{"version":1,"procedure":{"slug":"dedouanement-sct","title":{"en":"Clear goods under the Single Customs Territory (SCT)","fr":"D\u00e9douaner une marchandise sous le Territoire douanier unique (SCT)"},"summary":{"en":"The EAC Single Customs Territory (SCT) allows goods destined for a landlocked member state to be cleared and have duty assessed once, at the first point of entry into the region (port or airport). Declaration is largely done against the declared final destination, with physical checks carried out at the port of entry.","fr":"Le Territoire douanier unique (Single Customs Territory, SCT) de la CAE permet de d\u00e9douaner et de payer les droits une seule fois, au premier point d'entr\u00e9e dans la r\u00e9gion (port ou a\u00e9roport), pour une marchandise destin\u00e9e \u00e0 un \u00c9tat membre enclav\u00e9. La d\u00e9claration se fait d\u00e9sormais essentiellement au point de destination finale d\u00e9clar\u00e9, avec les contr\u00f4les physiques faits au port d'entr\u00e9e."},"flow":"import","mode":"any","goods":["toutes marchandises import\u00e9es dans la CAE"],"hs_chapters":[],"prerequisites":[{"en":"Be registered with the revenue authority of the destination member state","fr":"\u00catre enregistr\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s de l'administration fiscale de l'\u00c9tat membre de destination"},{"en":"Have a licensed customs agent if not self-declaring","fr":"Disposer d'un commissionnaire en douane agr\u00e9\u00e9 si l'on ne d\u00e9clare pas soi-m\u00eame"}],"notes":null,"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.eac.int\/customs","title":"EAC Customs Union and Single Customs Territory, official pages","publisher":"EAC Secretariat","consulted_at":"2026-10-11"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.kra.go.ke","title":"Kenya Revenue Authority, customs services","publisher":"KRA","consulted_at":"2026-10-11"}],"validated_on":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000000Z","next_review_on":"2027-10-11T00:00:00.000000Z","data_status":"indicative"},"steps":[{"position":1,"title":{"en":"Pre-arrival declaration before vessel arrival","fr":"D\u00e9claration anticip\u00e9e avant arriv\u00e9e du navire"},"description":{"en":"The customs declaration is submitted electronically before the cargo arrives at the port of entry (Mombasa or Dar es Salaam depending on the corridor), stating the final destination member state.","fr":"La d\u00e9claration en douane est soumise par voie \u00e9lectronique avant l'arriv\u00e9e de la cargaison au port d'entr\u00e9e (Mombasa ou Dar es Salaam selon le corridor), indiquant l'\u00c9tat membre de destination finale."},"channel":"online","online_url":"https:\/\/www.kra.go.ke","cost_amount":null,"cost_note":null,"delay_min":null,"delay_max":null,"delay_unit":"days","institution":"kra","documents":[]},{"position":2,"title":{"en":"Valuation and duty assessment at the port of entry","fr":"\u00c9valuation et liquidation des droits au port d'entr\u00e9e"},"description":{"en":"The customs administration of the coastal country (Kenya via the Port of Mombasa, or Tanzania via the Port of Dar es Salaam) values the goods and assesses the duties and taxes due, in principle applied under the destination member state's regime.","fr":"L'administration douani\u00e8re du pays c\u00f4tier (Kenya via le port de Mombasa, ou Tanzanie via le port de Dar es Salaam) \u00e9value la marchandise et liquide les droits et taxes dus, en principe applicables selon le r\u00e9gime de l'\u00c9tat membre de destination."},"channel":"office","online_url":null,"cost_amount":null,"cost_note":{"en":"Per the EAC Common External Tariff and the destination country's domestic taxes","fr":"Selon le Tarif ext\u00e9rieur commun CAE et la fiscalit\u00e9 nationale de destination"},"delay_min":null,"delay_max":null,"delay_unit":"days","institution":"kra","documents":[]},{"position":3,"title":{"en":"Transit under electronic seal to destination","fr":"Transit sous scell\u00e9 \u00e9lectronique vers la destination"},"description":{"en":"Once duty is assessed (and a transit bond put up where required), the goods travel under the EAC transit regime, tracked by an electronic cargo tracking system, to the destination customs office.","fr":"Une fois les droits liquid\u00e9s (et le cas \u00e9ch\u00e9ant une garantie de transit constitu\u00e9e), la marchandise voyage sous le r\u00e9gime de transit CAE, suivie par un syst\u00e8me de suivi \u00e9lectronique des cargaisons, jusqu'au bureau de douane de destination."},"channel":"office","online_url":null,"cost_amount":null,"cost_note":null,"delay_min":null,"delay_max":null,"delay_unit":"days","institution":null,"documents":[]},{"position":4,"title":{"en":"Release at the destination office","fr":"Mainlev\u00e9e au bureau de destination"},"description":{"en":"On arrival, the revenue authority of the destination member state (for example OBR in Burundi or RRA in Rwanda) checks the cargo against the original declaration and authorises release.","fr":"\u00c0 l'arriv\u00e9e, l'administration fiscale de l'\u00c9tat membre de destination (par exemple l'OBR au Burundi ou la RRA au Rwanda) v\u00e9rifie la cargaison contre la d\u00e9claration initiale et autorise la mainlev\u00e9e."},"channel":"office","online_url":null,"cost_amount":null,"cost_note":null,"delay_min":null,"delay_max":null,"delay_unit":"days","institution":"rra","documents":[]}],"legal_basis":[{"regulatory_text_id":2,"label":{"en":"EAC Customs Union Protocol","fr":"Protocole sur l'union douani\u00e8re de la CAE"}}]}