Kenya Clearing & Forwarding Agents: Customs Brokerage & Freight Guide

Clearing and Forwarding Agents Practices

Clearing & Forwarding Agents performs various logistics services that may expound to shipping but mainly a Clearing & Forwarding Agents service may include creating an invoice for international shipping, making arrangements for the shipment pickup and cargo delivery reports, arranging and coordinating customs for attaching warehousing, thoroughly completing all the documentation work required for your shipment, and finally confirming the delivery of your shipment.

Clearing & Forwarding Agents have established relationship with shipping lines, sea, air and land transportation system including rail services, trucking, and shipping ocean liners. Once the shipment has been handed over to the Clearing & Forwarding Companies Agents, the shipper or the cargo owners can rely on clearing and forwarding agents for timely shipping and safe delivery of the cargo.

A good Clearing & Forwarding Agents will always be perfect in logistics skills of how to arrange for careful shipping of cargo whether they are dangerous cargo or require any additional support meets the shippers’’ specific wishes all along the sailing or shipping routes.

Kenya Customs Brokers: Duties, Process & How They Simplify Imports/Exports

Customs brokerage in Kenya is a vital profession facilitating the smooth passage of import and export shipments through customs. Kenya customs brokers expertly handle customs clearance, including preparing necessary shipping documentation, electronic submissions, and calculating and paying customs taxes, duties, and levies. They act as crucial intermediaries between importers/exporters, clearing and forwarding agents, and customs authorities, also engaging with agencies like KEBS and agricultural ministries. Familiarity with the Kenya customs clearing tariff schedule and import regulations is essential. While Kenyan exports face fewer regulations, brokers advise on complex import requirements, country of origin marking, and precise paperwork, preventing costly delays and seizures. Located at border towns, airports (Nairobi), and primarily in Mombasa around Kilindini harbor, these brokers arrange forwarding, clearing, transshipment, and delivery. They are independent entities, distinct from government customs agents, though the terms are often used interchangeably with clearing and forwarding agents in Kenya.

Customs Brokers in Kenya: Regulations, Licensing & East Africa Trade

Custom brokers may be employed by or affiliated with clearing agents or freight forwarders, but may be independent businesses or may be employed by shipping lines, importers, exporters, trade authorities and customs brokerage firms which will be referred to as clearing and forwarding companies. Many customs brokers acts for clearing and forwarding companies but qualified customs brokers must pass an examination and background check to become licensed.

Kenya customs brokers are licensed by the Kenya Revenue Authority which heads Kenya Customs and Kenya Airport Authority and Kenya Port Authority a body that licenses clearing and forwarding companies, logistics, shipping lines and any other person handling customs duty and levies.

East African Common Economy will not require licensing customs brokers and clearing agents operating in a second the East African Country.

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