Certification to Export Foodstuffs to GCC Countries

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion / Standards and Metrology

  • Importers & Exporters.

  • Test reports for each food product.
  • Sample data card for each product (the data must be in Arabic in case of export to Arab.
  • In the case of any claim regarding the data card, the certificates proving the validity of the claim must be attached (halal, free of genetically modified foods, etc.).
  • Payment of test report accreditation fees ( OMR 5 and OMR 2 for the accreditation of the data) card.

  • Test report from certified laboratories for each product.

  • Approval of the permits shall be within two hours of the application, during the official working hours and for seven days a week (All days).
  • Release of Shipment round the clock, non-stop 24 hours; i.e. the release of the shipment submitted shall be within two hours of submitting the goods for the inspection of the relevant authority.