The General Administration of Chinese Customs, overseas official regulatory agencies and production enterprises will jointly promote:

• 1

  Confirm the HS code and the applicable access method.

• 2

  Obtain the account and password officially granted by the supervisor or account re-authentication.

• 3

  Preparing documents in strict accordance with the registration conditions and the key points for overseas production enterprises of imported food and conduct self-assessment, and fill in the registration application form.

• 4

  Submit an electronic application, fill in the enterprise elements and upload relevant materials as required; if necessary, include but not limited to floor plan of factory and workshop, process flow chart, etc.

• 5

  The competent authority reviews the summary and forwards the electronic application with other support materials required by GACC.

• 6

  The GACC office will review whether the materials are complete and in compliance with the legal form, and decide whether to accept it or issue a correction notice to the competent authority.

• 7

  The expert group evaluates and reviews, including a combination of document review and on-site review or other reasonable review methods, and forms a review report.

• 8

  Review by the General Administration of Chinese Customs whether it meets the statutory requirements and standards.

• 9

  GACC approve or disapprove the registration, and feedback the information to the competent authority and Enterprise( enterprise applicants can receive the registration feedback in Cifer system).

• 10

  The enterprises approved for registration, China Customs will publish them online in due course.

Our solution are included but not limited to:

• 01

  Assist in product classification, determine the corresponding registration method and the best implementation plan; confirm the applicable official competent authority approval number, enterprise type, precise customs code and inspection and quarantine code details.

• 02

  Assist enterprises to obtain account numbers and passwords.

• 03

  Assist enterprises to check the registration elements according to the registration conditions of overseas production enterprises of imported food and the inspection points, complete the self-assessment, and provide continuous improvement plans according to the evaluation results, so as to make them meet the registration conditions inspection points and China's national food production and product standards. Assist in sorting, screening, editing, and translating the required materials, so that the application materials meet the integrity, authenticity and validity.

• 04

  Assist in filling out the application form for registration of an overseas official recommended manufacturer of imported plant-derived food, submit an electronic application and upload relevant certification materials.

• 05

  Follow up the application submitted by the competent official, the basic status report on animal and plant epidemics, veterinary hygiene, public health, plant protection, pesticide and veterinary drug residues related to the exporting country (region), the registration management of food production enterprises and the requirements of enterprise hygiene standards, etc. The laws, regulations and standards of the exporting country (region), the organization and personnel of the competent authority of the exporting country (region), the quarantine of the exporting country (region) competent authority of its recommended enterprises, the assessment answer sheet of the actual situation of sanitation control, the exporting country (regional) competent authority's assessment of the actual situation. A statement that the recommended company complies with the requirements of Chinese laws and regulations, etc.

• 06

  Materials correction, when the written materials do not meet the registration requirements, assist the enterprise to complete the interpretation, sorting, screening, editing, translation, calibration and other standards and laws and regulations of the required materials within the specified time.

• 07

  Acceptance by China Customs and follow-up and communication of technical review by expert group, preparation and coordination before on-site review or video review.

• 08

  Assist in successful access and follow up on the usage of registration data for customs clearance, and respond immediately if there are any problems.

• 09

  According to the change of the enterprise, assist in the change application.

• 10

  Other enterprise access and follow-up related support.

FAQs

• Q

  What are the common mistakes in registration?

  A

  (1) The product was classified incorrectly, and the wrong access method and procedure were applied. (2) Failure to strictly follow the registration conditions and key points for overseas producers of imported food and check the factors of the enterprise against the inspection points, and conduct a feasibility assessment. (3) The electronic application has not been submitted. "Application for Registration of Overseas Competent authority Recommendation Manufacturers of Imported Food" (4) Registration application materials or attachments submitted are not in English or Chinese. (5) The file format is incorrect and cannot be opened. (6) There is a vacancy in the application materials where the signature and seal of the competent authority is required. (7) The necessary parts of the application form are incomplete. (8) The attachments of the application form are incomplete or do not correspond to the description of the content of the application form, which cannot prove the validity of the content of the application form. (9) There are descriptions in the application form and attached materials that are obviously inconsistent with Chinese regulations. (10) The information of the exported products cannot be accurately listed in the application, so that the customs clearance failure and needs to be urgently added. (Overseas manufacturers generally register according to the actual product strictly corresponding to the HS CODE, but Chinese brokers or freight agencies generally classify HS CODE according to the most preferential tax rate or the lowest supervision conditions or the simplest operation methods. There are cases that different ports and different freight agencies use different HS CODE for the same foods. There is a possibility of different classification, and our agency have to deal with many emergencies caused by the reasonable but misplaced demands of different market entities.) (11) The application materials provided are contradictory. (12) The country/origin where the overseas producers is located export firstly some foods has not yet conducted conformity equivalent assessment of the GACC official regulatory system.
• Q

  Frozen Fruit is not classified as the 18 categories recommended by competent authorization in Decree 248 Article 7. Is it currently added?

  A

  Yes, imported frozen fruit is newly classified as 18 categories need to recommended by local competent authorization.This is based on the provisions of Article 6 of Decree No. 248: "If the risk of a certain type of food has changed after risk analysis or there is evidence, the GACC may adjust the registration method and application materials of the overseas production enterprise of the corresponding food".
• Q

  Do exporters or shippers need to record?

  A

  Yes, the exporter of the trade contract or shipper of BL has to do ire (Original AQSIQ) record. After recording will get an 11-digit record number, the record does not issue certificate nor validity limit. It should be noted that this record is very easy, we are obliged to help applicant record free of charge. Watch out for fraudulent websites. (In China's administrative reform, AQSIQ no longer exist)