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Regulatory Agencies
Contact: Director
Administration of Animal and Plant Quarantine
Ministry of Agriculture
Liang Ma Qiao, Chan Yang District
Beijing 100026
Tel: 86 10 4210958
Fax: 86 10 5002448
Telex: 22233 MAGR CN
Cable: CHAGRI BEIJING (CHINA) | In the United States, contact:
Agricultural Attache
Embassy of the People's Republic of China
2300 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20008 USA
tel: 202-328-2502 |
Other Contacts:
Exporters can determine if their exports require a
license and can track their applications through the system with
the help of the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) Exporter
Services Division. If a PLC is required the applicant should
contact the commercial officer in charge of export licensing at
the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to determine the status of the visit.
BXA Exporter Services Division:
- Washington, D.C.
tel: 202-482-4811
Fax: 202-482-3322
- Newport Beach, CA
tel:714-660-0144
Fax 714-660-9347
- Santa Clara, CA
tel: 408-748-7450
Fax: 408-748-7470
U.S. Embassy-Beijing, Commercial Section:
BXA Commercial Officer
tel: 86-10-532-6924
Fax 532-3297
Quarantine Inspection:
A 1991 quarantine law provides the legal
basis for the quarantine inspection of animals, plants and their
products, as well as the containers and packaging materials used
for transporting these items. The law also establishes the
Animal and Plant Quarantine Administration under the State
Council, giving it responsibility to carry out import and export
quarantine inspections.
The importer must submit an application in advance and the
products must undergo the required inspections upon arrival in
China. Contracts must specify the requirements for inspection
under China's law, as well as indicate the necessary quarantine
certificates to be issued by the appropriate agency in the
exporting country. Catalogues of the Class A and B infectious or
parasitic diseases of animals and the catalogues of the diseases,
pests and weeds dangerous to plants are determined and announced
by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Administration.
Those objects prohibited from entering the country and include:
pathogenic micro-organisms of animals and plants, insect pests,
and other harmful organisms; animals and plants and their
products from countries or regions with prevalent epidemic animal
or plant diseases; dead animals; and soil.
Last update APRIL 10, 1998 by Ben Alkire