Trade Compliance
End-to-end adherence to East African Community and international trade regulations.
Services
Import & Export Consultancy
Cross-border trade expertise you can rely on — from regulatory navigation and documentation to tariff strategy and market entry across East Africa. TWC helps you move goods with confidence, compliance, and clarity at every border.
Section 01
Import & Export Consultancy
Expanding into new markets offers immense opportunity, but it also brings complex challenges. TWC acts as your strategic guide in the world of international trade, helping businesses navigate the regulatory, logistical, and cultural hurdles of cross-border commerce across East Africa.
Our consultants provide the data and strategies you need to minimize risk and maximize ROI. Whether you are looking to import raw materials or export finished goods, we ensure your operations are compliant, efficient, and scalable.
Documentation & Licensing
Permits, certificates of origin, and customs paperwork prepared and verified.
Tariff & Duty Advisory
Classification, valuation, and duty optimization strategies tailored to your goods.
Market Entry Strategy
Feasibility studies and route-to-market planning across the EAC and beyond.
Section 02
Advisory & Coordination
Beyond paperwork — practical guidance that keeps your shipments moving.
Successful cross-border trade depends on more than compliance. TWC coordinates the moving parts behind every shipment — from sourcing verified suppliers and selecting the right carriers to choosing INCOTERMS that allocate risk and cost fairly between buyer and seller.
We also help exporters position finished goods in new markets, pairing regulatory readiness with branding and channel strategy so your products land competitively and compliantly on arrival.
Origin Sourcing
Identifying reliable suppliers and verifying provenance for raw materials.
Freight Coordination
Managing sea, air, and land carriers to balance cost, speed, and reliability.
INCOTERMS Advisory
Selecting the right trade terms to allocate risk, cost, and responsibility.
Export Promotion
Positioning finished goods in new markets with compliance and branding support.
Case Studies
Import & Export Success Stories
Real cross-border engagements where TWC turned regulatory complexity into compliant, profitable trade.
Specialty Foods Importer
Tariff reclassification saved 26% on landed cost
- Problem
- A specialty foods importer was overpaying duty because products were classified under generic tariff codes, and lacked documentation to defend preferential origin claims.
- Solution
- Conducted a line-by-line tariff review, reclassified SKUs under correct codes, and rebuilt the origin-document workflow to claim applicable trade-agreement preferences.
- Results
- Landed cost fell meaningfully, customs clearance times shortened, and the importer passed a compliance audit without penalties.
26%Duty savings-30%Clearance time0Audit findings
Industrial Equipment Exporter
Export-controls program unlocked three new markets
- Problem
- An industrial equipment exporter was blocked from promising markets by unclear export-control obligations and inconsistent documentation that delayed shipments at the border.
- Solution
- Built an export-controls compliance program, mapped product lines to control lists, and trained the sales and logistics teams on documentation requirements per destination.
- Results
- The exporter cleared shipments into three previously inaccessible markets and reduced border-held shipments to a handful per year.
3New markets entered-68%Border-held shipments
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The full scope of TWC's commercial capabilities — each area designed to integrate with the next.
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Tell us what you need to import or export. Our team will respond with a tailored plan — compliant documentation, optimized duties, and a clear route to your market.
Nairobi, Kenya · East Africa
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