FTP -Pre-shipment Inspection Agency - Para 2.55 and 2.56 of HoP kept in abeyance
IN order to facilitate transitional arrangements, the Director General of Foreign Trade has kept in abeyance the provisions of para 2.55 [Recognition as Pre-shipment Inspection Agency (PSIA) and issuance of Pre- shipment Certificate (PSIC)] and 2.56 [Responsibility and Liability of PSIA and Importer] of Handbook of Procedures, 2015-20 (which came into effect from 1.4.2015) till further orders.
Accordingly, the procedure for issue of Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate (PSIC), as laid down in para2.32.2A and 2.32.2B of Handbook of Procedure Vol. I 2009-14, would remain in effect, till further orders.
DGFT Public Notice No. 05/2015-20, Dated: April 10, 2015