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Exporting gold
Gold can leave Kenya only with an export permit and a certificate of origin from the State Department for Mining. Only a licensed mineral dealer can apply for them.
Who can apply
The licensed dealer that files the export application is the exporter of record. The royalty is assessed against it, and its name goes on the export permit.
The dealer needs an AfriMineX account as a licensed buyer, with its mineral dealer's licence checked against the Department's register. The licence must still be valid on the day the permit is issued.
An artisanal mining group cannot export gold on its own. It appoints a licensed dealer as its agent on AfriMineX. The group names the dealer by its AfriMineX customer ID, and both sides confirm the appointment with a code sent to them by email. The dealer then files the export as exporter of record.
How it works
Get a warrant for the lot.
A licensed assayer tests the gold and issues an assay certificate. The Department then issues a warrant for the assayed lot.
File the export application.
The exporter of record applies through its AfriMineX account. The application names the warrant, the buyer abroad, the destination and the port of exit, and gives the exporter's KRA Tax Compliance Certificate, which must be in date.
Receive the royalty assessment.
A Department officer works out the 3% royalty and assesses it against the exporter of record.
Pay at the cash office.
The exporter pays the royalty and the export permit fee at the Department's cash office, and gets a receipt with a registry number for each payment.
Receive the permit and certificate.
A different officer, who did not assess the royalty, issues the export permit and the certificate of origin. The permit is valid for 30 days from the day it is issued.
Royalty
Royalty on gold is 3% of its value. The value is the weight on the warrant multiplied by the reference gold price in force on the day of assessment. Once assessed, the amount does not change, even if the gold price moves. See Fees and royalty.
Two numbered documents
The export permit and the certificate of origin each carry a registry number, the lot's batch ID and a QR code.
Anyone can check them
Anyone can check either document at any time, without an account.
Exporters apply through their AfriMineX account. To find out how to get a mineral dealer's licence, see Mineral dealing licences.