Tea ingredients include catechin, cholestene, caffeine, inositol, folic acid, pantothenic acid, which are beneficial to health. The tea beverage made from tea leaves is one of the three major beverages in the world. Tea - as one of the common beverages in our daily life, it has always been loved by everyone. So when we import tea, what are the import customs clearance procedures? Next, international freight forwarding companies will take you into the import customs clearance of tea procedures.

A. Before importing tea, it is necessary to provide certificates and license documents to the international freight forwarding companies:

1. Birth certificate

2. Manufacturer's ingredient list;

3. Manufacturer's product inspection report;

4 Proof that the product is registered and approved for sale in its country (region);

5 One original packaging label sample, three Chinese and English label samples;

6. A quarantine certificate is required;

B. The process of tea import:

1. Filing of food consignees and consignors

2. Stock up

3. Prepare documents (packing list, invoice, contract, bill of lading, etc.)

4. Ship to Hong Kong

5. Pre-audit of Chinese food labels

6. Exchange order

7. Inspection application (commodity inspection department operates 1-3 working days for consignor and consignor filing, business license, and the most important thing is label sample)

8. Customs declaration

9. Pay taxes

10. Labeling

11. Release of goods

C. Customs Inspection and Quarantine

(1) Document work. The customs shall review the compliance of the quarantine certificate and trade documents submitted by the enterprise according to the supervision needs.

(2) Check the work. According to the needs of supervision and management, the customs conducts on-site inspection and supervision and random inspection of imported tea.

(3) Conformity assessment. Imported tea is allowed to be imported if it has passed the customs conformity assessment. If the imported tea fails to pass the customs conformity assessment, the customs shall issue a certificate of disqualification; if the items related to safety, health and environmental protection are unqualified, the customs shall notify the tea importer in writing and order it to destroy or return it; Only those that meet the requirements of conformity assessment after technical treatment will be allowed to import. If the relevant imported tea cannot complete the technical treatment within the specified time or is still unqualified after the technical treatment, the customs shall order the tea importer to destroy or return it.

D. Precautions

(1) Imported tea shall comply with Chinese laws and regulations and national food safety standards, and imported tea products without national food safety standards shall meet the requirements of the temporarily applicable standards announced by the health administrative department of the State Council. Tea products produced using new food raw materials shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 37 of the Food Safety Law, obtain the new food raw material sanitation administrative license from the health administrative department of the State Council.

(2) The inner and outer packaging of imported tea shall be marked with the registration number in China or the registration number approved by the competent authority of the country (region) where it is located.

As long as the above procedures are handed over to the international freight forwarding companies, it can be completely done.