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Kenya Waiver PVOC Certificate Waiver Services
Waiver Requirements For KENYA / PVOC
A waiver is not necessary. BSC / CTN is not required
The Kenyan Bureau of Standards (KEBS), has implemented a series of guidelines known as a Pre-Export Verification of Conformity to Standards Program (PVoC) to ensure the quality of products.
A Certificate of Conformity (CoC) will be issued to demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the applicable national standards or approved equivalents and technical regulations.
Kenya Bureau of Standards [KBS] has contracted 3-international companies – SGS, Intertek and Bureau Veritas to carry out this exercise.
Shipping Ports in Kenya
- Mombasa
Pre-Shipping Inspection for Kenya
Kenya Bureau of Standards [KBS] has confirmed that Pre-Shipment Inspection and issuance of Certificate of Conformity has been expanded to cover almost all finished products imported into Kenya.Kenya Bureau of Standards [KBS] has confirmed that Pre-Shipment Inspection and issuance of Certificate of Conformity has been expanded to cover almost all finished products imported into Kenya.
Information and documents required for creating Certificate of Conformity
- Pro-forma Invoice
- Import Declaration Form
- Request for Certificate Form (RFC)
- Original Bill of Lading
- Commercial Invoice
- Fumigation Certificate
Shipping Goods exempted from Kenya CoC Certificate
- Products regulated by other Kenyan Government Agencies (KEPHIS, PPB, PCPB, DVS…)
- Raw materials, machinery and spare parts for manufacturers registered with KEBS
- CKSs for motor vehicle and motor cycle assembly/Manufacturing under Bond (MUB for assemblers registered with KEBS
- Goods for the diplomatic community
- General consumables (stores) imported by International carriers for inflight/ships service
- Courier parcels
- Printed matter and copyrighted digital material (Textbooks, periodicals, diaries, labels, recorded digital media, magnetic media)
- Goods certified by KEBS under Diamond Mark Scheme
- Goods manufactured within East African Community (EAC)
- Used personal effects
- Re-imports
- New and Used vehicles (inspected by specific company appointed by KEBS)
- New and used trailers, bulldozers, agricultural tractors, excavators, graders and other off-road vehicles (inspected by specific company appointed by KEBS, or at Destination)
- Used motor vehicle spare parts (inspected by specific company appointed by KEBS, or at destination)
Prohibited Goods for Kenya
Counterfeits and banned products list available on KEBS website: https://www.kebs.org/
Restrictive Goods shipping to Kenya
- Propellant powders.
- Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders.
- Safety fuses; detonating fuses.
- Other igniters and electric detonators, percussion or detonating caps.
- Fireworks.
- Very (light) flares and railway signals.
- Rain rockets, anti-hail rockets and cartridges; distress and life-saving rockets.
- Other pyrotechnic articles.
- Nuclear reactors.
- Fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors.
- Parts of nuclear reactors.
- Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles.
- Warships.
- Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols & arms.
- Revolvers and pistols.
- Muzzle-loading firearms
- Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles.
- Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles.
- Other firearms. Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons)
- Parts of revolvers or pistols.
- Shotgun barrels.
- Other parts of shotguns or rifles.
- Other parts of firearms other than revolver, pistols, shotguns or rifles
- Cartridges for riveting or similar tools or for captive-bolt humane killers and parts thereof.
- Shotgun cartridges.
- Parts of shotgun cartridges or air gun pellets.
- For sporting , hunting, or target shooting
- Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles & similar of war & parts thereof 9306.90.90 For sporting , hunting, or target shooting
- Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths
- Used Tyres (Banned, except for some importers holding valid licenses)
- Motor Vehicles aged over 8 years – Acc.to KS1515:2000 (p.2.5.)- Banned, except in some cases
- Motor Vehicles with Left Hand Drive (not accepted for registration, unless they are for special purposes)
- Cosmetics containing substances listed in KS 1474-3:2004
Charges for Kenya CoC Certificate
It varies depending on the routes chosen for inspection,
Route A – Certificate of Conformity for Kenya
Minimum fee: 220 USD, maximum fee: 2,375USD which cover the documentary verification and the physical inspection of goods
Route B – Could be 350USD for up to 15 products
The following activities are subject to additional fees:
- Sampling and testing: to be quoted on a case by case basis;
- Containers sealing: to be quoted on a case by case basis;
- Licensing: to be quoted on a case by case basis.