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USDA Reminds Exporters of China's Upcoming Facility Registration Deadline

Certain production facilities outside of China are required to complete registration under China’s new food safety measure by June 30, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report last week. The agency said facilities that want to “minimize potential trade…

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disruptions” should upload “relevant information” under Decree 248, which was implemented last year to revise requirements for certain foreign export facilities and product registrations (see 2204010027 and 2304040065). Goods imported into China after June 30 from “facilities with registrations that produce certain categories of products and whose registration applications are not ‘complete’ may be at risk of not being able to clear customs,” USDA said. U.S. exporters should work with their suppliers and Chinese importers to check whether their products are “susceptible to the risks associated with the June 30 deadline.”