SCOPE OF DUTY
- Pre-export Verification of Conformity Program (PVoC)
- The Ministry of Trade of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has decided to enforce mandatory standards to enhance competitiveness and protect consumers. Accordingly, a notice to importers, which announced that imported goods at the ports of entry, under the list of mandatory Ethiopian Standards, should be accompanied with a Certificate of Conformity from an authorized Third party Inspection Body, was published in December 2013 on the website of the Ministry of trade of Ethiopia : https://ministryoftrade-et.com/-/to-all-importers-in-ethiopiaa905.html?inheritRedirect=true&redirect=%2F
OBJECTIVES
- Consumer and environmental protection
- Conformity assurance
- Faster goods release at Ethiopian ports of entry with the appropriate Certificate of Conformity (CoC)
CONTRACTING PARTY
The Ministry of Trade