Market

Supplying construction materials to Nigeria

Nigeria is the market where buyers most often think they have the paperwork and do not. SONCAP asks for two separate documents, and only one of them lasts.

What Nigeria asks for

Nigeria runs SONCAP under the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. A product first earns a Product Certificate, which covers the product itself for a period. Each individual shipment then needs its own SONCAP Certificate, issued before loading. Having the first without the second still stops the container.

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

What the scheme is calledSONCAP
Who runs itStandards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
What you receiveA Product Certificate, then a SONCAP Certificate per shipment
When it is issuedBefore the goods are loaded, in India
Main portsApapa and Tin Can, Lagos; Onne

What this means for your order

Two documents, two jobs

The Product Certificate proves the product. The SONCAP Certificate clears the shipment. You need both.

The product certificate is reusable

Once a product is certified, repeat orders are faster. The first order carries the time cost.

Get the importer details right early

The SONCAP Certificate is issued against the importer and the shipment. Late changes mean reissue.

What we supply into Nigeria

Tell us what you need for Nigeria 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 Nigeria