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Eight EAC partner states

Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances

Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors

8423.20.00

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Line status
Official
Reference
EAC CET 2022, Schedule 1
Customs duty
0%
Category 0 · raw materials and capital goods
VAT
Customs value and duties collected, excluding VAT
Excise duty
0
Does not apply to this line
Statistical unit
u
In force since 1 July 2022

Import duties and taxes

All duties and taxes collected when importing these goods, for an origin outside the EAC. Flat amounts depend on the weight or the number of containers.

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Import duties and taxes
Duty or tax Rate Base Status
DD Import duty (EAC CET) Indicative Exempt for EAC origin
Details

The applicable rate depends on which EAC CET band the tariff line falls into (0%, 10%, 25% or 35%). There is no single rate: see the simulator and the detailed tariff by HS code.

 0% Customs value Indicative
VAT Value added tax (national) Indicative
Details

VAT is a national tax, not an EAC-wide levy: its rate varies by the member state where the import is cleared (for example 16% in Kenya, 18% in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, as of publication). No single rate is applied here: verify the current rate with the relevant national revenue authority before relying on any estimate.

 not quantified Customs value and duties collected, excluding VAT Indicative

Other lines of heading 8423

  • 8423.10.00 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales 10%
  • 8423.30.00 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales 0%
  • 8423.81.00 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other weighing machinery — Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg 10%
  • 8423.82.00 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other weighing machinery — Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg 0%
  • 8423.89.10 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other weighing machinery — Other — Weighing machinery having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 5,000 kg 0%
  • 8423.89.90 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Other weighing machinery — Other — Other 10%
  • 8423.90.00 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds — Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery 10%
Sources 2
  1. 01

    EAC Common External Tariff, 2022 version (Schedules 1 and 2) (new tab), EAC Secretariat, institutional repository

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  2. 02

    East African Community, Customs Union (new tab), East African Community (eac.int)

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