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Importers, KRA in dispute over import charges
KAM chief Phyllis Wakiaga, Kenya Accreditation Service CEO Martin Chesire (centre), and Industrialisation principal secretary Francis Owino at an SME policy review in Nairobi on January 22, 2020. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA
The controversy surrounding the State’s order on foreign inspection of imports has taken a new turn after local firms claimed raw materials ordered outside the programme are being subjected to higher charges.
Manufacturers said the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been treating industrial materials and intermediate goods exempted from Pre-Verification of Conformity (PVoC) requirements as finished imports, thereby subjecting them to maximum import fees and levies.
