Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.
Last Published: 10/16/2019

Overview

INNOQ (National Institute for Normalization and Standards), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, is the entity responsible for overall standards issues in the country. 

Standards
Mozambique is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to report to the WTO all proposed technical regulations that could affect trade with other Member countries.

Testing, inspection and certification
INNOQ is a member of the International Standards Organization (ISO) and is able to issue ISO 9001 certificates.  They are the inspection body in charge of ensuring proper conduct by the private sector.  INNOQ will accept foreign laboratory tests as long as they comply with Mozambican standards. 

Contact Information
INNOQ
Bairro Zimpeto
Maputo - Moçambique
Fixed line: +258 21 344 600
Fax: +258 21 344 610
Mobile: +258 82 4756985
Email: info@innoq.gov

Publication of Technical Regulations

Notify U.S. (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based e-mail registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized e-mail alerts when new notifications are added by selected country(ies) and industry sector(s) of interest, and can also request full texts of regulations.  This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

 

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