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 agencies are notified:
 

3. The following 03 existing Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies have been allowed to add additional instruments to their existing instruments as per the Annexure of this Public Notice:
 

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

5. The notified PSIA must ensure to update their membership certificate of MRAI/ISRI/IFIA and their office address and contact details within 30 days.

6. As per para 2.55 (f) of HBP 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: 03 Agencies are notified as PSIA, additional areas of operation for 05 existing PSIAs and additional instruments in respect of 03 existing PSIAs have also been notified.
 

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary to Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-2/IC)