Long Credit Business Information

1 Mandatory inspection and quarantine control:
The scope of mandatory inspection: all goods listed to be inspected by the inspection and quarantine organizations for import and export of animals, plants and related products; appraisal of the function and usage of packages and containers for dangerous goods to be exported; appraisal of the transportation conditions of cargo holds and containers for perishable food to be exported; teats on imports and exports which are regulated by other laws and stipulations and related international agreements.
2 Inspection exemption
Some goods are exempt from inspection providing that they meet the they meet the requirements of and are approved by the State Commodity Inspection Bureau, Inspection exemption can also be granted to samples, presents and gifts, exhibits not for sale, and other goods of a non-trade nature.
3 Quality licensing
For those import and goods involving safety, sanitation and environmental protection, manufacturers must receive import licenses for safely and export of such goods is permitted without the verification and license of the commodity inspection organizations. At present, export licenses for quality are issued for 76 categories of goods, while import licenses for safety are issued for 47 categories of goods.
4 Hygienic enrollment and registration
All plants and storehouses that produce, process and store export-oriented food in China must pass the verification of commodity inspection organs and be given hygienic enrollment or registration for their plants and storehouses before they are entitled to produce, process, and store food for export.
Good imported by foreign-funded enterprises, except for imports subject to mandatory inspection and imports involving hygiene, safety and environmental protection issues, are subject to inspection by the enterprises themselves. The import of equipment and raw materials, which are paid for by foreign investors as part of their investment, should be reported and inspected by the commodity inspection or quarantine organization.(Assessment of the value of these shall not be mandatory for enterprises under sole foreign proprietorship). Equipment and raw materials purchased from overseas through entrustment by overseas partners should be reported and inspected by the commodity inspection organization. Verification and value appraisal certificates serve as the valid documents in the examination of the capital invested by joint ventures or cooperative enterprises.
5 Priority policy
Foreign-funded enterprise enjoy priority when applying for such documents as inspection appraisal, quality license, hygiene registration and preferential certificate for original place of production.