Implementation of New Nigeria SONCAP Fee Structure
In a recent Public Notice, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria has announced a new fee structure for the SONCAP Nigeria Programme. As per government requirement, this new fee structure will be implemented on 1st August 2022. In other words, all certificates that will be issued after 31st July 2022 will be issued with the new fee structure. Therefore, to continue guarantying the swift issuance of any of your active certificate request received in July, we recommend that all final documents and missing information must be sent at the soonest to your local Cotecna office.
New Fees (valid as of 1st August 2022):
Process | Description | Fees in USD per Certificate | Validity in USD |
Registration and Licensing | PC (U) - Product Certificate Unregistered | 500 | 6 months |
PC (R) - Product Certificate Registered | 1000 | 1 year | |
PC (L) - Product Certificate Licensing | 2000 | 1 year | |
Shipment Certification | SC - SONCAP Certificate | 350 | Per Shipment |
Others | New Product on PCU, PCR, PCL | 350 | Per Product |
Additional model | 120 | 1 Year | |
Amendment of Certificate | 100 | 1 Year | |
Non-Conformity Report | 350 | / |
As a reminder, our mandate allows us to accompany exporters and importers throughout the conformity assessment process and assist them in obtaining the necessary Product and SONCAP Certificates (PC & SC). To understand and differentiate the Nigeria Product Certificates click here our related article.
Of course, should you need more information or would need our assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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