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Guidelines for prospective exporters
of regulated products
The purpose of NAFDAC's control on export of regulated products is to ensure that products exported from Nigeria are whsnal trade arena. It is in this way that the country's foreign exchange earnings can be enhanced. It is again important to stress that only registered regulated products can be lawfully exported from Nigeria. Therefore, whether the product is locally manufactured or imported, it is expected to have satisfactorily undergone the registration processes. In order to export a regulated product, a prospective exporter writes to the Director-General (NAFDAC) an application accompanied with the stipulated fees per consignment of intended export attaching the following documents:
Evidence of registration of the regulated product with NAFDAC. In the case of fish, fishery products, the evidence required is registration as an exporter of Seafood.
Registration Certificate granted by Nigerian Export Promotion Council; The following details of the product shall be provided, namely:
- Batch Numbers.
- Date of Manufacture
- Expiry date or best before date
- Destination of intended export
- Certificate of analysis of the product batch by batch
- Name and Full Address of the Manufacturer.
The Agency issues an export certificate with the full details of the product(s) batch by batch to be exported if:
- Establishment maintains the standard requirements of Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
- The regulated product passes NAFDAC laboratory tests.
* It is important to note that for fish
and fishery products, the report on the status of Good
Manufacturing Practice in the establishment and the
results of NAFDAC laboratory tests on the products,
are forwarded to the Federal Department of Fisheries,
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
for their further action and issuance of export certificate.
Evidence of payment of a prescribed fees in bank draft
made payable to NAFDAC.
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