Obtaining the necessary Certification under SONCAP is a two stage process. 

Stage 1  Obtain a Product Certificate The Product Certificate is evidence that the product that you intend to ship complies with the standards recognized under SONCAP.  A Product Certificate can be used repeatedly until the expiry of the products listed in it. 

Stage 2  Obtain a SONCAP Certificate The SONCAP Certificate is the document that will be required to help ensure the release of goods from the destination port in Nigeria. 

The SONCAP Certificate is the evidence that all goods within a given consignment have a valid Product Certificate and where appropriate have been verified, through sampling or otherwise, that they are not sub-standard. 

A SONCAP Certificate can only be used once and is only valid for that particular shipment  All certification activities must be undertaken in the country of export