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WORLD TRADE G/PSI/WP/W/8/Corr.1
10July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2890)
Working Party onPreshipment Inspection
DATA RELATED TOPRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Proposed survey bytheChairman
Corrigendum
Please replace thequestionnaire onpage2ofdocument G/PSI/WP/W/8 withthefollowing
questionnaire, which wastheoneattached totheletter senttodelegations.
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Questionnaire: Preshipment Inspection (PSI) Survey
Please provide briefresponses anddatawhere required tothequestions thatfollow:
1. Identify national Departments/Ministries dealing withpreshipment inspection andPSIentities.
2. Indicate whether there ison-site presence ofPSIentity inexporting and/or importing country
(answer yesornoandindicate whether exporting orimporting country).
3. State totalvalue ofimports perannum (lastfiveyears forwhich dataareavailable):
(a) totalvalue ofpreshipment inspected imports perannum (lastfiveyears forwhich data
areavailable);
(b) percentage ofpreshipment inspected imports usedasabasis ofremuneration ofPSI
entities.
4. Identify customs valuation method used(Brussels Value Definition, WTO Transaction Value,
other).
5. (a) Indicate average customs clearance timepre-PSI.
(b) Indicate average customs clearance timepost-PSI.
6. State totalnumber ofproduct misclassifications thathavebeenreclassified byPSIentity.
7. (a) Statevalue ofcustoms revenue pre-PSI (lastfiveyears forwhich dataareavailable).
(b) Statevalue ofcustoms revenue post-PSI (lastfiveyears forwhich dataareavailable).
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8. (a) Indicate totalnumber ofcomplaints made byimporters/user Members tothePSIentity.
(b) Indicate totalnumber ofcomplaints made byexporters toPSIentity.
9. Have there beenreports ofbreaches ofbusiness confidentiality byPSIentities? (Yesorno)
Ifyes,howmany?
10. Havetherebeenreports ofcasesofdiscrimination byPSIentities intheapplication ofinspection
criteria andprocedures? (Yesorno)Ifyes,howmany?
11. Listspecific technical assistance provided bythePSIentity (such asdevelopment oftrade
databases, training, compliance withtechnical regulations andstandards, etc.)