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Cost of imports to go up soon following KRA order on cargo

A container being offloaded from a cargo ship at Lamu Port. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Prices of imports are set to go up in the coming weeks after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) directed that Small and Medium Enterprises pay taxes based on the value of products and not their weight.

According to the new directive which took effect on March 1, consolidated cargo will not cost Sh200 per kilo as has been the case. The pricing will be based on the Transaction Value as per the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Agreement on Tariff and Trade.

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