In exercise of powers conferred under the paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby includes the following agencies in Appendix 2G of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 in terms of Para 2.55 (d) of HBP 2015-20 with immediate effect :-
 

2. Further, additional areas of operation in case of the following agency is notified. PSIA is valid upto 27.12.2023.
 

3. The above agencies at Sl. No. 1 to Sl. No 2 are recognized for Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificates as per provisions of Para 2.55(e) of III3P, 2015-20 from the date of issue of this Public Notice. I fence the PSIAs approved shall have validity period of 03 years or till such time to be notified by Mg’, whichever is earlier. Details of approved spectrometers and survey meters for issuance of PSIC by these agencies are annexed.

4. The notified PSIA must ensure to update their membership certificate of MRAI/ISRI/IFIA and their office address and contact details from time to time as required.

5. As per para 2.55 (0 of 1113P 2015-20, ” a PSIA can also carry out inspections in countries, where it does not have a full time equipped branch office but which falls within its area of operation, by deputing its Inspectors. However, for such inspections in other countries, the PSIA will be required to give prior intimation to DGFT by sending an email (at psia-travel-dgft@gov.in) and furnishing details of visit / inspection done by the Inspector in PSIC”.

Effects of this public notice: 2 Agencies are notified as PSIAs alongwith their approved equipments. Additional areas of operation in respect of Agency at Sl.No. 3 is notified for a period upto 27.12.2023 only.
 

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/53/8/AM22/PSIA-1/ImporCell)