RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/63/Rev.1
30 March 2001
(01-1628)
Committee on Customs Valuation
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Note from the Secretariat
Revision
At its meeting of 12 and 25 November and 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 second presenting this information which is compiled exceptionally for
the WTO by the International Federation of Inspection Agencies (IFIA) Pre-Shipment InspectionCommittee in response to a request by the WTO.   The table below presents this information as at
14 February 2001.
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COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED IFIA
PSI MEMBERS1SPLIT
Angola FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Argentina CUSTOMS BIVAC, CONTROL
UNION, ITS, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Bangladesh CUSTOMS BIVAC, ITS,
INSPECTORATEGEOGRAPHICAL
Benin FOREX/CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Bolivia CUSTOMS INSPECTORATE, SGS IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Burkina Faso CUSTOMS SGS -
Burundi FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Cambodia CUSTOMS SGS -
Cameroon CUSTOMS SGS -
Central African Rep. CUSTOMS SGS -
Comoros CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Congo CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Côte d'Ivoire CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA CUSTOMS
REGIME2
Dem. Rep. of Congo CUSTOMS SGS -
Ecuador CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA,
ITS, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Ethiopia FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS -
Gambia CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Georgia CUSTOMS ITS -
Ghana3CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA AIRFREIGHT/
SEAFREIGHT
Guinea CUSTOMS SGS -
Iran4QUALITY/QUANTITY BIVAC, COTECNA,
INSPECTORATE, ITS,
OMIC, SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Iran5CUSTOMS BIVAC, SGS -
Kenya CUSTOMS COTECNA, SGS GEOGRAPHICAL
Laos CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Liberia CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Madagascar FOREX/CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Malawi CUSTOMS SGS -
Mauritania CUSTOMS SGS -
Mali FOREX/CUSTOMS SGS
Mexico6CUSTOMS BIVAC, ITS, SGS IMPORTERS
CHOICE
                                                     
1 Non Members of the IFIA PSI Committee are additionally operating in Iran.
2 BIVAC for goods entered into direct consumption;  Cotecna for goods entered for Customs suspense
regimes.
 3 PSI consists of valuation and classification by BIVAC and Cotecna.  Physical inspection is carried
out on arrival in Ghana by GSBV and GSL which are local joint ventures with BIVAC and COTECNArespectively.
4 Only covers quality and quantity of importer's contractual specifications.
5Voluntary programme at importers' discretion (for trade facilitation): may be undertaken
simultaneously with the quality/quantity programme.G/VAL/W/63/Rev.1
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COUNTRY TYPE MANDATED IFIA
PSI MEMBERS1SPLIT
Mozambique FOREX/CUSTOMS ITS -
Niger CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Nigeria FOREX/CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA,
ITS, SGSGEOGRAPHICAL
Peru CUSTOMS BIVAC, COTECNA,
SGSIMPORTERS
CHOICE
Rwanda CUSTOMS SGS -
Senegal CUSTOMS BIVAC, SGS IMPORTERS
CHOICE
Sierra Leone CUSTOMS BIVAC -
Tanzania CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Togo CUSTOMS COTECNA -
Uganda CUSTOMS ITS -
Uzbekistan FOREX ITS -
Zanzibar FOREX SGS -
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6 Only goods of certain categories and origins published in Article 10 of the "Agreement on Automatic
Imported Advice" are subject to PSI if their unit value is inferior to estimated prices published by the
Government.