How to import Japanese Used Vehicle into Kenya?
Kenya is one of the biggest markets for Japanese used vehicles exporters. Kenya is importing thousands of used vehicles, machineries, bikes & parts from Japan every year. All these used vehicles had been sold both to the dealers and direct users, moreover now some Japanese exporters also having their own agents in Kenya to sell their vehicles directly to the customers. Due to this heavy import of Japanese used vehicles, Kenyan government had started controlling the import of Japanese used vehicles to avoid un-healthy vehicles to Kenya. They set up some rules and regulations, which the importer must follow to import any vehicle from Japan. Importing rules set up by Kenya Bureau of Standards are as follows: • It is mandatory that all used vehicles imported to Kenya must not be more than 8 years old from the first year of registration. • All these used vehicles, which is imported to Kenya, must be a right hand drive (RHD) except for some special vehicles like ambulance & fire engines etc.
