MUTUAL TARIFF CONCESSIONS - COMMON MARKET

FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 118 of the Customs and Excise Act, the Minister for Finance declares that the duty payable on all goods imported from the Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto, shall be reduced by the percentage respectively specified in the second column of the Schedule on condition that such goods meet the Rules of Origin of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, as contained in the COMESA Treaty:

Provided that -

(a) this Notice shall not apply to wheat flour of Tariff No. 1100.00.10 and meslin flour of Tariff No. 1101.00.20:

(b) where the goods imported consist of refined, raw and mill white sugar, this Notice shall, pursuant to article 61 of the COMESA Treaty, apply only in respect of a maximum of 111,000 metric tonnes of white refined sugar and 89,000 metric tonnes of other sugar, being the total amount imported into Kenya from any or all of the said member States, and any quantities imported in excess of that amount shall be subject to 100% import duty and other levies of equivalent effect; and

The provisions of this Notice shall run from 1^st March, 2003, to 2^nd March, 2004.

SCHEDULE
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Member State Reduction (per cent)

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Angola Nil

Burundi 80%

Comoros 80%

Democratic Republic of Congo 80%

Djibouti 100%

Egypt 100%

Eritrea 80%

Ethiopia 10%

Madagascar 100%

Malawi 100%

Mauritius 100%

Namibia 90%

Seychelles Nil

Rwanda 90%

Sudan 100%

Swaziland 90%

Uganda 80%

Zambia 100%

Zimbabwe 100%

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