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TRUCKS AND MACHINERY · KENYA · UGANDA · TANZANIA · RWANDA

The machine your project needs, delivered to your site.

Tippers, excavators, loaders, dozers and graders. Pick one we have, or tell us what you need: we find it, check it, ship it and clear it, and you get one delivered price before you pay anything.

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WHAT CHANGED

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Other things we source

Yearly imports into the four countries, UN Comtrade

Two SANY excavators on a site in China Machinery and equipment 428 products · $6.0B/yr A transformer at a high-voltage substation in Kampala, Uganda Electrical and power equipment 193 products · $2.8B/yr A truck loaded with bags of cement Construction materials 280 products · $4.7B/yr IMPORTED A YEAR $2.0B Industrial chemicals 220 products · $2.0B/yr IMPORTED A YEAR $2.2B Plastic resins and plastics 93 products · $2.2B/yr Workers offloading bags of NPK fertiliser Fertilisers 19 products · $1.1B/yr IMPORTED A YEAR $826M Paper and packaging 59 products · $826M/yr Rows of new truck tyres Tyres and rubber 41 products · $532M/yr Laboratory analysers and a spectrophotometer on a lab bench Instruments and lab equipment 52 products · $381M/yr IMPORTED A YEAR $421M Medical equipment and supplies 31 products · $421M/yr

Photos: Huangdan2060, CC BY 3.0 · Muha Ceasar, CC BY 4.0 · Ekeleme Ijeoma, CC0 · Shadygaz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TimVickers, public domain · Biso, CC BY 3.0

ANY CARGO → KENYA · SINCE 1 SEP 2026

No ACD number, no loading.

Carriers now refuse Kenya-bound containers without a KRA Advance Cargo Declaration, and importers must keep the origin country’s export declaration for five years. What to file, which document each country issues, and help when a box is stuck.

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Biggest import markets

Single products into a single country, largest first. Each page shows where it comes from and lets buyers ask for quotes.

  1. 1 Hot-rolled steel coil, under 3mm into Kenya $389M
  2. 2 Diesel road tractors for semi-trailers into Tanzania $358M
  3. 3 Hot-rolled steel coil, under 3mm into Tanzania $231M
  4. 4 Hot-rolled steel coil, under 3mm into Uganda $159M
  5. 5 Steel billets (low carbon, square section) into Kenya $148M
  6. 6 Network and data communication equipment into Kenya $147M
  7. 7 Diesel pickups and light trucks into Tanzania $138M
  8. 8 Cement clinker into Uganda $128M
  9. 9 Diammonium phosphate (DAP) into Kenya $124M
  10. 10 NPK compound fertiliser into Kenya $115M
  11. 11 Cargo trailers and semi-trailers into Tanzania $111M
  12. 12 PET resin (bottle grade) into Tanzania $103M

How buying a machine through Ntamu works

  1. 1

    Pick a machine or ask for one

    From the machines for sale, or tell us the type, size, age and budget. Free.

  2. 2

    One delivered price

    Within one working day: the machine, photos and video, shipping, clearance and delivery to your site.

  3. 3

    Checked, shipped, cleared

    An inspection report before any deposit. We handle the sea freight, customs and the road to your site.

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MACHINERY · LANDED COST

Know the landed cost before you ship.

For excavators, loaders, dozers and graders: freight time, duty, VAT, port levies and the inspections that hold machinery at the border, for 4 destinations.

LANDED COST CHECK

Pick a lane below, or browse all 112 lanes.

Taxes at entry, by destination

HS 8429 machinery · EAC import duty 0%
DESTINATION FASTEST SEA LEG TAXES AT ENTRY ON CIF
KEMBA
Mombasa, Kenya
 7 d VAT 16% · Import declaration fee 2.5% · Railway development levy 2% 20.5%
RWKGL
Kigali, Rwanda · via TZDAR
 10 d + inland VAT 18% · Withholding tax 5% · Infrastructure development levy 1.5% · African Union levy 0.2% 24.7%
TZDAR
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
 10 d VAT 18% · Railway development levy 2% · Customs processing fee 0.6% of FOB 20%+ 0.6% of FOB
UGKLA
Kampala, Uganda · via KEMBA
 7 d + inland VAT 18% · Withholding tax 6% 24%

Fastest sea leg is from the quickest origin we cover. Each lane page lists its own transit range and sources.

Import guides

KE · DUTY, VAT, LEVIES, INSPECTIONS
Importing machinery into Kenya
RW · DUTY, VAT, LEVIES, INSPECTIONS
Importing machinery into Rwanda
TZ · DUTY, VAT, LEVIES, INSPECTIONS
Importing machinery into Tanzania
UG · DUTY, VAT, LEVIES, INSPECTIONS
Importing machinery into Uganda
NEW · KE · BEFORE LOADING
Kenya’s ACD and export declaration rules
Ships and container stacks at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya
Photo: Kenya Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, public domain

HOW THE INDEX IS BUILT

Every number has a paper trail.

Rates come from revenue authorities, tariff schedules and carrier advisories — opened, read and linked, never estimated. If a lane is missing a sourced tax rate, duty line or transit time, it doesn’t go live.

lanes live
112
origin ports
7
destinations
4

Machinery we cover

Two SANY excavators on a site in China
HS 8429.52
Hydraulic Excavators
Self-propelled machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure.
28 lanes →
A Caterpillar 950 GC wheel loader
HS 8429.51
Wheel Loaders
Self-propelled front-end shovel loaders.
28 lanes →
A Shantui bulldozer pushing red murram in Uganda
HS 8429.11
Track-Type Bulldozers
Self-propelled track-laying bulldozers and angledozers.
28 lanes →
A Shantui SG18C5 motor grader
HS 8429.20
Motor Graders
Self-propelled graders and levellers.
28 lanes →

Photos: Huangdan2060, CC BY 3.0 · Oto Zapletal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ssemmanda will, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huangdan2060, CC BY 3.0

Every lane

From Busan, Houston, Jebel Ali, Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), Qingdao, Shanghai, Yokohama.

Hydraulic Excavators

Wheel Loaders

Track-Type Bulldozers

Motor Graders

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