G/PSI/Q/CHN/4  
 
11 November 2022  
(22-8445) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Customs Valuation  Original: English  
 
 
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION  
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION  
REPLIES FROM CHINA TO QUESTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES  
REGARDING DOCUMENT G/PSI/Q/CHN/3  
CHINA 
The following communication, dated 3 November  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of China , and responds to questions raised by the United States in document 
G/PSI/Q/CHN/3  in relation to China's notification contained in document G/PSI/N/1/Rev.4/Add.1 . 
 
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Question 1  
 
Please provide any measures that implement the application, registration, supervision, management 
or audit systems referenced in China's response in G/PSI/Q/CHN/3 to Question1 in G/PSI/Q/CHN/2 . 
 
Reply  
 
According to the provisions of The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of 
China (GACC) Announcement No. 127 of 2020, GACC implements registration management on the 
third-party inspection  institutions engaged in pre -shipment inspectio n (PSI) of imported used 
mechanical and electrical products. The PSI institution shall submit the qualification certificate of the 
third-party inspection institution legally registered in the country/region where it is located, the 
certification materials of ISO/IEC 17020 system and other documents, etc. If the submitted 
documents meet the requirements, GACC shall grant their registration. GACC shall supervise and 
administer the PSI institutions and their pre -shipment inspection activities in the form of su pervision, 
inspection and tracking of the safety of goods. In the inspection of imported used mechanical and 
electrical products, China Customs shall check the consistency between the pre -shipment inspection 
results and the actual goods, and supervise the inspection quality of the PSI institutions. When the 
customs finds that there are major problems in the quality of the pre -shipment inspection or the 
registration information of the PSI institutions has changed, GACC may, depending on the 
circumstances, ca rry out document inspection, on -the-spot inspection, etc. The PSI institutions shall 
submit the annual work report to GACC in each year.  
 
Question 2  
 
Please provide a copy of GACC Announcement No 127 of2020, which is referenced in China's 
response in G/PSI /Q/CHN/3 to Question 2 in G/PSI/Q/CHN/2.  
 
Reply  
 
GACC Announcement No. 127 of 2020 has been published on the website of GACC and can be 
accessed through the website:  
 
http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/302266/302267/3471064/indexhtml  
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  Question 3  
 
Please provide a more specific weblink or the list itself of registered PSI institu tions. What is the 
percentage of registered foreign PSI institutions compared to the total number of PSI institutions?  
 
Reply  
 
A list of registered PSI institutions can be obtained by creating an account at website:  
 
https://swapp.singlewindow.cn/psiiumewebserver/static/home.html  
 
All the applications of foreign PSI institutions which meet the relevant requirements would be 
approved by GACC. Up to now, a total of 21 foreign PSI institutions have been granted the 
registration.  
 
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