Inspection and Clearance of Imports Regulations
Why Imports Inspection?
Imports Inspection Department inspects products to ensure compliance with standards and regulations so that only quality products are sold to consumers. Products falling under compulsory standards are deemed to have a bearing on the health and safety of the consumer as well as the environment and as such, they shouldn’t fall short of what is stipulated in the standard.
How inspection is done
In line with the SQCC core values of professionalism, customer focus, integrity, teamwork & innovation, consignments for importation to Somaliland are inspected for quality upon arrival at the entry points and this entails both document checks and physical inspection of goods.
Market Surveillance is implemented by the SQCC inspectors to factories and importers’ premises to ensure compliance with Somaliland Standards.
Substandard Imports
If the product does not meet the critical minimum requirements for health, safety, and performance as set out in the relevant Somaliland Standards, such product is prohibited entry on those grounds and seized for destruction or re-exportation at the importer’s expense.