subject: Pre-shipment Inspection, Ce Mark, Psi Certification [print this page] If goods or products are covered by several commercial invoices, all issued by the same exporter, arriving by the same means of transportation, consigned to the same importer and having a combined value above the established minimum, they will be subject to Pre- Shipment Inspection.
This service carried out for governments combines confirmation of the buyer's specifications, and quantity and value controls of imports/exports.Many countries require goods procured by government departments to be inspected and certified for quality and quantity by independent and competent inspection companies.
Pre-Shipment Inspections, which are conducted in most cases prior to shipment and in the country of exportation, assure the importer that the goods conform to the technical specifications and the quality standards laid down in the contract and that the quantities exported are accurate. The services of such inspection companies are utilized not only by private business firms, but also by State-owned enterprises and government departments.
The physical inspection of goods is an integral part of the procedures adopted by PSI companies to ensure that the prices indicated by the exporter in the invoice reflect the true value of the goods and that there is no under- or over-invoicing.
Such inspections assure importers that the goods they have ordered meet contractual specifications and quality standards, thereby reducing possibilities for dispute after the goods arrive at destination.
These inspections also prevent the import of products that are considered harmful to health and therefore cannot be sold (e.g. banned chemicals and pharmaceutical products, substandard food products) in the exporting countries.
Pre-Shipment Inspection shows responsibility by making sure that its facilities, equipment, products and services comply with quality, health & safety, environmental and social responsibility imperatives able to carry out inspections of your facilities, equipment and products, and audits of your systems and processes against practically any referential, on a local or worldwide basis.
A complete Pre-Shipment Inspection include a physical inspection of the quality and quantity of the goods, such tests as may be necessary to determine compliance with specified standards, physical presence at the stuffing of containers and applying seals to full container loads and labels to all loose cargo, clearly indicating the PSI company that has inspected them, detailed verification of the price, physical presence at the stuffing of containers, sealing of all container loads with tamper proof numbered seals with the seal number recorded on the CCRF, all other information (such as FOB value) shall be determined from the invoice and other information supplied by the exporter or importer, as the case may be for the appropriate primary source of information, an estimation of the duties and taxes payable as per the currency specified in the invoice and last on the CCRF shall be noted that a Full Detailed Pre-Shipment Inspection has been conducted.
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