G/TFA/N/ UGA/2 
 
19 March 2024  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 AND 12.2.2   
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM UGANDA  
The following communication, dated 18 March  2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Uganda . 
 
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Uganda  hereby makes the following notifications based on a rticles 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 and 12.2.2 of 
the Agreement on Trade Facilitation.  
 
Article 1, paragraph 4  
 
(a) The o fficial place(s) where the items in subparagraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have been 
published  
 
1.1(a)   procedures for importation, exportation, and transit (including port, airport, and other 
entry -point procedures), and required forms and documents;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry  and 
Cooperatives  https://ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Import procedures  
Export procedures  
Transit procedures  
Forms & documents  
 
 
1.1(b)  applied rates of duties and taxes of any kind imposed on or in connection with 
importation or exportation;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry  and 
Cooperatives  
 https://ugandatrades.go.ug  Duties  and taxes 
Uganda Revenue  
Authority  
 www.ura.go.ug  
 
 
1.1(c)  fees and charges imposed by or for governmental agencies on or in connection with 
importation, exportation or transit;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry  and 
Cooperatives  
 https://ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Fees and charges  
Uganda Bureau of 
Standards  
 www.ura.go.ug  
 G/TFA/ N/UGA/2  
 
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  1.1(d)  rules for the classification or valuation of products for customs purposes;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry  and 
Cooperatives  
 https://ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Laws 
Uganda Revenue 
Authority  
 www.ura.go.ug  Classification  and 
valuation  
 
1.1(e)  laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of 
origin;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry and  
Cooperatives  
 https://ugandatrades.go.ug/Laws?l=en  
 Norms and rules of origin 
COMESA  
EAC  
MOROCCO  
GSP 
https://ugandatrades.go.ug/media/COMESA%20Manual
%20-%20Protocol%20on%20Rules%20of%20Origin.pdf  
 Procedures manual  on the 
implementation of the 
protocol on the Rules of 
Origin for products to be 
traded between the 
member states of the 
Common Market for 
Eastern and Southern 
Africa  
https://ugandatrades.go.ug/media/EAC_RULES_OF_ORI
GIN_2015_(2)_sw.pdf  
 The East African  
Community Customs 
Union  
(Rules of Origin) RULES, 
2015 
https://ugandatrades.go.ug/media/Morocco%20rules%2
0of%20origin%20for%20LDCs.pdf  
 Morocco  
https://ugandatrades.go.ug/media/Newzealand.pdf  
 New Zealand  
 
1.1(f)  import, export or transit restrictions or prohibitions;  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry and  
Cooperatives  
 www.mtic.go.ug  
 Prohibited  goods  
 
Uganda Revenue  
Authority  
 www.ura.go.ug  
  
EAC (East African 
Community)  www. eac.int  
  
www.ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Uganda Trade Portal  
 
1.1(g) penalty provisions for breaches of import, export, or transit formalities;  
 
Uganda Revenue  
Authority  
 www.ura.go.ug  
 EAC Customs 
management Act  
EAC (East African 
Community)  www. eac.int  
  
www.ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Uganda Trade Portal  
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  1.1(h)  procedures for appeal or review;  
 
Uganda Revenue  
Authority  
 www.ura.go.ug  
 EAC Customs 
management  Act, 2011 
EAC (East African 
Community)  www. eac.int  
  
www.ugandatrades.go.ug  
 Uganda Trade Portal  
 
1.1(i)  agreements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating to importation, 
exportation, or transit; and  
 
Ministry of Trade, 
Industry and 
Cooperatives  www.mtic.go.ug  
 1. EAC Customs Union 
that includes EAC 
Common External Tariff 
and revised EAC Customs 
Management Act 2019  
2. COMESA FTA  
3. WTO multilateral trade 
agreements  
Uganda Revenue  
Authority  www.ura.go.ug  
  
EAC (East African 
Community)  
 www. eac.int  
  
 
1.1(j)  procedures relating to the administration of tariff quotas.  
 
Ministry of Trade,  
Industry  and 
Cooperatives  
 www.ugandatrades.go.ug  Laws and tariff quotas  
 
(b) The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in paragraph 2.1  
 
The Uniform Resource Locators (URL) of website referred to in paragraph 2.1 is:  
https://ugandatrades.go.ug  
 
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
 
Contact information on enquiry point s is: 
 
Ministry of Trade, Industr y and 
Cooperatives  Name:  Emmanuel Mutahunga  
Assistant  Commissioner,  External Trade 
Department  
Tel.: +256  312 324 268 
mutahungae@yahoo.co.uk  Enquiry  focal point person  
Uganda revenue Authority  Name: Masiko Elinathan  
Tel.: +256  772 142 143 
emasiko@ura.go.ug  Enquiry point for customs  
Uganda National Bureau of 
Standards  Name: Daniel Nangalama  
Ag. Executive Director UNBS  
Tel.: +256 772 142 143  
daniel.nangalama@unbs.go.ug  Enquiry focal point persons  
George Opio  
Senior  Information  Scientist  
George.opio@unbs.go.ug  G/TFA/ N/UGA/2  
 
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   Ms Leatitiah Namubiru  
Manager Imports Inspection  
Tel.: +256  757197106  
E-mail: leatitiah.namubiru@unbs.go.ug  
Uganda National Drug 
Authority  Kwesiga Birungi Jaawe Victoria  
Manager verification/ imports and exports  
Tel.: +256 784 526 772  
vkwesiga06@gmail.com  Enquiry focal point person  
Uganda Export Promotions 
Board  Lwere John B  
Trade Information Executive  
Tel.: +256 752 297 838 /  
+256 414 257 001  
jb.lwere@ugandaexports.go.ug  Enquiry focal point person  
Department of Animal  Health  Dr. Anna Rose Ademun  
Commissioner animal health  
Tel. +256 772 504 746  
rademun@agriculture.go.ug  Enquiry focal point person  
for export, import and  
transit of animal and  animal 
products  
Department  of Crop Inspection  Brenda Kisingiri  
Principal agricultural inspector  
Tel. +256 772 403 364  
bkisingiri@agriculture.go.ug  Enquiry focal point person for 
export, import and transit of 
crop products  
Directorate  of Fisheries  Akankwasa Alfred  
Principal Fisheries Inspector in - charge of 
International and Regional Fish Trade  
Tel. + 256 772 335 225  
aakankwatsa@agriculture.go.ug  Enquiry focal point person for 
export, import and transit of 
fish and fish products  
Private  Sector  Lino Ciel 
Uganda  Clearing  and Forwarders 
Association (UCIFA)  
linoug@yahoo.com  Enquiry  focal point person for 
the Private Sector  
 
Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
The Uganda Electronic Single Window (UESW) facilitates agency coordination and cross -border 
collaboration, while facilitating transparency, fast clearance of goods and cargo in transit, and 
improved compliance. Once completed, the UESW will connect to other Partner States ' Single 
Windows. Full implementation of the UESW, therefore, remains a p riority of the Government.  
 
Several organizations  have been linked to the system such as; Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), 
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives MTIC), Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ug anda Free Zones Authority (UFZA), Uganda National Bureau 
of Standards (UNBS), National Drug Authority (NDA), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 
(MEMD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries 
(MAAI F), Cotton Development Organization (CDO), Dairy Development Authority (DDA) and many 
others. There are ongoing efforts to add other MDAs on the platform  to have effective utilization of 
the National Single Window.  
 
Article 10, paragraph 6.2  
 
Uganda obliges importers to  use customs  brokers.  
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  Article 12, paragraph 2.2  
 
Notification of details of co ntact point for the exchange of  information  set out in A rticle 12 :6:1 (b) 
and/or (c).  
 
Uganda  Revenue  Authority  John Musinguzi Rujoki  
Commissioner General  
E-mail: jmusinguzi@ura.go.ug  
Website: www.ura.go.ug  
 
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