Rwanda

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Rwanda National Trade Portal provides information on import and export requirements

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Customs Formalities

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Authorisation & Permits

Rwanda Development Board (RDB)

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Packaging & Labelling Requirements

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)

Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)

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HACCP/SPS Requirements

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Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA)

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Tax Information

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Trade Agreements

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Trade Finance Providers

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Equity Bank Rwanda

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Trade Promotion Agency

National Agricultural Export Development Board
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Tariffs

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85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts

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85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
8535.10.00	Fuses	0%	0%	0%
8535.21.00	For a voltage of less than 72.5 kV	0%	0%	0%
8535.29.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8535.30.00	Isolating switches and make-and-break switches	0%	0%	0%
8535.40.00	Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors	0%	0%	0%
8535.90.00	Other	0%	0%	0%

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HS 8535.29.00

Automatic circuit breakers, other

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles › 85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts

Applied duty rates

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0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

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2020 2020 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $2 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

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2022	$0	–
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2024	$1	–
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Imports | US$ thousand

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2020 2020 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $134 From the world $52 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $464 From the world $155 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $104 From the world $60 Within the Commonwealth

$402 $279 2025 2025 $402 From the world $279 Within the Commonwealth

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Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$134	$52
2023	$464	$155
2024	$104	$60
2025	$402	$279

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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