KENYA PVoC PRODUCT SCOPE
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- PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO KENYA PVoC PROGRAMME ( COVERED )
- RESTRICTED PRODUCTS (UNDER CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT- CAP 472)
- PROHIBITED PRODUCTS (UNDER CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT- CAP 472)
PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO KENYA PVoC PROGRAMME ( COVERED )
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| 02 | Meat of bovine, swine, sheep or goats, etc; meat and edible offal fresh, chilled or frozen; |
| 0302, 0304, 0305, 0306, 0307 | Fresh fish or chilled excluding fish fillet; Fish fillet; Fish dried or salted; crustaceans; Molluscs. |
| 04 | Milk and cream, buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir, whey, Dairy spreads, cheese and curd, bird's eggs, natural honey, edible products of animal origin etc. |
| 0710 - 0714 | Vegetables frozen; Dried vegetables; Dried leguminous vegetables; Manioc, arrowroots, sweet potatoes e.t.c |
| 0811 - 0814 | Fruits and nuts, cooked or uncooked or preserved; Fruit dried; Peel of citrus fruits and melons fresh, frozen dried or preserved. |
| 0901 - 0903 | Coffee, Tea, Mate. |
| 10 | Wheat & Meslin; Rice, Maize, Barley, Rye, Grain sorghum, Buckwheat, Millet etc. |
| 1101 - 1107, 1109 | Wheat, maize (corn), other cereals flour, pellets; Flour meal, powders, flakes, malt, wheat gluten e.t.c |
| 1507.90.00, 1508.90.00, 1509.90.00, 1510.00.00, 1511.90.30, 1511.90.40, 1511.90.90, 1512.19.00, 1512.29.00, 1513.19.00, 1513.29.00, 1514.19.00, 1514.99.00, 1515.19.00, 1515.29.00, 1515.50.00, 1515.90.00, 1516.10.00, 1516.20.00, 1517.10.00, 1517.90.00, 1518.00.00 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage product, excluding :Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, Fats of bovine animals, Stearin, Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, Wool grease and fatty substances, Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, Crude Soya-bean oil and its fractions, Crude Ground-nut oil, Virgin Olive oil,Crude Palm oil and its fractions, Palm stearin, Crude Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil, Crude Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, crude Rape, colza or mustard oil, other crude fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil),Glycerol, crude; Vegetable waxes,Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes. |
| 16 | Sausages & similar products; homogenized preparations (meat); Prepared or preserved meat, fish, crustaceans or molluscs etc. |
| 17, excluding 1702 | Cane or beet sugar and other related products; Sugar confectionery |
| 1803, 1806 | Cocoa paste; Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. |
| 19, excluding 1901.2010 & 1901.9010 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk;pastry cooks' products, excluding Biscuit powder & Malt extract |
| 20 | Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid or other means; Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades and fruit juices. |
| 21, excluding 2106.10.00 & 2106.90.20 | Extracts, essences & concentrates of coffee, tea and mate; Yeast; Sauces & preparations thereof; Soups and broths and preparations thereof; Ice cream and other edible ice; Food preparations specially for infants. |
| 22 | Mineral and aerated waters; Beer; Wine; Other fermented beverages; Undenatured ethyl alcohol, Vinegar and vinegar substitutes. |
| 2402 - 2403 | Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, cigarette etc. |
| 2523 - 2524, excluding 2523.10.00 | White cement, limestone, Portland cement and other mineral substances; |
| 2710.11.10 - 2710.11.40, 2710.19.10 - 2710.19.39, 2710.19.51 - 2712.10.00, 2713.11.00 - 2716.00.00 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; Petroleum gases and jelly, bitumen, asphalt etc. |
| 2828, 2833.30.00 | Hypochlorites; Alums |
| 2936 | Provitamins and vitamins |
| 3005 | Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles |
| 31 | Animal or Vegetable Fertilizers; Mineral or Chemical fertilizers |
| 3208 - 3210 | Paints and varnishes including enamel, lacquer and distempers. |
| 3213 - 3215 | Colours in sets; Glaziers' putty etc.; Printing, writing, drawing ink and other inks. |
| 3303 - 3307 | Perfumes & toilet waters; Beauty & make up preparations (skin care); Shampoos; Relaxers; Preparations for oral and dental hygiene; Pre- shave, shave and after- shave preparations; Personal deodorants; Bath preparations e.t.c. |
| 3401, 3403, 3405 - 3407, excluding 3405.40.00 | Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap; Lubricating preparations; Polishes and creams for footwear, furniture e.t.c; Modeling pastes |
| 3501, 3502, 3505.20.00, 3506.10.00 | Casein; Albumins; Gelatin; Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives. |
| 3605 - 3606 | Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles; Liquid or liquefied -gas fuels in containers e.t.c |
| 3702. 51 - 3702.56 | Photographic films in rolls |
| 3808.40.00 | Disinfectants |
| 3811, 3813, 3814, 3815, 3817 - 3820 | Anti- knock preparations; Preparations for charges and fire- extinguishers; Refractory cements; Hydraulic brake fluids; Anti- freezing preparations; other water treatment chemicals. |
| 3917 - 3918, 3922 | Tubes, pipes and hoses and fittings thereof; Floor covering of plastics; Baths and shower baths; Sinks, wash- basins, bidets, lavatory pans e.t.c, Flush cisterns and other similar sanitary ware e.t.c. |
| 3925 - 3926.30, 3926.90.00 | Reservoir, tanks, vats and similar containers (Plastic); Builders' ware of plastic e.g. Doors, windows, blinds, shutters e.t.c; Other articles of plastic e.g. floats for fishing nets e.t.c. |
| 4009 | Tubes, pipes and hoses of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber. |
| 4010.31 - 4010.39 | Transmission belts or belting |
| 4011 | New pneumatic tyres |
| 4012.11.00, 4012.12.00, 4012.13.00, 4012.19.00, 4012.20.00, 4012.90.90 | Retreaded or used new pneumatic tyres of rubber e.t.c |
| 4013 | Inner tubes of rubber. |
| 4014.10.00 | Sheath contraceptives. |
| 4014.90.00 - 4016.99.00 | Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles of vulcanized rubber; Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of vulcanized rubber and others; |
| 4104 - 4115 | Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine; Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting; Chamois leather. |
| 42 | Trunks, suit- cases, vanity cases, executive cases, brief cases, school satchels e.t.c; Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of leather or of composition leather. |
| 4302 - 4304 | Tanned or dressed fur skins; Articles of apparel, clothing, accessories and other articles of fur skins. |
| 4408 - 4421, excluding 4415 | Sheets for veneering; Wood strips for parquet flooring; Particleboard; Fibreboard; Plywood and panels e.t.c. |
| 4504 | Agglomerated cork and articles of agglomerated cork |
| 46 | Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; Basketworks, wickerwork and other articles. |
| 4802.56.00, 4802.62.00, 4802.69.00, 4803, 4804.19.90, 4804.29.00, 4804.59.00, 4805.19.00, 4808.90.00, 4810.19.00, 4810.29.00, 4810.39.00, 4810.99.00, 4811.49.00, 4814.90.00, 4816.10.00, 4816.90.00, 4817, 4818, 4821.10.90, 4823.19.00, 4820.20.20, 4823.90.90 | Uncoated paper and paperboard of size not exceeding 435mm x 297mm; Other uncoated paper and paper boards, Other paper and paper boards coated on both side with kaolin, Paper board cellulose wadding etc, Wall paper, Toilet paper and similar paper tissue paper. Carbon paper and similar copying paper etc, Envelopes, letter cards, postcards, wallets etc; Exercise Books etc. |
| 5007 | Woven fabrics of silk or silk waste |
| 5111 - 5113 | Woven fabrics of carded wool or of fine or combed animal hair; Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair. |
| 5204 | Cotton sewing thread |
| 5208 - 5211 | Woven fabrics of cotton (less than 85% cotton) |
| 5212, excluding 5212.11.00 & 5212.21.00 | Other woven fabrics of cotton |
| 5309 - 5311 | Woven fabrics of flax; Woven fabrics of jute etc. |
| 5401 | Sewing thread of man made filaments |
| 5407 - 5408 | Woven fabric of synthetic filament yarn; Woven fabric of artificial filament yarn |
| 5508 | Sewing thread of man - made staple fibers |
| 5512 - 5516 | Woven fabrics of synthetic and artificial staple fibers |
| 5601, excluding 5601.30.00 | Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof |
| 5602 - 5603, 5607 - 5609 | Felt and Non-woven whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, Twine cordage, ropes & cables; Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; Articles of yarn |
| 57 | Carpets and other Textile floor coverings |
| 5801 - 5806 | Woven pile fabrics & Chenille fabrics; Terry toweling & similar woven Terry fabrics; Gauze, Tulles, Nets, & Narrow woven fabrics |
| 5808 - 5811 | Braids in the piece, Woven fabrics of ornamental thread, Embroidery in the piece, Quilted textile products |
| 5901 | Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances |
| 5903 - 5905, 5907 - 5911 | Textile fabrics impregnated coated covered or laminated with plastics; Linoleum; Textile wall covering; Textile hose piping; Textile products & articles for technical uses etc. |
| 6001 - 6006 | Pile fabrics; Knitted or crocheted fabrics; Warp knit fabrics and others. |
| 6101 - 6217 | Men's or boys' overcoat, anorak e.t.c; Men's or boys' suits, jackets e.t.c; Women's or girls' suits, jackets e.t.c; Men's or boys' shirts knitted or crocheted, underpants, pyjamas e.t.c; Women's or girls' blouses, shirts, petticoat, slips, panties e.t.c; T-shirts, jersey, baby garments, Truck suits; Handkerchief; Shawls e.t.c |
| 63 | Blankets ; Bed linen, table linen e.t.c; Curtains and other furnishing articles including mosquito nets; Sacks and bags; Tarpaulins, awnings and sun blinds, tents; Other made up articles including dress patterns- Life jackets, life belts, Floor cloths, dish cloths and other similar cleaning cloths; Used clothing. |
| 6401 - 6405 | Footwear |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof |
| 6601 - 6602 | Umbrellas, walk sticks e.t.c. |
| 6801 - 6803, 6806 - 6812 | Worked monumental or building stone; Articles of asphalt, plaster, cement, cement- asbestos e.t.c. |
| 6901 | Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods. |
| 6904 - 6914 | Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles e.t.c; Roofing tiles; Unglazed or glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; Ceramic ware for laboratories; Tableware and Kitchen ware of porcelain; Ceramic sinks e.t.c; And other ceramic articles. |
| 7003 - 7009 | Cast, drawn, float, rolled, blown, safety and surface ground or polished glass; Glass mirrors; |
| 7012 - 7017, 7020 | Glass inners for vacuum flasks or similar articles; Glass ware used for kitchen, table e.t.c; Signaling glassware and optical elements of glass; Paving blocks; Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware; Float for fishing nets. |
| 7203 | Ferrous products obtained from direct reduction of iron ores and other spongy ferrous products. |
| 7213 - 7216 | Bars and rods (hot or cold rolled); Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non- alloy steel. |
| 7217.10.00, 7217.20.00, 7217.30.90, 7217.90.00 | Wire of iron and non- alloy steel. |
| 7219 - 7223 | Flat rolled products of stainless steel; Wire of stainless steel. Bars and rods (hot rolled); Angles, sections and shapes of stainless steel |
| 7225 - 7227, 7229 | Flat rolled products of other alloy steel; Wire of other alloy steel. |
| 7301 | Sheet piling, angles, shapes and sections of iron or steel. |
| 7303 - 7309, 7311 - 7314, 7315.12.00, 7315.82.00, 7315.89.00, 7316 - 7319 - 7326 | Tubes, pipes & hollow profiles, seamless of cast iron, iron or steel and others; Tube or pipe fittings of iron or steel; Structures; Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material of iron or steel; Containers of compressed or liquefied gas; Stranded wire, rope, cables, barbed wire of steel or iron; Cloth, grill, netting, fencing of iron or steel wire; anchors, grapnels; Nails; Screws, nuts, bolts, coach screw, screw hooks, rivets, washers and other lock washers, cotter and cotter pins. Sewing/ knitting needles e.t.c; Leaf springs; Stoves, cookers; Radiators for central heating; Household items of iron or steel or steel wool etc; Sanitary ware of iron or steel e.g. sinks and wash basins; Other cast articles of iron or steel. Welded link chains and Other chains not mentioned elsewhere. |
| 7403 | Refined copper and copper alloy. |
| 7405, 7407 - 7419 | Master alloys of copper; Bars, rods, profiles, wire, plates, sheets, strips, tubes, tubes & pipe fittings, stranded wire, cables, nails, tacks, drawing pins, grill and netting of copper; Copper springs; Non-electric cooking or heating apparatus of cooper etc. |
| 7505 - 7508 | Nickel bars, rods, profile, wire, plates, sheets, foils, tubes, pipes and fittings etc. |
| 7604 - 7605, 7608 - 7611, 7613 - 7616 | Bars, rods, profiles, wire, tubes, tubes & pipe fittings, stranded wire, cables, nails, foils, tacks, screws, reservoirs, tanks, structures, containers for liquefied gas, household articles, grill and netting of aluminum |
| 7803 - 7806, excluding 7804.20.00 | Lead bars, profiles, wires, rods, sheet, strips, foils, plates, tubes, tubes & pipe fittings etc. |
| 7904 - 7907 | Zinc bars, profiles, wires, rods, sheet, strips, foils, plates, tubes, tubes & pipe fittings etc. |
| 8003 - 8004, 8006 - 8007 | Tin bars, profiles, wires, rods, sheet, strip, plates, tubes, tubes & pipe fittings etc. |
| 8101.95.00 - 8101.96.00 | Bars, foils, rods, sheets, plates, profiles, wire of tungsten etc. |
| 8102.95.00 - 8102.96.00 | Bars, foils, rods, sheets, plates, profiles, wire of molybdenum etc |
| 8201 - 8215, excluding 8207.20.00 | Hand tools e.g. spades, shovels, mattocks, hoes, forks etc; Hand saws, files, rasps, pliers; Hand operated tools e.g. spanners e.t.c; Knives, razor blades and others; Spoons, forks, skimmers etc. |
| 8301 - 8304, 8311 | Padlocks and locks; Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doors etc; Filing cabinets; |
| 8415, 8418.10 - 8418.99, 8421.1200, 8422.11.00, 8423.10.00, 8423.81.00, 8424.10.00, 8424.81.00, 8443, 8447.20.20, 8452.10.00, 8467, 8469, 8470, 8471, 8472, 8473, 8476, 8481, 8482, 8483, 8484 | Air conditioning machines, Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment. Clothes dryers, Dish washing machines of the household types. - Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales, Other weighing machines, Fire extinguishers; Agricultural and horticultural sprayers (e.g. Knapsack sprayers). Printing machinery, Sewing machines of the household type, Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor. Typewriters. Calculating machinesAutomatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included. e.g. computers, printers etc.Other office machines & parts and accessories. Automatic goods-vending machinesTaps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves. Ball or roller bearings. Transmission shafts. Gaskets and similar joints. |
| 8501 - 8513, 8515 - 8548, excluding 8542 | Electric motors, generators, generating sets & rotary converters and accumulators; Electrical transformers, electro-magnets, primary cells and batteries, Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, shavers, hair clippers etc; Sparking plugs, ignition magnetos, ignition coils, starter motors and dual starter generators; Electrical lighting & signaling equipment, miners safety lamps and other portable electric lamps; Soldering irons & guns; Storage water heater & immersion heaters, hand dryers, hand drying apparatus and other household electric products; Telephone sets and facsimile machines; Speakers, audio- visual equipment; Transmission apparatus, semi- conductors and other electrical equipments and parts thereof. |
| 8708 | Parts and accessories of motor vehicles (NEW) |
| 8712 | Bicycles and other cycles not motorized |
| 8714 - 8715 | Parts and accessories of vehicles; Baby carriages and parts thereof. |
| 9008, 9008 | Image projectors and photocopying apparatus. |
| 91 | Wristwatches, pocket watches and other watches; Clocks, watch cases and parts thereof. |
| 92 | Musical instruments e.g. pianos, accordion and parts thereof |
| 9401, 9403, 9404, 9405 | Seats and parts thereof; Other furniture and parts thereof; Mattress supports, articles of bedding and similar furnishings; Lamps and lighting fittings; |
| 9501 - 9503, 9506, 9507. | Wheeled toys and other toys, Dolls; Fishing rods and hooks; Articles and equipment for general physical exercise and sports etc. |
| 9601 - 9605, 9608 - 9617 | Brooms, brushes, hand sieves; Ballpoint pens, felt pens, fountain pens, pencils, pastels, drawing charcoal, Date sealing and numbering stamps, typewriters and similar ribbons, cigarette lighters, smoking pipes, combs, Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, vacuum flasks. |
| OTHER | All used road vehicles (as defined by KS 1515) |
| Please also refer to the prohibited and restricted lists of products under the Customs & Excise Act-CAP 472 |
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RESTRICTED PRODUCTS (UNDER CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT- CAP 472)
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| 3601.00.00 | Propellant powders. |
| 3602.00.00 | Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders. |
| 3603.00.10 | Safety fuses; detonating fuses. |
| 3603.00.90 | Other igniters and electric detonators, percussion or detonating caps. |
| 3604.10.00 | Fireworks. |
| 3604.90.10 | Very (light) flares and railway signals. |
| 3604.90.20 | Rain rockets, anti-hail rockets and cartridges; distress and life-saving rockets. |
| 3604.90.90 | Other pyrotechnic articles. |
| 8401.10.00 | Nuclear reactors. |
| 8401.30.00 | Fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors. |
| 8401.40.00 | Parts of nuclear reactors. |
| 8710.00.00 | Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles. |
| 8906.10.00 | Warships. |
| 9301.00.00 | Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols & arms of heading no.: 93.07 |
| 9302.00.00 | Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading No. 93.03 or 93.04. |
| 9303.10.00 | Muzzle-loading firearms |
| 9303.20.00 | Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles. |
| 9303.30.00 | Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles. |
| 9303.90.00 | Other firearms. |
| 9304.00.00 | Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading No. 93.07. |
| 9305.10.00 | Parts of revolvers or pistols. |
| 9305.21.00 | Shotgun barrels. |
| 9305.29.00 | Other parts of shotguns or rifles. |
| 9305.90.00 | Other parts of firearms other than revolver, pistols, shot guns or rifles |
| 9306.10.00 | Cartridges for riveting or similar tools or for captive-bolt humane killers and parts thereof. |
| 9306.21.00 | Shotgun cartridges. |
| 9306.29.00 | Parts of shotgun cartridges or air gun pellets. |
| 9306.30.10 | For sporting , hunting, or target shooting |
| 9306.30.90 | Other cartridges & parts thereof |
| 9306.90.10 | Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles & similar………..of war & parts thereof |
| 9306.90.90 | For sporting , hunting, or target shooting |
| 9307.00.00 | Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereof. |
| OTHER | Used Tyres (Banned, except for some importers holding valid licenses) |
| OTHER | Motor Vehicles aged over 8 years – Acc.to KS1515:2000 (p.2.5.)- Banned, except in some cases |
| OTHER | Motor Vehicles with Left Hand Drive (not accepted for registration, unless they are for special purposes) |
| OTHER | Cosmetics containing substances listed in KS 1474-3:2004 |
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PROHIBITED PRODUCTS (UNDER CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT- CAP 472)
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| 0506.10.00 | Ossein and bones treated with acid. |
| 0506.90.00 | Other bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared but not cut to shape, degelatinised powder and waste thereof. |
| 0507.10.20 | Teeth, of hippopotamus, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape. |
| 0507.10.10 | Ivory, of elephant, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape. |
| 0507.10.30 | Horn, of rhinoceros, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape. |
| 0507.10.40 | Other ivory, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape. |
| 0507.10.90 | Ivory powder and waste. |
| 0507.90.00 | Tortoise shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, other horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste thereof. |
| 0508.00.00 | Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of mollusks, crustaceans or echinoderms and cattle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof. |
| 0509.00.00 | Natural sponges of animal origin. |
| 2844.50.00 | Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors. |
| 9601.10.00 | Worked ivory and articles of ivory. |
| 9601.90.00 | Bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of- pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding). |
| 9306.29.00 | Parts of shotgun cartridges or air gun pellets. |
| 9306.30.10 | For sporting, hunting, or target shooting |
| 9306.30.90 | Other cartridges & parts thereof |
| 9306.90.10 | Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles & similar………of war & parts thereof |
| 9306.90.90 | For sporting, hunting, or target shooting |
| 9307.00.00 | Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereof. |
| OTHER | Cosmetics containing substances listed in KS 1474-2:2004 (Banned) |
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