Must be done, the National Bureau of Standards of Nigeria (Standards Organization of Nigeria, SON) is the Nigerian government agency responsible for the development and implementation of product quality standards for imported goods and domestically manufactured products. In order to ensure that controlled products comply with the approved implementation of the country's technical standards or other international standards, to protect Nigerian consumers from unsafe products or products that do not meet the standards of damage, the Nigerian National Bureau of Standards has decided to export to the country's controlled products to implement the mandatory pre-shipment conformity assessment program (hereinafter referred to as SONCAP).
Currently, SONCAP certification involves 2 main steps: SONCAP=PC+COC
1, exporters or manufacturers apply for a PC certificate; PC is the abbreviation for Product Certificate.
2, exporters apply for COC certificate; COC is the abbreviation of Certificate of Conformity.
SONCAP certificate is a legal requirement for the clearance of controlled products in the Nigerian Customs, the lack of SONCAP certificate will result in delayed clearance of controlled products or denied access to the Nigerian domestic market. It is important to note that SONCAP applies to regulated products, while other import procedures prescribed by the Nigerian government remain valid.