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ORGANIZATION  G/VAL/W/63/Rev.6 
13 February 2006 
 (06-0610) 
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 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 seventh of this serie s.  It presents the information that is compiled 
exceptionally for the WTO by the Internati onal 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 26 January 2006. 
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COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED MEMBERS OF  IFIA 
PSI  COMMITTEE IFIA MEMBER 
CHOICE 
Angola Customs BIVAC - 
Bangladesh Customs BIVAC,  Cotecn a, Intertek , SGS Geographical 
Benin  Customs BIVAC - 
Burkina Faso Customs Cotecna - 
Burundi Forex / Customs 
(Selective)1 SGS - 
Cambodia Customs SGS - 
Cameroon Customs SGS - 
Central African Rep. Customs BIVAC - 
Chad Customs BIVAC - 
Comoros   Customs Cotecna - 
Congo Customs BIVAC - 
Cote d’Ivoire Customs BIVAC -  
Dem. Rep. of congo Forex / Customs BIVAC - 
Ecuador Customs Baltic Control, BIVAC,  Cotecna,  
Intertek,  SGS Importer 
                                                      
1 "Selective": only certain sh ipments subject to physical PSI based on risk assessment 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.6 
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  COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED MEMBERS OF  IFIA 
PSI  COMMITTEE IFIA MEMBER 
CHOICE 
Ghana  Customs (Destination 
Inspection) 2 BIVAC, Cotecna  Air & land / sea-freight 
Haiti Customs (Selective)1 SGS - 
Iran Customs  
(Importer's discretion) BIVAC, Inspectorate, Intertek, OMIC, 
SGS  Importer 
Iran Forex BIVAC, Cotecna,  Inspectorate, Intertek, 
OMIC, SGS Importer 
Liberia Customs BIVAC - 
Madagascar Customs (Selective)1 SGS - 
Malawi Forex / Customs 
(Selective)1 Intertek - 
Mali   Forex / Customs Cotecna - 
Mauritania Customs SGS - 
Mexico Customs3 BIVAC, Intertek, SGS Importer 
Mozambique Customs Intertek - 
Niger  Customs Cotecna - 
Nigeria Forex / Customs4  Cotecna, Intertek, SGS Geographical 
Nigeria Customs (Destination 
Inspection)2 Cotecna, SGS Port of Arrival 
Senegal Customs Cotecna - 
Sierra Leone  Customs Intertek - 
Tanzania Customs (Destination 
Inspection)2 Cotecna - 
Togo  Customs Cotecna - 
Uzbekistan Forex / Customs Control Union International, Intertek, 
OMIC,  SGS Importer / exporter  
Zanzibar Forex (Govt. 
discretion) SGS - 
 
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2 Destination Inspection may include price verification and classification on a pre-shipment or 
post-shipment basis. 
3 Only certain categories & origins of goods if their unit value is inferior to estimated prices published 
by Government. 
4 Forms M (Inspection Orders) appr oved by 31 December 2005 subject to PSI, where applicable, until 
31 March 2006. (All other imports no longer subject to PSI but subject to Destination Inspection upon arrival in 
Nigeria).