Certification to Export Foodstuffs to non-GCC

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 countries).
  • 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.).
  • The test report accreditation fee is 5 OMR and 2 OMR 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.