Congo requires that Pre-Shipment Inspection [PSI] - Déclaration d’Importation
[DI] - is carried out for all imports into the country. PSI is mandated by
the Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et du Budget Decree
No. 008/19/AO/PR-DCMCE dated 12/04/99.
PSI is managed by COTECNA Inspection
S.A. [Decree No. 99-167 of 23 August 1999].
275 bis, avenue Général de Gaulle
PO Box 226
Brazzaville
Tel: +242 5500010 / 6548787
Minimum Value for PSI
CFA 3,000,000 FOB
Part Shipments
Subject to PSI if total order exceeds CFA 3,000,000 FOB. However, these partial
shipments will be subject only to Price Analysis* and documentary verification
(no Physical Inspection)
* This instruction does not apply for the following
goods for which the physical inspection is still mandatory irrespective
of the value of the partial shipment:
salt, rice, electrical batteries, cigarettes, match boxes, hydrocarbon products,
second hand goods, all products having shelf life (particularly foodstuff).
Datasheet Click
here to view Cotecna’s datasheet for importers.
Documents Required
Final invoice [showing FOB, freight, insurance and total value] & transport
document
Type of Report Issued To seller:
Security label on copy of the final document in case of satisfactory results
Non Negotiable Report of Finding (NNRF) or Discrepancy report or “Avis
de Refus d’Attestation” in case of discrepancy results To importer:
Clean Report of Findings - ADV (Attestation de Vérification) in case
of satisfactory results
Non Negotiable Report of Finding (NNRF) / Discrepancy report - Avis de Refus
d’Attestation - in case of discrepancy results
Inspection Fees
Are paid by the Importer to the COTECNA office in Pointe-Noire. Nevertheless,
Cotecna may invoice the seller in the event of supplementary inspection
visits (in vain or unsatisfactory results). The costs incurred by the seller
for
presenting the goods for inspection, such as unpacking, handling, repackaging
are for the account of the seller.
Goods Exempted from PSI:
a) Imports with a FOB value below 3,000,000 XAF
b) Objects of art, precious stones, gold and other precious metals.
c) Used personal and household effects, including one used car.
d) Personal gifts.
e) Weapons and related ammunition other than for hunting and sport purposes.
f) Current newspapers and periodicals, postal or fiscal stamps, stamped papers,
banknotes, and chequebooks.
g) Non-commercial parcel post and commercial samples.
h) Bona fide gifts to the Government and imports for diplomatic entities
and for United
Nations organizations for their own use in Congo.
i) Cinematographic film exposed and developed.
j) Crude oil and refined product.
k) Perishable goods for human consumption neither frozen nor deep-frozen
(e.g. meat, fish, fruit and vegetables).
l) Live animals.
m) Plants and flowers.
n) Explosives and pyrotechnic products.
o) Scrap metal.
p) Goods imported by Free-shops and intended for export-sales.
r) Medicinal products
Please note this list may be amended by the Government,
at any time.
The information given in this document has been
given in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of writing. Please
verify these facts with other relevant sources before using this as the basis
of any action taken as we regret we cannot accept liability for an consequences
due to inaccuracies in this information.
