The monitoring of products in any country is essential towards ensuring that all consumers get the quality and satisfaction which they deserve and expect. This can only be achieved if there are established national monitoring mechanisms and systems in place to ensure that products offered to consumers are of quality.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards National Standards Act of 1984 and its amendment of 1997 ensures that products offered for sale conform to the requirements of Compulsory National Standards.
National Standards are available for a wide cross section of commodities imported into Guyana or manufactured locally. Upon importation, products monitored by the GNBS are automatically flagged by the ASYCUDA World System based on their HS Codes. Inspections are conducted at the ports of entry, points of sale, or at importer’s warehouses and bonds.
Products manufactured locally or imported that are found to be in compliance with their relevant national standards are released to suppliers. However, in instances where products fail to conform to the requirements, the appropriate enforcement actions are taken by the GNBS. These include seizure, request for relabelling submission of the requisite Test Certificates. In some cases, non-conforming products are destroyed, or importers are asked to reship to their country of origin.
All importers and local manufacturers of the products listed below are reminded to register with the GNBS annually. Dealers of tyres, cellular phones, gold articles, furniture and electrical fittings and equipment are also require to obtain permit from the GNBS to sell these products.
Application forms are available on the forms tab on our website, Head Office and Sub-Offices.
The GNBS currently monitors seventeen categories of products:
- Electrical and Electronic Appliances
- Weighing and Measuring Devices
- Textiles
- Garments
- Footwear
- Safety Helmets
- Safety Matches
- Tyres
- Gas Stoves
- Cigarettes
- PVC Pipes
- Furniture
- Toys and Playthings
- Christmas Trees and Decorative Lighting
- Cellular Phones
- Gold Articles
- Electrical Equipment and Fittings
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The GNBS does not monitor products such as food, medical drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, plants, animal parts, meats, seafood. These products are all monitored by other regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Analyst Department and Ministry of Agriculture.
