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Export listed establishments for food products to China

Conditions

Chinese government registration is required for all food processing and storage establishments handling food exported to China in accordance with both:

  • Decree 248 – Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Producers of Imported Food
  • Decree 249 – Administrative measures on Import and Export Food Safety.

Find out more about Export registration with China.

If your product falls under one of the following Department verification (Article 7 products) then you need to be export listed:

  • bee products
  • dehydrated vegetables
  • dried fruits
  • edible vegetable oil
  • frozen fruit
  • functional foods
  • natural plant spices
  • special dietary foods (excluding milk-based infant formula)
  • stuffed pastry products

Become export listed and receive a China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) account

To become export listed and received a CIFER account, you must submit a completed application form.

Registering a product category

Registering a product category is a 2 step process:

  • information is entered into CIFER
  • documentation is provided to the department so we can recommend your registration application to the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC)

To assist you with the information required in CIFER we have created application form guidance documents, depending on your product:

  • bee products
  • functional foods
  • plant-derived food (this form covers edible vegetable oil, dehydrated vegetables, natural plant spices, dried fruits and frozen fruit)
  • special dietary foods

To assist you with the documentation we require to recommend your registration application to GACC we have created checklists, depending on your product:

  • edible vegetable oils
  • dehydrated vegetables
  • natural plant spices
  • dried fruits
  • bee products
  • special dietary foods
  • functional food

For copies of the above documents, contact exportlisting@aff.gov.au

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Page last updated: 18 November 2022

We acknowledge the continuous connection of First Nations Traditional Owners and Custodians to the lands, seas and waters of Australia. We recognise their care for and cultivation of Country. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and recognise their knowledge and contribution to the productivity, innovation and sustainability of Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries.

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