Export Programmes

Export Processing Zones Programme

The Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) coordinates operations of Export Processing Zones (EPZs). The Government encourages the development of private EPZs, and a number of them have already been established. Enterprises operating in these zones in Kenya enjoy the following benefits:

• 10 year tax holiday and thereafter a flat 25 per cent tax for 10 years;
• Exemption from all withholding taxes on dividends and other payments to non-residents during the first 10 years;
• Exemption from import duties on, raw materials and intermediate inputs;
• No restrictions on management or technical arrangements;
• Exemption from Stamp Duty;
• Exemption from VAT;
• and Operate on one licence only.