1. Driver of an inland haulage transfer an empty container to exporter‟s premise. 2. Exporter prepares jasmine rice to be stuffed according to the Packing List. 3. Officer from Office of Commodity Standards randomly selects the case to go monitor the inspection. 4. Authorized private inspector collects sample of jasmine rice from the consignment specified in registered MS. 13/1. When collect jasmine rice sample, authorized private inspector also keeps the sample for further inspection in a laboratory. The sample is divided into three portions. The first portion is for the authorized private inspector. The other two is for an exporter and Office of Commodity Standards to keep as a reference. The sample has to be delivered to Office of Commodity Standards in 7 days after the collection. 5. Authorized private inspector then inspects the physical condition of jasmine rice. 6. Authorized private inspector determines the quality of sampled jasmine rice based on the result of physical inspection. If the actual quality does not meet the condition specified in registered MS. 13/1, exporter has to bring in a new lot of jasmine rice. The new lot of jasmine rice is also subject to a similar inspection process. 7. In a selected case, officer from Office of Commodity Standards also monitors the inspection of jasmine rice‟s physical condition. 8. If the actual quality of sampled jasmine rice meet the condition specified in registered MS. 13/1, exporter can then stuff the jasmine rice into a container. 9. Officer from Department of Agriculture randomly selects the case to go monitor the fumigation. 10. When container stuffing is completed, authorized private inspector fumigates the cargo. The fumigation of jasmine rice in 20-foot container using Aluminium Phosphide costs 1,100 THB for the first container and 650 THB for the second container onward. The fumigation of jasmine rice in 20-foot container using Methyl Bromide costs 2,000 THB per container. Transportation fee is included. If the fumigation is not conducted during the working hours (8.00-17.00), overtime fee will be charged. The rate varies from 500-1,000 THB per shipment per day. 11. In a selected case, officer from Department of Agriculture also monitors the fumigation. 12. Authorized private inspector records the chemical and the method used in the fumigation in Registered PQ. 9 and issues Certificate of Fumigation. 13. Exporter then closes and seals the container after the fumigation is completed. 14. Authorized private inspector conducts a laboratory examination on sample jasmine rice and records the result of analysis in Registered MS. 13/1 and Certificate of Analysis. 15. Authorized private inspector determines the quality of sampled jasmine rice based on lab results. If the result of analysis informs that the quality of sample jasmine rice is below what has already been agreed upon by an importer, exporter has to bring in a new lot of jasmine rice. The new lot of jasmine rice has to go through activity 2.7.3 – 2.7.15 again until the laboratory examination yields desirable results. If the result of analysis is satisfactory, authorized private inspector completes MS. 13/1 and issues 2 copies of Certificate of Analysis. One copy of Certificate of Analysis is to be given to Office of Commodity Standards in 5 days after its issuance. Completed MS. 13/1 and original copy of Certificate of Analysis are to be given to exporter. According to Rice Export Manual prepared by Department of Foreign Trade, the inspection of jasmine rice from the first container costs 1,500 THB. From the second container onward, the service charge is calculated per ton. The costs inspection per ton is 18 THB. 16. Office of Commodity Standards acknowledges a receipt of Certificate of Analysis. 17. Exporter or representative then submits completed MS. 13/1 and Certificate of Analysis to officer from Board of Trade of Thailand to request the issuance of Certificate of Product Standards (MS. 24/1). 18. An officer from Board of Trade of Thailand issues three copies of MS. 24/1. The last copy is to be kept by Board of Trade of Thailand. The issuance of MS. 24/1 for exporter costs 100 THB. 19. The first copy is to be collected by exporter. 20. The second copy is to be sent to Office of Commodity Standards.
