Commodity

Item

Approving Authorities

Approval Documents

Endangered wild animals and plants

Application should be made by the importer to the provincial wild animals and plants administration department, which should prepare a recommendation within 10 working days of the application and submit it together with all application materials to the State Council's wild animals and plants administration department for approval.

Import and Export Approval Certificate

Food products

Labelling

Application should be made prior to imports by the distributor or agent of imported food products for food labelling examination to the designated inspection and quarantine authorities, which should submit application materials together with preliminary examination results to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval.

Imported Food Labelling Examination Certificate

Cosmetics

Labelling

Application for cosmetics labeling examination should be made by the distributor or agent of imported cosmetics to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine 90 working days before submitting the goods for inspection.

Imported Cosmetics Examination Certificate

Drugs

Anabolic agents and peptide hormones

Application should be made by the importer to the State Food and Drug Administration, which should decide within five days on whether the application is accepted and decide within 10 days of the acceptance of application whether imports are allowed.

Special Drugs Import Licence

Narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs

Application should be made to the State Food and Drug Administration.

Narcotic Drugs Import Licence or Psychotropic Drugs Import Licence