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Regulations on the Listing Administration of Importers

Official title

Regulations on the Listing Administration of Importers and Exporters of Imported Food (Revised Draft)

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 24 March 2026. The comment period closed on 23 May 2026.

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Products

Food

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 03
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 10
  • 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
    • 11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN
All 17 codes
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 15
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 17
  • 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
    • 18
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 19
  • 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
    • 20
  • 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
    • 21
  • 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
    • 22
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 24 March 2026. Check WTO ePing or China for its current status.
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2239
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 23 May 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 23 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2239; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

To implement the relevant provisions of Article 96 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, adapt to China's needs of expanding opening-up and the rapid growth of imported food trade, ensure the safety of imported food, promote trade facilitation, and further standardize the record-filing management of importers and exporters exporting food to China, the existing Regulations on the Listing Administration of Importers and Exporters of Imported Food (Annex 1 of Announcement No. 55 of 2012 of the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) have been optimized and improved. The main revised contents include: 1. Following the principle of facilitation, simplifying the content to be filled in for record-filing, reducing the record-filing information items for overseas exporters or agents of imported food from 20 to 10. 2. Following the principle of unification, revising the scope of food applicable to these provisions to be consistent with the current registration categories of overseas manufacturers exporting food to China. 3. Following the principle of stable expectations, specifying a 3-working-day customs handling time limit for the record-filing of overseas exporters or agents of imported food formerly without a handling time limit. 4. Following the principle of supervision in accordance with the law, standardizing the measures for record-filing, modification and cancellation in accordance with the relevant provisions of…

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