Guidelines for prospective exporters of regulated products

The purpose of BMPCA's control on export of regulated products is to ensure that products exported from Benin Republic 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 Benin Republic. 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 (BMPCA) an application accompanied with the stipulated fees per consignment of intended export attaching the following documents:

Evidence of registration of the regulated product with BMPCA. In the case of fish, fishery products, the evidence required is registration as an exporter of Seafood.

Registration Certificate granted by Benin Republic 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 BMPCA 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 BMPCA laboratory tests on the products, are forwarded to the Department of Fisheries, 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 BMPCA.