A step-by-step guide on foreign trade procedures
Kenya, a world-class logistics hub in the region
Trade operation
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Import
Transit
Type of product
Fruits (Fruits, Matunda, Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Pineapples, Watermelon, Guava, Apples, Grapes, Passion Fruit, Strawberries etc.)
Solar panels (Solar, Panels, Energy)
Electrical appliances
Roots and tubers (Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cassava)
Avocados (Kienyeji, Fuerte, Hass, Pinkerton etc.)
Vegetables (Chillies, Peppers, Cucumber, Kale, Sukuma, Spinach, Tomatoes, Onions, Cabbage, Potatoes, Cassava, Cauliflower, Okra etc.)
Beans (Red beans, Kidney beans, Green beans etc.)
Peas (Cow Peas, Chick Peas etc.)
Flowers (Roses, Daisies, Eryngium, Lilies, Carnations, Gypsophilia, St. John's Wort etc.)
Tea (Specialty Tea, White Tea, Green Tea, Purple Tea, Yellow Tea, Aromatic Tea etc.)
Coffee (Arabica, Coffee Beans, Clean Coffee etc.)
Grains (Sim Sim, Green Grams, Minji etc.)
Rice (Rice, Mchele, Crops, Dry Produce etc.)
Cereals (Green grams, Millet, Sorghum, Wheat, Sim sim etc)
Maize (unmilled) (Maize, Cob, Corn, Grain, Crops, Dry Produce etc.)
Seeds (Seeds, Seedlings, Crops, Dry Produce etc.)
Processed (dry, chilled, and frozen) fish (Fish, Tilapia, Nile Perch, Sardines, Tuna, Salmon, Cod, Samaki) etc.
Fresh fish (Fish, Tilapia, Nile Perch, Sardines, Tuna, Salmon, Cod, Common Carp, Omena, etc.)
Live fish (Ornamental Fish, Aquarium, Crustaceans, Octopus, Shell Fish etc.)
Pharmaceutical products (Drugs, Medicine, Tablets, Capsules, Pills, Syrup, Dawa, Scalpel, Dose, Drip, Drops, Syringe, Gloves, Gauze, Dosage etc.)
Medical devices
Licit drugs
Motor vehicles (Cars, Gari, Automobile, Vehile, Sedan, Trucks, Lorry, Van, Bus, Minivan, SUV, 4x4, Automatic, Manual, LHD, RHD, 4WD, 2WD etc.)
Motorcycles (Bike, Pikipiki, Scooter etc.)
Bicycles (Mike, Mountain Bike, BMX, Baiskeli etc.)
Spare parts (Axle, Rims, Radiator, Headlight, Side Mirrors, Brakes, Pads etc.)
Cotton (Cotton, Pamba, Bale, Lint, Fibre, Ginning, Ginnery etc.)
Sisal (Sisal, Ropes, Fibre etc.)
Coconut (Coconut, Oil, Mnazi, Nuts, Crops etc.)
Macadamia nuts (Macadamia, Nuts, Oil, Crops etc.)
Cashew nuts (Cashew, Nuts, Crops, Oil etc.)
Ground nuts (Ground Nut, Njugu, Nuts Oil,Crops etc.)
Palm oil (Palm Oil, Crops, Nuts etc.)
Sesame seeds (Sesame Seeds, Crops, Nuts etc.)
Sunflower (Sunflower, Crops, Nuts, Oil etc.)
Honey and other apiary products (Honey, Bees, Wax, Hive, Comb, Asali etc.)
Eggs and eggs products (Eggs, Mayai, Mayonaisse etc.)
Meat and meat products (Meat, Beef, Pork, Meat Balls, Sausage, Salami, Ham, Bacon, Mutton, Offals, Matumbo etc.)
Cattle (Cows, Hereford, Angus, Friesian, Ayrshire, Red Angus, Jesey, Bradford, Sussex, Guernsey, etc.)
Pigs (Pigs, Large White, Duroc, Blackshire, Large Black, Hampshire, Meishan, Mangalica, Tamworth, Gloucesters, etc.)
Sheep and goats (Sheep, Merino, Dorset Horn, Dorper, Romney etc.)
Poultry (Hens, Cockrel, Chicken, Fowls, Chicks, Kuku, Wyandotte, Cochin, Sussex, Araucana, Rhode Island White etc.)
Camels (Camels, Ngamia etc.)
Dogs and cats (Dogs, Mbwa, German Shepherd, Rotweiler, Spitz, Bulldog, Labrador, Alsatian, Puppy, Puppies, Shih Tzu, Cat, Paka etc.)
Rabbits (Doe, Buck, Bunny, New Zealand White, Chinchilla, French Lop, Flemish Giant, Canada Giant etc.)
Animal feeds (Feed, Feeds, Fodder, Hay, Bales etc.)
Pesticides (Pesticides, Sprays etc.)
Veterinary medicines (Medicine, Pills, Tablets, Powder, Treatment, Drops etc.)
Hides and skins (Animal Skin, Fur, Hair, Coat etc.)
Leather and leather products (Leather, Shoes, Belts, Sandals, Jackets, Pants, Hand Bags, etc.s)
Horns and hooves (Horns, Hooves)
Wool (Wool, Fabric, Yarn)
Bull semen (Bull Semen)
Animal embryos (Animal Embryos, Eggs)
Milk and milk products (Milk, Dairy, Milkshake, Ice Cream, Cream, Cheese, Curd, Butter, Ghee etc.)
Wildlife and wildlife products (Tortoise, Ostritch, Birds, Lizards, Butterflies, Butterfly, Tree, Plant, Game, Wild etc.)
Pyrethrum (Pyrethrum, Insecticide)
Construction and building minerals (Soda ash, Graphite, Gypsum, Limestone & marble, Iodine minerals, Diatomite, Pumice etc)
Precious stones (Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies, Sapphires, Green garnet or Tsavorite)
Precious metals (Gold, Osmium, Palladium, Platinum, Iridium, Silver, Rhodium, Ruthenium)
Base and rare metals (Copper, Iron, Cobalt, Lead, Manganese, Mercury, Titanium, Chromium etc)
Fuel minerals (Non- Nuclear; Coal, Nuclear; Source material containing Uranium & Thorium)
Herbs (Mint leaves, Rosemary leaves, Basil leaves, Coriander, Sage, Thyme, Parsley, Oregano, Tarragon etc)
Trade operation
Export
Import
Transit
Trade operation
Export
Import
Transit
Trade operation
Export
Import
Transit

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