WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
G/LIC/N/3/KEN/2/Add.1
12 June 2003
(03-3069)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
Notification under Articles 7.3, 1.4(a) and 8.2(b)
KENYA
The following communication, dated 9 May 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Kenya.
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Further to our notification on the above as co ntained in document G/ LIC/N/3/KEN/2 we are
pleased to forward the attached relevant legal notice to be issued as an addendum to this document.
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THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ACT
(Cap 502 )
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Imports, Exports and Essential supplies
Act, the Minister for Commerce and Industry makes the following order:
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ACT
(EXPORT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1994
1. This order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Export)
(Amendment) (No.2) Order, 1994.
2. The Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Export) Order, is amended by deleting the
Schedule thereto and inserting the following:
SCHEDULE
GOODS FOR WHICH AN EXPORT LICENCE IS REQUIRED
1. Military equipment and munitions of war
2. Engines, vessels, aviation and transportation equipment and motive vehicles possessing or
built to current specification differing materially from normal specifications and component
or parts thereof
3. Antiques and works of art
4. Bullions and coins
5. Live animals other than livestock and domestic pets6. Archives
7. Wood charcoal and timber
8. Shells, cowries and corals
9. Ivory, rhino horns and other products related to endangered species
10. Human bones
Legal Notice No. 202, 1994 is revoked.
Made on 17 August 1994
K.L. M'MUKINDIA,
Minister for Commerce and IndustryG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
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LEGAL NOTICE NO. 135
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES ACT
(Cap 502 )
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies
Act, the Minister for Commerce and Industry makes the following order:
THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES
(IMPORTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1993
1. This order may be cited as the Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Imports)
(Amendment) Order, 1993.
2. The Imports, Exports and Essential Supplies (Imports) Order is amended
a) By deleting paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:
The importation of the goods specified
(a) In Part A of the Schedule is prohibited absolutely;
(b) In Part B of the Schedule is restricted subject to the importer obtaining approval from
the relevant authorities;  and
(c) In Part C of the Schedule is subject to the goods meeting technical, phytosanitary,
health and environmental standards on their arrival;
(d) By deleting the Schedule and inserting the following new schedule:
SCHEDULE
PART A – PROHIBITED
Tariff No. S.I.T.C No. Description
0506.10.00 291.111.00 Ossein and other bones treated with acid
0506.90.00 291.119.00 Other bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared
(but not cut to shape), degelatinized;  powder and waste of these
products
0507.10.10 291.161.10 Ivory, elephant, unworked or si mply prepared but not cut to shape
0507.10.20 291.161.20 Teeth, hippopotamus, unworked or simply prepared but cut to shape
0507.10.30 291.161.30 Horn, rhinoceros, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape
0507.10.40 291.161.40 Other ivory, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape
0507.10.90 291.161.90 Ivory powder and waste
0507.10.90 291.161.00 Tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers,
hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but
not cut to shape;  powder and waste of these products
0508.10.00 291.161.00 Coral and similar material, unworked or simply prepared but
otherwise worked;  shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms
and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape;powder and waste thereof
0509.00.00 291.970.00 Natural sponges of animal originG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
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Tariff No. S.I.T.C No. Description
2844.50.00 525.170.00 Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors
9601.10.00 899.111.00 Worked ivory and articles of ivory
9601.90.00 899.119.000 Bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other
animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including
articles obtained by moulding)
All other toxic chemical wastes
PART B – RESTRICTED GOODS  SUBJECT TO PRIOR APPROVAL
Tariff No. S.I.T.C. No. Description Authority
3601.00.00 593.100.00 Propellant powders MGD
3602.00.00 593.120.00 Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders MGD
3603.00.10 593.210.00 Safety fuses;  detonating fuses MGD
3603.00.90 593.290.00 Percussions or detonating caps, igniters, electric
detonatorsMGD
3604.10.10 593.310.00 Fireworks MGD
3604.90.10 593.331.00 Very (light) flares and railway signals OP/MENR
3604.90.20 593.332.00 Rain and anti-hail rocks and bombs, distress and
life saving rocketsOP/MENR
3604.90.90 593.339.00 Other pyrotechnic articles OP/MENR
8401.10.00 718.710.00 Nuclear reactors MEN
8401.30.00 718.770.00 Fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated MEN
8401.40.00 718.780.00 Parts of nuclear reactors MEN
8710.00.00 891.110.00 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons, and
parts of such vehiclesOP
8906.00.10 793.291.00 Warships OP
9301.00.00 891.120.00 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and
arms of heading No. 93.07OP
9302.00.00 891.140.00 Revolvers and pistols other than those of heading
No. 93.03 or 93.04KP
9303.10.00 891.311.00 Muzzle-loading firearms KP
9303.20.00 891.140.00 Other sporting, hunting or  target-shooting shotguns-
riflesKP
9303.30.00 891.313.00 Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles KP
9303.90.00 891.319.00 Other firearms KP
9304.00.00 891.390.00 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and
pistols, truncheons), excluding those of headingNo. 93.07KP
9305.10.00 891.390.00 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and
pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading No.
93.07KP
9305.10.00 891.910.00 Parts of revolvers or pistols KP
9305.21.00 891.930.00 Shotgun barrels KP
9305.21.00 891.950.00 Other parts of shotguns or rifles KP
9305.29.00 891.990.00 Other parts of firearms other than revolvers, pistols,
shotguns or riflesKPG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
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Tariff No. S.I.T.C. No. Description Authority
9306.10.00 891.210.00 Cartridges for riveting or similar tools or for
captive-bolt humane killers and parts thereofKP
9306.21.00 891.220.00 Cartridges KP
9306.29.00 891.230.00 Parts of shotgun cartridges or airgun pellets KP
9306.30.10 891.241.00 Other cartridges and parts thereof, for sporting,
hunting or target-shootingKP
9306.30.90 891.249.00 Other cartridges and parts thereof
9306.90.10 891.291.00 Bombs, grenades. Torpedoes, mines, missiles and
similar munitions of war for sporting, hunting andtarget-shootingKP
9306.90.90 891.299.00 Other bombs, grenades torpedoes, mines, missiles
and similar munitions of war and parts thereofKP
9307.00 891.130.00 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar
arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths
thereofOP
PART C – RESTRICTED GOODS  SUBJECT TO APPROVAL STANDARDS
Tariff No. S.I.T.C. No. Description Authority
0101.11.00 011.511.00 Live pure-bred breeding horses MALD&M
0101.19.00 001.519.00 Other live horses MALD&M
0101.20.00 001.520.00 Live asses, mules and hinnies MALD&M
0102.90.00 001.190.00 Other live bovine animals MALD&M
0103.10.00 001.310.00 Live pure-bred breeding swine MALD&M
0103.91.00 001.391.00 Other live swine weighing less than 50kg MALD&M
0103.92.00 001.399.00 Other live swine weighing 50kg or more MALD&M
0104.10.00 001.210.00 Live sheep MALD&M
0104.20.00 001.220.00 Live goats MALD&M
0405.11.00 001.411.00 Live fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus
weighing not more than 185gMALD&M
0105.19.00 001.419.00 Ducks, geese, turkey and guinea fowls weighing not
more than 185gMALD&M
0105.91.00 001.491.00 Live fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus
weighing more than 185gMALD&M
0105.99.00 001.499.00 Ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls weighing
more than 185gMALD&M
0106.00.10 001.910.00 Other live animals, of a kind mainly used for
human food not elsewhere specifiedMALD&M
0106.00.02 001.920.00 Other live animals not elsewhere specified for other
purposesMALD&M
0301.10.00 034.111.00 Ornamental live fish FD
0301.91.00 034.112.00 Live trout FD
0301.92.00 034.113.00 Live eels FD
0301.93.00 034.114.00 Live carp FD
0301.99.00 034.119.00 Other live fish FD
0306.11.00 036.191.00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish, frozen FD
0306.12.00 036.192.00 Lobster, frozen FD
0306.13.00 036.110.00 Shrimps and prawns, frozen FDG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
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Tariff No. S.I.T.C. No. Description Authority
0306.14.00 036.194.00 Crabs, frozen FD
0306.19.00 036.199.00 Other crustaceans including flours, meals and
pellets of crustaceans fit for human consumption,
frozenFD
0306.21.00 036.210.00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish FD
0306.22.00 036.220.00 Lobster not frozen FD
0306.23.00 036.230.00 Shrimps and prawns not frozen FD
0306.24.00 036.240.00 Crabs, not frozen FD
0306.29.00 036.290.00 Other crustaceans, including flours meals and
pellets of crustaceans fit for human consumption,
not frozenFD
0307.10.00 036.310.00 Oysters, whether in shell or not, live fresh, chilled,
frozen, dried, salted or in brineFD
0307.21.00 036.351.00 Scallopa, live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.29.00 036.391.00 Other scallops, excluding live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.31.00 036.352.00 Mussels, live fresh or chilled FD
0307.39.00 036.392.00 Other mussels, excluding live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.41.00 036.331.00 Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.49.00 036.371.00 Other cuttle fish and squid, excluding live, fresh or
chilledFD
0307.51.00 036.339.00 Octopus, live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.59.00 036.379.00 Other octopus, excluding live, fresh or chilled FD
0307.60.00 012.930.00 Snails, other than sea snails FD
0307.91.00 036.359.00 Other molluscs, including flours, meals and pellets
of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit
for human consumption, live, fresh or chilledFD
0307.99.00 036.399.00 Other molluscs, excluding live, fresh or chilled FD
0601.10.00 292.611.00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and
rhizomes, dormantMALD&M
0601.20.00 292.616.00 Bulbs, tuberous roots, corms, and rhizomes, in
growth or in lower, chicory plant and rootsMALD&M
0602.10.00 292.169.00 Unrooted cuttings and slips of live plants MALD&M
0602.20.00 292.693.00 Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds
which bear edible fruits or nutsMALD&M
0602.30.00 292.695.00 Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not MALD&M
0602.40.00 292.697.00 Roses, grafted or not MALD&M
0602.91.00 292.698.00 Mushroom spawn MALD&M
0602.00.00 292.699.00 Other live plants (including their roots) cuttings and
slipsMALD&M
0603.10.00 292.711.00 Cut flowers, fresh MALD&M
0603.10.00 292.712.00 Flower buds, fresh MALD&M
0603.90.00 292.719.00 Other cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable
for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, dried,
dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise preparedMALD&M
0604.10.00 292.721.00 Mosses and lichens MALD&M
0701.10.00 054.111.00 Potato seed, fresh or chilled MALD&M
0701.90.00 054.119.00 Potato, other than seed, fresh or chilled MALD&M
1005.10.00 044.100.00 Maize seed MALD&MG/LIC/N/1/KEN/1
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Tariff No. S.I.T.C. No. Description Authority
3808.10.90 591.190.00 Other insecticides MALD&M
3808.20.00 591.200.00 Fungicides MALD&M
3808.30.10 598.310.00 Weed killers MALD&M
3808.30.90 598.390.00 Other herbicides, anti-sprouting products and
plant-growth regulatorsMALD&M
3808.40.00 591.410.00 Disinfectants MOH
3808.90.00 591.490.00 Rhodenticides and similar products put up in forms
or packing for retail sale or as preparations or
articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicksand candles and fly-papers)MOH
KEY TO AUTHORITIES
FD Fisheries Department
KP Kenya Police
MALD&M Ministry of Agriculture Development and Marketing
MEN Ministry of Energy
MENR Ministry of Environment and Natural ResourcesMGD Mines and Geology Department
MOH Ministry of Health
OP Office of the President
Made on 14 May 1993
K.L. M'MUKINDIA,
Minister for Commerce and Industry
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