Introduction

The National Organization of Nigeria (SON) is the government agency responsible for the development and implementation of quality standards for imported and domestically manufactured products in Nigeria. In order to ensure that controlled products comply with the country's technical standards or other international standards that have been approved to protect Nigerian consumers from unsafe or non-compliant products, the Nigerian National Bureau of Standards decides to implement controlled products exported to the country. Mandatory Conformity Assessment Procedure (hereinafter referred to as SONCAP) before shipment. After the implementation of SONCAP in Nigeria for many years, the new SONCAP policy was implemented from April 1, 2013 according to the latest notice, which is quite different from the previous SONCAP. The exporter no longer applies for SONCAP for each shipment, but instead applies for CoC. The exporter provides the CoC to the importer, and then the importer applies for a SC certificate to the Nigerian Bureau of Standards (SON) with a valid CoC. In addition, according to the product The risk category requires on-site sampling testing, inspection and supervision.