SGS is pleased to announce that our Product Conformity Assessment (PCA) Kenya fraternity’s resilience and expertise continue to shine through. Our most recent accreditation comes as Kenya’s Bureau of Standards (KEBS) pilots some country exclusions from the PVoC program for destination inspection.
Welcome back to the PCA Kenya Community!
After yet another term of 36 months of engagement with KEBS, SGS is the only company to have maintained its position of pre-export verification of conformity (PVoC) services for the sixth consecutive period, which began on June 23, 2022.
This time around KEBS excluded a few countries from the PVoC program specifically as a pilot exercise for assessing its capability in providing destination inspection services.
SGS emerged the pioneer inspection company, and also continues to provide Product Conformity Assessment services on behalf of KEBS.
KEBS accredited and mandated exclusively SGS to provide PVoC services in the countries below:
| Countries | Countries |
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Zone 7:
| Zone 8:
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Zone 9:
| Zone 10:
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Zone 11:
| Zone 12:
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Zone 13:
| Zone 14:
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Zone 15:
| Zone 16:
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Zone 18:
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Pilot countries for destination inspection by KEBS are:
| Zones | Countries |
|---|---|
| UK | UK and Ireland |
| Indian Subcontinent | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal |
| Far East | North Korea |
| Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesian Islands | Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Polynesian Islands, Samoa |
| Ex-Soviet Union republics | Estonia, Latvia |
| Eastern Europe | Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania |
| Nordic Countries | Iceland |
| Middle East | Israel |
| Maghreb Countries | Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara |
| North Africa | Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia |
| West Africa | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |
| Central Africa | Angola, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gabon |
| South Africa | Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
This segregation of zones and countries exempt from the PVoC program is one of the changes.
The PVoC Kenya certification routes remain unchanged, i.e. Routes A, B and C. Similarly, the PVoC charges stay the same.
To reinforce compliance with the PVoC program, KEBS has introduced a penalty of 5% of cost, insurance and freight (CIF), down from 15%, on any shipment from any of the countries under the PVoC mandate arriving at a Kenyan customs entry point without a Certificate of Conformity (CoC).
SGS exclusively remains your one-stop-shop for inspection, label verification, marking and packaging, testing and overall PVoC services for your Kenyan market products.
The team eagerly looks forward to being of great service and support to you!
Let’s keep communication ongoing!
Learn more about the Kenya – PVoC Program.
This article can also be found in our PCA Newsletter (Q3/2022) – which keeps you up to date with developments in technical barriers to trade and product conformity assessment.
Read more in our PCA Newsletter
Q3/2022
- Major information on VOC for Ivory Coast
- Trade and Certification: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Selling to KSA: PCA update on food and drug regulations
Q2/2022
- Updates to SGS’s Pre-Shipment Verification of Conformity Program for the Central African Republic
- Understanding South Sudan’s New Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC) Program
- New Developments in Uganda’s PVoC Program
- Pre-shipment Verification of Conformity for Tanzania
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