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- Complaint number
- NTB-001-244
- NTB Type
- 6.5. Variable levies
- Complaint
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Uganda is subjecting Kenya manufacture furniture to discriminative excise duty of 20% that it is not subjected to Uganda manufactured furniture.
Uganda is requested to remove the discriminative excise taxes on Kenya furniture transferred to Uganda as it is prohibited in the EAC Customs Union Protocol; Articles 1 and 75 (6) of the Treaty as well as Articles 15 (1) (a) and (2) of the Customs Union Protocol on National Treatment, and Article 6 (1) of the Common Market Protocol of the Community Laws.
The charges are also in violation of Article 10 of the Custom Union Protocol that obligates Partner States to remove all internal tariffs and other charges of equivalent effect. - Progress update note
- During 39th RMC, noted that the matter is under bilateral discussions and will be handled as per the agreement.
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- Uganda: URA (Government institution)
- Reporting Country or Region
- Kenya
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2020-10-13
- Status
- In process
- Product Description
-
Furniture
- Total value
- 0
- Date reported
- 2025-04-30 09:29
- Modified
- 2026-02-11 20:55
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