IMPORT

Commodity

Pharmaceutical products

Preliminary registrations and licenses

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

Clearance

Obtain consignment clearance without PVoC

Consignment clearance for goods under 2000 usd

Obtain consignment clearance with PVoC

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.

Dairy and dairy products

Obtain import certificate for dairy and diary products

Timber

Import of timber - Full procedure for a first time importer

Cocoa

Import of cocoa - Full procedure for a first time trader

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

Maritime Imports

Goods arriving into the East African region from outside the region are known as Maritime imports.