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Eight EAC partner states

The East African Community marketplace

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Sellers from eight partner states, the duties and documents for your shipment before it leaves, and practical guides for small traders.

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Owino Market, Kampala, Uganda
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Tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya
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Kangas for sale in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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The EAC market today

  • $423.8 bncombined GDP
  • 353 mpeople
  • $9.3 bntraded between partner states (goods, latest year)
  • 99open tenders, updated daily
  • 5,954tariff lines of the EAC CET 2022
Per US dollar · 14 Oct
KES 130 TZS 2,632 UGX 4,016 RWF 1,477 BIF 2,994 CDF 2,309 SOS 572 SSP 6,098
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Sources: World Bank, UN Comtrade, World Bank procurement notices, EAC Common External Tariff 2022, ExchangeRate-API. Updated automatically.

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Entrance to Owino Market, Kampala
Entrance to Owino Market, Kampala Photo: scotted400, CC BY 2.0
A kanga printed with a Swahili saying
A kanga printed with a Swahili saying Photo: RubyGoes, CC BY 2.0
Handmade straw baskets
Handmade straw baskets Photo: Peace Corps, CC0
Tea plantation in East Africa
Tea plantation in East Africa Photo: edskoch, CC BY 2.0
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Goods made in a partner state cross the EAC customs union duty-free with a certificate of origin. Everything else follows the Common External Tariff. MyEASOKO shows you which applies, and every step at the border.

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Recrutement d'un Comptable Tender · World Bank financing · Ministry of Health and Fight against Aids Burundi Closes today Recrutement d'une firme pour la surveillance et contrôle des travaux de l'extension de la dorsale de la fibre optique Tender · World Bank financing · Digital Transformation Project DR Congo Closes today Consulting Services for Preparation of System Design Requirements, Procurement Documents, and Supervision of Deployment of an Electronic Documents and Records Management System (e-DRMS) at the Urban Development Department and Three Municipalities in… Tender · World Bank financing · Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Kenya Closes today Recrutement d'un cabinet pour la collecte des données pour le suivi des indicateurs du Projet Tender · World Bank financing · Ministry of Infrastructure, Equipment and Social Housing Burundi Closes today Consultancy for the implementation of communication media and brand strategy for tsc Tender · World Bank financing · Teachers Service Commission Kenya Closes today Recrutement d’un Responsable en suivi et évaluation du PRETE Tender · World Bank financing · Burundi Development Agency Burundi 1 day left

World Bank–financed tenders in the eight partner states, imported daily from the World Bank procurement notices. Always check the notice before applying.

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Practical guides for traders

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The EAC Customs Union: an overviewThe core principles of the East African Community (EAC) Customs Union: a common external tariff, elimination of internal tariffs, and the Single Customs Territory, based on the EAC Customs Union Protocol. Guide The EAC Common External Tariff (CET)The EAC CET applies tariff bands to imports from outside the EAC, with sensitive product lists treated differently by partner state. Guide The EAC Certificate of OriginThe EAC Certificate of Origin attests that goods meet EAC rules of origin, qualifying them for intra-EAC preferential treatment. Guide The Simplified Trade Regime (STR) for small-scale cross-border tradersThe EAC Simplified Trade Regime (STR) eases small-scale cross-border trade, using a simplified accompanying document for goods on an agreed common list. Guide
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