- Airway Bill
- The transport document issued by an airline for air freight, serving as the contract of carriage and a receipt for the cargo.
- Bill of Lading
- The transport document issued by a shipping line for sea freight, serving as the contract of carriage, a receipt for the cargo, and often a document of title.
- CIF
- Cost, Insurance, and Freight. An Incoterm where the seller pays for shipping and insurance to the named destination port; the customs value used for duty is generally based on this figure.
- CoC
- Certificate of Conformity, issued under the PVoC programme confirming that a shipment of regulated goods meets Kenyan or East African standards.
- CRSP
- Current Retail Selling Price, the schedule KRA uses to value used motor vehicles for duty purposes, adjusted for depreciation based on the vehicle age.
- Customs Bond
- A financial guarantee, usually arranged by a clearing agent, that duties will be paid or that goods will be handled according to customs rules, commonly used for transit and bonded cargo.
- Demurrage
- Charges levied by a shipping line or port when a container is not collected or returned within the free time allowed, usually because clearance is taking longer than expected.
- FCL
- Full Container Load: a shipment that fills an entire sea container on its own, as opposed to sharing space with other shippers.
- FOB
- Free On Board. An Incoterm where the seller's responsibility ends once the goods are loaded onto the vessel at the port of origin; freight and insurance from that point are the buyer's responsibility.
- HS Code
- Harmonised System code, the internationally standardised numerical classification for traded goods that determines the applicable import duty band.
- iCMS
- KRA's Integrated Customs Management System, used to lodge and process customs declarations electronically.
- IDF
- Import Declaration Fee, a statutory charge of a rate pending verification of customs value paid on most imports into Kenya, funding pre-arrival processing of the Import Declaration Form.
- Incoterms
- International Commercial Terms, a standard set of trade terms (such as FOB, CIF, and DDP) defining who is responsible for shipping, insurance, and risk at each stage of a shipment.
- KEBS
- Kenya Bureau of Standards, the government body responsible for setting and verifying product standards, including pre-shipment vehicle inspections.
- KenTrade Single Window
- The Kenya Trade Network Agency's electronic platform where importers and agents lodge Import Declaration Forms and other trade documents in one place.
- LCL
- Less than Container Load: a shipment that shares container space with cargo from other shippers, consolidated at origin and deconsolidated at destination.
- PVoC
- Pre-Export Verification of Conformity, the programme requiring certain regulated goods to be inspected and certified before they are shipped to Kenya.
- RDL
- Railway Development Levy, a statutory charge of a rate pending verification of customs value on imported goods, used to fund railway infrastructure including the Standard Gauge Railway.
- RoRo
- Roll-on Roll-off, a method of shipping vehicles that are driven directly onto and off the vessel, commonly used for used motor vehicle imports.
- Transit Entry
- A customs declaration for cargo moving through Kenya to a neighbouring country such as Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, or the DRC, without duties being paid in Kenya.
- Verification
- A physical or scanner inspection carried out by KRA to confirm that declared goods match what was entered, which can add time to the clearance process.
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