Prohibited items

The provisions setting out prohibited items for import/export are set out in the 2nd and 3rd Schedule of the East African Community Customs Management Act. They include but are not limited to:-• False money and counterfeit currency notes and coins and any money not being of the established standard in weight or fineness.
• Pornographic materials in all kinds of media, indecent or obscene printed paintings, books, cards, lithographs or other engravings, and any other indecent or obscene articles.
• Matches in the manufacture in which white phosphorous has been employed.
• Any article made without proper authority with the Armorial Ensigns or Court of Arms of a partner state or having such Ensigns or Arms so closely resembling them as to be calculated to deceive.
• Distilled beverages containing essential oils or chemical products, which are injurious to health, including thijone, star arise, benzoic aldehyde, salicylic, esters, hyssop and absinthe. Provided that nothing in this paragraph contained shall apply to “Anise and Anisette” liqueurs containing not more than 0.1 per centum of oil of anise and distillates from either pimpinella anisum or the star arise allicium verum.
• Narcotic drugs under international control
• Hazardous wastes and their disposal as provided for under the Basel Conventions
• All soaps and cosmetics products containing mercury
• Used tyres for light commercial vehicles and passengers cars
• Agricultural and Industrial Chemicals as provided under Item 11, 2nd Schedule of the EACCMA (2004)
• Counterfeit of all kinds as per provisions of EACCMA 2004.
• Plastic articles of less than 30 microns or conveyance or packing of goods.
• All goods the importation of which is for the time being prohibited under this Act or by any written law for the time being in force in the Partner State.