Uganda Certification

 

Uganda Certification. According to Uganda National Standards Bureau Decree 327 and customs clearance and inspection regulations, Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism carries out pre-export conformity assessment of imported products to Uganda at the country of origin. The purpose of this program is to reduce the inflow of substandard products in Uganda. Since June 9, 2010, the scope of implementation has been carried out in accordance with other standards and technical regulations approved by the Uganda standards or the Bureau of standards. In addition to products imported from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda to Uganda, all controlled products are subject to mandatory assessment.

 

Controlled Products: Products under the prohibited and exempted product catalogues are not under control. The products controlled by Uganda's Pre-Export Compliance Assessment Program include the following categories:

 

All second-hand products,

 

Food and agricultural products,

 

Chemical household products,

 

Textiles, footwear products,

 

Toys,

 

Child health products,

 

Electronic and electrical products, etc.

 

UG-PVoC certification process includes the following key elements:

 

- Pre-shipment inspection of goods;

 

Testing and evaluating in accredited laboratories;

 

Examine the production process of products; check the conformity of documents;

 

Audit the conformity of test reports with standards.

 

There are three ways to obtain UG-PVoC certification:

 

Mode a: Inspection and testing of each batch of goods

 

Mode b: Product registration, inspection and limited testing

 

Mode c: Product Recognition

 

Assessment method: In order to prove that the product meets all the standards and technical requirements, the product must undergo one or more combination of the following assessment methods:

 

Pre-ship Inspection, Factory Audit, Laboratory Test, Document Audit.