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Supplying building materials across Africa

One habit separates the shipments that arrive on time from the ones that sit at the port: the checking happens before the goods leave, not after they land.

What Africa asks for

Most of the African markets we ship to run a pre-shipment conformity scheme. Goods are inspected and tested in India, a certificate is issued in the importer name, and it travels with the shipping documents. The names differ by country, PVoC in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, SONCAP in Nigeria, G-CAP in Ghana, but the timing is the same.

Four steps: order placed, testing before loading, certificate issued, goods clear customs
How a pre-shipment Certificate of Conformity is earned. It is issued before the container leaves India.

The paperwork in one table

KenyaPVoC, run by KEBS
NigeriaSONCAP, run by SON
GhanaG-CAP, run by the Ghana Standards Authority
TanzaniaPVoC, run by TBS
UgandaPVoC, run by UNBS
Côte d'IvoireVOC, with CODINORM as the standards body
South AfricaNo PVoC. NRCS Letter of Authority instead

What this means for your order

The certificate is issued before loading

This is the single rule that catches most first-time exporters. It cannot be fixed after the container sails.

The scheme name changes, the work does not

Inspection, testing, and a document tied to the shipment and the importer.

South Africa is the exception

It approves the product once rather than checking every shipment.

What we supply into Africa

Tell us what you need for Africa or see every market we ship to.

Other markets we ship to

AfricaKenya · Ghana · Nigeria · Tanzania · Uganda · Côte d'Ivoire · South Africa · Africa

Europe and the UKUnited Kingdom · Germany · Netherlands · Belgium · Poland · Ireland · Europe

AmericasUnited States · Americas

Notes that apply to Africa

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