Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - China - Imported agricultural products

NOTIFICATION

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Notifying Member: CHINA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC)

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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Animals, plants and their products

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Requirements for the declaration management of overseas enterprises of imported agricultural products. Language(s): Chinese and English. Number of pages: 4

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/CHN/25_09077_00_x.pdf

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Description of content:

1._    The list of agricultural products that require official recommendation and registration from abroad has been clarified. Based on the quarantine risk assessment results of import agricultural products, and in line with international practices, a list of import agricultural products that require official recommendation for registration and filing has been determined, and the public inquiry methods have been clarified to facilitate enterprises' inquiries filings;

2._    The channels for querying information of overseas enterprises have been clarified. The official website will uniformly publish the information of enterprises that have been registered, clearly stating the query methods, to facilitate the query and use by enterprises;

3._    The requirements for overseas enterprises' declarations have been clarified. The declaration requirements for overseas enterprises regarding imported agricultural products have been standardized, and this will guide enterprises to make standardized declarations.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[X]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number): ISPM No 1

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 7 November 2025

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 7 November 2025

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 15 December 2025

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn