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Macadamia, a significant investment opportunity for export to the global market
Rwandair cargo serves Africa, Europe, Asia & the Middle East

Rwanda's horticulture exports increased from USD 5M in 2005 to USD 25M in 2018

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Export
Import
Transit
Choose commodity
Animal products - non processed (dairy; birds’ eggs, other edible products of animal origin)
Avocado
Cattle
Dogs and cats
Electronics (computers, phones, TVs, etc.)
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Flowers
Fresh meat and edible meat offal
Fruit juices
Green coffee
Handicrafts
Honey
Juices and sodas
Macadamia nuts - processed
Macadamia nuts - raw
Medical equipment
Milk
Mineral water
Minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, gemstones, etc.)
Motor vehicles
Petroleum products
Pharmaceutical products
Plants and plant products (bananas, carrots, chilli, french beans, mango, passion fruits, pineapples, pyrethrum, snow peas / sugar snaps, stevia, etc.)
Poultry (fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl and quail)
Powdered milk
Processed coffee
Processed food products (sugar, cocoa, cereals, flour, starch, etc.)
Processed non food products (soap, steel, iron bars, furniture, etc.)
Spare parts
Spices - processed
Spices - raw
Stationaries
Tea
Textile
Textile (not second hand)
Wines and liquors
General
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Gikondo Inland Customs Office
Gatuna (Uganda)
Kagitumba (Uganda)
Cyanika (Uganda)
Rusumo (Tanzania)
Nemba (Burundi)
Rubavu - La Corniche (DRC - Goma)
Rubavu - Poids Lourds (DRC - Goma)
Rusizi I (DRC - Bukavu)
Rusizi II (DRC - Bukavu)
Kigali International Airport
Dar Es Salaam Port (Tanzania)
Mombasa Port (Kenya)
Choose operation
Export
Import
Transit
Choose commodity
Animal products - non processed (dairy; birds’ eggs, other edible products of animal origin)
Avocado
Cattle
Dogs and cats
Electronics (computers, phones, TVs, etc.)
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Flowers
Fresh meat and edible meat offal
Fruit juices
Green coffee
Handicrafts
Honey
Juices and sodas
Macadamia nuts - processed
Macadamia nuts - raw
Medical equipment
Milk
Mineral water
Minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, gemstones, etc.)
Motor vehicles
Petroleum products
Pharmaceutical products
Plants and plant products (bananas, carrots, chilli, french beans, mango, passion fruits, pineapples, pyrethrum, snow peas / sugar snaps, stevia, etc.)
Poultry (fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl and quail)
Powdered milk
Processed coffee
Processed food products (sugar, cocoa, cereals, flour, starch, etc.)
Processed non food products (soap, steel, iron bars, furniture, etc.)
Spare parts
Spices - processed
Spices - raw
Stationaries
Tea
Textile
Textile (not second hand)
Wines and liquors
General
Choose entry / exit point
Gikondo Inland Customs Office
Gatuna (Uganda)
Kagitumba (Uganda)
Cyanika (Uganda)
Rusumo (Tanzania)
Nemba (Burundi)
Rubavu - La Corniche (DRC - Goma)
Rubavu - Poids Lourds (DRC - Goma)
Rusizi I (DRC - Bukavu)
Rusizi II (DRC - Bukavu)
Kigali International Airport
Dar Es Salaam Port (Tanzania)
Mombasa Port (Kenya)
Choose operation
Export
Import
Transit
Choose commodity
Animal products - non processed (dairy; birds’ eggs, other edible products of animal origin)
Avocado
Cattle
Dogs and cats
Electronics (computers, phones, TVs, etc.)
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Flowers
Fresh meat and edible meat offal
Fruit juices
Green coffee
Handicrafts
Honey
Juices and sodas
Macadamia nuts - processed
Macadamia nuts - raw
Medical equipment
Milk
Mineral water
Minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, gemstones, etc.)
Motor vehicles
Petroleum products
Pharmaceutical products
Plants and plant products (bananas, carrots, chilli, french beans, mango, passion fruits, pineapples, pyrethrum, snow peas / sugar snaps, stevia, etc.)
Poultry (fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl and quail)
Powdered milk
Processed coffee
Processed food products (sugar, cocoa, cereals, flour, starch, etc.)
Processed non food products (soap, steel, iron bars, furniture, etc.)
Spare parts
Spices - processed
Spices - raw
Stationaries
Tea
Textile
Textile (not second hand)
Wines and liquors
General
Choose entry / exit point
Gikondo Inland Customs Office
Gatuna (Uganda)
Kagitumba (Uganda)
Cyanika (Uganda)
Rusumo (Tanzania)
Nemba (Burundi)
Rubavu - La Corniche (DRC - Goma)
Rubavu - Poids Lourds (DRC - Goma)
Rusizi I (DRC - Bukavu)
Rusizi II (DRC - Bukavu)
Kigali International Airport
Dar Es Salaam Port (Tanzania)
Mombasa Port (Kenya)
Choose operation
Export
Import
Transit
Choose commodity
Animal products - non processed (dairy; birds’ eggs, other edible products of animal origin)
Avocado
Cattle
Dogs and cats
Electronics (computers, phones, TVs, etc.)
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Flowers
Fresh meat and edible meat offal
Fruit juices
Green coffee
Handicrafts
Honey
Juices and sodas
Macadamia nuts - processed
Macadamia nuts - raw
Medical equipment
Milk
Mineral water
Minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, gemstones, etc.)
Motor vehicles
Petroleum products
Pharmaceutical products
Plants and plant products (bananas, carrots, chilli, french beans, mango, passion fruits, pineapples, pyrethrum, snow peas / sugar snaps, stevia, etc.)
Poultry (fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl and quail)
Powdered milk
Processed coffee
Processed food products (sugar, cocoa, cereals, flour, starch, etc.)
Processed non food products (soap, steel, iron bars, furniture, etc.)
Spare parts
Spices - processed
Spices - raw
Stationaries
Tea
Textile
Textile (not second hand)
Wines and liquors
General
Choose entry / exit point
Gikondo Inland Customs Office
Gatuna (Uganda)
Kagitumba (Uganda)
Cyanika (Uganda)
Rusumo (Tanzania)
Nemba (Burundi)
Rubavu - La Corniche (DRC - Goma)
Rubavu - Poids Lourds (DRC - Goma)
Rusizi I (DRC - Bukavu)
Rusizi II (DRC - Bukavu)
Kigali International Airport
Dar Es Salaam Port (Tanzania)
Mombasa Port (Kenya)

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