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Eight EAC partner states

East African Community Common External Tariff

Nomenclature and tariff

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303 tariff lines

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HS code Description Category Duty
8529.10.00 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 85.24 to 85.28 — Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith 25 25%
8529.90.00 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 85.24 to 85.28 — Other 25 25%
8530.10.00 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 86.08) — Equipment for railways or tramways 0 0%
8530.80.00 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 86.08) — Other equipment 0 0%
8530.90.00 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 86.08) — Parts 25 25%
8531.10.00 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 85.12 or 85.30 — Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus 10 10%
8531.20.00 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 85.12 or 85.30 — Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light-emitting diodes (LED) 10 10%
8531.80.00 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 85.12 or 85.30 — Other apparatus 10 10%
8531.90.00 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 85.12 or 85.30 — Parts 10 10%
8532.10.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0.5 kvar (power capacitors) 10 10%
8532.21.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Tantalum 10 10%
8532.22.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Aluminium electrolytic 10 10%
8532.23.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Ceramic dielectric, single layer 10 10%
8532.24.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Ceramic dielectric, multilayer 10 10%
8532.25.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Dielectric of paper or plastics 10 10%
8532.29.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Other fixed capacitors — Other 10 10%
8532.30.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors 10 10%
8532.90.00 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) — Parts 10 10%
8533.10.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Fixed carbon resistors,composition or film types 10 10%
8533.21.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Other fixed resistors — For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 10 10%
8533.29.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Other fixed resistors — Other 10 10%
8533.31.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers — For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 10 10%
8533.39.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers — Other 10 10%
8533.40.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers 10 10%
8533.90.00 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors — Parts 10 10%
8534.00.00 Printed circuits 10 10%
8535.10.00 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts — Fuses 0 0%
8535.21.00 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts — Automatic circuit breakers — For a voltage of less than 72.5 kV 0 0%
8535.29.00 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts — Automatic circuit breakers — Other 0 0%
8535.30.00 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts — Isolating switches and make-and-break switches 0 0%

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