On May 1 Zambia will officially implement a Pre Export Verification of Conformity (PVOC) system that will see the majority of imports into the country having to be inspected prior to arriving in the country. According to a spokesman for Bureau Veritas, the inspections company that has been contracted by the Zambian government to do the pre-shipment inspections, a road show is set to take place in April in South Africa to inform exporters to Zambia of the new procedures, processes and rates. Goods ranging from toys and electrical and mining equipment to food will now have to be inspected before being imported to Zambia.