G/TFA/N/ KEN/1 /Add.1 
23 October 20 23 
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF CATEGORY COMMITMENTS UNDER  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM KENYA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 18 October 2023 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Kenya . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Kenya has the honour to notify that the following provisions were fully implemented ahead of the 
original deadlines, as follows:    
  G/TFA/N/ KEN/1 /Add.1 
 
- 2 - Provision  Head/Description  Category  Previous 
definitive date 
for 
implementation  New definitive 
date of 
implementation  Administrative/  
Regulatory reference  Link (where available)  
 
Article 1.1  Publication  B 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  National  Electronic  Single  
Window  System  Act No. 25 of 
2022 http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2025%20of%202022   
Article 1.2  Information 
Available Through 
Internet  C 30 June 2029  8 September 2023  National Electronic Single 
Window System Act  No. 25 of 
2022 
 
Infotradekenya  is an online 
platform that provides 
information on import, 
export and transit 
procedures and 
documentation for Kenya.  
It also provides information 
on applicable laws and 
regulations as well as info on 
Advance Rulings, AEO 
Program, among others.  http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2025%20of%202022  
 
 
https://infotradekenya.go.ke/   
Article 2.1  Opportunity to 
Comment and  
Information before 
Entry into Force  B 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  Constitution of Kenya  
 
Statutory Instruments  Act 
(No. 23 of 2013)   
 
http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2023%20of%202013#p
art_II   
 
Article 2.2  Consultations  B 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  Constitution of Kenya, 
Section 2 (5) & (6)  
 
Statutory Instruments  Act 
(No. 23 of 2013)  http://kenyalaw.org/kl/index.php?id=398   
 
 
http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2023%20of%202013#p
art_II   
 
Article 3  
 Advance Rulings  B 30 June 2025  
 8 September 2023  Customs provides for 
Advance Rulings on Tariff 
Classification and Origin of 
goods . https://www.kra.go.ke/ helping -tax-
payers/faqs/advance -
ruling#:~:text=Advance%20Ruling%20is%20
a%20written%20decision%20concerning%20t
he,to%20an%20applicant%20prior%20to%2
0importation%20of%20goods .  
 
Article 7.2  
 Electronic Payment  B 30 June 2028 8 September 2023  National  Electronic  Single  
Window  System  Act No. 25 of 
2022 http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2025%20of%202022     
  G/TFA/N/ KEN/1 /Add.1 
 
- 3 - Provision  Head/Description  Category  Previous 
definitive date 
for 
implementation  New definitive 
date of 
implementation  Administrative/  
Regulatory reference  Link (where available)  
 
Article 7.3  
 Separation of 
Release from Final 
Determination of 
Customs Duties, 
Taxes, Fees and 
Charges  
 B 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  East African Community 
Custom s 
Management Regulations  
(EACCMAR) . 
 
Customs Department also 
provides for separation of 
release from final 
determination.  https://ikesra.kra.go.ke/bitstream/handle/12
3456789/88/EAC_Customs_Management_Reg
ulations.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y   
Article 7.5  
 Post-Clearance 
Audit C 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  Section 235(1) of EACCMA 
Act provides for Post -
Clearance Audit.  
 http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdow
nloads/EALA_Legislation/East_African_Comm
unity_Customs_Management_Act_2004.pdf   
Article 7.8  
 Expedited 
Shipments  
 C 30 June 2026 8 September 2023  Section 36 – 38,  
EACCMA; and  
 
EACCM Regulations 112 and 
119 provides for expedited 
release of certain 
consignments.  
 http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownload
s/EALA_Legislation/East_African_Community_
Customs_Managemen t_Act_2004.pdf   
https://ikesra.kra.go.ke/bitstream/handle/12
3456789/88/EAC_Customs_Management_Reg
ulations.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y   
Article 8  
 Border Agency 
Cooperation  C 30 June 2026  
 8 September 2023  East Africa Community One 
Stop Border Posts  
One Stop Border Posts have 
been established along most 
of the Kenyan borders.  
 https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url
=https://www.eala.org/uploads/EAC_One_Sto
p_Border_Post_Act_2016_1.pdf   
Article 10.2  
 Acceptance of 
Copies  C 30 June 2026  8 September 2023  The Single Window allows for 
the use of  electronic copies of 
documents on import, export 
and transit formalities.  
The Customs System also 
allows for . 
 http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2025%20of%202022  
 
Article 10.4  
 Single Window  
 
 C 30 June 2033  
 8 September 2023  National Electronic Single 
Window System Act  No. 25 of 
2022 http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/kenyalex/act
view.xql?actid=No.%2025%20of%202022  
 
Article 10.7  
 Common Border 
Procedures and 
Uniform B 30 June  2026 8 September 2023  EACCMA 2004  
 
 
 http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownload
s/EALA_Legislation/East_African_Community_
Customs_Management_Act_2004.pdf   
   
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__________  Provision  Head/Description  Category  Previous 
definitive date 
for 
implementation  New definitive 
date of 
implementation  Administrative/  
Regulatory reference  Link (where available)  
 
Documentation 
Requirements  EACCMR 2010  
 
 
 
Single Customs Territory  
Procedures  
 
 
 
 
EAC Rules of Origin  
 https://ikesra.kra.go.ke/bitstream/handle/12
3456789/88/EAC_Customs_Management_Reg
ulation s.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y   
 
http://repository.eac.int/bitstream/handle/11
671/332/SCT%20Procedure%20Manual%20 -
%20July%202014%20 -
%20DAR%20Final%20Version%201.pdf?sequ
ence=1&isAllowed=y   
 
https://www.kra.go.ke/images/publications/E
AC-Rules -of-Origin -2015.pdf   
 
Article 10.9  
 Temporary 
Admission of Goods 
and Inward and 
Outward Processing  B 30 June  2024 8 September 2023  Customs as well as other 
border agencies provide for 
temporary admission of 
goods as well as inward and 
outward processing. This is 
provided for in the EACCMA 
2004, Regulations 185 (1), 
186 (2), 192 (1) and 193 (2) . 
 http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownload
s/EALA_Legislation/East_African_Community_
Customs_Management_Act_2004.pdf