Nigeria - SGS Mandate

Product conformity assessment for Nigeria from SGS – enabling you to export products and goods to Nigeria.

To prevent the import of substandard and unsafe products into Nigeria all exporters and manufacturers must subject regulated goods to scrutiny against the standards and technical requirements of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON).

We can test and verify your products against SON’s offshore Standards Organization of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Program (SONCAP). Under SONCAP goods intended for import which are on the list of regulated products must undergo a product conformity assessment in their country of origin.

With decades of experience in product assessment our global network of industry experts can offer tailored services to help your products demonstrate compliance.

Our accreditation for the re-engineered SONCAP was renewed on November 14, 2012, and comes into effect from March 1, 2013. The process for the new program differs from its predecessor. It introduces three routes to certification, and a number of different documents to be issued per route:

1. Product Report (Valid per shipment, issued upon satisfactory completion of systematic inspection and product sampling: applicable only to route A); or
2. Product Certificate (Registered or Licensed) (Valid for one year, issued upon satisfactory completion of audit of Manufacturer’s factory: applicable to routes B and C) and
3. Certificate of Conformity (Shipment verification: documentary verification (including Product Report or Product Certificate and satisfactory Test Report) and, depending upon Routes A, B or C, systematic or selective physical verification with, where applicable, witnessing of FCL stuffing and sealing of FCL)

Test Reports

Test reports are to be presented for all the Certification Routes. Valid test reports are to be issued by:

• Approved ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory
• Manufacturer, provided that testing has been witnessed by SGS

Routes for Determining Conformity of products

SON has determined three routes of Certification to be applied as appropriate.

• Route A: For unregistered/Unlicensed products (Conformity Verification)
  Each shipment to be imported requires physical inspection, sampling, testing to applicable standards, FCL stuffing supervision and sealing.
• Route B: For Registered Products (Registration and Conformity Inspection)
  Registration of products is done following type testing and assessment of the manufacturer’s quality system in place in order (audit) to determine that the product(s) under consideration are in conformity with the applicable standards and that the manufacturer has the necessary systems in place to produce consistently over a time the same quality product.  Under Route B inspection, sampling, testing as per applicable standards and FCL supervision and sealing is required at least in 40% of the shipments.
• Route C: For Licensed products (Product Certification Systems)
  Licensing of products is based on detailed evaluation of the product, including testing and factory audit and regular surveillances. Licensing is only granted to the manufacturer of a product. Inspection, sampling, testing as per applicable standards and FCL supervision and sealing under Route C is to be conducted at least twice a year. 

Why choose SGS?

As the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and Certification Company with a global network we are committed to providing exporters to Nigeria, and importers in Nigeria, with efficient services under SONCAP.

Contact us today for more information.

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