How to complete the SADC certificate

How to complete each section of the SADC certificate:

Part 1: The exporter’s name, address and company registration number.

Part 2: Name and address of the buyer or recipient

Sections 3, 5, 12 and 13: For official use (leave blank)

Part 4: Mode of transport (land/sea/air). You can add the departure and destination cities or the shipping vessel number, but it is not required. For example, “Air from Cape Town International Airport to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport” or “Sea, MSC Marina V 123”.

Part 6: A basic description of the goods and how they are packed. Are there any markings on the packaging, or is there a container number? If there are no markings, please write “No marking”. An example of a container shipment would be: “1 x 6m container containing 1000 cartons of dog food – Container number 0000000000”.

Section 7: List all tariff codes for your shipment here. Please note that all tariff codes must be from the same chapter in the tariff manual. That is, they must start with the same 2 digits. If your shipment includes goods from other chapters, you will need to complete multiple SADC certificates.

Section 8: For goods produced entirely in South Africa, fill in “P”, for goods produced with some imported components, fill in “S”.

Section 9: This is the total weight including packaging materials.

Section 10: Please provide the commercial invoice number and date that accompanied your shipment.

Section 11: Indicate country, place, date and mark of origin.

back cover:

Open the SADC certificate and fill in the producer details on the back. If you do not produce or grow the goods, you are the exporter, but no Manufacturer. In this case you will need to complete 2 SADC certificates.

A detailed shipping list is also required on the reverse side, showing the quantity and classification used for each row in Section 8. (“P” stands for goods manufactured wholly in South Africa and “S” stands for goods manufactured using some imported components)

Below is an example of a SADC certificate. Click here for a PDF version.