Kenya has officially launched the Information for Trade (InfoTrade) in Kenya web portal which will provide international traders with all access to trade regulation information.
Following the launch, it will now take a trader a maximum of five minutes to access summarized information on international trade procedures in Kenya.
Currently, the portal is estimated to serve at least 1.5 million users per month and consolidates 73 documents under exports, 52 under imports and one under transits (cross border trade) thus ensuring a shorter period in the export and import processes.
The portal InfotradeKenya.go.ke includes a step by step guide to international trade, administration procedures, agencies to visit, permits, applicable fees among others.
Kenya now becomes the first country in East Africa to comply with the article one of World Trade Organisation Trade Facilitation Agreement which is Transparency in export – import information.