How do you import items to Kenya (Electronics mostly)

[Kilpatrick]

@Bazuka

Iyo yote comes to around 30k…the machine is about 30kgs na bado ni FOB, I must get slapped by insane taxes! Ama kuna kitu sielewei?

You can choose to have it shipped via air 14 days at usd10/kg OR via sea 1cbm/60k. Hizo costs ni inclusive of taxes.

[maina2000]

I would prefer to ship Dubai then kenya

[maina2000]

I have never shipped anything from China.
Si jui Nani mpoa kwa hizo sites

[Jimjones]

@Bazuka

Na customs?
Kuna tofauti ya CIF and FOB…most of these agents cater for FOB, inafika port unachapwa customs ama taxes wazimu!

In taxation this does not matter really… CIF includes shipping and insurance, FOB is the price you pay for the item itself before any additional expenses are added. Both will incur taxes at the port of entry… But cargo consolidators lump up these taxes and shipping costs and charge you per kilo or volume on top of the purchase price… there is a legal question on the tax compliance of cargo consolidators since they normally do not have the taxes computed on value as is legally required by customs authorities… that is why you do not provide your KRA PIN to the cargo consolidators and also do not have proper Bill of Lading IDF declaration per customer… May be somebody can clarify… If you are using cargo consolidators for items on resale, especially electronics whose unique serial numbers would be required for clearing on a normal IDF, you will always get harassed in your shop by KRA officers who pay visit and ask for IDF showing serial numbers of the items in your shop… you are forced to bribe them to survive…

[tombayeye]

@Kilpatrick

Get it from China and use Rolling Cargo to sea ship it to Kenya. cost per CBM 60k. All costs inclusive

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Just to grasp the CBM size in retrospect,a sizeable saloon car,what is its CBM? or better yet what can you fit in say,4cbm?

[Kilpatrick]

@Tom Bayeye

Just to grasp the CBM size in retrospect,a sizeable saloon car,what is its CBM? or better yet what can you fit in say,4cbm?

CBM stands for cubic meter. That’s volume which is equals to L×W×H. In this case 1 CBM is 1M³.

Alot can fit. Tafuta a box kwa supermarket then take measurements using a tape measure. Then try and arrange items inside the box you see how many pieces can fit in a 1m×1m×1m box

[Bazuka]

@Kilpatrick

Hizo costs ni inclusive of taxes.

The chinese company waliniambia iyo ni FOB kwa hivyo I have to take care of the taxes kwa landing port…kama AMD Rayzen 5 2018 nililipishwa tax wazimu!, hii kitu ndio wataachilia?
Gari si unalipa tax pia?

[Bazuka]

@Jimjones

In taxation this does not matter really… CIF includes shipping and insurance, FOB is the price you pay for the item itself before any additional expenses are added. Both will incur taxes at the port of entry… But cargo consolidators lump up these taxes and shipping costs and charge you per kilo or volume on top of the purchase price… there is a legal question on the tax compliance of cargo consolidators since they normally do not have the taxes computed on value as is legally required by customs authorities… that is why you do not provide your KRA PIN to the cargo consolidators and also do not have proper Bill of Lading IDF declaration per customer… May be somebody can clarify… If you are using cargo consolidators for items on resale, especially electronics whose unique serial numbers would be required for clearing on a normal IDF, you will always get harassed in your shop by KRA officers who pay visit and ask for IDF showing serial numbers of the items in your shop… you are forced to bribe them to survive…

kizungu mingi…
The chinese company waliniambia iyo ni FOB kwa hivyo I have to take care of the taxes kwa landing port…kama AMD Rayzen 5 2018 nililipishwa tax wazimu!, hii kitu ndio wataachilia?
Gari si unalipa tax pia?

[Bazuka]

@Kilpatrick

Tafuta a box kwa supermarket then take measurements using a tape measure

Stone crusher ama cuter ama pulm oil making machine hawezi toshea kwa box!

[Jimjones]

@Bazuka

kizungu mingi…
The chinese company waliniambia iyo ni FOB kwa hivyo I have to take care of the taxes kwa landing port…kama AMD Rayzen 5 2018 nililipishwa tax wazimu!, hii kitu ndio wataachilia?
Gari si unalipa tax pia?

I agree… kizungu mingi… both CIF and FOB you will pay the same tax at the point of entry…

[WongNamba]

Following… Hapa kuna ka ujuzi kanajileta small small… @Tom Bayeye pia mi nimecheki ka stone crusher but sana sana ni ju ya ads unwanted kwa pages. Henyway mi nilitaka za kurecycle paper etc plastic moulding lakini jo sijaelewa vyenye kubuy na kuleta those huge machinery nifiche yard in the bundus for cottage industry

[Kilpatrick]

@Bazuka

Stone crusher ama cuter ama pulm oil making machine hawezi toshea kwa box!

Hehehe all machines come in a box. Sio ile unafikiria ya paper. Hata machine iwe kubwa aje. Kuna wooden boxes kama hii below za shipping. For protection against damage during transit.

Hio ndio huwa inapimwa dimensions then converted to CBM(cubic meters)

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[Kilpatrick]

@Bazuka

The chinese company waliniambia iyo ni FOB kwa hivyo I have to take care of the taxes kwa landing port…kama AMD Rayzen 5 2018 nililipishwa tax wazimu!, hii kitu ndio wataachilia?
Gari si unalipa tax pia?

Ask the company how much they will charge you to ship your item to Guangzhou. From there you will be It at former KBS garage Eastleigh

Hata gari hulipishwa na ile space ime occupy kwa meli. Then taxes come in after its offloaded

[Bazuka]

@Kilpatrick

Hehehe all machines come in a box. Sio ile unafikiria ya paper. Hata machine iwe kubwa aje. Kuna wooden boxes kama hii below za shipping. For protection against damage during transit.

Hio ndio huwa inapimwa dimensions then converted to CBM(cubic meters)

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Acha upusu…iyo stone crusher inatoshana na gari…ile ndogo yake ya kutoka china inakuja na miguu zake za nyuma kama mkomoteni!

Kama unawork customs ni sawa utaniingizia nikuone za macho!

[WongNamba]

@Bazuka

Acha upusu…iyo stone crusher inatoshana na gari…ile ndogo yake ya kutoka china inakuja na miguu zake za nyuma kama mkomoteni!

Kama unawork customs ni sawa utaniingizia nikuone za macho!

[grandpa]

@maina2000

I would prefer to ship Dubai then kenya

But if you do this, won’t the items be subject to taxation in Dubai?

[Kilpatrick]

@Bazuka

Acha upusu…iyo stone crusher inatoshana na gari…ile ndogo yake ya kutoka china inakuja na miguu zake za nyuma kama mkomoteni!

Kama unawork customs ni sawa utaniingizia nikuone za macho!

Hata kama inatoshana na gari bado inaeza fit kwa container na hesabu itakuwa still per CBM/60k

Was trying to help. Wacha matusi

[tombayeye]

@WongNamba

Following… Hapa kuna ka ujuzi kanajileta small small… @Tom Bayeye pia mi nimecheki ka stone crusher but sana sana ni ju ya ads unwanted kwa pages. Henyway mi nilitaka za kurecycle paper etc plastic moulding lakini jo sijaelewa vyenye kubuy na kuleta those huge machinery nifiche yard in the bundus for cottage industry

Kumbe pia wewe unasanif huto tu advert? Watu huzilenga but si tubaya:D
Ukipata ka ujuzi,nishtue boss

[WongNamba]

@Tom Bayeye

Kumbe pia wewe unasanif huto tu advert? Watu huzilenga but si tubaya:D
Ukipata ka ujuzi,nishtue boss

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[coolkip]

@Raiya Yule

This is to those in the import, supply or retail ( &/or wholesale) businesses, of mostly electronic products/appliances. How do you import your items of business to Kenya (Electronics mostly)?

For a long time now i’ve ‘skipped’ on numerous business ideas only because the most practical way would involve purchasing the items overseas (since their prices locally are exaggerated), and i haven’t yet grasped a reasonable way to do this.

For instance, purchasing a product for retail import via Amazon is taxed by at times upto 50% of the price by KRA hence, the end of business sense. So what is the economical way of importing say a motherboard, GPU card, SSD/HDD, Case, … from abroad? Btw, i know there are some sites that ship for you and charge per kg, but for instance, for the parts above, when you do the math, it doesn’t make sense anymore.

For wholesale import, i honestly have no idea of the options/alternatives. Say i want to import 30 motherboards from Intel, or just 50 laptops from Dell. Sth close to what established enterprises like Saruk do. For the record, i’m not asking for your import secrets or sth. Off-course, as a start, i might need someone (or an enterprise) to import for me at a fee, or ‘guide’.

Again, i’m not attempting to undercut those in the current businesses. But then again, when the cost of an item is well … . Plus, some of the items in mind are scarcely available locally, and highly overpriced when you bump into them.

Let me know where you need clarification. Na shukran for all feedback.

I recently bought a graphics tablet at Amazon for $130. They charged shipping $25 and KRA tax deposit $25. It was still way cheaper than local shops or Jumia. AliExpress cost was $180 with courier, taxes unajisort.