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Agreement on Preshipment Inspection WTO



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Analysis of WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (Foreign Trade)

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)
Foreign Trade

In Foreign Trade, Preshipment Inspection consists of external enterprises or bodies verifying exports of a company. This information can be based on the Export price (to avoid over billing), quality or quantity of the Products to be exported.

 custom classification of the goods to be exported may also be included in this agreement.

All these practices (Non-tariff Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade), common in Foreign Trade, are recognized in the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

  1. Preshipment Inspection (PSI) in Foreign Trade
  2. Introduction to WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection

Sample - Agreement on Preshipment Inspection:
Agreement on Preshipment Inspection of WTO

The educational aims of the Subject “Agreement on Preshipment Inspection” are:

  1. Understand the pillars of WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
  2. Know the importance of Preshipment Inspection in export & import operations
  3. An in-depth analysis of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection to evaluate the implications for an exporting company

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This type of pre-shipment inspections are implemented by Governments as a Safeguard measure seeking to protect the general interest of the country. These measures also help to prevent tax and Customs fraud.

The Agreement on Preshipment Inspection of WTO forces to the governments to act in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, in addition to not impeding Foreign Trade Facilitation.

The Agreement on Preshipment Inspection requires that the inspection be carried out in the custom territory from which the goods are exported.

Non-tariff Measures:

  1. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  2. Anti-dumping Measures and Safeguards (WTO Agreement on Safeguards)
  3. Import Licenses, Tariff-rate Quotas and Prohibitions
  4. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

Customs and World Trade Organization (WTO).


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