A total of 1,650 Myanmar food processing companies and factories have submitted 3,358 applications to the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) as of 3 January 2025 from 1 December 2021, according to the Domestic Trade Division (GACC team) of Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization under the Ministry of Commerce.
According to GACC Decree 248 and 249, GACC registration is mandatory for food exporters starting from 1 January 2022.
Those individuals executing edible oil, oilseeds, stuffed pastry products, edible bird’s nest and related products, edible grains, grains milling industrial products and malt, fresh and dehydrated vegetables, dried beans, plant species, nuts and seeds, dried fruits, unroasted coffee and cocoa bean, special dietary food excluding milk-based formula, functional foods, bee products, aquatic products including farm products, animal products and animal feed and livestock animal businesses need to apply for GACC licence to place their goods in China’s market.
The relevant authorities for the registration with GACC are the Agriculture Department, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, the Fisheries Department and the Food and Drug Administration Department.
Exporters can directly access China International Trade Single Window through https://cifer.singlewindow. cn by creating accounts for those food groups which are not listed on those aforementioned 18 groups.
Between 1 December 2021 and 3 January 2025, 3,358 applications by 1,650 factories have been forwarded to the GACC through the Agriculture Department (3,194 applications), the Fisheries Department (141), the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (14) and the Food and Drug Administration Department (nine).
Regarding the registration of the importing companies, the Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine under the GACC will check quarantine access for the imported grains (unroasted coffee beans, cocoa beans, fresh and dehydrated vegetables, plant seasonings (plant spices), edible grain, dried beans, oil seeds (oil plant) and herbal animal products or plant for their origins designated for Chinese traditional medicines.
The companies cannot directly proceed with registration and they need to carry out this step through competent authorities and departments concerned by sending email via dapq@customs. gov.cn or submitting a letter to the Chinese Embassy to Myanmar or the Myanmar Embassy to China.
As of 3 January 2025, a total of 1,079 applications have been successfully registered with the GACC with the approval of the competent authority. Additionally, a manual registration list of overseas manufacturers of imported foods with the GACC as of 20 December 2024 has been uploaded on http:// dzs.customs.gov.cn/. Individuals can enquire further information through the contact numbers of the Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization at 067 3408605, 067 3408617 and email myan[email protected]. — NN/KK
