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required for release at a Ugandan border post was estimated at 3 hours in 2010, reduced from
3-4 days before the introduction of the system103.
4.3.1.7 Transit and transport Costs
The average transport cost from Mombasa to Kampala is 2000 up to USD 2,700 USD. Road user
charges only apply, and they are paid to the countries where the trucks are not registered. For
instance, Kenyan registered trucks transiting through Uganda would pay road user charges
based on harmonized COMESA road user charges of USD 10 per 100 km for transit trucks. Kenya
registered trucks traveling fromMalaba to Kampala a distance approximately 250kmpay a Road
User Charge of USD 50 for the return journey to and from Kampala.
Transit goods license 400 USD per year follows the calendar year.
4.3.1.8 Transit Guarantee scheme
To reduce the cost of transport and transit and enhance competitiveness and expand intra and
extra trade, COMESA has introduced several trade facilitation instruments. One of them is the
Regional Customs Transit Guarantee scheme, popularly known as RCTG CARNET or COMESA
CARNET. Only four COMESA states - Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe - have ratified the
customs guarantee scheme, while nine countries are required for the scheme to become
effective.
4.3.1.9 Malaba One-Stop Border Post
Malaba One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) is the major (biggest) inland entry port on the Northern
Corridor. Handles over 80% of cargo destined to inland - Uganda, and in transit to Rwanda,
Burundi DR Congo, and Sudan. The benefits from implementation of the OSBP are: effective and
efficient use of resources – customs and OGAs; better co-ordination and co-operation between
government agencies and the trade community; better risk management and enhanced security
they carry out joint operations; information sharing and improvement in infrastructure;
reduced time for traffic flow approximately 180,000 trucks per annum, etc.
4.3.2 CTR in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Pakistan enjoys a position of immense geostrategic significance, bordered by Iran on the west,
Afghanistan on the northwest, China on the northeast, India on the east, and the Arabian Sea
situated in the south. Geographically, routes to the south of Central Asia are most feasible for
trade, due to the long stretch of distances, lack of infrastructure and prohibitive topography and
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