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Trademark East Africa has encouraged more government institutions that are directly dealing with different traders involved in export of products to consider joining the National Electronic Single Window System arrangement so as to cut on the cost of doing business for such traders and increase on the country’s foreign income earning. According to Frank Matsaert, […]
Kenya has made remarkable strides since the official launch of the National Electronic Single Window System (Kenya TradeNet System) in May 2, 2014, with documentation of cargo clearance across its borders now much easier, faster and convenient. The adoption of the System has enabled centralized lodgment of international trade documentations for both import and export […]
Kenya and its neighbors Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda have fully embraced the Electronic Single Window System and are now effectively coordinating in cargo clearance and tracking. The system facilitates exchange of data among the East African Community (EAC) countries. It is supported by the tracking system that monitors cargo from their check-off point to destination […]
NAIROBI: Kenya and Tanzania have opened the ultra-modern Holili/Taveta border post to facilitate regional trade. The Sh1 billion investment was launched on Saturday and is the first one to be operated among the 13 one-stop border posts in East Africa and South Sudan, with funding from Trademark East Africa. Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie and […]
International trade has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks to the progressive reduction of tariffs and quotas through multilateral trade liberalisation. More trade means more goods crossing borders and having to comply with Customs formalities. Businesses suffer both direct border-related costs, such as expenses related to supplying information and documents to the relevant authority, and […]
Positive developments about Africa these days are often overshadowed by dramatic scenes of terrorism, civil wars, crippling disease outbreaks and power shutdowns. This disjointed view about the African continent is also reflected in the generally negative perception people have on its ports, liner services as well as its road- and rail-related infrastructure. One update posted […]
THE Electronic Single Window System (eSWS) that was to start operation at the Dar es Salaam port last month to fast track cargo clearance has been delayed to allow the port authorities complete migration from “Asycuda” to a new Customs ICT system. The Minister for Transport Minister, Samuel Sitta has said in Parliament on Saturday […]
Shipping lines and agents across the region have less than a month to collect empty containers at the Mombasa Port before the Kenya Ports Authority starts disposing of or destroying them. In a notice, KPA gave the agents up to August 6 to collect any empty container that had been lying at the Port in […]
Importers and businesses in Rwanda and the rest of the Northern Corridor can soon expect timely and efficient services at the port of Mombasa, following the signing of the Mombasa Port Community Charter by Kenya and the regional public and private agencies involved in port affairs. The charter, signed earlier this week at the port […]
Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) has announced it will now be possible for importers and exporters to file the taxes and other payments through the banks, using its electronic platform. The entire software is also inter-linked to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) iTax System, for purposes of speedy payment of taxes. In a public notice, […]
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