IMPORT

Commodity
- Pharmaceutical products
  - Preliminary registrations and licenses
    - Obtain user credentials for NDAMIS
      To obtain licenses and permits from National Drug Authority , a trader is required to register with NDA Management Information system. The applicants are then issued with user credentials which enable them to access the Portal.
    - Obtain certificate of suitability for premises and licence to operate a pharmacy
      The facility where imported pharmaceutical products are to be stored or displayed must be licensed by National Drug Authority.
  - Permits
    - Obtain import Permit
      An importer of pharmaceutical products must obtain an import permit for every consignment issued by National Drug Authority.
    - Obtain Verification certificate for import
      A verification certificate must be obtained by the exporter for every consignment of pharmaceutical products. It is issued by National Drug Authority
  - Clearance
  - Pharmaceutical products-Full procedure
    This procedure sequentially compiles the licenses, permits and clearance steps to be fulfilled by a registered business owner importing a consignment of pharmaceutical products, of more than $2000 of value, for the first time into Uganda, via Entebbe International Airport.
- Fruits and vegetables
  - Preliminary registrations and licenses
    - Obtain user credentials for crop eportal
      
      An importer of crop products will be required to register, be trained and obtain credentials to be able to access the portal and apply for an import permit. This is done by the Department of crop.
  - Permits
    - Obtain plant importation permit
      A trader intending to import fruits and vegetables must obtain a plant importation permit from Department of crop.
- General goods
- Poultry and poultry products
  - Preliminary registrations and licenses
    - Obtain import permit
      A trader intending to import poultry and poultry products must obtain an import permit from the department of animal Ministry of Agriculture, Animal industry and Fisheries.
  - Permits
    - Obtain veterinary health certificate
      An importer of poultry and poultry products must obtain a veterinary health certificate for every consignment. These are issued by the Department of animal health at Ministry of agriculture, animal industry and Fisheries.

General
- Clearance
  - Import clearance at Entebbe
    - Consignment clearance at Entebbe
    - Simplified consignment clearance of imports at Entebbe international airport
  - Import clearance at Mpondwe
    - Clearance of imports at Mpondwe
      
      There are four risk profiles represented by four color codes that are considered in the process of clearing imports.
      
      Red: This will follow all the steps in the clearing procedure including physical inspection.
      
      Yellow: The consignment will not go through the step of physical verification.
      
      Green: The consignment will not go through both inspection and CBC processing.
      
      Blue: The consignment may go through post clearance inspection but will not go through the process of inspection at the entry point.
    - Simplified consignment clearance of imports at Mpondwe
  - Import clearance at Katuna
    - Clearance of imports at Katuna
      
      There are four risk profiles represented by four color codes that are considered in the process of clearing imports.
      
      Red: This will follow all the steps in the clearing procedure including physical inspection.
      
      Yellow: The consignment will not go through the step of physical verification.
      
      Green: The consignment will not go through both inspection and CBC processing.
      
      Blue: The consignment may go through post clearance inspection but will not go through the process of inspection at the entry point.
    - Simplified consignment clearance of imports at Katuna
  - Import clearance at Malaba
    - Consignment clearance for imports at Malaba
      
      There are four risk profiles represented by four color codes that are considered in the process of clearing imports.
      
      Red: This will follow all the steps in the clearing procedure including physical inspection.
      
      Yellow: The consignment will not go through the step of physical verification.
      
      Green: The consignment will not go through both inspection and CBC processing.
      
      Blue: The consignment may go through post clearance inspection but will not go through the process of inspection at the entry point.
    - Simplified consignment clearance of imports at Malaba
  - Import clearance at Busia
    - Consignment clearance for imports at Busia
      
      There are four risk profiles represented by four color codes that are considered in the process of clearing imports.
      
      Red: This will follow all the steps in the clearing procedure including physical inspection.
      
      Yellow: The consignment will not go through the step of physical verification.
      
      Green: The consignment will not go through both inspection and CBC processing.
      
      Blue: The consignment may go through post clearance inspection but will not go through the process of inspection at the entry point.
    - Simplified consignment clearance of imports at Busia
  - Clearance of imports at Elegu