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(Repealed by Act No 17 of 2006)
The Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies Act
Chapter 502
1-Short title.
2-Interpretation.
3-Appointment of Director, Deputy Director and Assistant Directors of trade and
supplies.
4-Power to prohibit or restrict exportation or importation of goods.
5-Penalty for exportation or importation of goods contrary to order.
6-Director's power to issue and cancel licences.
7-Particulars to be specified in licences.
8-Names contained in licences to be specified in all documents relating to exported
goods.
9-Declaration as to ultimate destination of goods exported.
10-Power to control supplies of essential goods.
11-Power to require returns.
12-Commencement and publication of orders.
13-False statements, etc.
14-Power to enter and search premises under warrant
15-Powers of entry and seizure.
16-Power to search vehicles.
17-Procedure on seizure of goods.
18-Retention and disposal of seized goods.
19-Obstruction of officers.
20-General penalties.
21-Offences committed by company, firm or other association.
22-Legal proceedings and protection of officers.
23-Minister to consult other ministers in certain circumstances.
24-Regulations.
CHAPTER 502
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IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ACT
Commencement Date: 1958-12-09
An Act of Parliament to make provision for the control of the
importation and exportation of goods of any description and of supplies
essential to the life or well-being of the community; and for connected
purposes
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies Act.
Interpretation.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires "assistant director" means a person for the time being appointed as an assistant
director of trade and supplies under section 3;
"Deputy Director" means the person for the time being appointed as Deputy Director
of Trade and Supplies under section 3;
"Director" means the person for the time being appointed as Director of Trade and
Supplies under section 3;
"export licence" means an export licence issued under section 6;
"goods" includes all kinds of articles, wares, merchandise and livestock;
"import licence" means an import licence issued under section 6.
Appointment of Director, Deputy Director and assistant directors of trade
and supplies. L.N.303/1964.
3. (1) There may be appointed a Director of Trade and Supplies and a Deputy
Director of Trade and Supplies, and so many assistant directors of trade and supplies
as may be deemed necessary, either for Kenya as a whole or for any specified area
of Kenya.
(2) The Director may, with the approval of the Minister delegate in writing all or any
of his powers, duties or functions under this Act, either generally or in any area in
Kenya, or for such periods or purposes as he may specify, to the Deputy Director or
to any assistant director, and may at any time revoke or vary any such delegation:
Provided that no such delegation shall be deemed to divest the Director of all or any
of his powers or duties or functions, and he may, if he thinks fit, exercise such
powers, duties or functions notwithstanding the fact that he has so delegated them.
PART II-CONTROL OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Power to prohibit or restrict exportation or importation of goods. 11 of
1970, Sch., 13 of 1980, Sch.
Cap. 472.
4. (1) Whenever from time to time it appears to the Minister, after
consultation with such persons as appear to the Minister to represent commercial
and industrial interests in Kenya, to be necessary in the public interest, or for the
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observance or performance by the Government of any of its obligations in respect of
external affairs, so to do, he may by order either prohibit absolutely or restrict, by
means of such conditions and limitations as may be specified in the order the
exportation or importation of all or any specified goods or class or description of
goods, either generally or to or from any specified country or place or to or from any
specified person or class of persons:
Provided that the Minister may dispense with such consultation as aforesaid in any
case which appears to him to be too urgent to permit of such consultation.
(2) Any order made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
order.
(3) The Minister shall not delegate to any person the powers conferred upon him by
this section.
(4) The provisions of subsection (2) of section 15 of the Customs and Excise Act
relating to prohibition shall not apply to any goods the importation of which is
restricted by an order made under this section which are imported into Kenya in a
manner that is not contrary to any law relating to customs and in respect of which an
import licence is granted whilst such goods are subject to customs control.
(5) This section shall not apply to drugs, poisons or other medical supplies of any
description.
Penalty for exportation or importation of goods contrary to order.
10 of 1988, s. 44.
5. Where the exportation or importation of any goods or class or description
of goods is prohibited or restricted, either generally or to or from any country or
place or to any person or class of persons, by an order made under section 4, any
person who exports or imports, or attempts to export or import, any such goods in
contravention of the provisions of the order otherwise than under the authority of an
export licence or of an import licence (as the case may be), or otherwise than in
accordance with the extent or the conditions of such licence, if any, authorizing such
export or such import, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding
one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
years or to both.
Director's power to issue and cancel licences.
6. (1) The Director may either grant or refuse to grant an export licence or an
import licence, authorizing the exportation or importation of any goods the
exportation or importation of which is for the time being prohibited or restricted by
an order made under section 4, or may grant such a licence to such extent or upon
such conditions as he may think fit, and he may likewise from time to time renew, or
at any time vary or cancel, any licence already granted.
(2) The Director may impose additional or different conditions upon the variation or
renewal of any export licence or import licence.
(3) No export licence or import licence issued to any person shall be transferred to
any other person except with the previous written permission of the Director, and
any person who attempts, or purports, to transfer any such licence to any other
person without such permission shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding two thousand shillings.
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(4) An appeal shall lie to the Minister against any decision of the Director under this
section, which appeal shall be in writing and shall be lodged with the Minister within
seven days of the communication to the person concerned of the Director's decision;
and the decision of the Minister shall be final.
Particulars to be specified in licences.
7. Every export licence and every import licence shall specify(a) the name of the person to or from whom or the place to or from which, or, as the
case may require, both the name of the person to or from whom and the place to
and from which, exportation or importation of the goods is subject of the licence is
authorized by the licence;
(b) such of the conditions and limitations specified in the order imposing the
restriction on the exportation or importation of the goods the subject of the licence
as may be applicable in the case of such goods, person or place;
(c) the conditions to which the licence is subject in accordance with section 6; and
(d) such other matters as may be prescribed.
Declaration as to ultimate destination of goods exported. Cap.472.
9. (1) Whenever any consignment of goods, the exportation of which is
authorized by an export licence, is entered for exportation in accordance with the
Customs and Excise Act, the Director may require the exporter or any person acting
on his behalf to make a declaration in writing specifying the person for whom and
the country for which the goods are ultimately destined.
(2) Where any such consignment is intended to be exported otherwise than
overseas, references in subsection (1) to the consignment being entered for
exportation shall be construed as references to the consignment being delivered to
the contractor or other person actually effecting such exportation.
(3) The Director may, by notice in writing served upon the person appearing to the
Director to be the exporter of the goods, prohibit the exportation of any such
consignment pending the making and delivery to him of a declaration in any case in
which a declaration is required to be made under subsection (1) or (2).
(4) After the exportation of any consignment of goods, the expiration of which is
authorized by an export licence the Director may, whether or not a declaration has
been made or delivered under the preceding provisions of this section require the
exporter to produce to him, within such period, not being less than fourteen days
after the date upon which the consignment is intended to reach its ultimate
destination, as the Director may specify, satisfactory evidence that the consignment
has reached its ultimate destination as specified in the declaration or, as the case
may be, the export licence.
(5) Any person who (a) refuses or neglects to make or deliver to the Director any declaration required of
him under this sectionor
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(b) knowingly or recklessly makes or delivers to the Director any such declaration
which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c) exports or attempts to export any goods in contravention of a prohibition
imposed by the Director under subsection (3); or
(d) refuses or neglects, except for reasons beyond his control, the onus of proof
whereof shall lie on him to produce to the Director satisfactory evidence in
accordance with subsection (4),
shall be guilty of an offence.
PART III - CONTROL OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES
Power to control supplies of essential goods 51 of 1960, s. 2,
L.N.303/1964.
10. (1) The Minister, so far as it appears to him, after consultation with such
persons as appear to the Minister to represent commercial and industrial interests in
Kenya, to be necessary in the interests of maintaining, controlling or regulating
supplies of any goods which he considers to be essential to the life or well-being of
the community, or the equitable distribution of such goods, may by order (a) prohibit absolutely or control or regulate the manufacture treatment, acquisition,
keeping, storage, movement, transport, distribution, sale, purchase, disposal ,use
and consumption of such goods;
(b) require any person in possession of any such goods to sell them to a specified
person or class of persons, at a specified price not being less than the price at which
similar goods are normally sold;
(c) provide for any incidental and supplementary matters for which the Minister
thinks it expedient for the purposes of the order to provide;
(d) empower the Director, the Deputy Director and all assistant directors, or any of
those persons, subject to such limitations (if any) as may be specified in the order,
to issue such directions as may seem to them or any of them necessary in the
interests of maintaining, controlling or regulating supplies of any goods which the
Minister considers to be essential to the life or well-being of the community, or the
equitable distribution of such goods, for all or any of the purposes referred to in the
foregoing paragraphs :
Provided that the Minister (i) may dispense with such consultation in any case which appears to him to be too
urgent to permit of such;
(ii) shall not act under paragraph (d) unless he is satisfied that the circumstances
render it impossible for him to exercise the necessary control by means of the
powers conferred by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(2) Any order made under this section may prohibit the doing of anything thereby
forbidden except under the authority of a licence or permit granted, on payment of
fees or otherwise, or may require the doing of anything thereby ordered by such
authority or person as may be specified in such order and may be made so as to
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apply either generally or to any particular goods or class or description of goods and
so as to have effect either throughout Kenya or in any particular area thereof, and
different orders may be made for different goods purposes or circumstances.
(3) Any order made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
order.
(4) All orders made under this section shall be laid before the National Assembly as
soon as may be after they are made and, if a resolution is passed within the next
twenty days on which the National Assembly sits next after any such order is laid
before it that the order be annulled, it shall thenceforth be void, but without
prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder, or to the making of any new
order.
(5) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the Minister shall
not delegate to any person the powers conferred upon him by this section.
(6) Any person who contravenes the provisions of an order made under this section
otherwise than under the authority of a licence or permit, or otherwise than in
accordance with the extent or the conditions of such licence or permit, if any shall be
guilty of an offence.
PART IV - GENERAL
Power to require returns.
11. (1) Whenever it appears to the Minister, after consultation with such
persons as appear to the Minister to represent commercial and industrial interests in
Kenya, necessary so to do for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act, he
may (a) by notice published in the Gazette, require any person or class of persons
carrying on any trade or business, or any specified trade or business, to complete
and return, periodically or otherwise, to such person as may be specified in the
notice, and within such time and with respect to such date or dates or such period or
periods as may be so specified, such forms and returns relating to the trade or
business, including the goods stocked, required or produced therein or thereby, as
shall be specified in the notice;
(b) serve upon any person whom the Minister has reason to believe may be carrying
on any trade or business notices requiring him to complete and return to such person
as may be specified in the notices, and within such time and with respect to such
date or dates or such period or periods as may be so specified, the like forms and
returns:
Provided that nothing in this section shall empower the Minister to require the
furnishing by any person of any information relating to any agricultural business
carried on by such person.
(2) No person shall be required under subsection (1) to furnish any balance-sheet or
profit and loss account, but this subsection shall not prevent the requiring of
information by reason only that it is or might be contained as an item in such a
balance-sheet or account.
(3) Any notice authorized to be served under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) on any
person believed to be carrying on a trade or business shall be deemed to be duly
served if it is addressed to him by the description of "the occupier" of the premises
upon which the trade or business in question is believed to be carried on and
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delivered to some person, not appearing to be merely a subordinate employee, on
the premises.
(4) No information relating to any particular trade or business obtained under this
section shall be published or otherwise disclosed without the previous consent in
writing of the person by whom the information was furnished:
Provided that nothing in this section shall restrict the disclosure of information –
(i) to any Minister responsible for, or any officer of, any department of the
Government;
(ii) to any person or any authority having any functions in relation to the
development or regulation of trade or business in Kenya; or
(iii) to any person for the purpose of legal proceedings,
or the use of such information in any manner which the Minister thinks necessary or
expedient in connexion with the objects of this Act.
(5) Any person who fails to furnish information in compliance with a requirement
under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) If any person (a) in purported compliance with a requirement imposed under this section
knowingly or recklessly furnishes any information which is false or misleading in any
material particular; or
(b) publishes or otherwise discloses any information in contravention of the
provisions of subsection (4),
he shall be guilty of an offence.
Commencement and publication of orders.
12. Every order made under this Act shall come into operation on the day on
which the same is made unless another date is therein specified, and every such
order shall be published in the Gazette as soon as circumstances permit after the
making thereof.
False statements, etc
13. Any person who for any of the purposes of this Act (a)knowingly or recklessly makes or presents any statement or declaration, orally or
in writing, which is false or misleading in any material particular; or
(b) produces to the Minister, the Director, the Deputy Director, an assistant director
or any officer concerned with any of the purposes of this Act any document which is
false or misleading in any material particular or was not made or given by the person
by whom it purports to have been made or given, or which has been in any way
altered or tampered with,
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shall, without prejudice to any penalty or liability imposed by any other law in force
or the taking of proceeding for or in respect of any such penalty or liability, be guilty
of an offence:
Provided that a person producing such a document as aforesaid shall not be guilty of
an offence if he proves that he was unaware, and could not by the taking of
reasonable steps have become aware, that the document was false or misleading as
aforesaid.
Power to enter and search premises under warrant.
14. If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable
ground for suspecting that an offence has been committed under this Act and that
evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found on any premises specified in
the information, he may grant a search warrant authorizing any police officer to
enter the premises at any time within one month from the date of the warrant and to
search the premises and to seize any goods found on the premises which the person
so authorized has reasonable ground for believing to be evidence of the commission
of such offence as aforesaid.
Powers of entry and seizure.
15. The Director or the Deputy Director or an assistant director, or any police
officer of or above the rank of Inspector, if he has reasonable cause to believe that
any offence under this Act is being committed on any premises, or if he has
reasonable cause to believe that any goods, in respect of which there is reasonable
ground for suspecting that such an offence has been committed, are in or upon any
premises and that the delay which would occur in obtaining a search warrant as
provided in section 14 would, or would tend to, defeat the purposes of this Act, he
may enter and search such premises without a search warrant for the purpose of
ascertaining if such an offence is being committed or whether or not such goods are
in or upon such premises, and may inspect such goods and any documents relating
to them. and may seize any such goods or documents on such premises which the
person so searching or inspecting has reasonable cause to believe to be evidence of
the commission of such an offence.
Power to search vehicles.
16. (1) If the Director or the Deputy Director or an assistant director or any
police officer has reason to believe that any vehicle contains any goods which are
being transported in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, or of any
order made thereunder or of any licence issued, or requirement or condition
imposed, under any such order or licence, he may order such vehicle to stop, and
may examine the contents thereof, and if any such person fails to stop he shall be
guilty of an offence.
(2) Where any vehicle has been stopped under subsection (1), the person stopping
such vehicle may take it with its contents to the nearest police station, and the
officer in charge of such police station may thereupon seize any goods found therein,
being goods which such officer has reasonable cause to believe are goods in respect
of which an offence under this Act is being or has been committed.
Procedure on seizure of goods.
17. Where any goods have been seized under section 14,15 or 16, the person
who has seized such goods shall forthwith report to a magistrate the fact of such
seizure, and, if a magistrate is satisfied that such goods are of a perishable nature or
that by reason of the fact that the market for such goods is seasonal or that to delay
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the disposal of the same would otherwise unduly prejudice the owner thereof, he
may authorize the Director to sell or otherwise dispose of such goods.
Retention and disposal of seized goods.
18. (1) Where any goods have been seized under section 14,15 or 16, the
goods may be retained for a period not exceeding one month or, if within that period
proceedings are commenced for any offence under this Act in respect of such goods,
until the final determination of those proceedings.
(2) Where proceedings are taken for any offence under this Act, the court by or
before which the alleged offender is tried may make such order as to the forfeiture of
the goods in respect of which such offence was committed or as to the disposal of
such goods as the court shall see fit.
(3) In this section, references to "goods" shall be construed as including the
proceeds of the sale of any goods where such goods have been sold in accordance
with section 17.
Obstruction of officers.
19. Any person who obstructs or hinders any officer lawfully exercising any
powers, duties or functions under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
General penalties.
10 of 1988, s. 44
20. Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act for which no specific
penalty is provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Offences committed by company, firm or other association.
21. Where any offence under this Act is committed by a corporation or
company, or by a firm, syndicate or other association of individuals, every person
who at the time when the offence was committed was a director or an officer of the
corporation or company, or, as the case may be, a partner or an officer of the firm,
syndicate or association, or concerned in the management of the affairs of such
corporation company, firm, syndicate or association, shall severally be liable to be
prosecuted and punished for the offence as if he had himself committed the offence,
unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence took place without
his knowledge, consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to
prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard
to the nature of his functions as a director, partner, officer or person concerned and
to all the circumstances.
Legal proceedings and protection of officers.
L.N.303/1964.
22. (1) In any proceedings under this Act, the onus of proving the place of
origin of any goods shall lie upon the person prosecuted or claiming anything seized
under this Act and if in any such proceedings any question arises as to the lawfulness
or otherwise of the exportation or importation of any goods, then the onus of proving
the circumstances of such exportation or importation shall lie upon such person.
(2) Any person charged with any offence under this Act may be proceeded against,
tried and punished in any place in which he may be in custody or charged for that
offence as if the offence had been committed in such place; and the offence shall for
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all purposes incidental to, or consequential upon, the prosecution, trial or
punishment thereof be deemed to have been committed in that place:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall preclude the prosecution, trial and
punishment of such person in any place in which, but for the provisions of this
section, such person might have been prosecuted, tried and punished.
(3) Any officer of the Government may appear and prosecute on its behalf in any
prosecution for an offence under this Act.
(4) Where any proceedings are brought against any officer of the Government on
account of any act done, whether by way of seizure of any goods or otherwise, in the
execution or intended execution of his powers or duties under this Act and judgment
is given against such officer, then, if the court before which such proceedings are
heard is satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for such act, the plaintiff shall
be entitled to recover anything seized or the value thereof, but shall not otherwise be
entitled to any damages and no costs shall be awarded to either party.
Minister to consult other Ministers in certain circumstances.
23. The Minister shall not exercise any power conferred upon him by this Act
in respect of any goods which are or may be controlled or regulated by any other Act
unless he has previously consulted the Minister for the time being responsible for the
matter in question.
Regulations.
24. The Minister may make regulations generally for the purpose of carrying
this Act into effect, and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing, may make regulations with respect to any of the following matters (a) the forms to be used and the particulars to be furnished for any of the purposes
of this Act;
(b) the procedure on application for and the issue of, and the determination of
questions in connexion with, the grant, variation, renewal and cancellation of
licences;
(c) the issue of duplicate licences in the case of licences lost or destroyed;
(d) the means by which goods intended for exportation are to be identified in relation
to export licences;
(e) the custody of licences, and the production, return and cancellation of licences on
expiration or cancellation;
(f) the fees to be payable upon the grant, variation, renewal and cancellation of
licences; and
(g) anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act,
and different regulations may be made for different classes or descriptions of goods
or for different purposes or circumstances.
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L.N.104/1978
L.N.112/1984.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Orders under section 4
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (EXPORTS) ORDER
1. This Order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Exports) Order.
2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the export to any country of any of the goods described in
the Schedule is prohibited except under and in accordance with an export licence granted
under the Act.
3. Nothing in this Order shall –
(a) allow any person to dispense with any requirement of any written law relating to the
exportation of goods;
(b) require any person to obtain a licence for –
(i) the export of trade samples to any place; or
(ii) ship's stores.
4. Nothing in this Order shall prohibit the export without a licence of(a) goods transhipped on through bills of lading or entered for transit under the
Customs and Excise Act or any regulation made thereunder;
(b) a parcel which the Commissioner of Custom and Excise is satisfied –
(i) contains only an unsolicited gift; and
(ii) does not contain any goods intended for resale; and
(iii) does not exceed 20 kg. in gross weight;
(c) used personal and household effects accompanying the owner thereof or exported by or on
behalf of the owner within a period of six months from the date of his departure from Kenya;
or
(d) foodstuffs as part of the accompanied baggage of a person to whom subparagraph (c)
applies.
SCHEDULE
(para. 2)
EXPORT FOR WHICH AN EXPORT LICENCE IS REQUIRED
1. Military equipment and ammunitions of war.
2. Engines vessels, aviation and transportation equipment and automotive vehicles possessing
or built to current military specifications differing materially from normal specifications and
components or parts thereon.
3. Antiques and works of art.
4. Precious stones of all kinds, which are mounted, set or strung or otherwise incorporated in
jewellery.
5. Any article made wholly or partly of gold, platinum or silver.
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6. Fertilizers containing water soluble P201.
7. Stockfeeds.
8. Paddy and rice.
9. Live animals other than domestic pets.
10. Sugar.
11. Scrap metal.
12. Beans, dried rose coco, dried Canadian wonder, dried white haricot, dried Madagascar
butter, dried mixed Lima.
13. Millet, all varieties.
14. Mtama, all varieties.
15. Njahi, all varieties.
16. Shellfish, crustacea and molluscs, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or dried.
17. Castor seed.
18. Charcoal.
19. Archives.
20. Shell, cowries and corals.
21. Metals, minerals and their manufactures, as follows: antifriction bearings; magnetic
materials of all types; alloys containing a percentage of molybdenum, cobalt, columbium;
tantalum or nickel-bearing steels; cobalt; columbium; germanium and compounds;
magnesium base alloys; mercury metal; molybdenum; nickel; tantalum; titanium metal;
tungsten wire and filament; and minerals mined in Kenya.
22. Electronics (including radio and radar) and precision instruments and equipment other
than domestic radio receiving sets.
23. Empty (new or used) bags of "B" or "L" type construction manufactured from jute or sisal
fibre or a combination of those fibres or from any substitute for jute fibre.
24. Electrical and power generating equipment.
25. Timber.
26. Raw cotton.
27. Bones.
28. Bloodmeal.
29. Barley.
30. Green, black and yellow grams.
31. Potatoes, other than sweet potatoes.
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32. Salt.
33. Jaggery.
34. Cement,
35. Edible oils.
36. Hides and skins.
L.N. 80/1978,L.N.103/1978,L.N.41/1985, Cap. 472, Cap.308.
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (IMPORTS) ORDER
1. This Order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Imports) Order.
2. The importation of the goods specified in the Schedule is prohibited except under and in
accordance with a licence granted under the Act.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 the following classes of goods may be
imported without an import licence (a) goods in transit or for transhipment transported in sealed wagons or containers or by
means of any other mode of transportation authorized by the Director;
(b)bona fide personal baggage being the goods e defined as duty free in item 8 of Part B of
the Third Schedule to the Customs and Excise Act;
(c) goods subject to diplomatic privileges as defined in item 7 of Part A of the Third Schedule
to the Customs and Excise Act;
(d) accompanied commercial travellers samples;
(e) trade samples not imported as merchandise which in the opinion of the Commissioner of
Customs and Excise have no commercial value and in respect of which no expenditure of
foreign currency (on either purchase, freight, postage or insurance) has been incurred; and
(f) goods imported by any person on proof, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Customs and Excise, that they are for his own personal or household use or are unsolicited
free gifts and are not for re-Sale; or
(g) goods imported by a person engaged in petroleum operations as defined in section 2 of the
Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act.
SCHEDULE
(para. 2)
Code
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011300
011400
012101
012102
012901
013300
013400
013801
013809
Division Number, Group Names, Codes and Items
DIVISION 00-LIVE ANIMALS
Poultry, live day-old chicken, ducklings and turkeys
Meat of swine (pork).
Poultry, killed or dressed.
Meat, dried, salted or smoked, including ham, bacon and pork luncheon meat.
Smoked pig meat.
Salted or dried pig meat.
Meat extracts and essences.
Sausages.
Canned beef.
Other prepared or preserved meat.
DIVISION 02-DAIRY PRODUCTS
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022101
022211
022220
022230
023001
023002
024000
031300
042000
043000
045901
045909
048120
048410
048421
048429
048309
048820
051100
051200
051400
051500
051509
051990
053301
053302
053309
053502
053502
053509
053620
053901
053909
054200
054501
054503
054509
054600
054620
055500
055510
055521
055529
061101
061109
061200
061201
061201
071300
073001
073002
Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies
Cap. 502
Skimmed milk in liquid form.
Cream (liquid)
Whole milk and cream in solid or powder form
Skimmed milk in solid form or powder form
Human milk substitutes
Butter
Ghee
Cheese
DIVISION 03-FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS
Crustacea and molluscs fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or dried
DIVISION 04-CEREAL PREPARATIONS
Rice
Barley
Millet and grain sorghum
Cereals, meal flour and oats
Cornflakes only
Bread and other ordinary bakers’ ware
Biscuits including “cookies”, infant feeding rusks and “crisps bread”.
Cakes, pastries and other fine bakers' ware.
Macaroni, spaghetti, noodles and vermicelli and similar products.
Custard powder, blancmange powder, Horlicks, Milo and Ovaltine.
DIVISION 05-FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Orange, tangerine or mandarines.
Other citrus fruits.
Apples, fresh.
Grapes, fresh.
Fresh pears and quinces.
Fresh fruit n.e.s.
Jams.
Marmalades.
Fruit jellies.
Pineapples juice.
Tomato juice.
Other fruit and vegetable juices.
All frozen fruits.
Pineapple, tinned.
Tinned plums, tinned strawberries, tinned fruit salad.
Beans, rose coco, Canadian wonder, white haricot, mixed and Lima beans,
dry, including split and peas, whole, skinned or split only, green grams.
Onions.
Fresh garlic.
Fresh peas and capsicum.
Vegetables, frozen.
Vegetables in temporary preservatives for immediate consumption.
Onion dehydrated.
Tinned tomatoes preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.
Tomato puree.
Tinned peas, tinned beans (of all kinds), tinned carrots, beans in tomato
sauce.
DIVISION 06-SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY
Jaggery.
Other raw sugar, beet and cane (not including syrups).
Chewing gum manufactured from natural and synthetic base material by
whatever name called, boiled sweets, toffees, caramels.
Refined sugar and other products of refined beet and cane sugar (not
including syrups).
Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa.
DIVISION 06-SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY
Coffee extracts, essences, concentrates and similar preparations of coffee.
Chocolate confectionery.
Chocolate couverturie
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074100
Tea.
074101
Chillies and dried capsicum.
074200
Mate.
DIVISION 08-FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (EXCLUDING MILLED CEREALS)
081301
Cotton seed cake.
081302
Coconut cake.
081303
Groundnut cake.
081304
Sesame seed cake.
Other oil seed cake and meal and vegetable oil residues.
Prepared animal foods.
DIVISION 09-MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS
091310
Lard and other rendered pig fat.
091410
Margarine.
091429
Other prepared edible fats except tallow.
099040
Tomato sauce and tomato ketchup.
099049
Sauces n.e.s., mixed seasoning.
099050
Soups and broths.
099099
Ice cream powders and ice cream substitutes, oils and fats, emulsified in any
milk or skimmed milk.
099099
Jelly crystals.
DIVISION 11-BEVERAGES
112110
Grape must, in fermentation or with arrested, otherwise than by addition of
alcohol, wine or fresh grapes, still wines and grape must with fermentation
arrested by addition of alcohol.
112112
Still wines not in bottle.
112122
Still wines in bottle.
112123
Champagne.
112124
Other sparkling wines.
Vermouths and other wine flavoured with aromatic extracts not in bottle.
112131
112132
Vermouths and other wines flavoured with aromatic extracts in bottle.
112200
Cider and other fermented beverages n.e.s.
112309
Beer (including ale, stout, porter).
112401
Brandy.
112402
Gin and Geneva.
112403
Whisky.
112404
Rum.
112409
Other potable spirits n.e.s.
112406
Liqueurs and other spirituous beverages.
DIVISION 12-TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
122100
Cigars and cheroots.
122200
Cigarettes.
122301
Snuff.
122303
Other manufactured tobacco.
122304
Tobacco extracts and essences.
DIVISION 21-HIDES, SKINS AND FUR (UNDRESSED)
211101
Dried.
211102
Pickled.
211103
Wet salted.
Wet blue chrome (calf skins and kid skins).
211104
211201
Dried.
211102
Pickled
211403
Wet blue chrome
211600
Sheep and lamp skins with the wool on. (Sheep and lamb skins without the
wool.)
211701
Dried
211702
Pickled.
211703
Wet blue chrome
211909
Hides and skins n.e.s.
DIVISION 25-PULP AND WASTE PAPER
251300
Pulp and waste paper 9raw materials only)
DIVISION 26-TEXTILE FIBRE (NOT MANUFACTURED AND THEIR WASTE)
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264000
Jute (including jute cuttings and waste)
267010
Second-hand clothing of all descriptions
DIVISION 27-CRUDE FERTILIZERS AND CRUDE MINERALS (EXCLUDING COAL,
PETROLEUM AND PRECIOUS STONES)
275100
Industrial diamonds
276300
Salt put up for retail sale
276300
Salt other
DIVISION 29-CRUDE ANIMAL AND ANIMAL VEGETABLE MATERIALS N.E.S.
292500
Vegetable seeds
DIVISION 33-PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
332101
Aviation spirit
332102
Motor spirit
332201
Jet fuel
332202
Lamp oil and white spirit (kerosene illuminating oil).
332301
Heavy black diesel fuel for low speed marine and stationary engines
332302
Light amber diesel fuel for high speed engines
332400
Residual fuel oils
332513
Lubricating greases
332960
Mastic asphalt in blocks or drums for use as roofing, flooring or tanking
purposes and bitumen emulsion in drums or pails only
DIVISION 34-GAS (NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED)
341100
Liquid petroleum gas
DIVISION 41-ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FAT
411321
Tallow (not refined)
411390
Animal oils, fats and greases (excluding lard) n.e.s.
DIVISION 42-FIXED VEGATABLE OILS AND FATS
422909
Fixed vegetable oils.
DIVISION 53-DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS
533200
Printing inks
533320
Manufacturing paint, water colours, and glass paint
533320
Sandtex malt (all types of masonry paint)
533321
Paint, enamel, lacquers only except water colours and glass colours
533322
Distempers, water pigments except cement paints and the like
DIVISION 54-MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
541101
Medicines and vaccines
541102
541109
541300
541401
541402
541409
541501
541509
541610
541620
541630
541701
541702
541703
541709
DIVISION 55-ESSENTIAL OILS AND PERFUMED MATERIALS: TOILET POLISHING AND
CLEANING PREPARATIONS
553001
Toothpaste (medicated)
553001
Toothpaste (non-medicated)
553005
Pharmaceutical shampoos
553009
Perfumery and cosmetics (including drula bleaching wax).
554101
Other toilet preparations including “Joss sticks”.
554101
Soap, toilet
554109
Soap other (except medicated)
554202
Washing preparations (raw materials).
554203
Organic surface acting agents
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554301
554301
554302
Cap. 502
Shoe polishes
Suede cleaner, tile polishes, floor polishes and furniture polishes
Scouring powder
DIVISION 56-FERTILIZERS (MANUFACTURED)
561101
Sulphate of ammonia
561102
Ammonium sulphate-nitrate
561103
Urea, containing not more than 45 per cent of nitrogen.
561109
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, urea and all compounds or mixtures, containing
nitrogen elements.
DIVISION 58-PLASTIC MATERIALS REGENERATED CELLULOSE AND ARTIFICIAL
RESINS
581201
P.V.A. emulsions (raw materials0
581203
Cellulose film wrappers whether printed or not for manufacturers
581209
Plastic film for food wrap, in rolls including “Glad wrap” and “Alcan wrap”
DIVISION 59-CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS N.E.S.
599203
Mosquito coils and aerosol incecticidal sprays for household use
599591
P.V.A. adhesives
DIVISION 62-RUBBER MANUFACTURES N.E.S.
621041
Sponge rubber, in sheet form
629111
Tyres for road motor vehicles
629112
Tyres for pedal cycles (except size 28” X 1½”)
629113
Bicycles tyres of sizes 28” X 1¼”).
629115
Tyres for tractors, bulldozers, graders and the like.
629116
Tubes for road motor vehicles (sizes locally manufactured).
629117
Bicycle tubes 28” X 1¼”.
629117
Tubes for tractors, bulldozers, graders and the like
629119
Tyres and tubes n.e.s.
DIVISION 63-WOOD AND CORK MANUFACTURERS (EXCLUDING FURNITURE)
629121
Plywood and veneered panels in-laid wood
631410
Imported wood
631420
Reconstituted wood (particle boards).
631800
Wood simply shaped or worked n.e.s.
632420
Soft boards
632731
Manufactures of wood for domestic or decorative use including wood carvings.
632739
All types of clothes pegs, including those made of metal and plastic materials
632800
Manufactured articles of wood n.e.s.
632899
Wood coat hangers
633001
Cork materials
DIVISION 64-PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF
641319
Newsprint and mechanical glazed printing paper for printing purposes
641319
Super calendered printing paper M.G. white poster, M.G. sulphite and paper
containing not less than 5 per cent rag pulp, and other special grade printing
and writing paper (machine made rolls, or sheets, uncoated),
641319
Cream laid woven woodfree wrting and printing offset cartridge litho,
duplicating, airmail, bank bond paper aerogramme paper, azure laid/woven,
typewriting and other printing and writing papers, machine made rolls and
other sheets, uncoated varying not less than 35 grams per sq. metre,
commonly used for writing and printing purposes other than s/c and M.G.
papers.
641320
Kraft paper and Kraft paperboard including fluting medium Kraft linerant sack
and bag craft.
641520
Machine made paper, paperboard, simply finished in rolls or sheets, n.e.s. but
including coated paper or paperboard, in rolls or sheets and not specified
under 641319 above.
641520
Cigarette paper tissues, currency paper, black and red paper for packing
photo-sensitized materials, chart paper recorders used in conjunction with
instruments, straw paper, indicators papers for laboratories, filter paper,
manifold paper (not exceeding 35 grams/m 2 fluting medium and paperboard of
and above 250 grams sub. Or 0.33 caliper and substocks in reels).
641910
Parchment or greaseproof paper of paperboard
641920
Composite paper and paperboard
641930
Corrugated paper and paperboard containers
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641940
641950
Cap. 502
Ruled or squared paper or paperboard
Impregnated or coated paper and paperboard other than printing or writing
paper
641950
Cumined paper
641960
Filterblocks of paper pulp
641970
Wall paper and lincrusta
642112
Seed paper container and bags
642116
Paperbags, paperboard boxes and other packing container except seed paper
container and bags
642119
Filing containers of paper and paperboard
642109
Writing blocks, letter pads and similar paper stationery of the kind used in
correspondence
642300
Exercise books
642300
Registers, albums, diaries, memorandum blocks and other stationery or paper
and paperboard
642920
Carbon papers
642930
Other paper and paperboard cut to size excluding ice cream cups, paper
tumblers and other paper containers
642939
Ice cream paper cups, tumblers and other paper containers
642990
Other articles and paper pulp paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding n.e.s.
DIVISION 65-TEXTILE YARN FABRICS, MADE UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
651200
Knitting yarn made out of wool fibre for hand knitting and hand operated
machines
651200
Cotton fabrics, woven, grey unbleached not for printing
651701
Yarn and synthetic fibre and mixtures thereof for factory knitting, or weaving
machines
652120
Cotton fabrics woven (unbleached)
652132
All types of canvas (including textile, flax or ramie, hemp, etc.)
652209
All types of toweling
652211
652221
Cotton fabrics woven bleached
652229
Cotton fabrics woven other than grey bleached not for printing
652230
Lining materials only
652253
Dyed khaki drill and twill
652254
Cotton fabrics, dyed other
652255
Printed cotton fabrics
653210
Woolen fabrics woven (including fabrics of fine hair)
653401
Jute fabrics woven
653409
Hessian and sacking (excluding matting)
653501
Suiting fabrics woven, synthetic/woven, Synthetic/Viscose, crepe, nylon satin,
653502
nylon crepen, nylon fancy, all nylon piece goods, including nylon taffeta, nylon
653503
crepe, crepe-de-chine, Tetron filament, shautung fabrics of cotton, synthetic
653504
mixtures, polyester and synthetic materials knitted or crocheted fabrics, not
653509
elastic or rubberized, knitted or crocheted fabrics, not elastic or rubberized.
653601
653602
653603
653604
653605
653609
653700
654009
Fabric labels (woven)
654900
Shoe laces of sizes 14”, 17”, 20” 36” and 48” (excluding shoe laces imported
with ready made shoes).
655101
Jute bags and sacks
655101
Bituminous felt only, felt coated with plastic materials for down proofing
purposes
655109
Roofing felt
655109
Felt and felt articles n.e.s.
655410
Textile fabrics, P.V.C. coated or impregnated (excluding narrow fabrics)
655500
Elastic webbings
655621
Fishing nets and netting
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656102
656103
656109
656200
656611
656611
656612
656620
655691
656912
656929
656931
656932
656933
656939
656951
657420
657600
661209
663110
663319
664800
665118
665119
666400
666500
667200
673911
674412
674511
678300
691101
691202
692310
693201
693209
694111
694112
694211
695100
695102
695109
695231
695239
696031
695239
697120
697129
69721
697212
Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies
Cap. 502
Sanitary towels except tampons (e.g. tampax).
Sisal bags and sacks
Bags and sacks of mixed fibre (e.g. jute/sisal bags)
Bags and sacks of other textile materials
All types of tarpaulins and tents
Baby blankets not exceeding size 36” X 36”.
Wollen blankets
Traveling rugs, woolen
Cotton blankets and traveling rugs
Other blankets n.e.s.
Towels including face towels
Other textiles n.e.s.
Bedsheets, bedspreads, bed covers and table cloth
Curtains and furnishing articles
Linoleum and similar floor covering
Rubber car mats
DIVISION 66-NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES N.E.S.
Cement except colour cement
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones
Asbestos fibre in sheets or rolls (raw materials)
Toughened glass mirrors
Glass tumblers
Porcelain or china tableware other than bone china, including all sizes of
plates, tea, coffee cups and saucers, tea and coffee pots and milk jugs and
bowls with or without decoration, whether in sets or single.
Tableware made of other ceramic materials
Diamonds not set or strung
DIVISION 67-IRON AND STEEL
Mild steel angles, flats and shapes of iron or steel cold formed or cold finished
(excluding high tensile steel angles and flats and shapes).
Corrugated iron sheet and plates, ungalvanised coated
Corrugated sheets and plates galvanized or coated of thickness of .014” or
less.
Black and galvanized tube and pipes of iron or steel (other than cast iron and
high pressure hydroelectric conduits), round, square and rectangular, of a
diameter up to 4”
DIVISION 69-MANUFACTURERS OF METAL N.E.S.
Steel windows and steel doors including louvers
Aluminium windows and doors including louvers and part thereof
Gas cylinders (domestic)
Barbed wire of iron or steel
Other fencing wire of iron or steel
Round wire nails
Roofing nails, tacks and fencing staples (excluding round wire nails).
Mild steel, bolts and nuts and washers (other than those covered by
Manufactures Part No. and high tensile steel bolts and nuts).
All types of hoes (jembes).
Machetes (pangas)
Shovels and spades
Charcoal irons
Screwdrivers, other
Razor blades
Domestic gas cookers of iron or steel
Butt hinges only
Domestic gas cookers or copper
Domestic utensils of stainless steel
Tinned enamel tea trays, servicing trays, household insecticide sprays,
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domestic insecticide spray guns
Household buckets of iron or steel (except enameled or stainless).
Metallic coat hangers
Sufurias alias “chattels” or “topes” and tiffin carriers including cooking pans.
Steel pot scourers and polishing pads of iron or stainless steel.
Padlocks, locks, including bicycle furniture locks, and keys thereof of base
metal but excluding motor cars locks and keys for dealer firms
698120
Tower bolts, brass and aluminium
698120
Window stays, brass window handles and knife blanks
698122
Other hinges not butt hinges except those for motor cars
698500
Shoe eyelets
698500
Pant hooks and frames
698511
Crown corks
698859
Bottle caps, bungs, lids, seals stoppers, etc., of base metal
698871
Are welding electrodes
698911
Earthpans (karais)
698919
Bead wire rings
DIVISION 71-MACHINERY OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
712100
Plough Ploughs, tractor mounted (sizes 2,3,4,5 disc ploughs); harrows tractor drawn,
mounted, semi-mounted or trailed (including harrows of up to 32” and 34”
diameter).
712900
Single furrow and hand ploughs and parts thereof
712991
Plate mills, and hammer mills both hand and power driven
712999
Rotary cutters, tractor mounted or semi mounted rotary cutters up to and
including 72” cut.
715100
Machine-tools for working materials
715100
Hydraulic pipe benders
715210
Converters, ladies, ingot moulds and casting machines
715220
Rolling mills and rolls thereof
715230
Gas operated welding, cutting, etc., appliances
717110
Spinning, extruding, etc., machines
717121
Weaving, knitting, etc., machines (industrial0
717129
Other
717140
Machines for the manufacture or finishing of felt
717200
Machinery (excluding sewing machines) for preparing, tanning or working
hides, skins or leather
717301
Sewing machines, heads or complete machines (industrial).
717302
Other.
718110
Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard.
718210
Bookbinding machinery.
718229
Type making and setting machinery, etc., other (not for use in offices).
718299
Other printing machinery n.e.s.
718299
Other (not for use in offices).
718310
Machinery for milling grain, etc.
718391
Sugar manufacturing or refining machinery, industrial.
718392
Other food processing machinery, industrial.
718399
Other, n.e.s.
718420
Construction and mining machinery, n.e.s. (excavating, leveling, boring, etc.)
718510
Mineral crushing, sorting and moulding machinery.
718510
Concrete mixers (assembled).
718520
Glass-working machinery.
719130
Furnace burners, mechanical stokers, etc
719140
Industrial furnaces and ovens, non-electric.
719211
Air compressers.
719310
Hydraulic jacks not mechanical for cars and workshops
719310
Mounted minicranes.
719311
Hydraulic elevating tables, motor and hand driven
719319
Other, n.e.s.
719320
Hydraulic fork lifts.
719421
Domestic refrigerators, non-electrical (complete)
719429
Domestic refrigerators (parts thereof).
697213
697219
697239
697910
698111
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719510
719628
719632
719801
719802
719803
719804
719804
719805
719910
722200
724101
724102
724201
724202
724999
725011
725051
725059
729111
729119
729121
729129
729201
729500
732100
732899
732899
732899
732899
733100
733323
733331
733331
821019
821031
821091
821093
831011
831011
831019
831011
841119
841119
841119
841132
841139
841141
Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies
Cap. 502
Machine-tools for working wood, plastics, etc.
Machines for cleaning, or filling bottles or other containers, packaging
machinery, etc., other, industrial.
Metric weights
Cigarette, cigar and tobacco making machines
Crushers and mills for oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, industrial (for extraction of
oil, etc.)
Soap cutting or moulding machine.
Tea machinery
Hydraulic presses.
Other n.e.s.
Moulding boxes for metal foundry and moulds, other than ingot moulds.
DIVISION 72-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
Electrical distribution boards and consumer units.
Television broadcast receivers whether or not combined with gramophone or
radio
Unassembled television sets.
Radio broadcast receivers, whether or not combined with gramophone
Unassembled radio broadcast receivers whether or not combined with
gramophone.
Other telecommunication equipment, n.e.s.
Domestic refrigerations, electrical.
Electrical space heating equipment, n.e.s.
Other n.e.s.
Batteries and cells for flashlights (torches) and transistor radios.
Other batteries and cells, n.e.s.
Motor vehicles batteries
Other electrical accumulators (storage batteries)
Filament lamps with bulb diameter of 60 mm, 70 mm, or 80 mm, designed to
operate on voltage of 100 to 250 volts of 200 watts or less, having clear inside
white finish only.
Water meters.
DIVISION 73-TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
Passenger motor cars (other than buses or special vehicles).
Motor vehicle brake linings
Motor vehicle brake pad sets.
Exhaust pipes and silencers for Volkswagen vehicles
Exhaust pipes and silencers, n.e.s.
Bicycles and bicycle components excluding bicycle spokes, forks and frames
for sizes 22 and 24
Complete low speed agricultural trailers (other than road trailers).
Wheelbarrows (assembled).
Wheelbarrows wheels
DIVISION 82-FURNITURE
Plastic chairs, seats and parts thereof.
Mattresses, matterres support and similar stuffed furnishings
Furnishing and pars thereof, n.e.s. metal beds (excluding hospital beds).
Metal furniture, n.e.s. and parts thereof (domestic or office)
DIVISION 83-TRAVEL, GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
Suitcases
Travel goods
Handbags and similar articles
DIVISION 84-CLOTHING
Suits for men
Jackets, trousers, slacks and jeans made of worsted, woolen and mixed
woolen and synthetic materials
Outer garments for boys
Shirts for men, whether knitted, crotched or woven fabrics
Under garments for men and boys
Baby napkins
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841149
Under garments for women and girls excluding baby napkins and pants, but
including ladies brassieries, slips and briefs, etc
841152
841153
841154
841155
841160
841420
841441
841441
841442
841442
841444
Outer garments for women and girls
Infants wear
Stockings and socks excluding woolen makes
Cardigans, jerseys, jumpers, pullovers and sweaters
Cardigans, jerseys, jumpers, pullovers and sweaters (woolen makes only).
Socks and stockings of woolen makes only
Socks and stockings excluding woolen makes, and panthoses
Panthoses, hooks and bars
DIVISION 85-FOOTWEAR
851011
Footwear and slippers with soles and uppers of rubber or plastic materials
851061
Leather footwear and slippers with soles of any description
851099
Slippers and house wear other.
DIVISION 86-PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS
863000
Cinematographic film developed
DIVISION 89-MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES N.E.S.
891201
Gramophone records
890202
Pre-recorded video tapes and cassettes only.
891209
All types of cassettes used for sound recording purposes and pre-recorded
cassettes excluding computer tapes.
892910
Self-adhesive labels in rolls or sheets, plain or printed.
893001
Plastic coat hangers.
893000
PVC electrical conduits
893024
Polythene bags only.
893034
Plastic toilet seats and covers.
893034
Plastic louvers, windows and parts thereof.
893034
Floor tiles of plastic materials.
893039
Ceramic tiles excluding coloured, decorated or embossed.
893040
Plastic tableware, etc.
894242
Any automatic machine or any mechanical device intended for the purpose of
gambling, wagering or betting, including coin operated machines for
amusement.
894420
Footballs.
894420
Other requisites for outdoor sports except footballs.
895110
Filing cabinets rack, similar office equipment (excluding furniture of base
metal).
895210
Ballpoint pens and parts thereof.
895230
Pencils.
895990
Staples, pins, paper pins, and inked ribbons for typewriters
897110
897120
899230
899241
Jewellery of gold, silver and platinum group metal, gold smiths and
silversmiths and ware including set gems
Brooms and brushes of vegetable materials not mounted in a head
Hand scrubbing brushes and footwear cleaning brushes of natural fibre
mounted or backed by wood.
899242
Paint distemper, varnish and similar brushes, flat.
899249
Tooth brushes.
899249
Brooms and brushes, n.e.s. paint roller, etc.
899321
Matches in packing of less than 25 matches per container.
899322
Matches in packing of 25 matches or more but less than 50 matches per
container except book matches.
899520
Buttons (excluding metal).
899530
Zip fasteners.
899590
Toilet paper rolls and paper serviettes.
DIVISION 99-COMMODITIES AND TRANSACTIONS NOT CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO
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KIND
991110
991130
991160
Gold bullion
Gold partly worked.
Gold coin.
L.N. 19/1983, L.N. 42/1985, Sub. Leg, Cap 179, Cap 472, Cap 308.
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (IMPORTATION OF MOTOR CARS)
(RESTRICTION) ORDER
1. This Order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Importation of Motor Cars)
(Restriction) Order.
2. In this Order, "motor car" means a motor vehicle having seating accommodation for not more than ten
passengers excluding the driver, but does not include a motor cycle.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Imports) Order, no person
shall import a motor car into Kenya from any foreign country without written authority issued by the Director
under this Order.
4. The written authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall be applied for and obtained by the importer prior to
the shipment or loading for shipment of the motor car to Kenya.
5. The restriction imposed under paragraph 3 shall not apply to—
(a) a motor car imported by persons subject to diplomatic privileges under the Privileges and Immunities Act;
or
(b) a motor car imported as part of passenger's baggage as defined in item 8 of Part B of the Third Schedule
to the Customs and Excise Act.
(c) a motor oar imported by persons engaged in petroleum operations as defined in section 2 of the
Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act.
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (PROHIBITION OF THE EXPORT OF MAIZE)
ORDER
L.N. 111/1984
1. This Order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Prohibition of the Export of
Maize) Order.
2. The export of maize, maizemeal and maize by-products including germ and bran, to any country is
prohibited.
3. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to prohibit the export of not more than 2 kilogrammes of maizemeal
as part of accompanied baggage of a person leaving the country by air or sea.
Order under section 10 (1) (d)
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES) (DELEGATION OF
POWERS) ORDER
L.N. 81/1961, L.N. 633/1961, L.N. 649/1961, L.N. 186/1980
1. This Order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Essential Supplies) {Delegation
of Powers) Order.
2. The Director of Trade and Supplies, the Deputy Director of Trade and Supplies and every assistant
director of trade and supplies may issue such directions as they may deem necessary in the interests of
maintaining, controlling or regulating supplies of the goods to which this Order applies, being goods which
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are considered to be essential to the well-being of the community, for all or any of the purposes referred to in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act.
3. The goods to which this Order applies are—
(a) all processed and manufactured sugar;
(b) new bags of "B" and "L" type construction manufactured from jute or sisal fibre or a combination of those
fibres or from any substitute for jute fibre;
(c) all petroleum products;
(d) within the Nairobi area only, aviation fuels;
(e) tea, processed, partly processed or unprocessed.
Regulations under section 24
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES REGULATIONS
L.N. 483/1958, L.N. 142/1963, L.N. 70/1965
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies Regulations.
2. (1) Every application for an import licence of goods other than gold bullion shall be made by delivering to
the Director the indent in triplicate relating to the intended import.
(2) Every indent shall state clearly and fully—
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
(b) the name and address of the supplier;
(c) the description of the goods to be imported, showing the quantity and price per unit;
(d) the total cost, insurance and freight value of the goods at the place of importation expressed in sterling;
(e) the country of origin of the goods;
(f) the place from which the goods are intended to be consigned, and the intended date of consignment; and
(g) the method of payment for the goods.
(3) Every application for an import licence of gold bullion shall be made in writing in triplicate to the Director,
and shall state—
(a) the name of the applicant and the registered title and full address of his goldsmith's business;
(b) the name and date of the applicant's current goldsmith's trading licence;
(c) the name and father's name of each of the artisans fully employed by the applicant in his goldsmith's
business and the date from which each artisan has been continuously so employed.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), a person desiring to import goods within the
following categories—
(a) unsolicited free gifts;
(b) personal baggage;
(c) goods for which no foreign exchange is to be made available (either for their cost or for freight or
insurance),
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for which an import licence is required may apply for an import licence to the Director by letter in triplicate,
giving full particulars of the goods, and, in the case of an unsolicited free gift, the relationship of donor and
donee.
3. (1) Import licences, in the case of gold bullion, shall be in Form A in the Schedule.
(2) Import licences in the case of other goods shall be in the form of an endorsement stamped upon the
indent or letter of application:
Provided that, if the applicant so requires, the import licence may, at the discretion of the Director, be in the
form of a book licence in Form C in the Schedule.
(3) Except in the case of an import licence in the form of a book licence, import licences shall be delivered to
the applicant in duplicate, and a further copy shall be kept by the Director.
4. Where the laws of the country from which the goods are to be imported require a certificate that the
importer has undertaken to import the goods into Kenya, the Director, on application being made to him and
on being satisfied as to the facts of the case, may give to the importer a certificate to such effect in Form D
in the Schedule.
5. All import licences and export licences shall be valid for the period expressed therein or, if no period is
expressed, for a period of one month.
6. Any application for the renewal of an import licence or export licence shall be made to the Director at least
fifteen days before the licence is due to expire.
7. Where an import licence or export licence has been lost or destroyed, the Director may, on application
being made to him in writing and on a copy of the licence being supplied, issue to the holder a duplicate
licence.
8. Every application for an export licence (other than one for the export of timber) shall be made to the
Director in triplicate in Form E in the Schedule.
9. Every application under the Act shall be typewritten or written indelibly without alteration or addition.
SCHEDULE
(rr. 3, 4 and 8)
(In triplicate)
Form A
No. ………………..
NOT TRANSFERABLE
IMPORT LICENCE
This Licence authorizes ………………………………….
………………………………………………………………
to import GOLD shown under the headings “Quantity”
and “Description”.
Name and address of supplier …………………………………
………………………………………………………………….
Quantity
Description
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Date and Office Stamp
………………………………………….
for Director of Trade and Supplies
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NOTES
1. Goods imported MUST conform to the description on this licence.
This licence is not valid for any other goods.
2. In no circumstances may the goods imported exceed the quantity
shown on the licence.
3. If the importation of Gold specified on this licence is, for any reason,
no longer required, please return the licence to the Department of
Trade and Supplies, P.O. Box 30430, Nairobi.
SCHEDULE OF CLEARANCES
Customs Ref.
Date
Quantity
Description
Value
Form B (Deleted by L.N. 142/1963).
IMPORT LICENCE
Form C
No.
B.
Date ……………………………………
Issued to ………………………………
Address …………………………………
In the event of this licence being lost, will the finder please place in the nearest Post Box in order that it may
be returned to the Department of Trade and Supplies, P.O. Box 30430, Nairobi.
This licence must be retained by the importer, and presented at the time of clearance of the goods specified
herein.
Conditions of Issue
This Import Licence is issued for a specific value, which may be varied from time to time at the discretion of
the Director of Trade and Supplies. Any attempt to clear goods in excess of the value, or balance of value,
authorized by this Licence will be regarded as an offence. This licence is not transferable and is only valid
on the condition that the relative goods are not ordered before the date of issue of this licence.
Should extension of the validity period of this licence become necessary, application in this regard must be
made to the office of issue NOT LESS than 15 DAYS BEFORE the expiry date. Application should clearly
show what foreign currency payment has already been made and what balance remains to be paid.
Goods imported MUST conform to the description on this licence. The licence is not valid for any other
goods.
In no circumstances may the goods imported exceed the C.I.F. value shown on the licence.
Notwithstanding any value shown as maximum C.I.F. value, Banks MUST NOT make available foreign
currency in excess of the amount entered on the opposite page.
If this licence is, for any reason, no longer required, please return it to the Department of Trade and
Supplies, P.O. Box 30430, Nairobi.
This licence authorizes:—
Name ……………………………………………………………………….
Address …………………………………………………………………….
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to import goods to the value of …………………………………………….
of the description of ………………………………………………………….
From ………………………………………………………………………………..
of ……………………………………… origin …………………………….
for the period of …………………………………………………………………..
Payment must be by a method appropriate to ……………………………………..
…………………………………………
for Director of Trade and Supplies.
Foam C—(Contd.)
BANK ENDORSEMENTS: --
Import entry
number
Date
Value
Officer’s
signature
This licence is a very important document the loss of which may cause a considerable amount of
inconvenience to the importer concerned. Importers are therefore advised to exercise the greatest care for
its safe keeping.
IMPORT CERTIFICATE
Form D
No. …………………
Issued by the Department of Trade and Supplies.
P.O. Box 30430, Nairobi, Kenya
It is hereby certified to the export licensing authorities of …………………………..that
…………………………………………of …………………………………… has undertaken to import into Kenya
the goods specified below.
Description of goods (including quantity and value) ………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………….
Name and address of exporter ……………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Any other particulars ……………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………
This certificate ceases to be valid unless presented to the authorities above-mentioned not later than the
……………………………….., 19 …….
Dated this ………………………………….. day of ……………….. 19………..
…………………………………..
an authorized officer of the
Department of Trade and Supplies,
Kenya.
Note.—This Import Certificate may be varied or revoked by the Director of Trade and Supplies at any time,
and must be surrendered to the Director of Trade and Supplies forthwith on its revocation or on its ceasing
to be valid.
(In triplicate) Form E
APPLICATION FOR EXPORT LICENCE
Name of Applicant ……………………………………………………..
Address of applicant ……………………………………………………………
Commodity for which licence is required ………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………
Country of origin ……………………………………………………………….
Net weight ……………………………………………………………………..
F.O.B. value (Customs exit station) ……………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………
Name and address of consignee ………………………………………………………..
Country of destination …………………………….. Customs exit station ………………
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Approximate date of dispatch ………………………………………………………..
Mode of transport ………………………………………………………………….
I hereby declare that the particulars which I have given are true
and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date …………………………………..
For Official Use Only
…………………………………….
Applicant.
EXPORT LICENCE
No. …………………………….
Export of goods described above is approved, subject to …………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
Date ………………………………
……………………………………………
for Director of Trade
and Supplies.
This Licence is not transferable.
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