Global Trade Alert

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards is to begin pre-export verification of all imports into the country. This is to limit the amount of sub-standard goods imported into the country. Three foreign companies have been contracted to help verify the imports. They are: Bureau Veritas of France; Intertek (based in Dubai) and Societe Generale de Survaillance of Switzerland. Imports without certificates and registration will have to pay 0.523% of their value while those registered but with no certificates will pay 0.45% of their value. Goods with registration and certificates will pay 0.25% of their value.