This ruling is in respect of the treatment of purported medicaments and food supplements imported by the applicant under the East African Community Customs Management Act (EACCMA).

The applicant imports Alamycin Egg, Alamycin Chick, Colvasone, Multiject IMM, Calciject and Multivitamins Injection for animals. The respondent informed the applicant that it should classify the imports as supplements. The respondent assessed the applicant customs duty of Shs. 3,521,294,144 for the period 2012 to 2017 on the ground that the purported medicaments imported were allegedly food supplements and the latter objected.