Get a certificate of origin for exports (EAC, COMESA, AfCFTA)
Kenya Revenue Authority Customs & Border Control, Rules of Origin office · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Register once with KRA's Rules of Origin office (free, within 5 working days). Once your goods are verified and you get an exporter reference number, buy certificate of origin forms at USD 3 a set, issued within one working day.
- Fee
- USD 3 for a set of certificate of origin forms.
- How long
- Registration within 5 working days; certificate forms within 1 working day
- Where
- In person at a KRA Rules of Origin office in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret or Kisumu
What you need
- Filled Rules of Origin exporter registration form
- Copy of your business registration certificate
- Copy of your KRA PIN certificate
- Your sector licence where it applies, e.g. HCD for horticulture or a mining licence for minerals
Steps
- Download and fill in the Rules of Origin exporter registration form, ticking the markets you export to.
- Hand it in with your documents at a Rules of Origin office: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret or Kisumu.
- KRA checks that your goods qualify as Kenyan-made under the trade agreement. If they do, you get an exporter reference number.
- For each shipment, pay for the certificate forms and hand in the bank receipt or e-slip to get them.
Watch out
- The forms cost USD 3 per set. Registration itself is free.
- Not the manufacturer? The form asks for your suppliers' details and copies of their supplier or producer declarations.
Who can apply
- Exporters who want lower (preferential) duty for their goods in the buying country
- For EAC, COMESA, AfCFTA, EUR.1, GSP or AGOA markets: you tick the ones you need on the form
Official sources (3)
- What is the procedure for registration as an AfCFTA exporter? kra.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Rules of Origin: Application for Registration of Exporters Form kra.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- KRA Citizens' Service Delivery Charter (April 2026) kra.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026