Currently, the entry methods for imported pet food include general trade (i.e. formal import), parallel import (smuggling or entry through gray channels), international direct mail, passenger carry, and cross-border bonded zone warehouse
Obviously, parallel imports and international direct mail are illegal, and the cost is not lower than regular imports. Passengers can carry a limited quantity, and there are qualification requirements and buyer restrictions for cross-border tax declaration.
Taobao is filled with a large number of pet foods with promotional words such as "regularly imported, authorized by the manufacturer", and the manufacturer's authorization letter in pure English is also displayed on the content. The fonts are small and cannot be read clearly, and the content is more complicated. It's just nonsense and has no actual reference value.
Truly legally and formally imported products only need to show their own "Import Registration Certificate" and related customs clearance documents
my country's import of pet food requires two qualifications: one It is the Import Registration Certificate of the Ministry of Agriculture (with physical certificate), and the other is that the overseas production factory is registered with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (without physical certificate, the announcement by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine shall prevail).
There are also products under the banners of "cross-border direct mail" and "manufacturer direct sales". First of all, not to mention the cost of direct sales from manufacturers. Many production plants do OEM for many brands, so direct sales are impossible. .
Cross-border direct mail - According to the prohibition of entry regulations of the "Catalogue of Prohibited Carrying and Mailing of Animals, Plants and Their Products in the People's Republic of China", my country implements strict inspection and quarantine management of imported pet feed. Imported pet feed must come from overseas production enterprises registered in my country. Imported animal and plant derived feed must also provide an entry animal and plant quarantine permit, an official quarantine certificate of the exporting country, etc., and must pass the laboratory test and affix a Chinese label, and issue Only the inspection and quarantine certificate for inbound goods can be sold and used. According to the "Animal and Plant Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China" and its implementation regulations and the "List of Animals, Plants and Their Products Prohibited from Carrying and Mailing into the Country of the People's Republic of China", it is prohibited to carry and mail animal-derived feed It is illegal for any individual or unit to send animal-derived feed into the country by mail.