Enlistment of PSIA under Para 2.55 of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020 - DGFT - 56/2015-2020

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 56 /2015-2020 New Delhi, the 14th February, 2023 Subject: Enlistment of PSIA under Para 2.55 of Handbook of Procedure 2015-2020 -reg F. No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-2/IC. -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 :- S. No. 1 M/s GLOBAL MINES AND MINERALS FZE Areas of Operation Address of Head Office B01-G27, SERVICE BLOCK, AL HULAILA INDUSTRIAL ZONE FZ, RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE AFGHANISTAN,ALGERIA,ANGOLA,ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, ARUBA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM,BELIZE, BENIN, BERMUDA, BHUTAN, BOLIVIA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON,CANADA,CAPE VERDE, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,CHAD,CHILE,CHINA, COLOMBIA, COMOROS, CONGO, COSTA RICA,COTE D`IVOIRE,CROATIA (LOCAL NAME: HRVATSKA), CUBA,GUINEA-BISSAU, GUYANA,HAITI,HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDONESIA, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL,ITALY, JAMAICA,JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA,KOREA, REPUBLIC OF,KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LATVIA, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA,LUXEMBOURG, MACAU, MACEDONIA, MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, CYPRUS ,CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DJIBOUTI, DOMINICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR,EGYPT,EL SALVADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA,ERITREA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, FRANCE, METROPOLITAN,FRENCH GUIANA, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GREENLAND, GRENADA, GUADELOUPE, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO,QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, RWANDA, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS,SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC), SLOVENIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOMALIA,SOUTH AFRICA,SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH S.S.,SPAIN,SRI LANKA, SUDAN,SURINAME, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES ,MALI,MALTA, MARTINIQUE, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF, MONACO, MONGOLIA, MONTSERRAT, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, MYANMAR (BURMA), NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, SWITZERLAND, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA, TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF, THAILAND, TOGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH),VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.),YEMEN, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE, MONTENEGRO, CANARY ISLAND, CONGO P REP,CONGO D REP, SOUTH SUDAN Address of Branch Offices UNITED STATES: Sugar Creek Center Blvd,Suit 410 Sugar Land,TX77478,USA [email protected] Mauritius: 236 Hillcrest Park, Sodnac, Mauritius [email protected] BANGLADESH: 69 , Agrabad,C/A Chittagong-4100 Bangladesh. [email protected] PORTUGAL: TORRE DE MONSANTO RUA AFONSO PRA?A, 30 7TH FLOOR ALG?S LISBON 1495-061 PORTUGAL [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM: 119,Piper s Hill road ,NN15 7NW, Kettering,Northamptonshire,UK [email protected] PHILIPPINES: 12/F., TIMES PLAZA BUILDING UNITED NATIONS AVENUE CORNER TAFT AVENUE, ERMITA,MANILA 1000 PHILIPPINES [email protected] AUSTRALIA: 56 Frances Road Putney NSW 2112, Australia [email protected] INDONESIA: Hartono Mall Yogyakarta,3rd Floor, Kaliwaru, Condongcatur, Kec. Depok, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55281 [email protected] GERMANY: Grabowski Hannelore kiesweg 12, 17449 Bannemin Germany [email protected] MALI: TOROKOROBOUGOU ,RUE 307,PORTE 413 BAMAKO , REPUBLIC OF MALI [email protected] BOTSWANA: P.O BOX 404846, PLOT 211, TSHEKO CLOSE, GABORONE, BOTSWANA [email protected] S. No. 2 M/s BROS ENGINEERING SERVICES Areas of Operation Address of Head Office NO.25, MAHA VISHNU NAGAR, 1 ST STREET CHENNAI-600 110 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BELIZE, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, CAMBODIA, CANADA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CYPRUS, DOMINICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ERITREA, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDONESIA, JAMAICA, JORDAN, KUWAIT, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MALDIVS, MEXICO, MYANMAR (BURMA), NICARAGUA, OMAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, QATAR, SAINTKITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SUDAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, VENEZUELA, VIET NAM, YEMEN Address of Branch Offices UNITED STATES: NO. 4, PLACID ROAD, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MA02459, USA 1062, LORNE AVE, SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, CA94087, USA [email protected] SAUDI ARABIA: 7209-THULAIM DIST., RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA-12645 [email protected] SINGAPORE: BLOCK 666, UNIT 10-307, WOODLANDS RING ROAD, SINGAPORE 730666 [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM: 250, LYTHALLS LANE, COVENTRY, STORE POSTCODE - CV6 6GD [email protected] MALAYSIA: NO.38,JALAN 1/148A,TAMAN SUNGAI BESI INDUSTRIAL PARK,57100,KULALA LUMPUR [email protected] S. No. 3 M/S CERINS CO., LTD. Areas of Operation Address of Head Office B905, Woolim Blue9 Business Center, 583, Yangcheon-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, CHINA, HONG KONG, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR (Burma), NEPAL, TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA, THAILAND, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UZBEKISTAN, VIET NAM Address of Branch Offices RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 43, 44, 44a, 10th Floor, Andropov Avenue 22, Moscow, Russia [email protected] KAZAKHSTAN : 511, 513 Office, Radostovsa 152/6, Bostandik Reg., Almaty City, 050060, Republic of Kazakhstan [email protected] CHINA : Room No. 1015, Building 39, No. 1200, Changqing Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, China [email protected] UZBEKISTAN : 407, Yakkasaray Region, Street Bobur 77, City Tashkent, Uzbekistan [email protected] 2. Further, additional areas of operation in case of the following agencies are notified: S. No. Name of Agency Additional Areas of Operation Validity of PSIA 4 M/s VALMARK INTERNATIONAL ARMENIA, BANGLADESH, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TURKMENISTAN, YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO), SOUTH SUDAN 03.11.2025 5 M/s CHECKPOINT INSPECTION COMPANY BARBADOS, LEBANON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GHANA, GUINEA, PUERTO RICO, MAURITIUS , 04.01.2026 6 M/s NI-MET METALS INC. RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA OMAN, VIET NAM, ARGENTINA , AUSTRIA , BELGIUM BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska) ,GUYANA, HUNGARY, IRELAND, ISRAEL, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG , CYPRUS , CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, FINLAND, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic), SLOVENIA, SURINAME, SWEDEN, MALTA, NETHERLANDS, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA 27.12.2023 7 M/s MELT ENTERPRISE LTD THAILAND 27.12.2023 3. The following 07 existing Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies have been allowed to add additional instruments to their existing instruments as per the Annexure of this Public Notice: S. No. Name of Agency Validity of PSIA 8 M/s OLIVINE COMMERCIAL PTE LTD, SINGAPORE 04.01.2026 9 M/s VALMARK INTERNATIONAL 03.11.2025 10 M/s GLOBAL MARINE INSPECTION 27.12.2023 11 M/s CHECKPOINT INSPECTION COMPANY 04.01.2026 12 M/s MELT ENTERPRISE LTD 27.12.2023 13 M/s SGNCO GREEN RESOURCES LIMITED 04.01.2026 14 M/s MARINE INSPECTION AND LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL ROTTERDAM 27.12.2023 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 [email protected]) 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 04 existing PSIAs and additional instruments in respect of 07 existing PSIAs have also been notified. SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI, Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Addl. Secy.