Temporary suspension of Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI) Agencies listed under Appendix – 5 of the Handbook of Procedures Vol-I (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) 2009-2014.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110011
 
Policy Circular No. 16(RE-2010)/2009-2014, Dated, the 4th February, 2011
To
            All Licensing Authorities.
            All Custom Authorities. 
Subject:  Temporary suspension of Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI) Agencies listed under Appendix – 5 of the Handbook of Procedures Vol-I (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms) 2009-2014. 
            It is observed that the following Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) Agencies listed under Appendix – 5 of the Handbook of Procedures had issued wrong Preshipment-Inspection certificates.  It has, therefore, been decided not to accept the PSI Certificates issued by these agencies.  These agencies are:
 
    
        
            | Sr. No. | 
            Sr. in Appendix 5 | 
            Name of the agency | 
        
        
            | 1 | 
            43 | 
            Intertek International Ltd. 
            P.O. Box No.802 
            10 Wallace Johnson Street, 2nd Floor 
            Freetown, Sierra Leone 
            Tel: 232 (0) 22 227198 
            Fax: 232 (0) 22 228620 | 
        
        
            | 2 | 
            95 | 
            Worldwide Logistic, Survey and Inspection(WLSI) 
            Group and Affiliates, 
            18 Keyport Crescent, 
            Glendenning, NSW 2761, 
            Sydney ( Australia ), 
            Tel: 61-412262272, 61-412209123, 
            61-2-97645884, 
            Fax: 61-2-97645885 
            Email: info@wlsi.us | 
        
    
 
            The Trade and Industry is hereby informed that certificates issued by these agencies will not be accepted by Customs till a final decision is taken in the matter.  This issues with the approval of DGFT. 
Sd/-
(Shubhra)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail : shubhra.ag@nic.in 
(Issued from F.No. 01/94/162/1352/AM05/PC- 2(B)pt.)