Rwanda

Official links

Compliance Requirements

Rwanda National Trade Portal provides information on import and export requirements

https://rwandatrade.rw/objective/746?l=…

Customs Formalities

Rwanda Revenue Authority Customs Services

https://www.rra.gov.rw/en/customs-servi…

Authorisation & Permits

Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

https://rdb.rw/

Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)

https://www.rsb.gov.rw/ https://www.rwandafda.gov.rw/

HACCP/SPS Requirements

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)

Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA)

https://www.rwandafda.gov.rw/ https://www.rica.gov.rw/about-us

Tax Information

Rwanda Revenue Authority

https://www.rra.gov.rw/en

Trade Agreements

Ministry of Trade and Industry

https://www.minicom.gov.rw/

Trade Finance Providers

Bank of Kigali

I&M Bank Rwanda

BPR Bank Rwanda

Access Bank Rwanda

Equity Bank Rwanda

GTBank Rwanda

https://bk.rw/business/trade-financing https://www.imbankgroup.com/rw/business… https://bpr.rw/products/trade-finance https://rwanda.accessbankplc.com/corpor… https://equitygroupholdings.com/rw/save… https://www.gtbank.co.rw/business-banki…

Trade Promotion Agency

National Agricultural Export Development Board
Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

https://www.naeb.gov.rw/ https://rdb.rw/about-rdb/

Tariffs

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24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

4 tariff lines

24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
2402.10.00	Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco	0.35%	0%	0%
2402.20.10	Cigarettes containing tobacco	0.35%	0%	0%
2402.20.90	Cigarettes containing tobacco	0.35%	0%	0%
2402.90.00	Other	0.35%	0%	0%

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HS 2402.90.00

Other

Section IV · Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco › Ch 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body › 24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

Applied duty rates

0.35% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 100 200

2020 2020 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $147 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $178 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $29 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	–
2021	$0	–
2022	$147	–
2023	$178	–
2024	$29	–
2025	$0	–

Imports | US$ thousand

0 100 200 300

2020 2020 $0 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $113 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $218 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $30 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 From the world – Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	–
2021	$0	–
2022	$113	–
2023	$218	–
2024	$30	–
2025	$0	–

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

Rwanda Trade Information provides trade information on export, import and transit procedures, customs services, tariffs and standards.

https://rwandatrade.rw/

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