China’s 146th GACC Announcement 2026: Streamlined Supervision for Imported Grain Processing Enterprises
- On 14 October 2026 the General Administration of Customs issued Announcement No. 146 of 2026 on the supervision of enterprises that process imported grain, with the stated aims of improving the port business environment and preventing the introduction of plant pests and invasive alien species.
2026 年 10 月 14 日，海关总署发布 2026 年第 146 号公告，就进境粮食加工企业的监管作出规定，明确目的为优化口岸营商环境、防范植物疫情和外来物种传入风险。
- Imported grain must be processed and used at “designated enterprises” that have the required epidemic prevention and treatment conditions.
进境粮食应当在具备防疫、处理等条件的”指定企业”进行加工使用。
- An enterprise that intends to take up imported grain processing self-assesses against conditions published by customs in its government service guide, then files a compliance declaration and supporting materials through the International Trade Single Window or the GACC Government Service Platform.
拟从事进境粮食加工业务的企业对照海关总署在政务服务指南公布的防疫、处理等条件进行自评估，确认符合要求后，通过国际贸易”单一窗口”或”海关政务服务平台”提交符合性声明及相关材料。
- The Quarantine Licence for Entry Animals and Plants is tied to a named designated enterprise, whose location must be entered in the “accepting customs” field of the application form.
《进境动植物检疫许可证》与具体的指定企业绑定，申请时须在申请单”受理海关”栏填写指定企业所在地海关。
- An “Entry Grain Preliminary Review Contact Note” may be obtained in advance, and where it is provided the supporting materials otherwise required are not needed.
可事先申请《进境粮食初审联系单》，提供该联系单的，可无需提供原本要求的证明材料。
- Prevention responsibility is shared across the chain — the operators of supervision and reloading sites, the owner or its agent, the designated enterprise and the transport enterprise bear it jointly for loading, transport, reloading, processing and residue treatment.
植物疫情防控责任由指定监管场地和换运换装场地经营企业、货主或其代理人、指定企业与运输企业共同承担，覆盖装卸、运输、换运换装、加工及下脚料处理各环节。
- Where customs finds any of seven listed categories of non-compliance, it pursues liability in accordance with law and requires rectification within a time limit; the announcement itself does not set out monetary penalties.
海关发现七类违规情形之一的，除依法追究责任外，要求限期整改；公告本身未规定罚款金额。
China’s 146th GACC Announcement 2026: Streamlined Supervision for Imported Grain Processing Enterprises | 海关总署 2026 年第 146 号公告：进境粮食加工企业监管优化
Overview
On 14 October 2026 the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) issued Announcement No. 146 of 2026 on the supervision of enterprises that process imported grain. It states two objectives: improving the business environment at ports, and preventing the introduction of plant pests and invasive alien species. Its legal basis is the Biosecurity Law, the Law on the Quarantine of Entry and Exit Animals and Plants and its implementing regulations, and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Inspection and Quarantine of Entry and Exit Grain.
The text runs to six articles. Read together, they describe a change in where the compliance effort sits: rather than customs assessing every processor application in the same sequence, the announcement places the first assessment with the enterprise, as a self-assessment against conditions customs publishes, followed by an online compliance declaration and continuing quarantine supervision. For foreign grain traders, feed millers and oilseed crushers whose imported material is processed in China, that change is the practical content of the announcement.
Key developments in 2026
Designated processing is the starting point. Article 1 provides that imported grain shall be processed and used at “designated enterprises” — processing enterprises that have the conditions required for epidemic prevention and treatment. Grain imported for processing is therefore tied to a facility that has already satisfied those conditions.
The enterprise self-assesses, then declares. Under Article 2, an enterprise intending to take up imported grain processing compares itself against the epidemic prevention and treatment conditions that GACC publishes in its government service guide. Once satisfied that it meets them, it submits a compliance declaration and supporting materials, through the International Trade Single Window or the GACC Government Service Platform, to the customs authority where it is located. Business may begin once customs has reviewed and approved the submission. The enterprise must ensure the materials are true, complete and accurate, and must submit a change application if the information changes. Customs then applies quarantine supervision to the designated enterprise.
The quarantine licence is tied to a named facility. Article 3 addresses the Quarantine Licence for Entry Animals and Plants. When the owner of the grain, or its agent, applies for the licence, it must identify the designated enterprise to which the grain will be moved after entry, provide supporting materials, and enter the customs authority in whose area that enterprise sits in the “accepting customs” field of the application form. The licence application and the choice of processing facility are therefore decided together.
A preliminary review note can substitute for part of the paperwork. Under Article 4, an applicant may first apply to the customs authority where the designated enterprise is located for an “Entry Grain Preliminary Review Contact Note”. Where that note is provided, the supporting materials otherwise required under Article 3 need not be submitted. The measure reduces duplicated document submission by having the same underlying facts verified once.
Prevention responsibility is shared along the chain. Article 5 provides that the operators of designated supervision sites and of transfer and reloading sites on the transport route, the owner of the goods or its agent, the designated enterprise and the transport enterprise jointly bear the plant epidemic prevention responsibility for loading and unloading, transport, transfer and reloading, processing, and residue treatment. They are to adopt measures such as preventing spillage and sealing, and to keep records of transport, storage, processing, residue treatment, dispatch and destination as required. Imported grain is to be transferred and reloaded at sites with plant epidemic prevention conditions.
Non-compliance leads to rectification within a time limit. Article 6 lists seven categories of conduct: failure to carry out plant epidemic monitoring and control measures as required; failure to record information on receiving, unloading, transport, storage, processing, residue treatment, dispatch and destination; failure to process or store at a designated enterprise; failure to adopt anti-spillage and sealing measures at loading, unloading and transport stages; failure to carry out effective disinfection or processing; failure to carry out harmless treatment of residues and packaging materials; and refusing to accept customs quarantine supervision. Where such conduct is found, customs pursues liability in accordance with law and requires rectification within a time limit. The announcement itself does not set out monetary penalties.
Practical implications for foreign businesses
The announcement changes the sequence of the compliance work rather than the underlying obligations. Four points follow for foreign-owned grain businesses.
- The applicant is the enterprise, and the first step is a self-assessment. The entry point is the enterprise’s own comparison against the conditions published in the government service guide. Building that assessment early, before site decisions are fixed, reduces the risk of filing a declaration that customs then has to send back.
- Filing is online. Submissions go through the International Trade Single Window or the GACC Government Service Platform, which means the compliance record is a data record that must be kept current, since Article 2 requires a change application when the information changes.
- Facility siting and the quarantine licence are linked. Because the licence application must name the designated enterprise and its local customs authority, the choice of processing facility has to be made before the licence is filed. For a trader planning a new processing arrangement, the facility question comes first.
- Prevention duties run from the port to the residue. The joint responsibility in Article 5 covers loading and unloading, transport, transfer and reloading, processing and residue treatment, and names transport enterprises alongside the owner, the agent and the designated enterprise. Contracts and operating procedures that allocate these tasks should reflect that allocation, and record-keeping is best built into the routine workflow rather than reconstructed afterwards.
Imported grain commonly moves through comprehensive bonded zones and designated supervision sites, and the layout of those facilities is part of the ordinary landscape of grain imports. Announcement No. 146 itself deals with the supervision of processing enterprises and the associated quarantine requirements; it does not itself set out rules on bonded storage. Enterprises are best served by reading it together with the general customs rules that apply to the port and facility through which their cargo passes.
Related reading
- China’s new agricultural import access arrangements (2026-09-30): 进口清关-进出口清关-429-new-agri-import-access-2026-09-30-v1.md
- Imported food registration and labelling under GACC rules (2026-07-16): 进口清关-进出口清关-84-imported-food-gacc-registration-labelling-2026-07-16-v1.md
- Comprehensive bonded zones (2026-07-16): 进口清关-保税物流-189-comprehensive-bonded-zone-2026-07-16-v1.md
Sources
- 海关总署·2026 年第 146 号公告（2026-10-14）：http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/14/article_2026101415362065195.html
- 海关总署官网·政策公告栏：http://www.customs.gov.cn/
- 中国政府网·政策文件库：http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/
海关总署 2026 年第 146 号公告：进境粮食加工企业监管优化
概述
2026 年 10 月 14 日，海关总署发布 2026 年第 146 号公告，就进境粮食加工企业的监管作出规定。公告明确两个目的：优化口岸营商环境，防范植物疫情和外来物种传入风险。其法律依据为《中华人民共和国生物安全法》《中华人民共和国进出境动植物检疫法》及其实施条例，以及《进出境粮食检验检疫监督管理办法》。
公告共六条。合并来看，它改变了合规工作所处的环节：不再由海关对所有加工企业申请按同一顺序审核，而是把首次评估放在企业一侧——表现为企业对照海关公布的条件作自评估，随后线上提交符合性声明，之后持续接受检疫监督。对进口粮食并在中国境内加工的外资粮商、饲料企业和油料压榨企业而言，这一变化就是公告的实务内容。
2026 年的主要进展
指定加工是起点。 第一条规定，进境粮食应当在具备防疫、处理等条件的”指定企业”进行加工使用。因此，为加工目的进口的粮食，与一家已经满足上述条件的工厂绑定。
企业先自评估，再作声明。 第二条给出路径。拟从事进境粮食加工业务的企业，对照海关总署在政务服务指南公布的防疫、处理等条件进行自评估；确认符合要求后，通过国际贸易”单一窗口”或”海关政务服务平台”，向所在地海关提交符合性声明及相关材料。经海关审核通过后即可开展业务。企业须确保材料真实、完整、准确；信息发生变化应提交变更申请。此后，海关对指定企业实施检疫监督。
检疫许可证与具体工厂绑定。 第三条针对《进境动植物检疫许可证》。货主或其代理人申请该许可证时，应确定粮食进境后拟运往的指定企业，提供证明材料，并在检疫审批申请单”受理海关”栏填写指定企业所在地海关。也就是说，许可证申请与加工厂址的选择是同步确定的，而不是先后分离。
初审联系单可替代部分材料。 第四条规定，申请《检疫许可证》前，可向指定企业所在地海关申请《进境粮食初审联系单》；提供该联系单的，可无需提供第三条中有关证明材料。这一安排减少了重复提交，使同一事实只核验一次。
防疫责任沿链条共担。 第五条规定，指定监管场地和运输途中换运换装场地的经营企业、货主或其代理人、指定企业、运输企业，共同承担装卸、运输、换运换装、加工、下脚料处理等环节的植物疫情防控责任。各方应采取防止撒漏、密封等防疫措施，并按规定做好调运、存放、加工和下脚料处理记录。进境粮食应在具备植物疫情防控条件的场地换运换装。
违规的后果是限期整改。 第六条列出海关可能认定的七类情形：未按规定实施植物疫情监测及防除措施；未按规定记录接卸、运输、存放、加工、下脚料处理、发运流向等信息；未按规定在指定企业加工存放；未按规定在装卸、运输环节采取防止撒漏、密封等防疫措施；未按规定实施有效除害处理或加工处理；未按规定对下脚料、包装材料实施无害化处理；拒绝接受海关检疫监督。发现上述情形的，除依法追究责任外，要求限期整改。公告本身未规定罚款金额。
对外资企业的实务意义
公告改变的是合规工作的顺序，而非底层义务。对外资粮食企业而言，有四点值得注意。
- 申请主体是企业自身，第一步是自评估。 起点是企业对照政务服务指南公布的条件自行比对。在厂址决策定型之前就着手搭建这套评估，可以降低提交声明后被退回的风险；自评估所依据的条件是公开的，企业可以在动工与投产之前逐项核对，并留存核对过程。
- 提交走线上。 材料通过国际贸易”单一窗口”或”海关政务服务平台”提交。这与海关管理的整体方向一致，也意味着合规记录是一份需要保持最新的数据记录——第二条要求信息变化时提交变更申请，因此企业宜指定专人维护申报信息与实际情况的一致性，避免因信息滞后影响业务连续性。
- 厂址与检疫许可证相互联动。 由于许可证申请必须写明指定企业及其所在地海关，加工厂址的选择必须在提交许可证申请之前完成。对于正在筹划新的加工安排的贸易商而言，工厂问题要先解决；对已有工厂的企业而言，则须在申请许可证时确认该工厂已取得指定企业资格，否则许可证与指定企业的对应关系无法成立。
- 防疫职责从口岸延伸到下脚料。 第五条的共担责任覆盖装卸、运输、换运换装、加工与下脚料处理，并将运输企业与货主、代理人、指定企业并列。在合同中约定任务分工、在作业规程中落实这些职责，并把记录义务嵌入日常工作流程，会比事后补做更为稳妥；一旦某一环节的记录缺失，责任划分也会随之变得难以厘清。
关于更广的背景：进境粮食通常经综合保税区和指定监管场地进出，这些设施的布局是粮食进口的常见情形。146 号公告本身针对的是加工企业监管及相应检疫要求，并未就保税仓储作出规定。企业将公告与其货物所经口岸、场地适用的一般海关规则合并理解，会更为准确。
相关阅读
- 见：中国农产品进口准入新安排（429-new-agri-import-access）
- 见：进口食品的注册与标签（84-imported-food-gacc-registration-labelling）
- 见：综合保税区（189-comprehensive-bonded-zone）
来源
- 海关总署·2026 年第 146 号公告（2026-10-14）：http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/14/article_2026101415362065195.html
- 海关总署官网·政策公告栏：http://www.customs.gov.cn/
- 中国政府网·政策文件库：http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/