Brief Introduction Of Inspection Institution

The inspection of commodities in international trade is mainly undertaken by non-governmental organizations, and the non-governmental commodity inspection organs have the legal status of notarial institutions.

The more famous ones are: Geneva general identification company (SGS), Japan overseas cargo inspection company (OMIC), American insurer Laboratory (UL), British Lloyd's notarization office (Lloyd 1, s Surveyor), French Classification Society (B.V) and Hongkong Tianxiang notarization inspection.

China's import and export commodity inspection is mainly undertaken by the official "People's Republic of China entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau" and its branches. In addition, there are various official inspection institutions specializing in animals and plants, food, medicine, ships and measuring instruments.

　　1980年成立的中国进出口商品检验总公司（CCIC）及其分公司，是接受国家委托从事进出口商品检验的具有法人资格的公司。我国商检机构和一些国外检验机构建立了委托代理关系（如SGS）或合资检验机构（如OMIC）。外国检验机构经批准也可在我国设立分支机构，在指定范围内接受进出口商品检验和鉴定业务。