03 Agencies are notified as PSIA, additional areas of operation for 04 existing PSIAs and additional instruments in respect of 07 existing PSIAs have also been notified. (Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Additional Secretary to Government of India Email: dgft@nic.in
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Public Notice No. 56/2015-2020-DGFT | Dated the 14th February, 2023
Subject: Enlistment of PSIA under Para 2.55 of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020 -reg
F. No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-2/IC.—In exercise of powers conferred under the paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby includes the following agencies in Appendix 2G of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 in terms of Para 2.55 (d) of HBP 2015-20 with immediate effect :-
2. Further, additional areas of operation in case of the following agencies are notified:
|
S. No. |
Name of Agency | Additional Areas of Operation | Validity of PSIA |
| 4 | M/S VALMARK INTERNATIONAL | ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TURKMENISTAN, YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO), SOUTH SUDAN | 03.11.2025 |
| 5 | M/s CHECKPOINT INSPECTION COMPANY |
BARBADOS, LEBANON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GHANA, GUINEA, PUERTO RICO, MAURITIUS, | 04.01.2026 |
| 6 | M/s NI-MET METALS INC. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA OMAN, VIET NAM, ARGENTINA ,AUSTRIA ,BELGIUM BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska),GUYANA, HUNGARY, IRELAND, ISRAEL, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, FINLAND, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic), SLOVENIA, SURINAME, SWEDEN, MALTA, NETHERLANDS, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA |
27.12.2023 |
| 7 | M/s MELT ENTERPRISE LTD | THAILAND | 27.12.2023 |
3. The following 07 existing Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies have been allowed to add additional instruments to their existing instruments as per the Annexure of this Public Notice:
| S. No. | Name of Agency | Validity of PSIA |
| 8 | M/s OLIVINE COMMERCIAL PTE LTD, SINGAPORE | 04.01.2026 |
| 9 | M/s VALMARK INTERNATIONAL | 03.11.2025 |
| 10 | M/s GLOBAL MARINE INSPECTION | 27.12.2023 |
| 11 | M/s CHECKPOINT INSPECTION COMPANY | 04.01.2026 |
| 12 | M/s MELT ENTERPRISE LTD | 27.12.2023 |
| 13 | M/s SGNCO GREEN RESOURCES LIMITED | 04.01.2026 |
| 14 | M/s MARINE INSPECTION AND LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL ROTTERDAM | 27.12.2023 |
4. The above agencies at S. No. 1 to 3 above are recognized for Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificates as per provisions of Para 2.55(e) of HBP, 2015-20 from the date of issue of this Public Notice. Hence the PSIAs approved shall have validity period of 03 years or till such time to be notified by DGFT, whichever is earlier. Details of approved spectrometers and survey meters for issuance of PSIC by these agencies are annexed.
5. The notified PSIA must ensure to update their membership certificate of MRAI/ISRI/IFIA and their office address and contact details within 30 days.
6. As per para 2.55 (1) of HBP 2015-20, ” a PSIA can also carry out inspections in countries, where it does not have a full time equipped branch office but which falls within its area of operation, by deputing its Inspectors. However, for such inspections in other countries, the PSIA will be required to give prior intimation to DGFT by sending an email (at psia-travel-dgft@gov.in) and furnishing details of visit / inspection done by the Inspector in PSIC”.
Effects of this public notice: 03 Agencies are notified as PSIA, additional areas of operation for 04 existing PSIAs and additional instruments in respect of 07 existing PSIAs have also been notified.
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary to Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-211C)
