Biscuit Import Customs Clearance Cases (into China)

1. Grain and its products: Various grain processed products, such as instant noodles, etc.;

2. Edible oils: Vegetable and animal edible oils and fats, such as peanut oil, soybean oil, animal oil, etc.;

3. Dairy products: Milk powder, yogurt, and other food products belonging to the dairy category;

4. General consumer food: Canned foods, candied fruits, biscuits, chocolate, etc.;

5. Frozen food: Solid frozen ready-to-eat food, such as ice cream, butter, etc.;

6. Beverages: Liquid and solid beverages, such as carbonated drinks, soda water, fruit-flavored water, mineral water beverages, malted milk extract, etc.;

7. Distilled spirits, compound wines, fermented wines: Such as brandy, fruit wine, wine, beer;

8. Condiments: Soy sauce, paste, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, table salt, and other compound condiments, etc.;

9. New resource food: Product categories referred to as new resource food in accordance with the "Measures for the Hygiene Administration of New Resource Food";

Featured Services: Customs declaration for imported wine, dairy products, small-packaged food, beverages, food raw materials, food additives, and Georgian biscuits.

• Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Tariff Rate: 15%

• Value-Added Tax (VAT) Rate: 17%

1. Import and export rights for food business;

2. Food circulation license.

1. Packing list;

2. Trade contract;

3. Invoice;

4. Certificate of Origin;

5. Official Sanitary Certificate;

6. Ingredient Analysis Report issued by a third-party inspection institution (Supplement Facts);

7. Front label, back label, and their Chinese translations (Label sample for both original language and Chinese).

1. Prepare the goods abroad and get the necessary documents ready;

2. Send the documents to our company to handle the "Consignee Enterprise Recordal" and "Label Recordal";

3. Arrange for the goods to be shipped from abroad to the designated domestic port, and provide original documents such as packing list, invoice, and contract;

4. Once the goods arrive at the port, our company arranges for cargo pickup, applies for commodity inspection, and declares to the customs;

5. The customs reviews the declaration documents, issues the tax bill, collects taxes, and arranges for inspection; the commodity inspection bureau also arranges for inspection;

6. Arrange for the goods to be transported to the designated warehouse, affix the Chinese labels, and make an appointment with the commodity inspector for sampling and testing;

7. Issue a hygiene report upon passing the test;

8. Release the goods and arrange for pickup.

Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, Italy, Chile, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, Greece, Bulgaria, Norway, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Taiwan (China), Denmark.

• Q: Why is a hygiene certificate required?
  A: Relevant laws and regulations stipulate that only with a hygiene certificate can the products be sold on the market.

• Q: What is the clearance process for imported food? What documents need to be provided?
  A: The simplified process is: Consignor and Consignee Recordal → Pre-review of Commodity Inspection Labels → Inspection Declaration → Customs Clearance → Inspection → Release → Issuance of Hygiene Certificate. In addition to routine documents, the following are required: Certificate of Origin, Foreign Official Sanitary Certificate, Import Food Consignor/Consignee Recordal, Copy of Business License, Label Samples and Translations, Nutritional Composition Analysis Certificate and Translations, and 6 other supporting statements.

• Q: What conditions are needed to import food?
  A: The business entity must have food business scope in its company business license; if a permit is required, the business must be conducted with the permit. The consignor and consignee of imported food must have completed recordal. Frozen animal food must be stored in warehouses registered with the inspection and quarantine institution.

• Inbound Clearance: 1.5 working days

• Inbound Transportation: 2 working days

• Import Customs Declaration: 5 working days (with complete documents, excluding the period waiting for the client to pay taxes)

• Commodity Inspection and Inspection: 1 working day

• Commodity Inspection Sampling: 2 working days

• Label Recordal: 2 working days

• Hygiene Certificate: 30 working days (after label recordal is completed and the results of commodity inspection sampling and testing are available)