The goods inspection article provides information about second or third party inspection activities which are done to confirm delivered goods have the same specification stated in the purchase order.


The scope of work for Valves inspection is very similar to the preshipment inspection.

Goods and commodity inspection have the same meaning and same definition and refer to the inspection of specific goods which a buyer purchases from seller.

Buyer might be end-user, engineering company under contract of end-user and seller might be equipment manufacture or his distributer or individual supplier.

Generally the inspection scope is; document review, visual quality and quantity inspection, packing, marking and loading inspection. The scope of inspection has more commercial approach than to technical approach. Sometimes goods inspection is accompanied with shop inspection.