Complaint
- Complaint number
- AfCFTA-000-011
- NTB Type
- 2.5. Rules of origin
- Complaint
- Republic of Kenya has denied importation of glass products from Tanzania Company Kioo limited.
- Progress update note
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- Kenya: Namanga (Border post)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Date of incident
- 2020-12-05
- Status
- Transferred
- Product Description
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Kenya recently enacted the Business Law (Amendment) Act, 2020 which amended the Excise Duty Act, 2015 (the Excise Duty Act) by imposing excise duty on imported glass bottles (excluding glass bottles for packaging pharmaceutical products) at a rate of 25%, with effect from 18 March 2020. This amendment will result in an increase in the cost of imported glass bottles as compared to glass bottles which are locally manufactured in Kenya.
- Total value
- 300.00
- Annual trade value
- 9 000.00
- Date reported
- 2020-12-05
- Modified
- 2020-12-09 20:33
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