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COMPANY HISTORY


COTECNA INSPECTION S.A. was incorporated in 1974 in Fribourg and 1975 in Geneva, Switzerland. Initially, COTECNA specialised in the inspection of a variety of goods on behalf of private traders and governmental entities involved in international trade. In 1984, COTECNA INSPECTION S.A. was appointed by the Nigerian government for the Preshipment Inspection of the country’s imports, in order to curb the foreign exchange evasion that was draining the country’s resources. Since then, COTECNA has specialised in government mandated services which have evolved towards reducing the appeal for importers of evading foreign exchange and increasing Customs revenue.

Currently, the COTECNA Group has a combined workforce of about 4,000 personnel in over 100 offices and holds 13 government inspection scheme contracts.

The COTECNA Group is a pioneer in areas such as Risk Management, Destination Inspection and
X-Ray Scanners
, Customs modernisation programmes, Training and creation of referential Price Databases. For a full description of our services, please click here.

Over the last 5 years, the COTECNA Group has been the fastest growing company in its field. This is mainly due our professionalism, our commitment to achieving the most cost effective results for our clients, our readiness to support modernisation efforts in the Customs area through state-of-the-art technology and knowledge transfer, as well as our personalised approach consisting in offering tailor made services to meet the specific requirements of an ever increasing customer base.