In view of economic reforms initiated by the government of India in early 1990s, the operation of compulsory quality control and inspection for export commodities had been simplified. The following steps initiated at the time continued to be operative during the year 2001-2002
i. Star Trading Houses, Trading Houses, Export Houses as well as Industrial Units in Export Processing Zones and 100% Export Oriented Units have been exempted from the purview of Compulsory Pre-shipment Inspection
ii. Units approved by EIAs under the system of In-process Quality Control (IPQC) have been authorised to issue statutory certificates by themselves
iii. Items which were hitherto subjected to compulsory pre-shipment inspection have been exempted from the same, provided the exporter has a firm letter from the overseas buyer stating that the overseas buyer does not require pre-shipment inspection from any official Indian inspection agencies.
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