Over 1,700 firms, factories apply for GACC certification

A total of 1,795 Myanmar food process­ing companies and factories have sub­mitted 3,739 applications to the General Administration of Customs of the Peo­ple’s Republic of China (GACC) as of 5 September 2025, according to the Do­mestic Trade Division (GACC team) of the Myanmar Trade Promotion Organi­zation under the Ministry of Commerce. According to GACC Decrees 248 and 249, GACC registration is mandatory for food exporters beginning from 1 January 2022. Those individuals executing edible oil, oilseeds, stuffed pastry products, edible bird’s nest and related products, edible grains, grains milling industrial products and malt, fresh and dehydrated vege­tables, dried beans, plant species, nuts and seeds, dried fruits, unroasted coffee and cocoa bean, special dietary food ex­cluding milk-based formula, functional foods, bee products, aquatic products including farm products, animal products and animal feed and livestock animal busi­nesses need to apply for GACC licence to place their goods in China’s market. The relevant authorities for the regis­tration with GACC are the Agriculture Department, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, the Fish­eries Department and the Food and Drug Administration Department. Exporters can directly access the Chi­na International Trade Single Window through https://cifer.singlewindow.cn by creating accounts for those food groups which are not listed in the aforementioned 18 groups.

 

Between 1 December 2021 and 5 September 2025, 3,739 applications by 1,795 factories have been forwarded to the GACC through the Agriculture Department (3,564 applications), the Fisheries Department (152), the Live­stock Breeding and Veterinary De­partment (14) and the Food and Drug Administration Department (nine). Regarding the registration of the import­ing companies, the Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine under the GACC will check quarantine access for the im­ported grains (unroasted coffee bean, cocoa beans, fresh and dehydrated veg­etables, plant seasonings (plant spices), edible grain, dried beans, oil seeds (oil plant) and herbal animal products and plant for their origins.

 

The companies cannot directly pro­ceed with registration, and they need to carry out this step through competent au­thorities and departments concerned by sending an email via dapq@customs.gov. cn or submitting a letter to the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar or the Myanmar Embassy in China.

 

As of 5 September 2025, a total of 1,141 applications have been successful in reg­istering with the GACC with the approval of the competent authority. Additionally, a manual registration list of overseas manufacturers of imported foods with the GACC has been uploaded on http://dzs. customs.gov.cn/. Individuals can enquire further information through the contact numbers of the Myanmar Trade Promo­tion Organization at 067 3408605 and 067 3408617, and email myantrade.domestic@ gmail.com. — NN/KK