MEDIA RELEASE PR35152
Cotecna Appointed by KSO SCISI for Indonesia Iron or Steel Inspections
GENEVA, June 22 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Cotecna, one of the world's leading international trade
inspection, security and certification companies, has been officially
appointed by Indonesia's KSO SCISI, to handle the inspection of iron or steel
shipments from Korea and Japan to Indonesia.
As a subcontractor of KSO SCISI, Cotecna will carry out
verification and surveys of all iron or steel of Japanese and Korean origin
arriving in Indonesia and covered under the below mentioned Decree. This will
include administration and field verification to provide information such as
country of origin data and the description of the goods, the quality and
type, the date of shipment and port of destination.
As part of the country's import verification program, KSO
Sucofindo-Surveyor Indonesia (KSO SCISI), based in Jakarta, Indonesia, was
appointed by the Directorate General of International Trade of the Ministry
of Trade of The Republic of Indonesia to manage the verification of the
country's iron or steel imports. KSO SCISI is a Joint Operation between two
State owned companies, PT.Sucofindo and PT.Surveyor Indonesia, and acts as an
independent surveyor for the verification of many other commodities within
the country's import verification program.
Effective 26 July 2009, the Trade Minister's Decree
21/M-DAG/PER/6/2009 of 11 June 2009, requires that the importation of all
iron or steel to Indonesia covered by this Decree must carry a Survey Report.
Robert Massey, CEO Cotecna said, "I am pleased by the confidence that KSO
SCISI has shown in Cotecna. This contract further emphasizes Cotecna's
competence in the area of import verification services and is proof of
Cotecna's commitment to participating in the economic growth of Indonesia and
the rest of Asia."
All Indonesian iron or steel importers should contact KSO in
Jakarta.
KSO Sucofindo - Surveyor Indonesia
Gedung Menara Bidakara 2nd Floor
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 71 - 73
Jakarta 12950
Tel : +62(0)21-8379-3222
Fax : +62(0)21-8370-0445
Founded in Switzerland in 1974, the COTECNA Group offers a wide range of
trade facilitation services, trade security services and quality
certification standards. Cotecna is a pioneer in areas such as risk
management, destination inspection and scanner integration projects and
also offers Customs modernization programmes, Customs valuation
assistance, trade security solutions and commercial inspections. For a
combined workforce of about 4,000 employees and
agents in close to 100 offices and holds 16 government inspection
contracts.
Contact: Cotecna Press, Alison Bourgeois, Vice President Corporate
Communications, Geneva, Switzerland, +41-22-849-78-23, press@cotecna.ch
SOURCE: COTECNA INSPECTION SA
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