Apply By Mail

1. Initiate the process by requesting your supplier to send a sample of the product you want to import to the Malawi Bureau of Standard (MBS)
2. You supplier will send the sample to the MBS attaching both his/hers and your contacts
3. Once the MBS receive the sample, they will inspect it to determine the processing fee and will contact you to pay fees for conformity assessment of the sample
4. Pay the prescribe conformity bill of assessment and forward prove of payment to the MBS office. Note: If you are unable to pay the bill, the MBS will hold the Sample for 14 days waiting period and then will dispose them.
5. Upon payment the conformity assessment will be conducted on the sample and the MBS will prepare a report of the results
6. The MBS will send you the conformity assessment result of the sample, and if the commodity passes, you will be authorised to processed with the importation, if not the importation will be rejected.
   

Refer to external links below

• Import inspection request form
• Identification documents
• Payment receipts

Head Office

Malawi Bureau of Standards

Moirs Road

P.O Box 946

Blantyre

Malawi

Tel: +2651 870 488

Fax: +265 1 870 756

E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org

Southern Region

Malawi Bureau of Standards

Metrology Services Department

P.O Box 30004

Chichiri

Blantyre 3

Malawi

Tel: +265 1 870 017

E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org

Central Region

Malawi Bureau of Standards

Regional Office (C)

P O Box 156

Lilongwe

Malawi

Tel: +265 1 758 341

Fax: +265 1 758 418

E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org

Northern Region Malawi Bureau of Standards

Regional Office (N)

P O Box 200419

Mzuzu

Malawi

Tel: +265 1 320 434

Fax: +265 1 320 434

E-mail: mbs@mbsmw.org

Contact Map: Link

Web: Link

• Products that are being imported for the first time or those that failed to meet the MBS entry standards

• As prescribed by the MBS: Pay within 14 days of first notification by the MBS

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• 5 days

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• The commodity you intend to import is assessed on compliance with Malawi standards before the actual importation in order to avoid rejecting the whole consignment upon arrival. This applies where the commodity is being imported for the first time and when the MBS demands for a per-shipment continued or excessive failure of previous consignments of the same commodity to meet the applicable standards

• Importer details
• Supplier Details
• Commodity details
• Dates
• Signature

• This authorization prove that the commodity intended for importation meet the MBS requirements and it is allowed entry into Malawi

Enter other informations which might help.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Malawi Trade Portal: Link

More information which might help people.