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Vallerrie
#1 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 10:17:03 AM
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Hello good people,

So I ordered some very cute pairs of shoes from Hong Kong on Bid or Buy. Everything went well until the package got to NAIROBI C/QS; now its held by customs. The activity summary on Postal Corporation website is as follows;

2/28/2013 5:23 PM Posting/Collection

3/4/2013 8:07 PM Departure from outward office of exchange HK AMC

3/8/2013 10:57 AM Arrival at inward office of exchange NAIROBI C/QS

3/8/2013 10:59 AM Departure from inward office of exchange NAIROBI C/QS

3/8/2013 11:00 AM Held by customs NAIROBI C/QS

Anyone know what is happening and how to proceed from here? or should I kiss goodbye to my shoes?
Are shoes illegal items or something that I didn't know of?
PS; I'm new to this, msinicheke.
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For Sport
#2 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 11:21:27 AM
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They are hoping to collect taxes on the package. Shoes are not tax exempt.
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Vallerrie
#3 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 1:11:04 PM
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For Sport wrote:
They are hoping to collect taxes on the package. Shoes are not tax exempt.


Damn!
So like, do I wait for them to contact me ama I make my way to their office and pay tax?
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#4 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 1:50:04 PM
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Vallerrie wrote:
For Sport wrote:
They are hoping to collect taxes on the package. Shoes are not tax exempt.


Damn!
So like, do I wait for them to contact me ama I make my way to their office and pay tax?


If you have the tracking number just go to City square post office parcels section (hapo 2nd floor) and you will collect your parcel. Customs officers are also based there to handle any payments. Otherwise the procedure is that once a parcel arrives, they send the small green card to your postal address to ask the recipient to collected the parcel. Tax is calculated based on the declared value of the item.

I have imported a few items and those posta/customs guys are pretty straight forward.
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#5 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 2:03:09 PM
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Vallerrie wrote:
For Sport wrote:
They are hoping to collect taxes on the package. Shoes are not tax exempt.


Damn!
So like, do I wait for them to contact me ama I make my way to their office and pay tax?

They usually send some notification to your postal address for you to go to the City Square offices. There the parcel shall be opened, the content appraised and if duty is payable (which will most likely be the case) decide on how much which you would then pay at a bank (think National Bank) and you get your parcel. If they haven't sent the notification yet but you have the details of the parcel then just go there and sort it out. Note that they charge some amounts if you do not collect after a specific time so the earlier you pick it the better.
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For Sport
#6 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 2:04:26 PM
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If you've received the parcel notification slip, present it at the post office. Customs officers are usually deployed at major post offices. The officer may want to check the parcel to confirm that you're not importing anything illegal + to determine whether any taxes are payable
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#7 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 3:08:27 PM
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Elder wrote:
Note that they charge some amounts if you do not collect after a specific time so the earlier you pick it the better.


smile
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Vallerrie
#8 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 4:12:21 PM
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Thanks guys.
I totally had no idea what to do. I'll be heading to City Square first thing Tuesday morning.
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#9 Posted : Friday, March 29, 2013 9:56:12 PM
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Vallerrie wrote:
Thanks guys.
I totally had no idea what to do. I'll be heading to City Square first thing Tuesday morning.


Are you sure its CSQ? I think you should go to GPO with the tracking number. You will pay the customs people in cash.
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#10 Posted : Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:43:37 AM
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BGL wrote:
Vallerrie wrote:
Thanks guys.
I totally had no idea what to do. I'll be heading to City Square first thing Tuesday morning.


Are you sure its CSQ? I think you should go to GPO with the tracking number. You will pay the customs people in cash.

From her first comment it's clear she's been tracking it and it's currently at City Square.

And the last time I picked a parcel from customs at City Square (last year) they were not accepting cash unless it was below a certain amount (can't remember the amount though). One had to go and make payments at a bank. Heard it was to do with accountability or something among others. Line up to get it valued, line up to get paying papers for the bank, line up to pay at the bank, line up to pick stuff....
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Kratos
#11 Posted : Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:55:35 AM
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Great info guys, was to post a similar question this week!!smile

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#12 Posted : Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:44:39 PM
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Don't take too long, professional headphones attract a daily fee of 150/= the longer they stay uncollected at customs. So head there soonest and know what taxes + fees (if any) that you could be up against.
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Vallerrie
#13 Posted : Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:07:44 PM
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Got it. Had to pay 25% tax plus ksh. 150 handling fee. The only place I queued was at the bank.
Thank you all.
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kyukkamba
#14 Posted : Tuesday, April 02, 2013 11:01:13 PM
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What do u think Vallerrie was it worth ordering the shoes ifwhat they charged is above 30%?? Again where can one get thet tarff they are charging for various items...was thinking of importing mobile accessories from middle east but am afraid of the tax....i dont know how much they\ll charge???
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Kenkmat
#15 Posted : Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:31:09 AM
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Do they still charge Import Declaration Fee? last I was there in 2010 bought a computer part online and since it was tax exempt was charged IDF of 5000. Put me off buying stuff online unless the tradeoff is worth it.
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Vallerrie
#16 Posted : Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:37:38 AM
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kyukkamba wrote:
What do u think Vallerrie was it worth ordering the shoes ifwhat they charged is above 30%?? Again where can one get thet tarff they are charging for various items...was thinking of importing mobile accessories from middle east but am afraid of the tax....i dont know how much they\ll charge???


The tariff is somewhere online, just Google 'Kenya import duty tariff' or something like that.
If they are things you absolutely have to get and there is no cheaper option locally then go ahead.
Tax is alot but not that insane an amount.
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Vallerrie
#17 Posted : Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:39:12 AM
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Kenkmat wrote:
Do they still charge Import Declaration Fee? last I was there in 2010 bought a computer part online and since it was tax exempt was charged IDF of 5000. Put me off buying stuff online unless the tradeoff is worth it.


I paid no such thing.
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