SGS Foreign Trade Knowledge

SGS is the abbreviation of Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A., and is plated as "universal notarization bank".

Founded in 1887, it is currently the largest and oldest qualified multinational company engaged in product quality control and technical appraisal by third parties in the world.

Headquartered in Geneva, there are no 251 branches in the world, 256 professional laboratories and 27000 professional and technical personnel. In 142 countries, product quality inspection, monitoring and guarantee activities are carried out.

According to the company, 23 governments in the world (mainly developing countries) have implemented SGS tests including: Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Kampuchea, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo Republic, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Kenya, convergence, post, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of China.

Based on the full trust of SGS in its impartiality, scientificity, authority and technical capability, SGS is entrusted with the implementation of the "comprehensive supervision plan before shipment" (Comprehensive is Import Super-vision Scheme, referred to as CISS), namely trade development and suppression of illegal entry activities.

Dutiable price (or settlement price), tax classification (under the importing country's HS system), the entry control regulations (such as whether the import license has been applied in advance), and so on, are imported by the customs of the importing country. After the goods are pported to the importing country, the customs inspection is carried out by the SGS to confirm the truth and rationality. A notarization report is issued, that is, Clean Report of Finding (referred to as CRF), which is a document that must be submitted to the customs when importing the goods to the customs. The customs of the importing country simplifies or relieves the multi-channel customs formalities and releases them after direct taxation, which accelerates the examination and verification (generally not re examination) and strict supervision. SGS customs work refers to the agreement signed by the goods importing country government or the government authorized customs authorities, and the inspection and inspection of goods before shipment by SGS in the country of export of goods by the SGS.

On the contrary, the Non-Ne-gotiable Report of Findings is issued, so that even if the goods arrive at the port of destination, the customs of the importing country will not allow customs clearance, nor can the exporter make foreign exchange settlement.

SGS customs operations generally include the following:

1. Check the specifications, quantity and weight of the goods.

It includes physical testing, chemical analysis and appearance inspection. The logarithm (weight) is identified according to the usual method in international trade. Packaging requires the goods to be delivered to the consignee of the port of destination in good faith.

Check the validity period of drugs and chemicals.

2, the bulk cargo requirements for surveillance loading.

The first is to ensure that the goods carried are checked by SGS inspection. The two is to ensure that the goods under the contract are fully and firmly installed on the designated pport ships.

3, approved price.

That is to say, the examination of paction price is the most important content of implementing CISS, and it is also one of the reasons that attract many countries. The aim is to prevent importers from reporting low prices, avoiding capital outflow, or preventing high prices and low reporting and evading Customs duties.

SGS uses computer networks to collect information on the storage of various channels, and requires exporters to provide price lists, such as factory price, finished product packaging, warehousing charges, pportation to the terminals, shipping charges, shipping or air freight, commission and commercial surcharges, etc., so as to compare the price with the export price or the local consumer price, verify that the seller's final invoice price and price elements are in line with the normal export price of the commodity in the country of origin, and ensure the reasonableness of the duty paid price and the import foreign exchange expenditure.

4, customs tariff classification.

To check whether the tax number specified by the importer in the import license is consistent with the current customs tariff regulations of the country, or to provide reasonable tax numbers and tax rates according to the objects observed during inspection, so as to ensure the full collection of customs duties and the accuracy of customs statistics.

5, check whether the import commodities conform to the import and export regulations of the foreign trade and customs, and whether the licensing procedures necessary for import are complete and lawful, so as to effectively prevent the illegal import of unlicensed goods and contraband goods.

SGS customs operation procedures are as follows:

1, export pactions.

The exporter makes an export paction with the importer in accordance with the normal trade procedure. The importer will inform the SGS Liaison Office of the country on the situation of this paction, and notify the exporter to ask the SGS CSTC to check the goods.

SGS CSTC receives the notification (inspection number) from the SGS Liaison Office of the importing country, and then fax (mail) to the exporter a blank inspection application form (RFI) indicating the serial number of "SGS inspection number" (I.O.NO.) and SGS CSTC "ICN", and notify the exporter to submit the documents and arrange the inspection.

2. apply for inspection.

In order to arrange for inspection, exporters or customs declarations must fill in the inspection application form with SGS inspection number (RFI) 7 days before the export goods are ready, and fax them to the SGS CSTC branch nearest to the inspection place, together with the following documents.

These documents include proforma invoice, form packing list and spare parts list, product specification, sample, letter of credit, manufacturer's test report (machine / equipment), manufacturer's analysis report (chemical / pharmaceutical / oil / dyestuff product), health certificate (food), plant quarantine certificate (all agricultural products), factory inspection analysis sheet (all steel materials and their primary products).

All the documents submitted to the SGS shall be marked with the inspection number (see the application form).

Details of suppliers should be listed on the inspection application form, such as contacts and telephone numbers, inspection time, inspection place, etc., so that SGS CSTC can be contacted and arranged for inspection.

3. accept inspection.

The shipping costs are not charged to exporters by pre shipment inspection required by CISS national regulations.

The exporter has the obligation to prepare the goods and provide the necessary (handling) labor and equipment for inspection to be completed successfully.

If the exporter entrustment the supplier or agent to arrange the inspection, the exporter is obliged to make the supplier or agent clear about the inspection requirements.

If the goods are not prepared according to the requirements or do not have the inspection conditions, the S. S. C. st reserves the right to suspend inspection.

Each batch of goods under the "comprehensive import supervision plan (CISS)" must be inspected in real terms by the S. S. S. C.

The inspectors of the S S - C - ST will check the specifications, names, quantities and appearance quality of the goods with the form documents of the exporters, and sample if necessary.

4. apply for notarization report.

After exporting the goods to customs for shipment, the exporter must prepare the original bill of lading, invoice packing list, etc., and apply to the SGS for the issuance of notarization report.

After SGS CSTC completes the inspection, the exporter shall fax the final documents to the SGS CSTC Shanghai economic affairs department (EAD) separately by country.

All documents submitted to the SGS shall be marked with the inspection number (see the application form).

If the inspection results of the s GST SGS are different from the final documents of the exporter or the documents are incomplete, the SGS will contact the exporter and ask for amendment of the documents, supplementary documents, or notification to the importing country's liaison office in order to obtain the confirmation of the importer.

5. notarization report to SGS.

If the exporter receives a letter of credit requiring "SGS safety label" (Security lable) on the exporter's invoice, the exporter may submit a final export invoice to the nearest SGS CSTC branch and collect the safety label or request SGS CSTC to send the safety label to the exporter.

Please note that after the completion of the above 1-4 procedures, the security labels will be issued on the S S - C.

In addition, SGS also requires manufacturers to telephone the shipping names, docks and S/D numbers before the day of customs clearance so that SGS considers it necessary to reinspect personnel.

SGS is now in cooperation with the official government of China, the State Commodity Inspection Bureau, and the National Commodity Inspection Bureau has designated the China Import and Export Commodity Inspection Corporation (CCLS) to act as a proxy for the pre shipment inspection of the goods exported from China to the CISS national commodity, the approved price and tariff code, and to issue a clean report on behalf of SGS.

At present, there are 10 import and export commodity inspection companies authorized by Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Shanghai and Guangdong.