Pre-shipment inspection is offered to exporters and importers and comprises a detailed inspection of equipment or materials after manufacture, but prior to shipment.

These can be customer’s own requirements or legal demands. With Alltrade Post Ltd’s unique global network, we are able to be the independent inspection agency that’s just around the corner, and do so in virtually every harbor and airport around the world.

How it works

•     A physical inspection of goods before they are shipped, in the country of export, establishes the exact nature of the goods.
•     The invoice and other documents are then scrutinized, and an accurate valuation, and Customs tariff code, are assigned.
•     These are used, in conjunction with the client country's published duty rates, to calculate the correct duties and taxes payable.
•     An Alltrade Post Ltd certificate is issued to the importer. This is used to substantiate the payment of full duty, prior to clearing the goods.
•     The actual duty collected is compared with the Alltrade Post Ltd certificates, and any shortages can be investigated and corrected.

Benefits

• Alltrade Post Ltd Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) maximises duty collections. By undertaking duty assessment in the country of export, importers have   no opportunity to pressurize customs to assign lower rates.
• Compliance with the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation is now mandatory for World Trade Organisation members. Without Alltrade Post Ltd PSI, countries introducing the agreement invariably experience a reduction in revenue collections. Alltrade Post Ltd ensures that the agreement is fully implemented as required by the WTO, and in a way that maintains duty revenue collections.
• Trade facilitation: inefficient Customs administrations and the failure of importers to comply with import procedures can both delay trade. An Alltrade Post Ltd certificate ensures rapid Customs clearance, by undertaking the necessary physical and documentary inspections before the consignment is dispatched.
• Alltrade Post Ltd PSI deters capital flight in countries where exchange controls exist by preventing deliberately inflated invoicing. This can deplete foreign exchange reserves, which can also reduce the taxable income declared by multi-national companies.
• Alltrade Post Ltd PSI significantly reduces the incidence of illegal imports, such as radioactive waste, by inspecting shipments in the country of export before dispatch.
• As a PSI programme takes effect, so a vast database of vital trade information is created, which can be supplied to the Client Government in a variety of formats, as an aid to economic decision making and to induce confidence in donors.