Standards Sales Service

- are presented in paper and / or soft copy formats. They are distributed directly from the standards publishers. In general, you will receive the standards in paper format within two weeks after your confirmation of orders and settling payments with PSIB. Should you opt for the soft copy format, you will receive your named single user licensed copy. The copy will be delivered to your designated email address directly from the publishers. (Note: For original standards in soft copy format, PSIB accepts orders for IEC and ASTM only)

 

- are presented in paper format only. For ISO standards, single user licensed soft copy in Portable Document Format (PDF) is also available). PSIB has agreements with the following standards publishers to reproduce licensed copy of standards:

• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• BSI - British Standards Institution
• DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung

The single user licensed reproduced copy will be ready for collection at our office or delivered to you with additional charge for courier service within two working days (extra time might be required for bulk orders) after your confirmation of orders and settling payments with PSIB.

 

• for original standards,
  Quoted price =
  1. PSIB overhead fee charge per copy of standard +
  2. Publishers' discounted list price of the standards +
  3. Any charges including postage for shipment to Hong Kong; whilst
• for licensed reproduced copies of standards,
  Quoted price =
  1. PSIB overhead fee charge per copy of standard +
  2. Copyright royalty +
  3. Any charges demanded by standards publishers.

With effect from 1 November 2018, PSIB overhead fee charge per copy of standard is HK$515.

 

	Customer	PSIB	Processing Time
Step 1	Request for Quotation (Fill-in form and return us by email)	Issue Preliminary Quotation In foreign currency	One working day
Step 2	Confirm orders (Acceptance of Preliminary Quotation)	Issue Proforma Invoice (Valid for 21 days)	One working day upon obtaining price information from standards publishers
Step 3	Settle payment (Cheque or EPS within validity of Proforma Invoice)	Place order with standards publishers
Step 4	Collect Standards (On premise or from courier)	Notify collection	One working day after standards ready for collection

 

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Copyright of standards is owned by respective standards bodies. Reproduction of standards in any form or means without written permission and consent from their owners is not allowed.