**Summary:**
This Public Notice, No. 39/2015-2020, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, extends the validity of recognition for Pre-Shipment Inspection Agencies (PSIAs) listed in Appendix 2G of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20. Specifically, the validity of PSIAs completing their original three-year tenure on December 3, 2022, is extended until December 31, 2022. This extension is granted in exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 read with paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, and in relaxation of Para 2.55(d) of the Handbook of Procedures, 2015-20. The Director General of Foreign Trade, Santosh Kumar Sarangi (dgft@nic.in), issued the notice from File No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-2/IC.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the Public Notice, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20: The policy under which the powers are exercised to issue the notice.
PreShipment Inspection Agency (PSIAs): Agencies whose recognition validity is being extended.
Handbook of Procedures, 2015-20: A document related to the Foreign Trade Policy, specifically paragraph 2.55(d) is mentioned.
Appendix 2G: Appendix of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms (AANF) of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, which lists the PSIAs.
Aayat Niryat Forms (AANF): A form related to Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20, which lists the PSIAs in Appendix 2G.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
New Delhi, Delhi: Location of Vanijya Bhawan, where Directorate General of Foreign Trade is located.
[To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I, Section -I]
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Public Notice No. 39 /2015-2020
Dated the 30 November, 2022
Subject: Extension of validity of Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency (PSIAs) - reg.
In exercise of powers conferred under the paragraph 1.03 read with paragraph 2.04
of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade in
relaxation of the provision as in Para 2.55 (d) of Handbook of Procedures, 2015-20
notifies as under :-
The validity of recognition of the Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency (PSIAs)
included in Appendix 2G of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms (A & ANF) of
Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 which are completing their original tenure of three
years as on 03.12.2022 is extended upto 31.12.2022.
es Effects of this public notice: Validity of Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency
(PSIAs) as listed in the Appendix 2G of A&ANF, has been extended from 03.12.2022 to
Re as 3 es
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary to Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/53/8/AM20/PSIA-2/IC)