Import Food Trader Filing Under GACC Announcement No. 150: Overseas Exporter Registration, Three Working Days, and the Sixty-Day Change Window
- GACC Announcement No. 150 of 2026, issued and effective on 23 October 2026, replaces the import food trader filing regime and repeals Annex 1 to AQSIQ Announcement No. 55 of 2012.
海关总署公告 2026 年第 150 号于 2026 年 10 月 23 日发布并施行，取代原有的进口食品进出口商备案制度，同时废止原质检总局公告 2012 年第 55 号附件 1。
- The two filing forms are cut down: the domestic importer form from 20 items to 16, and the overseas exporter or agent form from 20 items to 10.
两份备案表同步精简：《食品进口商备案信息表》由 20 项精简至 16 项，《进口食品境外出口商或代理商备案信息表》由 20 项减少至 10 项。
- Customs now completes filing within Three Working Days of acceptance, down from five, and where the materials fall short it gives one consolidated notice within the same three working days.
海关自受理之日起 3 个工作日内予以备案，原为 5 个工作日；资料不符合要求的，在 3 个工作日内一次性告知。
- A domestic food importer must already hold a domestic business entity qualification and must have obtained, or be applying at the same time for, customs consignee or consignor filing.
境内食品进口商申请备案，须已取得国内经营主体资格，且已取得或同时申请海关进出口货物收发货人备案。
- Filing is valid for the long term, which removes the renewal cycle but transfers the burden to upkeep: any change must be handled within the Sixty-Day Change Window running from the date the change occurs.
备案长期有效，取消了换证周期，但把负担转移到日常维护：备案内容变更的，应当在变更发生之日起 60 日内办理变更手续。
- Overseas Exporter Registration is filed with the General Administration of Customs itself, not with the customs office at the port of entry, and relocation is filed with the customs office of the new location.
境外出口商或代理商的备案向海关总署申请，而不是向口岸或地方海关申请；境内进口商迁址的，向迁入地海关申请变更。
- Five situations trigger cancellation, including termination by dissolution or bankruptcy, loss of the market regulator’s registration or business licence, voluntary application, and cancellation of the consignee or consignor filing at customs.
注销备案有五种情形，包括因解散、被宣告破产或其他法定事由终止，被市场监管部门注销或撤销登记、吊销营业执照，主动申请注销，以及进出口货物收发货人备案已在海关注销等。
Import Food Trader Filing Under GACC Announcement No. 150: Overseas Exporter Registration, Three Working Days, and the Sixty-Day Change Window | 海关总署公告 2026 年第 150 号：进口食品进出口商备案的材料精简、三工作日办结与六十日变更义务
Overview
The General Administration of Customs issued Announcement No. 150 of 2026 on 23 October 2026, effective the same day. It governs the filing (备案) that sits behind every consignment of imported food: the record kept for the overseas exporter or its agent on one side, and for the domestic food importer on the other. The announcement repeals Annex 1 to AQSIQ Announcement No. 55 of 2012, which had carried the previous filing rules since 2012.
The changes run in two directions at once, and reading only one of them gives a misleading picture. On the administrative side the burden falls: fewer fields to complete, a shorter clock, and no renewal cycle. On the maintenance side the burden rises: because the filing never expires, nothing forces a company to look at it again, and the announcement puts a sixty-day duty on the company to notice and report changes itself.
One boundary needs stating at the outset, because it is the most common source of confusion. This announcement concerns filing by traders. Registration of overseas producers, processors and storage facilities for food destined for China is a separate regime under GACC Decree No. 248, and it is unaffected here. A company can be correctly filed as an exporter and still be unable to ship, because the facility that made the goods is not registered.
What changed
The forms. The Food Importer Filing Information Form (《食品进口商备案信息表》) drops from 20 items to 16. The Filing Information Form for Overseas Exporters or Agents of Imported Food (《进口食品境外出口商或代理商备案信息表》) drops from 20 items to 10 — a halving, and the larger proportional cut of the two.
The clock. Customs completes filing within three working days of acceptance, against five previously. Where the materials do not meet requirements, customs informs the applicant once, within the same three working days, of everything that needs correcting.
Validity. Filing is valid for the long term. There is no periodic renewal and no certificate to diarise.
Change. Where the filed content changes, the change must be handled within 60 days of the date on which the change occurred. Where the entity relocates, the application goes to the customs office at the new location rather than the old one.
Cancellation. Five situations require cancellation of the filing: termination through dissolution, a declaration of bankruptcy or another statutory cause; cancellation or revocation of registration, or revocation of the business licence, by the market regulator; a voluntary application to cancel; cancellation of the import-export consignee or consignor filing at customs; and any other situation in which cancellation is required by law.
Channels. Applications go through the International Trade Single Window (国际贸易”单一窗口”) or through Customs Government Services (海关政务服务). A domestic food importer may alternatively submit the paper form to the customs office at its domicile.
Verification at declaration. When declaring goods for import, the declarant must truthfully report the names of the importer and exporter, the unified social credit code of the domestic importer, and the filing code of the overseas exporter or agent. Customs verifies the information. Where the filed information does not match, it must be corrected and completed within the time limit set.
Supervision. Customs may supervise by on-site inspection, by reviewing materials, or by requiring materials to be submitted. Filing information is published on the China Customs Enterprise Import and Export Credit Information Publicity Platform (中国海关企业进出口信用信息公示平台).
Who it affects
Overseas exporters and agents. The filing is made to the General Administration of Customs — the headquarters — not to the customs office at the port where the goods will arrive. This is the single point most often got wrong by suppliers who are used to dealing with a local authority in their own jurisdiction. A filing lodged with the wrong body is not a filing.
Domestic food importers. Two conditions sit in front of the application: the applicant must already hold a domestic business entity qualification, and must already have obtained, or be applying at the same time for, filing as an import-export consignee or consignor. A newly established entity that has not yet dealt with consignee filing should run the two applications together rather than in sequence.
Groups and agents. Filing attaches to the entity and to the trading relationship. A change of agent, a change of name after a restructuring, or a move of premises each touches the filed content and starts the sixty-day clock.
The sixty-day duty, and why it is the weak point
A filing valid for the long term has no natural prompt. Nothing expires, so nothing reminds anyone. The announcement therefore places the obligation on the trader: 60 days from the date the change occurs, not from the date someone notices.
Three changes carry most of the practical risk. A change of agent or of the overseas exporter is common in distribution arrangements and is easy to treat as a commercial matter rather than a filing matter. A change of address — a relocation, a move to a new park, a change of registered address after a capital restructuring — is expressly addressed, and the announcement directs the application to the customs office of the new location. A change of name, typically following a group rebrand or a merger, affects the identity recorded against the filing code.
The consequence of a stale filing is not framed as a penalty in the announcement. It appears at the border instead: the declaration requires the filing code to be reported and the information to be verified, and a mismatch produces a requirement to correct within a time limit. A correction demanded while a consignment is waiting is a delay with a cost attached, and the cost lands on the importer, not on the supplier who changed its name.
Practical steps
Before filing. Confirm the entity holds its domestic business qualification, and confirm the status of the consignee or consignor filing — obtained, or being applied for simultaneously. Collect the details that the reduced forms still ask for, and reconcile the entity name across the business licence, the consignee filing and the commercial documents. Name mismatches are a routine cause of a consolidated notice.
At filing. Use the Single Window or Customs Government Services. Domestic importers who prefer paper may submit the form at the customs office of domicile. Keep the acceptance date: the three working days run from acceptance, not from submission, and the date is the reference point if a query arises.
After filing. Record the filing code where the declaration team and the customs broker can see it. Put the sixty-day duty into a calendar tied to corporate events — agent changes, lease moves, name changes — rather than to an annual compliance cycle, since there is no annual cycle to attach it to.
When an entity exits. If the business is dissolved, or its registration or licence is cancelled or revoked, or the consignee filing is cancelled at customs, cancellation of the food trader filing follows. Leaving a filing standing after the underlying qualification has gone is the kind of loose end that surfaces later, at the worst moment.
What this filing does not cover. Registration of the overseas producer under Decree No. 248; quarantine approval or market access for the product itself; and label compliance. Filing is a trader-level record and substitutes for none of them.
Outlook
The direction is consistent with the wider run of customs reform: fewer data points collected up front, faster processing, and supervision shifted to the period after filing — through on-site inspection, document review and public disclosure. The front door is cheaper to walk through; keeping the record accurate is now the part that requires management attention.
Companies that treat filing as a one-off administrative task, completed once and filed away, are the ones exposed. Companies that treat it as a live record, with an owner and a trigger list, get the benefit of the shorter clock without the delays a stale record produces.
Related reading
- Overseas producer registration and labelling for imported food (No. 84) — the Decree No. 248 regime that sits alongside trader filing.
- The imported food market and channel structure (No. 155) — commercial context for importers building a category.
- GACC Announcement No. 146 on imported grain (No. 457) — a recent example of how a single announcement reshapes one product line.
Sources
- General Administration of Customs, Announcement No. 150 of 2026 on the filing of import food traders (text): http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/26/article_2026102615065664125.html
- General Administration of Customs, policy interpretation of Announcement No. 150 of 2026: http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/26/article_2026102617052019328.html
- General Administration of Customs, latest documents: http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/index.html
- General Administration of Customs, government information disclosure: http://zfs.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/index.html
海关总署公告 2026 年第 150 号：进口食品进出口商备案的材料精简、三工作日办结与六十日变更义务
概述
海关总署于 2026 年 10 月 23 日发布公告 2026 年第 150 号，自发布之日起施行。该公告规范的是每一批进口食品背后的备案事项：一侧是境外出口商或其代理商，另一侧是境内食品进口商。公告同时废止原质检总局公告 2012 年第 55 号附件 1，也就是自 2012 年起沿用至今的那套备案规则。
这次调整同时朝两个方向走，只看其中一个方向会得出错误印象。在行政一侧，负担是下降的：需要填报的项更少，办理时限更短，也不再需要换证。在维护一侧，负担是上升的：备案既然长期有效，就没有任何机制会提醒企业回头再看它一眼，而公告把”发现变更并主动办理”的义务放在了企业身上，期限是六十日。
有一个边界必须先讲清楚，因为这是最容易混淆的地方。本公告管的是进出口商的备案；境外生产、加工、贮存企业的注册是另一套制度，依海关总署第 248 号令办理，本次未作调整。一家企业可能作为出口商备案完全合规，货物却仍然发不出去，原因是生产该批食品的境外企业没有注册。
变了什么
表格。 《食品进口商备案信息表》由 20 项精简至 16 项；《进口食品境外出口商或代理商备案信息表》由 20 项减少至 10 项，减半，是两者中压缩比例更大的一份。
时限。 海关自受理之日起 3 个工作日内予以备案，原为 5 个工作日。资料不符合要求的，海关在同样的 3 个工作日内一次性告知需要补正的全部内容。
有效期。 备案长期有效。没有定期换证，也没有需要记入日程的证照到期日。
变更。 备案内容发生变更的，应当在变更发生之日起 60 日内办理变更手续。迁址的，向迁入地海关提出申请，而不是向原址所在地海关。
注销。 五种情形应当注销备案：因解散、被宣告破产或其他法定事由终止；被市场监管部门注销或撤销登记、吊销营业执照；主动申请注销；进出口货物收发货人备案已在海关注销；以及其他依法应当注销的情形。
渠道。 通过国际贸易”单一窗口”或”海关政务服务”办理。境内食品进口商也可以向住所地海关提交纸质《食品进口商备案信息表》。
申报环节的验核。 申报进口时，须如实填报进出口商名称、境内食品进口商统一社会信用代码、境外出口商或代理商备案编码。海关对进出口商信息进行验核；备案信息不符的，须限期更正、完善。
监督管理。 海关可以通过实地检查、查阅材料或要求报送材料实施监督。备案信息通过”中国海关企业进出口信用信息公示平台”公布。
影响谁
境外出口商与代理商。 备案向海关总署申请，也就是向中央主管部门申请，而不是向货物将要抵达口岸的海关申请。这一点在习惯于同本国地方主管机关打交道的供应商那里最常出错。递交给错误机关的申请，不构成备案。
境内食品进口商。 申请之前横着两个条件：申请人须已取得国内经营主体资格；须已取得，或同时申请，海关进出口货物收发货人备案。一家刚设立、尚未办理收发货人备案的企业，应当把两项申请并行推进，而不是排队办理。
集团与代理关系。 备案附着于主体，也附着于贸易关系。更换代理、重组后更名、搬迁地址，都会触及已备案内容，也都会启动六十日的计时。
六十日义务，以及它为什么是薄弱环节
一份长期有效的备案，本身不会产生任何提示。没有东西到期，就没有东西提醒任何人。公告因此把义务明确放在进出口商一侧：自变更发生之日起 60 日内办理，起算点是变更发生之日，不是企业察觉之日。
实务中风险最集中的有三类变更。一是更换代理或更换境外出口商，这在经销安排中很常见，容易被当作商务事项处理，而不是备案事项。二是地址变更，包括搬迁、迁入新园区、股权重组后变更注册地址，公告对此专门作了规定，并要求向迁入地海关申请。三是名称变更，通常发生在集团统一品牌或合并之后，而名称正是备案编码所对应的身份信息。
公告没有把备案信息失实写成一种处罚。它的后果出现在口岸：申报时需要填报备案编码并对信息进行验核，信息不符的会被要求限期更正。一批货正在等待时被要求更正，就是一次带成本的延误，而这个成本落在进口商身上，不在那位改了名字的供应商身上。
实操步骤
备案之前。 确认主体已取得国内经营主体资格，确认进出口货物收发货人备案的状态——是已取得，还是正在同时申请。归集精简后的表格仍然要求的信息，并把营业执照、收发货人备案、商业单证上的企业名称逐一核对一致。名称不一致是一次性告知的常见触发原因。
办理之时。 使用”单一窗口”或”海关政务服务”。偏好纸质材料的境内进口商，可向住所地海关提交表格。记下受理日期：3 个工作日自受理之日起算，不是自提交之日起算，出现查询时这个日期就是基准。
备案之后。 把备案编码放到申报团队和报关代理都看得到的位置。把六十日义务挂到公司事件上——更换代理、租约搬迁、名称变更——而不是挂到年度合规日历上，因为这里并没有一个年度节点可以挂靠。
主体退出时。 企业解散，或登记、营业执照被注销、撤销、吊销，或收发货人备案已在海关注销，食品进出口商备案随之注销。底层资格已经消失而备案仍然挂着，这类尾巴往往在之后最不合适的时点浮出水面。
本备案不管的事项。 境外生产企业依第 248 号令的注册；产品本身的检疫审批与准入；标签合规。备案是进出口商层面的记录，不能替代其中任何一项。
展望
这一方向与海关改革的整体走向一致：前端少收数据，办理更快，监管重心后移到备案之后——通过实地检查、查阅材料与信息公示来实现。进门的成本更低了，而”把记录维护准确”从此成为需要有人负责的部分。
把备案当成一次性行政手续、办完就归档的企业，正是暴露在风险中的那一类。把备案当成一份活记录、有明确责任人和触发清单的企业，才能拿到时限缩短的好处，而不必承受记录过期带来的延误。
延伸阅读
- 《进口食品境外生产企业注册与标签》（第 84 篇）——与进出口商备案并行的第 248 号令制度。
- 《进口食品市场与渠道结构》（第 155 篇）——进口商搭建品类时的商业背景。
- 《海关总署第 146 号公告与进口粮食》（第 457 篇）——近期一份公告重塑单条产品线的实例。
来源
- 海关总署·《关于进口食品进出口商备案有关事项的公告》（公告 2026 年第 150 号）全文：http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/26/article_2026102615065664125.html
- 海关总署·公告 2026 年第 150 号政策解读：http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/2026-10/26/article_2026102617052019328.html
- 海关总署·最新文件：http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/2480148/index.html
- 海关总署·政务公开：http://zfs.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/index.html