Register as a producer under EPR and get an EPR import certificate
National Environment Management Authority · sources read 2 Oct 2026
If you make, import, fill, repackage or rebrand goods or packaging for the Kenyan market, register with NEMA as a producer (one-off KSh 5,000) and join a producer responsibility (PRO) scheme. Importers also need an EPR import certificate through the KenTrade single window, charged at KSh 150 per item.
- Fee
- KSh 5,000Producer registration (one-off)KSh 150EPR import certificate, per item or standard packaging unit (total varies by product and quantity)
- How long
- NEMA decides within 14 days of receiving your registration
- Where
- Producer registration: online with NEMA (licensing.nema.go.ke). Import certificates: the National Electronic Single Window (KenTrade).
What you need
- Company registration certificate (from the Registrar of Companies)
- A list of the goods, products and packaging you bring into the country
- For an import certificate: documents showing the type and quantity of the product
Steps
- Apply to NEMA to register as a producer, attaching your company registration certificate and a list of the products and packaging you put on the market. Pay KSh 5,000.
- Join a producer responsibility organisation (PRO) scheme, or set up your own, and pay your EPR fees.
- For every import of a listed product, apply for an EPR import certificate through the National Electronic Single Window (KenTrade).
- Keep the EPR certificate with your clearance documents; it is required at clearance and inspection.
Watch out
- No EPR import certificate, no clearance: it is one of the mandatory documents for importing listed products.
- Running your own individual EPR scheme instead of joining a PRO means an extra annual operating licence of KSh 50,000.
Who can apply
- Producers: anyone who brings goods, products or packaging onto the Kenyan market by manufacturing, importing, converting, filling, refilling, repackaging or rebranding. Brand owners count too.
- Products covered include packaging, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and end-of-life vehicles.
Official sources (6)
- NEMA Customer Service Delivery Charter 2025-2027 nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Sustainable Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, 2024 (L.N. 176 of 2024) nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Public Notice to All Producers (30 August 2023) nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions on EPR Implementation nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- NEMA Licensing licensing.nema.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026