STANDARDS ORGANIZATION OF NIGERIA implemented the SONCAP to give assurance to the Nigerian end-users or consumers of the quality, safety and standard of goods, and make international trade easier. Traders within the Nigerian country are to comply with this requirement from the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON). Virtually all goods except are relative few require the use of SONCAP before being cleared into the Nigerian environment. Failure to comply with the SON Conformity Assessment Program could result to penalties or at the worst-case return of imported goods back to supply country.
STANDARD ORGANIZATION OF NIGERIA: ACCREDITED AGENCIES
Majorly, the Standards Organization of Nigeria – SON, to regulate and issue the SONCAP on its behalf, accredits five companies. The reason for this arrangement is to test items, products, or consignment imported for Nigerian standard and technical regulations and even approved international or regional standards at the originating locality or supply. Since SON cannot operate everywhere in the world, it has to accredit some firms to carry out tests on its behalf. The three of those firms in use by SON are COTECNA, INTERTEK and SGS.
STANDARD ORGANIZATION OF NIGERIA: FOCUS OF ARTICLE
This article will help you know how to reach the SON agents nearest to you with ease, to enable you comply with the SONCAP arrangement. What we shall do in is to split the article into three to accommodate all three agencies (COTECNA, INTERTEK and SGS). Hence, we shall give the contacts and addresses of COTECNA in this article, and treat that of INTERTEK and SGS in subsequent articles.
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STANDARDS ORGANIZATION OF NIGERIA: COTECNA
| COUNTRIES | CONTACT ADDRESS | CONTACT PERSON(S) |
| Nigeria | RM. 12, Standards Organization of Nigeria Complex, Plot 13/14 Victoria Arobieke Street, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1Lagos, Nigeriaade.adediran@cotecna-nigeria.comT: +234 803 077 0071irene.sido@cotecna-nigeria.comT: +234 803 534 5579 | Ade ADEDIRAN/Irene SIDO |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Cotecna Côte d’IvoireImmeuble Front Lagunaire,Abidjan-Plateau,Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireT: +225 66137767infovoc@cotecna.ci | Antoine ANNEY |
| Turkey | KOTEKNA GÖZETİM A.Ş.Koşuyolu Mahallesi,Katip Salih Sokak, No 85,34718 Kadıköy,Istanbul, TurkeyT: +90 21693978 90F: +90 216 939 78 98koksal.atmaca@cotecna.com.tr | Köksal ATMACA |
| Algeria, Austria Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta | Cotecna Inspection France Cité Expandis‐Immeuble Le Normandie5 rue du Mail ‐BP 90707 44707 ORVAULT Cedex 07 France, T: +33 251 78 95 95, F: +33 251 78 96 13DL-nantes-voc@cotecna.fr | Stéphanie BRION |
| Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United, Kingdom | Cotecna Inspection France Cité Expandis‐Immeuble Le Normandie5 rue du Mail ‐BP 90707 44707 ORVAULT Cedex 07 France, T: +33 251 78 95 95, F: +33 251 78 96 13DL-nantes-voc@cotecna.fr | Stéphanie BRION |
| Brazil | Cotecna Serviços Ltda.R. Artur de Almeida, 73Vila MarianaCEP: 04011‐080São Paulo / SP –BrasilT: +55 11 3028-0001F: +55 11 3383 1813leonardo.capriglione@cotecna.com.br | Leonardo CAPRIGLIONE |
| Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile | Cotecna Inspección Argentina S.A.Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo170 –2nd. Floor(C1107AAD) –Buenos AiresArgentina, T: +54 11 5252 6133F: +54 11 5258 2846natalia.carabelli@cotecna.com.ar | Natalia CARABELLI |
| China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong | COTECNA S.A.(Sinoswiss Inspection Co., Ltd,Guangzhou Branch)Room F-H, 26th floor, Sanxin mansion, No.33 West Huangpu road, Tianhe district, Guangzhou city, ChinaT: +86 20 8552 0570F: +86 20 8552 0682voc@cotecna.com.cn | Allan CHEN, Carey CHEN, Cathleen CHEN, Geller XU |
| India | Cotecna Inspection IndiaThe Summit –Business Bay, Office No. 213, 214 & 215, Behind Guru Nanak Petrol Pump, Opposite Cinemax, Off Andheri –Kurla Road, Prakashwadi, Andheri (East), Mumbai –400069T: +9122 42188028F: +91 22 42188001/2madhura.dalvi@cotecna.co.in | Madhura DALVI |
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore | Cotecna Singapore Pte Ltd9 Penang Road, #12‐08, Park MallSingapore 238459T: +65 6278 6231 (Ext 135)M: +65 87221807F: +65 6278 1093romy.frago@cotecna.com.sg | Romy FRAGO |
| Canada, United States of America, Mexico | Cotecna Inspection, Inc.40 Veterans Memorial Boulevard,Kenner, LA 70062United States of AmericaT +1 504 229 3334M +1 978 457 1471O +1 504 464 6000marketing@cotecnausa.com | Ahmed ISMAIL |
| South Korea | Cotecna Inspection KoreaInc., 2ndfloor, Media TowerBldg., Sungsan1-Dong Mapo-Gu, 121-844, Seoul, South Korea, T: +82 2 714 1637lewis.kim@cotecna.co.kr | Lewis KIM |
| Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Republic of Moldova, Russia | Cotecna Moscow 2, Ugreshskaya str., bld81, of. 35 115088 Moscow, RussiaT: +7 495 258 22 17 F: +7 495 258 22 20, yanina.leschinskaya@cotecna.ru | Yanina LESCHINSKAYA |
| Japan | Cotecna Inspection Japan Ltd., 4F KY Building, 3-16-14 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 JapanT: +81 3 5572 6960, F: +81 3 5572 6961, miho.akimoto@cotecna.jp | Akimoto MIHO |
| Iran | Cotecna Inspection Iran BranchUnit1, No.166, FarmaniyehStreet, Tehran, Iran, T: +98 21 2269 1400kamran.mokri@cotecna.com | Kamran MOKRI |
| Kenya | Cotecna Kenya Limited PILI Trade Centre, Mombasa Road(Opposite Hilton Garden INN)P.O BOX 49864-00100 Nairobi, KenyaT: +254 207 863 103, T: +254 702863103, T: +254 782863103info@cotecnakenya.com | Godfrey NYAMBU |
| Vietnam | Cotecna Vietnam Co. Ltd4thfloor, DinhLe Building,N°1 DinhLe Street, Ward 12,District 4, Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam, T: +84 8 394 33299F: +84 8 394 34773ha.pham@cotecna.com.vn | Hoang Ha PHAM |
South Africa | CoalLab, 6 Saffron Avenue, Durban North, South Africa, T: +27 83 628 1750, nita.pieterse@cotecna.co.za | Nita PIETERSE |
| Bahrain, Ethiopia, Kuwait, OmanPakistan, Qatar, Saudi ArabiaSudan, United Arab EmiratesYemen | Cotecna Inspection S.A.308, Dubai Real Estate Centre Bldg.,Al Mina Road, P.O. Box 73243, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesT: +971 4 3455 002 Ext. 32F: +971 4 3455 091 voc.dubai@cotecna.ae | Richard PINTO |
| Sri Lanka | Cotecna Lanka Pvt Ltd.140/8, Grandpass Road,Colombo 14, Sri LankaT: +94 11 2338194rohan.jeewantha@cotecna.com | Jeewantha ROHAN |
| Ukraine | COTECNA Ukraine Limited Lustdorfskaya doroga, 140-ABusiness center “Vuzovskiy”65114 Odessa, UkraineT: +38 482 33 53 62F: +38 48 729 81 94 olga.tovkun@cotecna.com | Olga TOVKUN |
| Philippines | Cotecna Inspection Philippines, Inc.Unit 704,7/F Asian Star Bldg., Asean Drive, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, 1781 Metro Manila, Philippines, T: +63 02 893 1173, F: +63 02 830 0060amethyst.wytiu@cotecna.com.ph | Amethyst WYTIU |
| Thailand | Cotecna Inspection Thailand Co Ltd23/101 Sorachai Building,Sukhumvit63, Norht Klongton, Wattana, 10110 BangkokThailand, T: +662 714 3310-6F: +662 714 3031thitirat.yeedaung@cotecna.co.th | Thitirat YEEDAUNG |
| Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic | Cotecna Inspection Egypt40 El FardousStreet, Smouha10th Floor, App#102, AlexandriaEgyptT: +203 4273 633F: +203 4273634heba.zamzam@cotecna.com | Heba ZAMZAM |
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CONCLUSION:
Is there a country or region not covered on the above table? Well, in my next article, I shall give all contacts of the remaining accredited products inspection Standards Organization of Nigeria agents. Vagmon is a Documentation specialist company that helps process SONCAP and all other import/Export documents, to enable you focus on issues that are more important.
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