Consult a foreign partner and prepare products for certification: My Export launched two new services

“The single market “Export Professionals” continues to develop. Our goal is to ensure that quality services from proven professionals accompany exporters at every stage of entering foreign markets. Two new services — “Search for a partner. Checking a foreign counterparty” and “Preparing a certification object for conformity assessment/audit” will help you prepare for export and minimize financial risks and temporary losses.

To receive the service, the company selects the best offer from accredited contractors according to one or more criteria: deadlines, cost, contractor qualification, among others.– said Ksenia Tagirova, Senior Managing Director for the Development of Non-Financial Products and the Foreign Network of the Russian Export Center.

For the verification service of a potential partner abroad, it is worth contacting companies that have already found a counterpart on the foreign market and plan to start working with him. This is an important stage of preparation of the transaction, since unfair compliance by the client with its obligations entails serious risks for the exporting company.

When providing a service, a professional contractor verifies the registration and credentials of a potential partner, provides information about the structure of the organization and a description of its activities. Optionally, the specialist can provide information on the financial statements and an expert opinion on the reliability of the company.

The client will receive all the necessary information in a written online report, after which he will be able to decide on cooperation with this partner.

Russian companies that want to export their products and have already decided on a sales market must prepare their products for certification in the importing country. This is a mandatory procedure.

“Each state has its own requirements for the execution of documents for submission to conformity assessment bodies, as well as for the safety and quality characteristics of a particular product. And it is impossible for a non-specialist in this field to know all the nuances. The cost of the certification procedure depends on the number of items in the product and its complexity and reaches up to €20,000.

However, if the application is submitted incorrectly or the product does not meet the standards, then the product simply fails the conformity assessment and the company is forced to pay again for the full scope of the certification work. In this case, it is better to contact a professional who will help prepare the products and quality management system for conformity assessment in accordance with the requirements of a particular country.– explained Ksenia Tagirova.

The “Preparation of the certification object for conformity assessment/audit” service is provided by a group of accredited specialists in the field of certification. The professional contractor chosen by the exporting company:

• analyze the technical documentation even before submitting an application to the certification body, give recommendations on its modification and, if necessary, make its translation into a foreign language;

• carry out preliminary tests in accordance with the certification requirements of the standards and give recommendations on what changes must be made in the composition or design of the product so that it complies with the standards of the importing country;

• analyze the business processes operating in the company and help prepare a quality management system in the company, apply to the certification body of the importing country as an authorized representative of the company;

• will help write the documentation to send product samples to the testing laboratory of the importing country.

Thus, the service includes a set of services that will help the exporter at each stage of product certification. The company can order both the full range of services, as well as one or several, depending on the client’s needs.

Export Professionals is a B2B service marketplace that helps Russian companies find qualified specialists in the field of foreign economic activity. From the personal account on the My Export platform, companies can choose a partner who will provide them with logistics, legal or marketing services, help them enter the international market, as well as find a foreign buyer or supplier and help them with certification. . Now more than 20 services in nine areas are available in the market. Expert services are paid.

The My Export digital platform provides online access to government and commercial services that accompany companies’ exports. The platform’s services provide solutions to the main tasks at each stage of the export cycle.

To use the platform to its full extent, it is necessary to have an ECES (Enhanced Qualified Electronic Signature).