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Understanding Export Requirement

Exporting your firm's products or services can provide you a valuable opportunity for growth.

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Certification For Exporters

Adopting international standards will bring at least three major benefits such as:

  • Increase competitiveness in the global marketplace, which translates into faster, easier access to foreign markets;
  • Compliance with standards will make it simpler to exchange technical information with experts in other countries;
  • Help to avoid the cost and the need for testing and recertification when moving into a new market since standards are constantly changing and exporters need to be updated on these changes.

Product Certification Requirement

SECTOR STANDARD / CERTIFICATION
Food & Beverage (F&B)

• ISO 9000

• Codex Alimentarius

• Quality Assurance Programme

• Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP)

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

• Health Certificate

• Halal Certificate

• Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

• Good Hygiene Practice (GHP)

• Codex Standard
Electrical & Electronics (E&E)

• SIRIM

• European Conformity (CE) Marking

• Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment(WEEE)

• Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

• Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction on Chemical Substances (REACH)
Fish & Fish Products

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

• EU Registration Number (EU No.)

Country Specific Requirement

International Standards

Australia

  • Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services (AQIS) for evaluating animals, plants and agro based products.
  • HACCP for meat and meat product. 
  • Health Certificate for frozen cooked prawns.

Brunei

  • Free Sales Certificate for food product.
  • Health Certificate for general food product.

Canada

  • HACCP for meat and poultry establishment and storage facilities.

China

  • Health Certificate for edible palm oil, palm olein and for general food.
  • Free Sales Certificate for food products.

England

  • HACCP for meat and meat product.European Union (EU)
  • CE Marking for machines, medical equipment, construction materials, toys, and telecommunication devices.
  • HACCP for fish and fish products and meat and meat product.
  • EUREPGA for fruits and vegetables

Germany

  • International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM#15) for wood packaging products.

Indonesia

  • Health Certificate for food 
  • Free Sales Certificate for food products

India

  • Health Certificate for edible palm oil, palm olein and food
  • Free Sales Certificate for food products

Japan

  • Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) and Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS)
  • J-Moss for E&E products 
  • HACCP for all food products 
  • Heat Process Meat Certificate for food products

New Zealand

  • HACCP for animal product processing business

Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation (SASO)for food and non-food products.

South Korea (ROK)

  • Korea Products Safety (KPS) for chemical products, textiles, steel, household products and construction materials.

Thailand

  • Non-Genetically Modified Food (GMO) (Non Starlink Corn) for declaration on the non-use of GMO in raw material.

United States of America

  • US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for fruits and vegetables.
  • The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for plants, meat, and animal products. 
  • HACCP for fish and fish products and meat andmeat product.

Vietnam

  • Health Certificate for edible palm oil, palm olein and food.
  • Free Sales Certificate for food products.

Finding the Right Partner

  • Reducing / sharing of financial risk 
  • Gain knowledge of local customs and regulations 
  • Facilitate specialised knowledge which may not be availablein-house 
  • Facilitate availability of resources / skills 
  • Legal / political requirement of the target countries 
  • Reduces competition.