What Product Need Ghana COC Certificate

What is Ghana COC Certificate?

Under the EasyPASS Programme, shipments to Ghana will require testing and inspection to the Ghanaian standards or applicable equivalent International standards in order to obtain a CoC from an Approved Body. The CoC is a compulsory requirement to obtain Customs clearance of goods into Ghana. The EasyPASS Programme verifies the conformity of Products in addition to any existing import processes.

Exporters shipping to Ghana any products within the categories listed below, from any Country of Origin, will require a Certificate of Conformity for Customs clearance, those consignments arriving without the CoC will result in severe delays in goods clearance, penalties, or even shipments being returned.

What product need Ghana COC Certificate?

Products covered under the EasyPASS Programme includes the following:

Toys, Games and Sports Equipment
Electrical and Electronic Products
Chemical Products (except household Chemical substance)
Mechanical and Gas Appliance
Pulp of Wood, Paper and Paperboard
Furniture (Wood and Metal base articles)

Construction Materials
Fuel and Petroleum Products
Textile, Textile Articles and Leatherware including African prints
Glass and Glassware Products
Second hand or Used Products

Exporters who are shipping products which are outside these categories are allowed to apply for a CoC on Voluntary basis.

What's Ghana COC process?

Provide test report(if applicated),IDF,applicate form,Invoice,Packing list to processed application
Under review all documents.
Processed arrange inspection.
Issued COC Certifiate after passed inspection.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Labelling

All labels of packaging of goods shall be in English language or at least include English. Packaged goods shall indicate the batch numbers, date of manufacture and expiry date or best before date or useby-date in respect of food. For goods other than food date of manufacture and expiry or best before date;where applicable. Where goods consist of small
packages which cannot be conveniently marked or labeled in the outer package, enclosing the small packages shall labelled in accordance with the rules.