Tanzania requires all regulated products imported into the country to be assessed and compliant with the TBS PVoC scheme. Under the PVoC scheme, a Certificate of Conformity (CoC) is mandatory for customs clearance. The CoC should certify that your product complies with all applicable national standards or approved equivalent standards and technical regulations and must be issued by an authorized inspection and certification body prior to shipment.
To assure Tanzanian consumers of the safety and quality of the imported goods they buy, and to protect Tanzanian manufacturers from unfair competition, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), a statutory body of the Tanzanian government, has implemented a guideline called pre-shipment verification of compliance with standards (PVoC) program.
