It was founded in 1887, is currently the world's largest and most qualified civil third party engaged in product quality control and technical identification of multinational companies. Headquartered in Geneva, it has 251 branches, 256 specialized laboratories and 27,000 professional and technical staff in 142 countries to carry out product quality control, monitoring and assurance activities.
According to the company claimed that there are 23 countries in the world (mainly developing countries) governments to implement SGS inspection include: Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central Africa, the Congo **** and the country, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo*** and State, Zambia. Based on their full confidence in SGS's impartiality, science, authority and technical capability, these companies have entrusted SGS with the implementation of the Comprehensive Import Super-vision Scheme (CISS) for imported cargoes, namely The program is designed to develop trade and discourage illegal import and export activities.
SGS customs operations refers to the goods importing country government or government-authorized customs authorities and SGS signed an agreement by SGS in the goods exporting country to handle pre-shipment inspection of goods, approval of duty-paid price (or settlement price), tax classification (in the importing country to implement the HS system under the premise), the implementation of the import control provisions (such as whether the import license has been applied for in advance), etc. Originally from the importing country, the customs authorities in the country of importation. Customs in the goods arrived in the importing country after the implementation of import inspection operations by the SGS to confirm the real, reasonable, issued a notarized report, that is, "Clean Report of Finding" (Clean Report of Finding, referred to as CRF), as goods imported to the Customs declaration of the documents must be submitted to the Customs, the customs of the importing country to simplify or exempt from multiple channels of customs clearance, with this Simplify or exempt a number of customs clearance procedures, direct taxation and release, not only to speed up the inspection and release (generally not re-inspection), but also tight supervision. On the contrary, the issuance of "non-cashable report" (Non-Ne-gotiable Report of Findings), so that even if the goods arrive at the port of destination, the customs of the importing country is not clearance, the exporter can not be cleared. SGS customs operations generally include the following:
1, check (inspection) cargo specifications, number (weight) and packaging. Including physical testing of goods, chemical analysis and appearance check, the number (weight) in accordance with international trade in accordance with the usual methods of identification; packaging is required to arrive at the destination port of goods intact in the hands of the consignee. Drugs and chemicals to check the expiration date and so on.
2, the bulk of the goods required to monitor the loading. First, to ensure that the goods contained in the SGS check (inspection), and secondly, to ensure that the goods under the contract completely and firmly loaded on the designated transport ship. Containerized goods require monitoring of loading operations and sealing.
3, the approved price. That is, the transaction price audit, which is the implementation of the most important elements of CISS, but also one of the reasons for the attraction of many countries, the purpose is to prevent importers from underpricing and overstatement to avoid capital outflow, or to prevent understatement of the high price and evasion of tariffs. SGS uses a computer network to collect and store various channels of business, and requires exporters to provide a breakdown of the price components, such as factory price, finished product packaging costs, storage costs, freight charges to the terminal, loading costs, ocean freight. Freight, loading charges, sea or air freight, commissions and commercially acceptable surcharges, etc., in order to compare the price of the goods with the export price or local consumer prices, to check whether the total price of the seller's final commercial invoice and the price elements are in line with the normal export price of the goods in the country of origin of the supplier to ensure that the duty-paid price and the reasonableness of the foreign exchange expenditures of the importing country.
4, customs tariff classification. Audit the importer in the import license to fill in the tax code and the country's current customs tariff regulations are consistent, or based on the physical inspection of goods seen in the proposed reasonable tax code and tax rate, to ensure that the full collection of tariffs and the accuracy of customs statistics.
5, the audit of imported goods in line with the importing country's foreign trade, customs laws and regulations, the import of the necessary licensing procedures are complete and legal, in order to effectively prevent the arrival of unlicensed goods and prohibited goods, the illegal import of controlled goods. SGS customs operation process is as follows:
1. Export transaction. Exporters and importers in accordance with normal trade procedures to reach an export transaction, the importer and then notify the situation of this transaction to the country's SGS Liaison Office, while notifying the exporter need to apply for SGS-CSTC inspection of goods.SGS-CSTC received the importing country's SGS Liaison Office of the notification (Inspection No.), fax ( Mail) to the exporter a note "SGS inspection number" (I. O. NO.) and SGS-CSTC "ICN" number of the blank inspection application form (RFI), notify the exporter to submit documents, arrange for inspection.
2. Application for inspection. In order to arrange for inspection, exporters or customs brokers must be in the export of goods ready 7 days before the need to fill in the inspection with SGS inspection number of the application form (RFI), together with the following documents together with the fax (mail) to the nearest branch of SGS-CSTC inspection location.
These documents include pro forma invoice, pro forma packing list and spare parts list, product specifications, samples, letter of credit, manufacturer's test report (for machinery/equipment), manufacturer's analysis report (for chemical/pharmaceutical/petroleum/dye products), sanitary certificates (for foodstuffs), phytosanitary certificates (for all agricultural products), and factory inspection and analysis sheets (for all iron and steel materials and their primary products). All documents submitted to SGS-CSTC should indicate the SGS inspection number (this number is shown in the inspection application form).
In the inspection application form should be listed on the supplier's details, such as contact person and contact phone number, inspection time, inspection location, etc., so that SGS-CSTC to contact them to arrange for inspection.
3. Acceptance of goods inspection. Pre-shipment inspection required by CISS national regulations, SGS-CSTC does not charge the exporter any fees. Exporters are obliged to prepare the goods and provide the necessary (handling) labor and equipment for the successful completion of the inspection. If the exporter entrusts the supplier or agent to arrange for inspection of goods, the exporter is obliged to make the supplier or agent clear inspection requirements. If the goods are not ready or do not have the inspection conditions, SGS-CSTC reserves the right to suspend the inspection. Each shipment under the Comprehensive Import Surveillance Scheme (CISS) is subject to physical inspection by SGS-CSTC, whose inspectors will check the specification, name, quantity, appearance and quality of the goods against the exporter's pro forma documents and take samples where necessary.
4. Application for the issuance of notarized reports. After the export of goods to the Customs and Excise Department after loading, the exporter must prepare the original bill of lading, invoice packing list, etc., to the SGS application for the issuance of notarized reports.SGS-CSTC completed the inspection, the exporter must be country-specific final documents were faxed (mailed) to the SGS-CSTC Shanghai Department of Economic Affairs (EAD). All documents submitted to the SGS-CSTC should indicate the SGS inspection number (this number see the application form for goods inspection). If there is a discrepancy between the SGS-CSTC inspection results and the exporter's final documentation or if the documentation is incomplete, SGS will contact the exporter to request a revision of the documentation, to supplement the documentation, or to notify the SGS Liaison Office in the importing country in order to obtain confirmation from the importer.
5. Get the notarized report from SGS. If the exporter receives a letter of credit to ?quot;affix an SGS security label on the exporter's invoice" (Security lable), the exporter may submit a copy of the final export invoice to the nearest SGS-CSTC branch office and go to pick up the security label, or request SGS-CSTC to send the security label by mail to the exporter. Please note that SGS-CSTC will only issue the security label after completing procedures 1-4 above.
In addition, SGS also requires the manufacturer to notify by phone the name of the ship, the terminal, and the S/D number of the shipment prior to the date of customs clearance in order for SGS to deem it necessary to send another officer to re-inspect the shipment. SGS has now cooperated with the State Commodity Inspection Bureau (SCIQ), an official government agency in China, which has appointed China Commodity Inspection Corporation (CCLS) to act on their behalf to handle the pre-shipment inspection of commodities exported from China to countries implementing CISS, to approve the price and tariff list, and to act on the behalf of SGS in the issuance of the cleanliness report. Currently authorized to issue Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Shanghai, Guangdong and other 10 import and export commodity inspection company.