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The protection of Italian investments in Kenya

Monday, 14 October 2019 07:59

Kenya and Italy have entered on 16 September 1996 into a Bilateral Agreement that promotes and protects investments made by their national investors in the territory of the other country.

Customs duties and other import levies in Kenya

Saturday, 12 October 2019 09:35

Kenya apples the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), which relies on 3 bands: 0% (mainly applicable to raw materials and capital goods, but also to some species of live animals, organic chemicals and pharmaceutical products), 10% (for intermediate goods), and 25% (for final goods).

International development consultant, a largely unknown profession

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 11:31

With more than 15 years of experience in projects of technical assistance to developing countries, Danilo Desiderio, CEO of Desiderio Consultants talks about the main tasks and challenges of this business. Read the full article here.

Desiderio Consultants launches new blog

Saturday, 05 October 2019 21:17

Desiderio Consultants Ltd. has launched a blog featuring discussion and analysis in the areas of: 1) customs, 2) transport facilitation and 3) trade facilitation, with a particular focus on Africa. The aim of the blog is to share experience among experts in these fields and learn from each other, so to increase skills levels and further improve business/employment prospects. We also encourage to propose topics of discussion referred to one of the above 3 areas. For more information visit our blog.

Data analysis techniques for enhancing the performance of Customs

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 05:11

WCJ "Data analysis techniques for enhancing the performance of Customs", article by Danilo Desiderio published on the World Customs Journal, Volume 13, Number 2, September 2019 (Section 1- Academic Contributions). The article, available here, explains how data collection and analysis techniques, if properly used by Customs, can help such administration to act in a targeted way and more efficiently.