 (3) and 39 of the Protocol on the
Establishment of the East African Community Customs Union, the Council of Ministers has approved the following measures
on customs duty rates on the items provided under The Harmonized Community Description and Coding System in Annex 1 to
the Protocol:
No.

HS Code

Description of Goods

Decision

1.

1006.10.00
1006.20.00
1006.30.00
1006.40.00

Rice in the husk.


Husked (Brown) rice
Semi milled or wholly milled rice
Broken rice.

Burundi to stay application of EAC CET and


apply import duty rate of 0% up to 30th June
2013

2.

1005.90.00

Maize grain

Burundi to stay application of EAC CET and


apply duty rate of 0% up to 30th June 2013.

3.

1101.00.00

Wheat flour

Burundi to stay application of EAC CET on HS


1101.00.00 and apply duty rate of 0% up to 30th
June 2013.

4.

1102.20.00

Maize flour

Burundi to stay of application of EAC CET and


apply duty rate of 0% up to 30th June 2013.

This Notice shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January 2013.
HON. SHEM BAGEINE,
Chairperson, Council of Ministers.
Arusha, Tanzania
30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

Legal Notice No. EAC/39/2013.


THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS
MANAGEMENT ACT 2004
AND
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT (DUTY REMISSION) REGULATIONS, 2008
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Section 140 of the East African Community Customs
Management Act 2004, the Council of Ministers has approved a remission of duty on goods imported for the manufacture of
goods and imposed conditions as follows:
S/No

HS Code

Description of goods

Remission

1.

1001.99.10
1001.99.90

wheat grain

Kenya to apply a duty rate of 10% for one year.

2.

1702.30.00

Glucose and glucose syrup

Kenya to apply a duty rate of 0% for one year.

3.

3906.90.00

Acrylic polymers in primary


forms

Uganda to apply a duty rate of 0% for one year.

4.

3402.11.00
3402.12.00
3402.19.00

Organic surface active agents


(Anionic,
Cationic,
Other)
(LABSA)

Uganda and Tanzania to apply a duty rate of 0% for


one year.

5.

1107.20.00

Roasted malt.

Burundi to apply a duty rate of 0% for one year.

6.

1701.19.10

Sugar for industrial use

Burundi to apply a duty rate of 0% on 6,000MT of


sugar imported by BRARUDI COMPANY

7.

8712.00.00

Completely Knocked Down Kits


(CKD) for bicycles

8.

8711.10.00
8711.20.00
8711.30.00
8711.40.00
8711.90.00

Completely Knocked Down Kits


(CKD) for Motor Cycles

The duty remission on Completely Knocked Down


Kits (CKD) shall apply to manufacturers for bicycles
that manufacture a frame and fork or the same should
be manufactured in East African Community.
The duty remission on Completely Knocked Down
Kits (CKD) shall apply to manufacturers of
motorcycles that manufacture the specified parts or
are manufactured in East African Community:
(a) Main Frame;
(b) Suspension; or
(c) A combination of the following should be
manufactured in the East African Community:
(i)

Seat and seat frame;

(ii) Mudguard;
(iii) Wheel rim;
(iv) Break gear; and
(v) Exhaust pipe.
9.

3923.21.00
3923.29.00

Vacuum packaging plastic bags

Uganda to apply duty rate of 0% for one year.

This Notice shall come into force on the 1st day of July 2013.

Arusha Tanzania
30th June 2013.

HON. SHEM BAGEINE,


Chairperson, Council of Ministers.

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

Legal Notice No. EAC/40/2013.


THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS
MANAGEMENT ACT 2004
AMENDMENT TO THE FIFTH SCHEDULE (EXEMPTIONS REGIME)
OF THE EAC CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT ACT, 2004
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Section 114 (3) of the East African Community
Customs Management Act 2004, the Council of Ministers has amended the Fifth Schedule of the Act as follows:-

1.

By Deleting paragraph 24 in Part B GENERAL EXEMPTIONS and replacing it with the new paragraph as follows:
24. Railway operations
(a)

3.

Any of the following goods, which are imported for use by an operator approved by a competent authority
responsible for railways in the Partner State and in such quantities as the Commissioner may specify:
(a)

Wagons, coaches, locomotives, trolleys parts and accessories thereof;

(b)

traffic control instruments, lighting and radio apparatus;

(c)

equipment of specialized nature for the repair, maintenance and servicing of locomotives and coaches;

(d)

railway line signs imported solely for use in connection with railway operations;

(e)

catering stores, such as luncheon boxes, cardboard trays, paper plates and paper napkins imported for
use in the passenger trains by a railways company or contracted caterer;

(f)

equipment of a specialised nature for construction, repair, maintenance and servicing of a railway
infrastructure; and

(g)

specialised railway loading and unloading equipment.

By Deleting paragraph 27 in Part B GENERAL EXEMPTIONS and replacing it with the new paragraph as follows:
27 Plastic bag biogas digesters

4.

By adding a new paragraph 38 immediately after paragraph 37 in PART B GENERAL EXEMPTIONS as follows:
38. Water Treatment Effluent Plant

This Notice shall come into force on the 1st day of July 2013.

HON. SHEM BAGEINE,


Chairperson, Council of Ministers.

Arusha, Tanzania,
30th June, 2013.

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

Legal Notice No. EAC/41/2013.


THE PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS UNION
AND
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS
MANAGEMENT ACT 2004
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Articles12 (3) and 36 of the Protocol on the
Establishment of the EAC Customs Union and Section 140 of the East African Community Customs Management Act 2004, the
Council of Ministers has approved the following manufacturers to import the specified raw materials and industrial inputs free
of duty under the duty remission scheme for five years with effect from 1st July 2009
APPROVED BURUNDIS LIST OF COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIAL INPUTS
S/No
1

Company
Name

Tariff Nos

Description

Finished Product

2519.90.00

Other
- Natural magnesium carbonate
(magnesite); fused magnesia; dead-burned
(sintered) magnesia, whether or not containing
small quantities of other oxides added before
sintering; other magnesium oxide, whether or not
pure.

Woven fabrics and garments

2811.19.00

Other

Woven fabrics and garments

3212.90.90

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

3213.10.00

- Colours in sets

Woven fabrics and garments

3213.90.00

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

3505.10.00

- Dextrins and other modified starches

Woven fabrics and garments

3505.20.00

- Glues

Woven fabrics and garments

3703.10.00

- In rolls of a width exceeding 610 mm

Woven fabrics and garments

3703.20.00

- Other, for colour photography (polychrome)

Woven fabrics and garments

3703.90.00

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

4816.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Woven fabrics and garments

4816.90.00

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

4821.10.90

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

4821.90.00

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

4823.90.90

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

5204.19.00

Other

Woven fabrics and garments

AFRITEXTIL
E s.a

5205.12.00

5205.23.00

5205.32.00

Measuring less than 714.29 decitex but not


less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric
number but not exceeding 43 metric number)
Measuring less than 232.56 decitex but not
less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric
number but not exceeding 52 metric number)
Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29
decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex
(exceeding 14 metric number but not
exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

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5205.33.00

5205.42.00

5205.43.00

5206.12.00

5206.13.00

5206.22.00

5206.23.00

5206.32.00

5206.33.00

5206.42.00

5206.43.00
5208.12.00

Measuring per single yarn less than 232.56


decitex but not less than 192.31 decitex
(exceeding 43 metric number but not
exceeding 52 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29
decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex
(exceeding 14 metric number but not
exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring per single yarn less than 232.56
decitex but not less than 192.31 decitex
(exceeding 43 metric number but not
exceeding 52 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring less than 714.29 decitex but not
less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric
number but not exceeding 43 metric number)
Measuring less than 232.56 decitex but not
less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric
number but not exceeding 52 metric number)
Measuring less than 714.29 decitex but not
less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric
number but not exceeding 43 metric number)
Measuring less than 232.56 decitex but not
less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric
number but not exceeding 52 metric number)
Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29
decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex
(exceeding 14 metric number but not
exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring per single yarn less than 232.56
decitex but not less than 192.31 decitex
(exceeding 43 metric number but not
exceeding 52 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29
decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex
(exceeding 14 metric number but not
exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)
Measuring per single yarn less than 232.56
decitex but not less than 192.31 decitex
(exceeding 43 metric number but not
exceeding 52 metric number per single yarn)
Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments

5208.13.00

3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross


twill

Woven fabrics and garments

5208.19.00

Other fabrics

Woven fabrics and garments

5209.11.00

Plain weave

Woven fabrics and garments

5209.12.00

3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross


twill

Woven fabrics and garments

5210.11.00

Plain weave

Woven fabrics and garments

5210.19.00

Other fabrics

Woven fabrics and garments

5211.19.00

Other fabrics

Woven fabrics and garments

5407.10.00
5407.41.00

Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity


yarn of nylon or other polyamides or of
polyesters

Unbleached or bleached

Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments

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5407.69.00

Other

Woven fabrics and garments

5407.81.00

Woven fabrics and garments

5408.21.00

Unbleached or bleached
- Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity
yarn of viscose rayon
Unbleached or bleached

5512.11.00

Unbleached or bleached

Woven fabrics and garments

5512.21.00

Unbleached or bleached

Woven fabrics and garments

5513.11.00

Woven fabrics and garments

5513.19.00

Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave


3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross
twill, of polyester staple fibres
Other woven fabrics

5514.11.00

Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave

Woven fabrics and garments

5514.19.00

Woven fabrics and garments

5515.19.00

Other woven fabrics


Mixed mainly or solely with viscose rayon
staple fibres
Mixed mainly or solely with man-made
filaments
Other

5516.11.00

Unbleached or bleached

Woven fabrics and garments

5516.41.00

Unbleached or bleached

Woven fabrics and garments

5601.21.00

Of cotton

Woven fabrics and garments

6217.90.00

- Parts

Woven fabrics and garments

7506.10.00

- Of nickel, not alloyed

Woven fabrics and garments

7506.20.00

- Of nickel alloys

Woven fabrics and garments

7508.10.00

- Cloth, grill and netting, of nickel wire

Woven fabrics and garments

7508.90.00

- Other

Woven fabrics and garments

7606.11.00

Of aluminium, not alloyed

Woven fabrics and garments

7606.12.00

Of aluminium alloys

Woven fabrics and garments

8308.90.00

Woven fabrics and garments

9607.11.00

- Other, including parts


- Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs
and parts therefor
Of plastics, not covered with textile material
Of base metal, not covered with textile
material
Other
- Button moulds and other parts of buttons;
button blanks
Fitted with chain scoops of base metal

9607.19.00

Other

Woven fabrics and garments

9607.20.00

Woven fabrics and garments

3215.11.00

- Parts
Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other
inks, whether or not concentrated or solid.
Black

3215.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3705.10.00

- For offset reproduction

Printed Materials

3705.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3707.10.00

- Sensitising emulsions

Printed Materials

5408.10.00

5513.12.00

5515.11.00
5515.12.00

9606.10.00
9606.21.00
9606.22.00
9606.29.00
9606.30.00

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Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments
Woven fabrics and garments

Woven fabrics and garments


Woven fabrics and garments
Woven fabrics and garments
Woven fabrics and garments
Woven fabrics and garments
Woven fabrics and garments

Printed Materials

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3707.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

4801.00.10

- Weighing less than 42g/m2

Printed Materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4802.58.00

- Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base


for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electrosensitive paper or paperboard
Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than
150 g/m?, in rolls
Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not
more than 150 g/m?
Weighing more than 150 g/m?

4804.19.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4804.21.00

Unbleached

Printed Materials

4804.29.00

Other

Printed Materials

4804.39.00

Other

Printed Materials

4804.49.00

Other

Printed Materials

4805.11.00

Semi-chemical fluting paper

Printed Materials

4805.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

4805.91.00

Weighing 150 g/m? or less

Printed Materials

4807.00.00

Composite paper and paperboard (made by


sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard
together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or
impregnated, whether or not internally
reinforced, in rolls or sheets.

Printed Materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed Materials

4810.13.00

In rolls

Printed Materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

4810.99.00

Other
- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and
paperboard
- Other

Printed Materials

Printed Materials

4821.10.90

Other
- Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding
and webs of cellulose fibres
- Other

7229.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

4802.20.00
4802.55.00
4802.57.00

4811.10.00
4811.41.90
4811.49.00
4811.90.00

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Printed Materials
Printed Materials
Printed Materials
Printed Materials

Printed Materials
Printed Materials

Printed Materials
Printed Materials

Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides,


peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated,
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
3215.11.00

Black

Printed Materials

3215.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3505.20.00

- Glues

Printed Materials

3701.91.00

For colour photography (polychrome)

Printed Materials

3705.10.00

- For offset reproduction

Printed Materials

3707.10.00

- Sensitising emulsions

Printed Material

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3707.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

4801.00.10

- Weighing less than 42g/m2

Printed Materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4802.20.00
4802.55.00
4802.57.00

- Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for


photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive
paper or paperboard
Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than
150 g/m?, in rolls
Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more
than 150 g/m?

Printed Materials
Printed Materials
Printed Materials

4802.58.00

Weighing more than 150 g/m?

Printed Materials

4804.11.00

Unbleached

Printed Materials

4804.19.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4804.21.00

Unbleached

Printed Materials

4804.29.00

Other

Printed Materials

4804.39.00

Other

Printed Materials

4804.49.00

Other

Printed Materials

4805.11.00

Semi-chemical fluting paper

Printed Materials

4805.12.00

Straw fluting paper

Printed Materials

4805.91.00

Weighing 150 g/m? or less


Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking
flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an
adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated,
whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or
sheets.
- Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not
perforated

Printed Materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed Materials

4810.13.00

In rolls

Printed Materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

4810.99.00

Printed Materials

4811.41.10

Other
- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and
paperboard
- Unprinted

4811.41.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4811.49.00

Other

Printed Materials

4811.90.00

- Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and


webs of cellulose fibres

Printed Materials

4821.10.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4821.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

7229.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3215.11.00

Black

Printed Materials

3215.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3215.90.90

-Other

Printed Materials

4807.00.00

4808.10.00

4811.10.00

30th June, 2013

Printed Materials

Printed Materials

Printed Materials
Printed Materials

LES PRESSES
LAVIGERIE

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

13

3505.20.00

- Glues

Printed Materials

3701.91.00

For colour photography (polychrome)

Printed Materials

3704.00.00

Photographic plates, film, paper, paperboard and


textiles, exposed but not developed.

Printed Materials

3705.10.00

- For offset reproduction

Printed Materials

3705.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3707.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

3919.10.00

- In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm

Printed Materials

4005.99.00

Other

Printed Materials

4008.29.00

Other

Printed Materials

4801.00.10

- Weighing less than 42g/m2

Printed Materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4802.54.00

Weighing less than 40 g/m?

Printed Materials

4802.55.00

Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150


g/m?, in rolls

Printed Materials

4802.56.00

Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150


g/m?, in sheets wiith one side not exceeding 435 mm
and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the
unfolded state

Printed Materials

4802.57.00

Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than


150 g/m?

Printed Materials

4802.58.00

Weighing more than 150 g/m?

Printed Materials

4804.19.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4804.39.00

Other

Printed Materials

4804.49.00

Other

Printed Materials

4805.12.00

Straw fluting paper

Printed Materials

4805.24.00

Weighing 150 g/m? or less

Printed Materials

4807.00.00

Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat


layers of paper or paperboard together with an
adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether
or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets.

Printed Materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed Materials

4809.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

4810.13.00

In rolls

Printed Materials

4810.14.00

In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and


the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded
state

Printed Materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed Materials

4810.92.00

Multi-ply

Printed Materials

4810.99.00

Other

Printed Materials

4811.10.00

- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard

Printed Materials

4821.10.90

- Other

Printed Materials

4811.41.10

- Unprinted

Printed Materials

14

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE


4811.49.00

Other

Printed Materials

4811.59.90

- Other

Printed Materials

5911.90.00

- Other

Printed Materials

7229.20.00

- Of silico-manganese steel

Printed Materials

7229.90.00

Printed Materials

7210.49.00

- Other
- Plates, cylinders and other printing components;
plates, cylinders and lithographic stones,
prepared for printing purposes (for example,
planed, grained or polished)
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a
width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated.
Other

7210.70.00

- Painted, Vanished or coated with plastics

Iron Sheets

8442.50.00

PROVIDENT

SHETAAL
ENTERPRISE
S
IMPRIMERIE
PAPETERIE
DU LAC
(IMPRILAC)

30th June, 2013

Printed Materials

Iron Sheets

Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not


broken.
1511.90.10

- Palm olein, fractions

Cooking Oil and Soap

1511.90.90

- Other

Cooking Oil and Soap

Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks,


whether or not concentrated or solid.
3215.11.00

Black

Printed materials

3215.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3505.20.00

- Glues

Printed materials

3705.10.00

- For offset reproduction

Printed materials

3705.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

3707.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4801.00.10

- Weighing less than 42g/m2

Printed materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed materials

4802.54.00

Weighing less than 40 g/m?

Printed materials

4802.55.00

4802.56.00

4802.57.00

Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150


g/m?, in rolls
Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150
g/m?, in sheets wiith one side not exceeding 435
mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in
the unfolded state
Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more
than 150 g/m?

Printed materials

Printed materials

Printed materials

4802.69.00

Other

Printed materials

4805.93.00

Weighing 225 g/m? or more

Printed materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed materials

4809.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed materials

4810.22.00

Light-weight coated paper


Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of
which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre
content consists of wood fibres obtained by a
chemical process, and weighing 150 g/m? or less

Printed materials

4810.31.00

Printed materials

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

4810.32.00

4811.10.00
4811.41.90
8

IMPRIMERIE
LA SIRENE

Printed materials
Printed materials

3215.11.00

Black

Printed materials

3215.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3705.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

3707.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4801.00.10

- Weighing less than 42g/m2

Printed materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed materials

4802.55.00

4802.56.00

4802.57.00

- Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for


photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive
paper or paperboard
Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150
g/m?, in rolls
Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150
g/m?, in sheets wiith one side not exceeding 435 mm
and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the
unfolded state
Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more
than 150 g/m?

Printed materials
Printed materials

Printed materials

Printed materials

4802.58.00

Weighing more than 150 g/m?

Printed materials

4804.19.90

- Other

Printed materials

4804.39.00

Other

Printed materials

4804.59.00

Other

Printed materials

4805.19.00

Other

Printed materials

4808.40.00

- Kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not


embossed or

Printed materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed materials

4809.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4810.13.00

In rolls

Printed materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed materials

4810.92.00

Multi-ply

Printed materials

4810.99.00

Printed materials

4821.10.90

Other
- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and
paperboard
- Other

3215.11.00

Black

Printed materials

3215.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3705.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4811.10.00
IMPRIMERIE
MODERNE
DU
BURUNDI
(IMOBU)

- Other

Printed materials

Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks,


whether or not concentrated or solid.

4802.20.00

Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of


which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre
content consists of wood fibres obtained by a
chemical process, and weighing more than 150 g/m?
- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and
paperboard

15

Printed materials
Printed materials

16

10

11

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

UTEMATRAVHYDRO
USINE DES
TRAVAUX
LAMEUSE
(UTEMA)
ALPHA CD
TECHNOLOG
Y

30th June, 2013

3707.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

3815.19.00

Other

Printed materials

3815.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4801.00.90

- Other

Printed materials

4802.55.00

Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150


g/m?, in rolls

Printed materials

4802.56.00

Weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than 150


g/m?, in sheets wiith one side not exceeding 435
mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in
the unfolded state

Printed materials

4802.57.00

Other, weighing 40 g/m? or more but not more than


150 g/m?

Printed materials

4802.58.00

Weighing more than 150 g/m?

Printed materials

4802.61.00

In rolls

Printed materials

4804.19.90

- Other

Printed materials

4804.39.00

Other

Printed materials

4804.59.00

Other

Printed materials

4805.12.00

Straw fluting paper

Printed materials

4809.20.00

- Self-copy paper

Printed materials

4809.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

4810.13.00

In rolls

Printed materials

4810.19.00

Other

Printed materials

4810.92.00

Multi-ply

Printed materials

4810.99.00

Other

Printed materials

4821.90.00

- Other

Printed materials

7212.40.00

- Painted,varnished or coated with plastics

Corrugated Iron
Sheets

3208.90.00

- Other

Furniture and fittings

3404.90.00

- Other

Furniture and fittings

3505.20.00

- Glues

Furniture and fittings

3926.30.00

- Fittings for furniture, coachwork of the like

Furniture and fittings

3926.90.90

- Other

Furniture and fittings

4008.11.00

Plates, sheets and strip

Furniture and fittings

4411.14.00

Of a thickness exceeding 9 mm

Furniture and fittings

4811.49.00

Other

Furniture and fittings

4420.90.00

- Other

Furniture and fittings

4823.90.90

- Other

Furniture and fittings

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

17
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses
Furniture and Orthopedic
Mattresses

5211.20.00

- Bleached

5211.39.00

Other fabrics

5212.14.00

Of yarns of different colours

5508.10.00

- Of synthetic staple fibres

6310.90.00

- Other

7326.20.00

- Articles of iron or steel wire

7616.10.00

- Nails,tacks, staples (other than those of


heading 83.05), screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks,
rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers and similar
articles

Furniture and Orthopedic


Mattresses

The sale of the above finished products shall be subject to the following condition:
In the event that such goods are sold in the Customs territory (EAC), such goods shall attract duties, levies and other charges
provided in the EAC Common External Tariff.
This Notice shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of July 2009.
HON. SHEM BAGEINE,
Chairperson, Council of Ministers

Arusha, Tanzania
30th June, 2013.

18

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

Legal Notice No. EAC/42/2013.


THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS
MANAGEMENT ACT 2004
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT
(DUTY REMISSION) REGULATIONS, 2008
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Section 140 of the East African Community Customs
Management Act 2004, the Council of Ministers has approved a remission of duty on goods imported by Ugandan companies
for the manufacture of goods for one year as follows:
S/N

HSCODE

HS DESCRIPTION

Approved Rate

2009.19.00

Other orange juice, frozen or not frozen

10%

2009.79.00

Other

10%

2102.10.00

Active yeasts

10%

2523.10.00

Cement clinkers whether or not coloured

0%

2712.10.00

Petroleum jelly

10%

3907.50.00

Alkyd resins, in primary forms

0%

3920.10.10

Other plates of polymers of ethylene,

0%

3920.20.90

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strips

10%

3920.59.90

Other plates of acrylic polymers

10%

10

3921.19.10

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip

0%

11

3921.19.90

Other plates of other plastics

10%

12

4410.11.00

Particle board

10%

13

4410.12.00

Oriented strand board (OSB)

10%

14

4411.13.00

Of a thickness exceeding 5mm but not

10%

15

4411.14.00

Of a thickness exceeding 9mm

10%

16

4411.92.00

Of a density exceeding 0.8g/cm^3

10%

17

4411.94.00

Of a density not exceeding 0.5g/cm^3

10%

18

4802.55.00

Other paper & paperboard not containing

10%

19

4802.57.00

Other paper and paperboard weighing 40g/m2

10%

20

4802.58.00

Paper & paperboard not containing fibres

10%

21

4804.11.00

Unbleached Kraftliner in rolls or sheets

10%

22

4804.19.90

Other uncoated kraft paper and paperboard,

10%

23

4804.21.00

Unbleached sack kraft paper in rolls or

10%

24

4804.31.00

Other unbleached kraft paper and paperboard

10%

25

4804.39.00

Other kraft paper (exclud. unbleached),

10%

26

4805.11.00

Semi-chemical fluting paper

10%

27

4807.00.00

Composite paper & paperboard(stuck togeth by

10%

28

4808.30.00

Other kraft paper, creped or

10%

29

4808.90.00

Other paper and paperboard, corrugated,

10%

30

4810.13.00

Paper and paperboard of a kind used for

10%

30th June, 2013

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

19

31

4810.19.00

Other paper & paperboard used in writing &

10%

32

4810.92.00

Multi-ply paper and paperboard

10%

33

4811.49.00

Other gummed or adhesive paper and

10%

34

4819.20.10

Skillets, free hinge lid packets

10%

35

4819.20.90

Other folding cartons, boxes and cases, of

10%

36

4823.90.10

Straw wrappers

10%

37

5204.11.00

Cotton sewing thread containing 85% or more

10%

38

5208.12.00

Unbleached Plain cotton weave, with >=85%

10%

39

5402.10.00

High tenacity yarn of nylon or other

0%

40

5402.19.00

Other

0%

41

5402.33.00

Textured yarn of polyesters

0%

42

5402.69.00

Other multiple or cabled yarn, nes, not put

0%

43

5404.19.00

Other

0%

44

5508.20.00

Sewing thread of artificial staple fibres

10%

45

5509.11.00

Single yarn,with >=85% staple fibres of

0%

46

5509.32.00

Multiple or cabled yarn, >=85% acrylic or

0%

47

5513.11.00

Plain weave fabrics, containing <85%

10%

48

5607.50.00

Twine Cordage Ropes of Synthetic Fibre

0%

This Notice shall come into force on the 1st day of July 2013.
HON. SHEM BAGEINE
Chairperson, Council of Ministers

Arusha, Tanzania
30th June, 2013

20

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY GAZETTE

30th June, 2013

Legal Notice No. EAC/43/2013.


THE PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS UNION
AND
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY CUSTOMS
MANAGEMENT ACT 2004
LEGAL NOTICE
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Council of Ministers by Articles12 (3) and 36 of the Protocol on the
Establishment of the EAC Customs Union and Section 140 of the East African Community Customs Management Act 2004, the
Council of Ministers has approved the following manufacturers to import the specified raw materials and industrial inputs free
of duty under the duty remission scheme for five years with effect from 1st July 2009
APPROVED RWANDA LIST OF COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIAL INPUTS
S/N

1.

COMPANY NAME

AFRIFOAM

AMEKI COLOUR

HS CODES

DESCRIPTION

FINAL PRODUCTS

3923.30.00

- Carboys, bottles, flasks

mineral water

4803.00.00

Toilet or facial tissue., in roll

Toilet papers

4804.19.90

- Other ( Other- Kraftliner)

Mattress

3920.20.10

-Unprinted (- Of polymers of propylene)

Paints

-Of a kind used in the food or drink


industries
- Other (Stoppers, lids, caps and other
closures)

Biscuits

4810.9900

Other(other paper and paperboard)

Ladies pads, toilet


paper

3302.10.00

-odoriferous Substances

7010.90.00

-Other- bottles

4801.00.90

-Other newsprint, in rolls or sheets

4809.20.00

-Self copy paper

4810.39.00

Other Kraft Paper and paperboard

3302.10.00
3

ADMA INTERNATIONAL
3923.50.90

BEI JING PAPER


CORPORATION S.A.R.L

BRALIRWA

ASSOCIATION PRINTING
COMPANIES

Soda and beers

Newspapers, offset
printing

CREAXION

4802.61.00

In rolls (Other paper and paperboard, of


which more than 10% by weight of the total
fibre content consists of fibres obtained by Printed materials
a mechanical or chemi-mechanical
process: )

SOCIETE RWANDAISE DES


BATTERIES (SRB)

4821.10.10

-Printed paper, self adhesive for lebelling Battery


dry batteries
manufacturing

ENTREPRISE URWIBUTSO

3923.30.00

-Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles Pepper(Akabanga)

10

BANDAG

4012.90.10

-Bands of bearing

Tyre retreads

11

CIMERWA

4804.19.90

-Other Kraft paper

Cement

1511.90.30

-Palm olein, RBD

1702.30.00

-Glucose and glucose syrup,not


containing fructose or containing in the dry
state less than 20% by weight of fructose

12

SULFO

Soap

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21

3923.30.00

Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar


articles

Mineral water

4804.19.90

- Other ( Other)( - Kraftliner)

Soap and cosmetics

4805.11.00

Semi-chemical fluting paper

4805.24.00
4819.10.00

Soap

Weighing 150 g/m? or less


(Testliner (recycled liner board) : )
-Cartons, boxes and cases, of
corrugated paper or paperboard

7010.90.00

-Other (Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars,


pots, phials, ampoules and other
containers, of glass, of a kind used for
the conveyance or packing of goods;
preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids
and other closures, of glass).

7606.11.00

Of aluminium, not alloyed

Soap
Soap and cosmetics

Kanta

13

TRUST INDUSTRIES

4810.99.00

Other(other paper and paperboard)

Ladies pads, toilet paper

14

SUPA (Safari center)

4810.9900

Other(other paper and paperboard)

Ladies pads, toilet paper

15

SOFT GROUP

4810.9900

Other(other paper and paperboard)

Ladies pads, toilet paper

16

INYANGE INDUSTRY

3923.30.00

-Preformed bottles of plastics

Mineral water, Juices

17

RWANDAFOAM

4804.19.90

- Other ( Other)( - Kraftliner)

Mattresses

The sale of the above finished products shall be subject to the following condition:
In the event that such goods are sold in the Customs territory (EAC), such goods shall attract duties, levies and other charges
provided in the EAC Common External Tariff.
This Notice shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of July 2009.
HON. SHEM BAGEINE
Chairperson, Council of Ministers
Arusha, Tanzania
30th June, 2013

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