Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110011
Policy Circular No. 16 (RE-2010)/2009-2014
Dated, the 4th February, 2011
To,
All Licensing Authorities.
All Custom Authorities.
Subject : Temporary suspension of Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI) Agencies listed under Appendix – 5 of the Handbook of Procedures Vol-I (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) 2009-2014.
It is observed that the following Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) Agencies listed under Appendix – 5 of the Handbook of Procedures had issued wrong Preshipment-Inspection certificates. It has, therefore, been decided not to accept the PSI Certificates issued by these agencies. These agencies are :
Sr. No. | Sr. in Appendix 5 | Name of the agency |
1 | 43 | Intertek International Ltd.
P.O. Box No.802 10 Wallace Johnson Street, 2nd Floor Freetown, Sierra Leone Tel: 232 (0) 22 227198 Fax: 232 (0) 22 228620 |
2 | 95 | Worldwide Logistic, Survey and Inspection(WLSI)
Group and Affiliates, 18 Keyport Crescent, Glendenning, NSW 2761, Sydney ( Australia ), Tel: 61-412262272, 61-412209123, 61-2-97645884, Fax: 61-2-97645885 |
The Trade and Industry is hereby informed that certificates issued by these agencies will not be accepted by Customs till a final decision is taken in the matter. This issues with the approval of DGFT.
Sd/-
(Shubhra)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail : shubhra.ag@nic.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/94/162/1352/AM05/PC- 2(B)pt.)