◄ What kind GACC registrations are required for overseas food manufacturers?
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Tags: | GACC | Food | All Food | 海关总署 | 食品 | 所有食品 |
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We often receive urgent inquiries from overseas
exporters/manufacturers:
"We already have GACC registration number; but
when the goods arrived Chinese port for customs clearance , they
were rejected. The China Customs officer said that our GACC
registration number was incorrect. What's wrong with our GACC
registration number ?"
The main reason for these problems is that overseas exporters /
manufacturers don't know Different food categories need to apply
for different types of GACC registration.
Some manufacturers even use the voided GACC registration number (formerly AQSIQ registration number) to apply for China Customs clearance,of course it will be rejected;
Different food categories need to apply for different types
of China GACC registration, There are 5 types GACC
registrations:
1. GACC registration for overseas manufacturers
of Low risk food ( GACC-1-1 type)
2. GACC registration for
overseas manufacturers of Medium risk food ( GACC-1-2 type)
3.
GACC registration for overseas manufacturers of High risk food (
GACC-1-3 type)
4. General GACC registration for overseas
exporters of imported food ( GACC-2-1 type)
5. GACC-CIQ
registration for Chinese importers of imported food ( GACC-3-1
type) Take“ABC Brewing LLC”,a wine factory that exports
directly to China as an example,
The production products include: dry red wine, dry white wine, champagne,
whiskey, brandy, and grape juice for wine making;
There are two production workshops in New York and Boston;
Then this company needs to apply for 5 GACC registration numbers, which are:
No. |
GACC Registration Type |
GACC Registration Number |
Food category |
Listed Products |
Facility Address |
1 |
GACC-1-1 Manufacturer |
CUSA23022112230065 |
2302 Distilled spirits and prepared Distilled spirits |
Whiskey, brandy, etc. |
New York |
2 |
GACC-1-1 Manufacturer |
CUSA23012112230045 |
2301 Fermented wines and prepared Fermented wines |
Dry red wine, dry white wine, champagne,etc. |
New York |
3 |
GACC-1-1 Manufacturer |
CUSA23012112230048 |
2301 Fermented wines and prepared Fermented wines |
Dry red wine, dry white wine, champagne,etc. |
Boston |
4 |
GACC-1-1 Manufacturer |
CUSA24092112230038 |
2409 Other beverages |
Fermented Grape juice for wine making |
Boston |
5 |
GACC-2-1 Exporter |
84012000999 |
Alcoholic Beverage,Soft Drinks And Drinking Water |
All Alcoholic and Soft Beverage products |
New York |
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☼ Summary of GACC registration types, applicable conditions, food categories, processes, costs, time. |
GACC register types |
GACC-1-1 |
GACC-1-2 |
GACC-1-3 |
GACC-2-1 |
GACC registration item |
General GACC registration for Overseas
Manufacturers |
GACC registration for Overseas Producer of
Medium risk Food |
GACC registration for Overseas Producer of
High risk Food |
General GACC registration for Overseas
Exporter |
Type of enterprise |
Food
Processing plants, manufacturers, producers, processors, packers,
re-packers, cold stores, storage operations, |
Food
Processing plants, manufacturers, producers, processors, packers,
re-packers, cold stores, storage operations, |
Food
Processing plants, manufacturers, producers, processors, packers,
re-packers, cold stores, storage operations, Fishing Vessels of
Freezing or Transporting or Factory, etc. |
Overseas exporters, shippers, traders, agents, consignor,etc.;
For GACC-1-2 & GACC-1-3 food categories, exporter’s CS-cold storage or DS-dry storage facilities need
appy GACC register of CS or DS .
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Risk level |
Low risk level |
Medium risk llevel |
High risk llevel |
All level |
Food category of GACC registration |
Vegetables and their products (except fresh and dehydrated
vegetables)
Processed grain and their products
Tea
Processed Nuts and seed products
Liquor
Beverages and frozen drinks
Biscuits, pastries, bread
Sugars (including raw sugar, table sugar, lactose, syrup, etc.)
Candy, chocolate (including chocolate, cocoa butter substitute
chocolate and its products)
Condiments (not including sugar)
Roasted coffee beans, cocoa beans and their products (excluding
chocolate)
Fruit products (excluding dried fruits)
Chinese herbal medicine
Other processed food |
bee products, egg products, edible oils and fats,
oilseeds,
stuffed wheaten products, edible grains, milled
grain industry products and malt, fresh and dehydrated
vegetables and dried beans, condiments, nuts and seeds,
dried fruits, unroasted coffee beans and cocoa beans,
foods for special dietary purposes, health foods,
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Meat products, Aquatic products, Dairy products,
Bird nest products,
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Meat ** Aquatic Products And Preserved Aquatic Products ** Pelagic Fishery ** ** Dairy Products **
Bird Nest Products ** Food for Special Dietary Use *Processed Flavorings Of Plant Origin * Bee Products *
Egg And Egg Products * Grains And Grain Products * Dried Fruits And Nuts * Vegetable And Vegetable Products *
Oil And Oil Seeds * Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials Of Animal And Plant Origin * Processed Flavorings
Cigarette Soft Drinks And Drinking Water Canned Foods Tea Other Processed Foods Other Plant Origin Food
Pastry Biscuits And Crackers
Candied (Preserved) Fruits Sugar Alcoholic Beverage Other foods |
GACC registration valid eriod |
5 years |
5 years |
5 years |
5 years |
GACC registration process |
GACC register process flow
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GACC register process flow
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GACC register process flow
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GACC register process flow
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GACC registration process time |
1-2 months |
2-4 months |
4-12 months |
2-4 weeks |
GACC register price, cost, service fee |
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Note |
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Require an additional recommend registration procedure by
the competent authority of the country of origin |
This type GACC registration process is very complicated, and the cost depends on the type of Facility and foods, usually be quoted by staff;
Require producers have food safety management system
(such as, HACCP, GMP,BRC, SQF, Freshcare, ISO 22000,etc.)
For some production facilities, GACC-CNCA maybe arrange
site-inspection;
Each production facility and cold storage facility needs
to apply for a separate GACC registration number; |
If the manufacturer wants to directly export to China,
it also needs to apply GACC registration for exporter ; |
List of GACC approved enterprises |
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GACC-1-1 Manufacturers |
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GACC-1-2 Manufacturers |
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GACC-1-3 Manufacturers |
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GACC-2-1 Exporter |
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☼ 2022 New 18 digits GACC registration number for overseas manufacturers |
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From 2022, the GACC registration number for oversears manufacturer
is upgraded to 18 digits,
This GACC register No. needs to be printed on the Chinese label of
imported food , then can pass the China Customs Clearance.
The old 10-digit registration number for overseas food manufacturers (also known as the old AQSIQ registration number), has been invalidated |
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