On November 3, the General Administration of Customs issued the Notification on the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for the import of Uzbekistan's dried chili peppers. Since the date of this notification, it allows the import of Uzbekistan's dried Chili peppers that meet the quarantine requirements.


1. Inspection and quarantine basis:

A. "Law of the People's Republic of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine", "Implementation Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine Law"

B. "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", "Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China"

C. “import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China”, “Implementation Regulations of the import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China”

D. "Measures for the Administration of import and Export Food Safety"

E. "Protocol of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and National Plant Inspection and Quarantine Service of Uzbekistan on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements of Uzbekistan's Dried Chili Peppers Exported to China"

2. Product allowed to enter: It is a product made from edible red Chili peppers (Cápsicum ánnuum) grown in Uzbekistan and processed by natural drying or other drying processes.

3. Production facility requirements: The production enterprises and storage warehouses of dried chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China must be recommended by the Uzbek side, and reported to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) for registration.

4. Phytosanitary requirements:

(1) The dried chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China should comply with China's phytosanitary laws and regulations.

(2) Dried Chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China must not carry the following quarantine pests: Orobanche spp., Longidorus elongatus (de Man) Thorne & Swanger removed, Verticillium dahliae Klebahn, Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) PA Dang., Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus.

(3) Dried Chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China must not contain live insects, soil, weed seeds, plant residues, gravel and other impurities.

5. Phytosanitary certificate requirements

The Uzbekistan official shall issue a phytosanitary certificate for each batch of dried Chili peppers exported to China that meets the requirements of the protocol, and indicate in the additional statement of the certificate: “Dried chilli peppers for which this phytosanitary certificate is issued to comply with the requirements of the Protocol of phytosanitary requirements for the Export of Dried Chilli Pepper from Uzbekistan to China, signed on 1 July, 2020, in Beijing and Tashkent, between the Chinese and the Uzbek parties”

6. Food Safety Requirements 

The dried chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China shall comply with China's food safety laws and regulations and Chinese national food safety standards.

7. Packaging Requirements

Each dried chili peppers packaging box should be marked with English information such as name, place of origin (district, city or county), country, plantation and its registration number, production company and its registration number of dried chili. "本产品输往中华人民共和国" must be marked in Chinese on each tray.

8. Others

The dried chili peppers exported from Uzbekistan to China should come from production enterprises that have obtained Chinese registration. For the list of registered Uzbekistan exporters of dried pepper to China, please check the website of the General Administration of Customs.

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