Guangzhou Suixin Logistics Co., Ltd. is a seasoned food customs clearance specialist. With over a decade focused on food import services, we deliver end-to-end food import clearance and logistics solutions—from customs declaration and inspection to Chinese label registration, enterprise filing, commodity testing, warehousing, labeling, hygiene certificate issuance, and domestic transport and distribution.
Scope of Imported Food Types:
1. Grain and grain products: Processed grain items like instant noodles;
2. Edible oils: Vegetable and animal fats and oils (e.g., peanut oil, soybean oil, animal-derived oils);
3. Dairy products: Milk powder, yogurt, and other dairy-based items;
4. Everyday consumer foods: Canned goods, candied fruits, biscuits, chocolate;
5. Frozen foods: Solid, ready-to-eat frozen items like ice cream, butter;
6. Beverages: Liquid and powdered drinks (e.g., carbonated beverages, soda, fruit-flavored water, mineral water, malted milk);
7. Distilled spirits, blended wines, and fermented wines: Brandy, fruit wine, wine, beer;
8. Condiments: Soy sauce, pastes, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, table salt, and blended condiments;
9. New resource foods: Items classified as "new resource foods" under China’s Measures for the Hygiene Administration of New Resource Foods;
Specialized Services: Customs clearance for imported wine, dairy, small-packaged foods, beverages, food raw materials, food additives, and Georgian biscuits.
1. Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Tariff Rate: 15%
2. Value-Added Tax (VAT) Rate: 17%
1. Food business import/export authorization;
2. Food distribution license.
1. Packing list;
2. Trade contract;
3. Invoice;
4. Certificate of Origin;
5. Official health certificate;
6. Third-party inspection agency ingredient analysis report (including nutrition facts);
7. Original front/back labels + Chinese translations (samples of both original and Chinese labels).
Prepare goods and required documents overseas;
Submit documents to our team for consignee enterprise filing and label registration;
Arrange shipping from overseas to the designated Chinese port and provide original documents (packing list, invoice, contract);
Once goods arrive at the port, we coordinate cargo pickup, apply for commodity inspection, and file customs declarations;
Customs reviews documents, issues tax notices, collects payments, and schedules inspections—with parallel inspections from the commodity inspection authority;
Transport goods to the designated warehouse, apply Chinese labels, and book commodity inspection sampling and testing;
Obtain a hygiene certificate once tests pass;
Customs release and cargo 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 do I need a hygiene certificate?
A: Chinese laws require a hygiene certificate for food to be sold domestically.Q: What’s the imported food clearance process, and what documents do I need?
A: Simplified Process: Consignor/Consignee Filing → Commodity Inspection Label Pre-Review → Inspection Declaration → Customs Clearance → Inspection → Release → Hygiene Certificate Issuance. Beyond standard documents, you’ll need: Certificate of Origin, foreign official health certificate, imported food consignor/consignee filing, business license copy, label samples (original + Chinese translations), nutritional analysis certificate (with translations), and 6 supplementary forms.Q: What requirements do I need to meet to import food?
A: Your business must list "food business" in its license scope (and hold any required permits). Both the imported food consignor and consignee must complete filing. Frozen animal-derived foods must be stored in inspection and quarantine-registered warehouses.
Inbound Clearance: 1.5 working days
Inbound Transportation: 2 working days
Import Customs Declaration: 5 working days (with full documents; excludes tax payment waiting time)
Commodity Inspection: 1 working day
Commodity Inspection Sampling: 2 working days
Label Registration: 2 working days
Hygiene Certificate: 30 working days (after label registration and commodity inspection sampling/testing results are finalized)
One-to-One Service
Fast Turnaround Cycle
Two Decades of Import & Export Experience
Numerous Successful Cases
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