China adds frozen fruit to the registration required for export group

According to the Vietnam SPS Office, the Vietnamese Embassy in China has just announced that China General Department of Customs added frozen and refrigerated fruit products to the list of products that must be registered by Vietnamese authorities.

This group of items is assigned to the Department of Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for management and business registration.

On April 12, 2021, China issued Order 248 on "Regulations on the management of registration of businesses producing imported foreign food". Particularly, it is clearly stated that foreign exporters must register when exporting 18 food groups to the Chinese market.

These products include: meat and meat products, shellfish, aquatic products, dairy products, bird's nests and products from bird's nests, bee products, eggs and egg products, fats and food oils, mixed flour-based foods, cereal-based foods, industrial products for milling cereals and malts, fresh and dried vegetables (dehydrated, dried), dried beans, spices, nuts and seeds, dried fruit, unroasted coffee beans and cocoa beans, special nutritional foods, functional foods.

On March 10, the SPS Vietnam Office sent Official Letter No. 66/SPS-BNNVN to the Department of Plant Protection, requesting coordination, information and guidance for businesses.

China has increasingly high requirements for the quality as well as the packaging of exported fruits. Beforehand, in mid-February 2022, the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son border-gate economic zone was informed by Pingxiang, Guangxi province of the requirement to wrap dry goods with plastic film to protect from viruses.