G/PSI/Q/IDN/3  
 
20 May 2022  
(22-3896) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Customs Valuation  Original: English  
 
 
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION  
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION  
RESPONSES  FROM INDONESIA TO QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES  
CONTAINED IN DOCUMENT G/VAL/W/3 57 
INDONESIA  
The following communication, dated 17 May 2022, is being circulated at the request of  the delegation 
of Indonesia.  
 
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The United States posed the following questions in document G/VAL/W/357:  
 
Question 1 : 
 
1. The United States does not understand the basis for Indonesia's assertion that the procedures 
at issue do not constitute a preshipment inspection requirement given the definition of preshipment 
inspection in the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI).  
 
2. Article 1.3 of the Agreement provides that "Preshipment inspection activities are all activities 
relating to the verification of the quality, the quantity, the price, including currency exchange rate 
and financial terms, and/or the customs classificatio n of goods to be exported to the territory of the 
user Member" . 
 
3. We note that Indonesia's Single Window website includes a link to a page entitled "Regulations 
related to pre -shipment inspections" . 
 
4. The link provides the text of "Trade Minister Regul ation No. 46/M -DAG/PER/8/2014 on the 
General Provisions on Verification of Technical Examination for Trade". We understand this measure 
was amended by "Trade Minister Regulation No. 116/2018".  
 
5. The United States is not aware of these measures having bee n notified to any WTO Committee.  
 
Question 2 : 
 
1. Additionally, Indonesia stated in G/VAL/W/309 that, "the aim of this procedure is only to 
conduct verification for import documents and technical documents" . However, Trade Minister 
Regulation No. 46/2014, as amended by No. 116/2018, requires the surveyors to be accredited by 
Indonesia's National Accreditation Committee (KAN) and have at least one testing laboratory 
(Article  3). A laboratory requirement would appear to imply inspection of goods is involved i n the 
procedure.  
 
2. Furthermore, the measure refers to situations where the verification of the surveyor takes 
place abroad (Article 9), i.e., in the country of export. This measure appears to fall within the 
definition of Preshipment Inspection provided in Article 1.3 of the Agreement.  
 
3. Therefore, the United States looks forward to Indonesia's notification of these measures to 
this Committee.  G/PSI/Q/IDN/3  
 
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  Response : 
 
Indonesia is fully aware on the importance of notification considering that the transparency is one 
of the WTO main principles. Indonesia would like to clarify that the Import Verification (VPTI) is not 
PSI activity because the said measure only involves document check activity to verify the conformity 
of imported goods with the import documents from the  origin countries to Indonesia.  
 
Indonesia would like to emphasize that Import Verification is intended to ensure Health and Safety 
as well as to preserve Environment. Therefore, Indonesia views that it is irrelevant to notify the 
Regulation concerning the  Import Verification to the Committee on Customs Valuation.  
 
Indonesia would also like to inform that Trade Minister Regulation No. 46/2014 and No. 116/2018 
are revoked.  
 
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