Category	Announcement No.	Content
Animal and plant products access category	Announcement No.86 of 2019 of the Agricultural and Rural Department; General Administration of Customs	Announcement on lifting the ban on foot-and-mouth disease in South Africa: South Africa’s animal skins and wool are allowed to be imported in accordance with the technical requirements of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) technical manual on foot-and-mouth disease virus inactivation and relevant laws and regulations of China.
	Announcement No.85 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on quarantine requirements for imported Philippine fresh coconut plants: Fresh coconuts from coconut producing areas in Mindanao islands and Leyte islands of Philippines are exported to China. The specific species scientific name Cocos Nucifera L., English name Fresh Young Coconuts, refers to coconuts that take 8 to 9 months from flowering to harvest and completely remove peel and stalk.
	Announcement No.84 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imported Wheat Flour from Kazakhstan: Allow Kazakhstan to import wheat flour conforming to inspection and quarantine into China.
	Announcement No.83 of 2019 of the Agricultural and Rural Department; General Administration of Customs	Announcement on preventing African horse sickness in Chad from being introduced into China: It is prohibited to directly or indirectly import equine animals and related products from Chad.
	Announcement No.82 of 2019 of the Agricultural and Rural Department; General Administration of Customs	Announcement on preventing African horse fever in Swaziland from Entering China: It is forbidden to import equine animals and related products directly or indirectly from Swaziland.
	Announcement No.79 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on plant quarantine requirements for importing Spanish fresh grapes) Fresh grapes from Spanish grape producing areas are allowed. The specific variety is Vitis Vinifera L., English name Table Grapes.
Animal and plant products access category	Announcement No.78 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Quarantine Requirements for Imported Italian Fresh-eating Citrus Plants: Fresh- eating Citrus from Italian Citrus Producing Areas are allowed to be exported to China, specifically including blood orange varieties (including cv. Tarocco, cv. Sanguinello and cv. Moro) and lemon (Citrus limon cv. Femminello comune) from Italian Citrus sinensis
	Announcement No.76 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imports and Exports of Poultry Meat from China and Russia: Poultry meat allowed to be imported and exported refers to frozen poultry meat (boneless and boned) as well as carcasses, partial carcasses and byproducts, excluding feathers. By-products include frozen chicken heart, frozen chicken liver, frozen chicken kidney, frozen chicken gizzard, frozen chicken head, frozen chicken skin, frozen chicken wings (excluding wing tips), frozen chicken wing tips, frozen chicken claws, and frozen chicken cartilage.  Products to be exported to China shall meet the inspection and quarantine requirements for import and export poultry meat between China and Russia.
	Announcement No.75 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imports of Chilean Hazelnuts: It is allowed to export mature nuts of European Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) shelled in Chile to China. Products exported to China should meet the inspection and quarantine requirements for imported Chilean hazelnuts.
	Announcement No.73 of 2019 of the Agricultural and Rural Department; General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Preventing the Introduction of Cambodian African Swine Fever into China) The direct or indirect import of pigs, wild boars and their products from Cambodia will be prohibited from April 26, 2019.
	Announcement No.65 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imported Italian Hazelnuts: Allowing Italian hazelnuts to be imported into China refers to mature fruits of European hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L) produced in Italy, which are shelled and no longer have germination power. Storage and processing enterprises of Italian hazelnuts exported to China must file with the Chinese customs, and the products can only be imported if they meet the relevant requirements of the announcement.
	Announcement No.64 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Updating the List of Laboratories Accepting Rabies Antibody Test Results for Imported Pets: Relevant test reports are required for imported pets (Cats and Dogs). This time, the Customs has announced the list of accepted testing institutions.
Administrative approval category	Announcement No.81 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Announcing the List of Designated Supervision Sites for Imported Grain: Tianjin Customs, Dalian Customs, Nanjing Customs, Zhengzhou Customs, Shantou Customs, Nanning Customs, Chengdu Customs and Lanzhou Customs will be added to the list of nine supervision sites respectively.
	Announcement No.80 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on List of Designated Supervision Sites for Imported Fruits: Six supervision sites under Shijiazhuang Customs, Hefei Customs, Changsha Customs and Nanning Customs will be added respectively
	Announcement No.74 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Announcing the List of Designated Supervision Sites for Imported Meat: 10 additional designated supervision sites for imported meat will be established at Hohhot Customs, Qingdao Customs, Jinan Customs and Urumqi Customs respectively.
	Announcement No.72 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Announcing the List of Overseas Suppliers of Imported Cotton with Approval of Registration and Extension of Registration Certificate: This time, the list of 12 newly added overseas suppliers of cotton and the list of 20 enterprises with extension of registration certificate have been mainly publicized.
	Notice of the General Administration of Market Supervision on Clear Exemption from Compulsory Product Certification [2019] No.153	This announcement specifies that the conditions for exemption from 3C accepted by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau are (1) products and samples required for scientific research, testing and certification testing.(2) Parts and components directly required for maintenance purposes of end users. (3) Equipment parts (excluding office supplies) required for the complete set of production lines of the factory production line. (4) Products that are only used for commercial display but not for sale. (5) Parts imported for the purpose of exporting the whole machine. We also adjusted the documents required for application approval, and for the first time clarified the situation of post- regulatory verification. At present, there are two other conditions that are not within the scope of acceptance by the market supervision and administration bureau, namely, (1) components that need to be imported for the examination of technology import production lines, and (2) products (including exhibits) that need to be returned to customs after temporary import.
Customs clearance category	Announcement No.70 of 2019 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on Matters Related to Inspection, Supervision and Administration of Import and Export prepackaged foods Labels: Focus 1 of this Announcement: Starting from October 1, 2019, the requirement for the first import of labels from prepackaged foods will be cancelled. 2. The importer shall be responsible for checking whether the Chinese labels imported into prepackaged foods conform to China’s standards. 3. For those who have been selected by the customs for inspection, the importer shall submit the qualified certification materials, the original and translated labels, the Chinese label proofs and other certification materials. In conclusion, importers will bear the main risks of importing food. The key to food import compliance is food ingredients. The analysis of ingredients compliance seems simple, but in fact it is highly professional. It involves many issues such as raw materials, food additives, nutrition enhancers and so on, and requires systematic study and research. The “Professional extortioner for fraud fighting” are also studying this more and more professionally. Once the food ingredients are used incorrectly, it is very likely to constitute ten times compensation.
	Notice of Shanghai Customs on Further Clarifying Inspection Requirements for Products Outside CCC Catalogue and Products Outside Energy Efficiency Labeling Catalogue	It is clear that enterprises are free to choose whether to carry out off-directory identification or energy efficiency application scope identification. Enterprises can ensure that they can make their own commitments. In the interface of the import declaration system, check “outside the 3C catalogue” in the “goods attribute” column and leave the “product qualification” column blank; For products that are judged to be out of the energy efficiency label catalog, the enterprise can declare by self-declaration when declaring imports.

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Post time: Dec-19-2019