IMPORT INSPECTION

Having finished the Customs clearance, the importer should contact CIQ for import inspection.

The importer should provide samples for CIQ to check. CIQ officials will also conduct on-spot checking if they think it's necessary or if the importer asks them to do so.

To withdraw his application for inspection, the importer must state the reasons clearly in written form and apply for the approval by CIQ.

If the importer fails to contact CIQ for inspection within 30 days after the application, CIQ officials will automatically consider the application cancelled.

To have the issued certificate revised, the importer must fill in the "Application for Modification to the Certificate", and submit it together with the original certificate. Though most items can be amended, no alterations are allowed as to the terms and conditions of the contract and L/C, nor to the stipulations of related laws and regulations.