Pre-shipment system procedures
Pre-shipment system procedures
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's imports worth more than US$5,000 are
required to be inspected at points of loading by PT Surveyor
Indonesia, a company partly owned by the government.
According to Surveyor Indonesia, the procedures of the pre-
shipment inspection system are as follows.
* An importer in Indonesia opens a letter of credit (L/C) or
submits an application for import--if no L/C is used--to Surveyor
Indonesia's headquarters in Jakarta.
* The headquarters sends an inspection order to the target
branch office through an electronic data transfer.
* Upon receipt of the inspection order from Jakarta, the
branch office contacts the exporter by sending a request-for-
information (RFI) form. In case of an urgent shipment, the
exporter is advised to get such a form directly from the branch
office.
* In filling out the RFI form, the exporter is required to
specify time, date and location of inspection and enclose copies
of detailed packing list and proforma invoice, of detailed
products literature and of L/C.
* The Geneva-based Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A.
(SGS), Surveyor Indonesia's long-serving subcontractor, confirms
the inspection date, time and location and then carries out the
physical field inspection. An SGS inspector verifies the type,
quality and quantity of goods as declared in the invoice and
packing list. The goods, physically examined within each
shipment, are selected on a random basis. The exporter signs and
receives a copy of a provisional inspection report which details
the inspector's findings.
* After the issuance of a satisfactory inspection report,
goods may be shipped. The exporter then sends a copy of the
signed and dated bill of loading and two copies of final invoices
to the branch office of Surveyor Indonesia.
* The branch office issues an inspection report within two
working days after receiving the exporter's final documents.
Details of the inspection report are transmitted electronically
to the headquarters in Jakarta, which will then print the
inspection report and send it to the importer's bank and make a
copy for the importer.
* The importer pays the necessary customs duties and waits for
the shipment's arrival. (rid)