Seafood, also known as seafood food, including fish, shrimp, shellfish and so on。While kelp and other sea creatures are often served as food, seafood is primarily cooked for animals。In a narrow sense, only fresh seafood can be called seafood。Seafood categories include: live seafood, frozen seafood and chilled seafood。
Nowadays, seafood has become an indispensable delicacy on the table of many ordinary people。Nowadays, with the development of air transportation and maritime technology, more and more foreign seafood has entered thousands of households, and it is fresh seafood。King crabs, Australian lobsters, Korean sea cucumbers and oysters can all be transported for life。So what exactly is the process？
What documents are required to import seafood？
1.Non-aquaculture fishing seafood: Certificate of origin, fishing certificate (aquatic product inspection and quarantine certificate/health certificate), inspection sheet, invoice, contract, bill of lading。
2.Cultured seafood: The information provided by foreign countries remains unchanged, and importers need to apply for import animal and plant inspection and quarantine permits in advance。
Second, seafood import customs clearance requirements
(1) Foreign countries: only those countries (regions) that have obtained China's inspection and quarantine access or trade in China import seafood。Shanghai seafood customs clearance customers need to provide the Chinese name and Latin name of the goods。Traditional trading countries Traditional trading countries, regions and China food directory。The registered list of overseas food producers is also required to provide frozen food。Its exporters and breeding companies must file in China and provide a certificate of origin。
（2）国内：Seafood customs clearanceRequirements are divided into approved and unapproved。Import from Japan。All wild-caught or farmed salmon。Import quarantine permit (approved) requires fresh and chilled seafood。It takes 15 working days to apply for an import quarantine permit。
3. Information required for seafood import declaration:
1.Ocean bill of lading。
2.Seafood import Declaration authorization (electronic authorization cannot be provided)
3.Original invoice。
4.Packing list of goods。
5.Foreign trade contract。
6.Health certificate/Health certificate;
7.Certificate of origin;
8.Seafood import declaration pre-verification form (if approval is required);
9.Seafood import declaration standard declaration requirements;
10.Original seafood import declaration form;
11.Other country inspection.Documents required by customs。
The above documents must be notified to foreign customers as soon as possible to send the electronic version first, so that our operators can review in advance to ensure the consistency of orders。Document consistency, ensure document zero errors, and then mail the original document;
4. Seafood import customs clearance process。
1.Replace orders and obtain relevant documents from the cargo carrier;
2.Apply for inspection, first go out the customs clearance, then customs declaration, and then pass the inspection;
3.Electronic declaration, enter the customs declaration data;
4.Receive orders on the spot and submit paper documents to the customs personnel on the spot;
5.Price review, the customs has a database of imported commodity prices, if the declared price is lower than the database record, the system will prompt。The Customs may conduct price examination and price negotiation。Our company has a wealth of experience in price waste, will do our best to help enterprises waste prices, as far as possible for customers to save import costs。
6.Pay customs duties through the bank.Value-added tax.Consumption tax;
7.Inspection and release, the customs can release directly, or release after the inspection is consistent。If the inspection is inconsistent, it can be divided into three ways according to the situation: change the order and pay taxes;
8.Pick up the goods, after paying the port miscellaneous fees, can pick up the goods。
9.国检。
(1) The State inspects whether the goods are consistent with the declaration, whether the goods contain quarantine pests of concern to China, and whether the packaging is consistent with the declaration;If there is wooden packaging, is it marked with IPPC。If the wooden packaging is not marked or the marking is not clear, the packaging needs to be sanitized。If passed, please open the national inspection and release form;
(2) The national inspectors will sample the goods of different specifications according to the relevant requirements and send them to the laboratory for inspection and quarantine。
10.Export, with the customs release, national inspection release, delivery of goods export to the designated warehouse;
Five, import customs clearance agent precautions。
1.The goods need neutral packing, that is, they are wrapped in film bags with cartons outside。
2.Fresh seafood import declaration in addition to timely provision of relevant documents, but also must be reported to the departments in advance, so that each process seamless。
3.Fresh aquatic products import customs clearance or aquaculture aquatic products inspection, need to provide imported animal and plant inspection and quarantine certificate, processing period is long。It is recommended to handle the goods before delivery to avoid problems in the processing process, which will affect the import customs clearance after the goods arrive in Hong Kong。
4.In addition to strict requirements on customs clearance time and efficiency, customs clearance for aquatic products imports must also be in place in one step, complete and accurate。