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Kenya

Simplification of Export Procedures for Fish and Avocado

CONTEXT

Kenya is an important transport and trade hub in Africa, in particular for the landlocked members of the East African Community (EAC: Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan). Kenya is a Partner State of the EAC and a member of the Northern Trade Corridor. The maritime seaport of Mombasa plays a vital role in the Northern Corridor as a multimodal trade route linking the landlocked countries of the Great Lakes Region. Traders face numerous bottlenecks and redundancies though, making trade costly and slow. A mapping and documentation at the TradeKenyaPortal has unveiled numerous complexities. To address these, Kenya TradeNet Network Agency (KenTrade) embarked on a series of deep-dive simplification and harmonization exercises. The aim is to support Kenya’s export economy by ease of export procedures.

WHAT WE DO

Together with the main project partner KenTrade, the project works on the improvement of export procedures to facilitate trade. The overall objective of the project is to map, simplify and where possible digitise trade procedures for two commodities avocado and fish. This is done in close cooperation with key government regulators and the private sector.

DIGITAL SOLUTION

The project leverages the fully functional InfoTradeKenya Portal developed by KenTrade, in partnership with UNCTAD and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA). The portal was developed in response to an information gap identified in cargo clearance information among the trading community. Moreover, the system consolidates all import and export procedures into one portal (“Single Window”). It is accessible to all those involved in international trade.

BENEFITS

  • Cost reduction of border formalities for businesses and governments.
  • Simplified, faster and more secure export processes.
  • Improved conditions for SMEs to access global value chains with positive effects on trade, investment and jobs.

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Relation to the Trade Faciltiation Agreement

This project contributes towards the implementation of the following article of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation:

  • Article 10: Formalities and Documentation Requirements

How to get involved

Do you work for a company with international supply chains? Please contact us if you would like to learn more about the project and the German Alliance.

JASMIN GOHL

PROJECT MANAGER

Kenya

jasmin.gohl@giz.de

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