{"id":47481,"date":"2022-05-06T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/2022\/05\/06\/meat-alcohol-imports-to-cost-both-water-and-firewood-following-35pc-eac-tariff\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:12:26","slug":"meat-alcohol-imports-to-cost-both-water-and-firewood-following-35pc-eac-tariff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=47481","title":{"rendered":"Meat, alcohol imports to cost both water and firewood following 35pc EAC tariff increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imports to the East African Community (EAC) will now attract a maximum tax of 35 percent after all partner states settled on the Common External Tariff (CET) on fourth band products. Goods in this band include dairy and meat products, cereals, cotton and textiles, iron and steel, edible oils and alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Others are furniture, leather products, fresh-cut flowers, fruits, nuts, sugar and confectionery, coffee, tea, spices, headgears, ceramic products and paints, among others.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, in a meeting in Mombasa chaired by Kenya\u2019s Trade Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina, who is also the chairperson EAC Council of Ministers, six EAC partner States reached a consensus that the 35 percent tax will be levied effective July 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This means Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania will slap importers with higher tariffs on the affected goods. The levy to be imposed on imported finished products from non-member states is expected to stimulate local production and industrialisation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The move is set to spur intra-regional trade by encouraging local manufacturing, value addition and industrialisation,\u201d said EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imports to the East African Community (EAC) will now attract a maximum tax of 35 percent after all partner states settled on the Common External Tariff (CET) on fourth band products. Goods in this band include dairy and meat products, cereals, cotton and textiles, iron and steel, edible oils and alcoholic beverages. 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