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Eight EAC partner states

Chapter 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances

Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Other

8471.90.00

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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 8471

  • 8471.30.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Portable automatic data proce-ssing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display 0%
  • 8471.41.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Other automatic data processing machines — Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined 0%
  • 8471.49.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Other automatic data processing machines — Other, presented in the form of systems 0%
  • 8471.50.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Processing units other than those of sub-heading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit : storage units, input units, output units 0%
  • 8471.60.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing 0%
  • 8471.70.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Storage units 0%
  • 8471.80.00 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included — Other units of automatic data processing machines 0%
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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