WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/VAL/W/63/Rev.9 
25 April 2007 
 (07-1712) 
Committee on Customs Valuation  
  
 
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
   
 
  At its meeting of 12 and 25 November a nd 17 December 1999, the Committee on Customs 
Valuation agreed that the Secretariat would prep are, in advance of regular meetings of the 
Committee, a document indicating the situation with regard to countries using preshipment 
inspection (PSI) regimes.  This docum ent is the ninth of this series.  It presents the information that 
is compiled exceptionally for the WTO by the In ternational Federation of Inspection Agencies 
(IFIA) Pre-Shipment Inspection Committee in res ponse to a request by the WTO.  In this 
submission, dated January 2007, IFIA continues to  present the information in a format designed to 
show the recent trends in PSI programmes.  Thes e trends, IFIA notes, show a marked reduction in 
traditional PSI programmes with considerable grow th in more modern programmes that are less 
intrusive for exporters. 
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PSI Programmes for Customs Purposes 
(Revenue Protection) 
 
Country Mandated Member(s) of  IFIA  
PSI  Committee Basis of Member 
Choice 
Angola BIVAC, Cotecna, SGS Importer 
Bangladesh BIVAC,  Cotecna, Intertek , SGS Geographical 
Benin BIVAC - 
Burkina Faso Cotecna - 
Cambodia BIVAC - 
Central African Rep. BIVAC - 
Chad BIVAC - 
Congo Cotecna - 
Dem. Rep. of Congo BIVAC - 
Ecuador Baltic Control, BIVAC,  Cotecna,  
Intertek,  SGS Importer 
Equatorial Guinea BIVAC - 
Iran(1) BIVAC, Cotecna, Inspectorate,  
Intertek, OMIC, SGS  Importer This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO G/VAL/W/63/Rev.9 
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  PSI Programmes for Customs Purposes 
(Revenue Protection) 
 
Country Mandated Member(s) of  IFIA  
PSI  Committee Basis of Member 
Choice 
Liberia BIVAC - 
Malawi(1) Intertek - 
Mali   BIVAC - 
Mauritania SGS - 
Mexico(2) BIVAC, Intertek, SGS Importer 
Niger Cotecna - 
Uzbekistan(1) Control Union International, Intertek, 
OMIC,  SGS Importer / Exporter  
 (1)including reporting for foreign exchange purposes.  No programmes now include 
   intervention on invoiced price.  
 (2)Only certain categories  & origins of goods if their unit value is inferior to estimated prices 
published by Government . 
  
 
  
Customs Support Services 
(including Destination inspection and/or Selective PSI) 
 
Country Mandated Member(s) of  IFIA  
PSI  Committee Basis of Member 
Choice 
Burundi(1) SGS - 
Cameroon(1)(2) SGS - 
Comoros(1) Cotecna - 
Cote d’Ivoire(2) BIVAC -  
Ghana(2) BIVAC, Cotecna  Air & land / sea-
freight 
Haiti(1) SGS - 
Madagascar(1) (2) SGS - 
Mozambique(1) (2) Intertek - 
Nigeria(2) Cotecna, SGS Port of Arrival 
Senegal(2) Cotecna - 
Sierra Leone(1) (2) Intertek - 
Tanzania(2) Cotecna - 
Togo(2) Cotecna - 
 (1)"Selective": only certain shipments subject to  physical PSI based on risk assessment. 
 (2)Cargo destination inspection which may include price verification and classification on a 
preshipment or post-shipment basis. 
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Other Non-PSI Support Service 
 
Country Mandated Member(s) of  IFIA  
PSI  Committee Basis of Member 
Choice 
Guatemala(1) SGS - 
Ghana(2) SGS - 
Guinea(3) Intertek - 
Madagascar(2) SGS - 
Mexico(1) SGS, Cotecna Customs 
Pakistan(1) SGS - 
 (1)Post-entry verification services.  
 (2)Network Community services. 
 (3)Cargo scanning only. 
 
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