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ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/63/Rev.2
21 October 2002
(02-5753)
Committee on Customs Valuation
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Note from the Secretariat
Revision
At its meeting of 12 and 25 November and 17 December 1999, the Committee on Customs
Valuation agreed that the Secretariat would prepare,  in advance of regular meetings of the Committee,
a document indicating the situation with regard to countries using preshipment inspection (PSI)
regimes.  This document is the third of this seri es.  It presents the information that is compiled
exceptionally for the WTO by the International Federation of Inspection Agencies (IFIA) Pre-Shipment Inspection Committee in response to a request by the WTO.   The table below presents the
information as at 1 July 2002.
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COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED IFIA
PSI MEMBERS
1SPLIT
Angola CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Bangladesh CUSTOMS BIVAC, ITS,
INSPECTORATEGEOGRAPHICAL
Benin CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Bolivia2CUSTOMS INSPECTORATE, SGS IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Burkina Faso CUSTOMS SGS -
Burundi FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS, Baltic Control IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Cambodia CUSTOMS SGS -
Cameroon CUSTOMS SGS -
Central African Rep. CUSTOMS SGS -
Comoros CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Congo CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Côte d'Ivoire CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA CUSTOMS
REGIME3
Dem. Rep. of Congo FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Ecuador CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA,
ITS, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Ethiopia FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Ghana4CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA AIR & LAND
FREIGHT/
                                                     
1 Non Members of the IFIA PSI Committee are additionally operating in Iran.
2 Only certain products subject to PSI as per listing published by the Government.
3 BIVAC for goods entered into direct consumption;  Cotecna for goods entered for Customs suspense
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COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED IFIA
PSI MEMBERS1SPLIT
SEAFREIGHT
Guinea CUSTOMS SGS -
India5QUALITY/QUANTITY BIVAC,
INSPECTORATE, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Iran6QUALITY/QUANTITY BIVAC, COTECNA,
INSPECTORATE, ITS,
OMIC, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Iran7CUSTOMS BIVAC,
INSPECTORATE,
OMIC, SGS-
Kenya CUSTOMS COTECNA, ITS GEOGRAPHICAL
Liberia CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Madagascar FOREX/CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Malawi FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Mauritania CUSTOMS SGS -
Mali FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS
Mexico8CUSTOMS BIVAC, ITS, SGS IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Moldova FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS
Mozambique FOREX/CUSTOMS ITS -
Niger CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Nigeria FOREX/CUSTOMS COTECNA, ITS, SGS GEOGRAPHICAL
Peru CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA,
SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Rwanda CUSTOMS ITS -
Senegal CUSTOMS COTECNA IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Sierra Leone CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Tanzania CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Togo CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Uzbekistan FOREX/CUSTOMS Control Union Intl, ITS,
OMIC, SGSIMPORTERS/
EXPORTERS
CHOICE
Zanzibar9FOREX SGS -
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 4 PSI consists of valuation and classification by BIVAC and Cotecna.  Physical inspection is carried
out on arrival in Ghana by GSBV (for air and landfreight) or GSL (for seafreight) which are local joint ventureswith BIVAC and COTECNA respectively.
5 Only covers quality/quantity of secondary steel.
6 Only covers quality and quantity of importer's contractual specifications.
7Voluntary programme at importers' discretion (for trade facilitation): may be undertaken
simultaneously with the quality/quantity programme.
8 Only goods of certain categories and origins published in Article 10 of the "Agreement on Automatic
Imported Advice" are subject to PSI if their unit value is inferior to estimated prices published by theGovernment.
9 Only applies to certain imports at the discretion of the Government.