If you have a product that you want to export, certification could make it easier to do that by helping to reassure buyers of its quality and value. For many businesses and consumers, energy efficiency and other environmental standards are increasingly part of the buying decision.

For a product to be certified, it must meet standards that focus on one or more of the following:

• product and user safety
• what is or is not present in the product
• environmental attributes of the product
• how the product was produced or manufactured
• its labelling must also must also meet the requirements of the certification body

There are two main product certification areas to consider:

• manufactured products
• food and fibre

What's involved?