SGS is extremely proud to be nominated as a preferred service provider of the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) Pre-Shipment Verification of Conformity to Standards program.
In February 2012, the TBS implemented the country’s PVoC for regulated goods, and SGS has provided services within the scope of this program since its introduction and continues to do so.
As a trusted service provider, SGS is mandated to provide PVoC services in the following countries:
No. | Region | Countries in the Region |
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1 | UNITED KINGDOM (ZONE 1) | Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England |
2 | INDIAN SUBCONTINENT (ZONE 2) | India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Myanmar |
3 | FAR EAST (ZONE 3) | Japan, Korea South, North Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia |
4 | AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND POLYNESIA ISLANDS (ZONE 4) | Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Polynesia Islands |
5 | CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN (ZONE 5) | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, Guyana, Dominican Republic |
6 | AMERICAS (ZONE 6) | USA, Canada |
7 | EX SOVIET UNION REPUBLICS (ZONE 7) | Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Turkistan |
8 | EASTERN EUROPE (ZONE 8) | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Poland |
9 | CENTRAL AND MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE (ZONE 9) | Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, Malta |
10 | NORDIC COUNTRIES (ZONE 10) | Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark |
11 | UAE (ZONE 12) | United Arab Emirates |
12 | SOUTHERN (ZONE 14) | Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, Namibia, Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mauritius, Angola |
13 | CENTRAL AFRICA (ZONE 15) | DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Central Africa Republic |
The date of commencement of services was August 1, 2022.
At SGS we remain committed to ensuring our valued customers obtain exceptional service through our unique offerings, such as our exporters portal, accessible on Exporter Portal. In addition, our fully comprehensive PVoC Country Instructions provide definitive guidelines for your export and Import requirements and will be uploaded shortly. Our experts are available 24/7.
Contact us, we look forward to being of assistance:
SGS United Kingdom Limited
Product Conformity Assessment Team – UK and Ireland
t: +44 (0)1749 345007 option 3
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