The export of agricultural products meets the "terror" barrier, involving the export volume of 1.6 billion yuan

Introduction: new page 1 recently, in response to the food registration notification system involved in the management of imported food in the public health, safety and bioterrorism prevention and Response Act signed by the president of the United States in June 2002, the Ministry of Commerce notified all parts of the country and requested that measures be taken as soon as possible to eliminate its negative impact UDX involves the food registration notification system with a domestic export volume of more than 1.6 billion UDX in the United States First, it requires that domestic and foreign food and feed production, processing, packaging and storage enterprises in the United States must be in the FDA For registration, the unregistered foreign food and feed will be detained at the port of entry; secondly, the imported food must be notified to FDA before it is transported to the United States, otherwise it will also be detained It is reported that the regulation will be issued before October 12, 2003 UDX's total export of agricultural products to the United States in 2002 was US $1.63 billion, accounting for about 9% of the total export of agricultural products UDX is the fourth largest market for China's export of agricultural products, mainly aquatic and horticultural products Among them, more than 1.4 billion US dollars and more than 500 varieties of food are directly consumed, and more than 3000 are directly exported A director of UDX China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of food, soil and livestock disclosed that according to FDA The stipulated scope of food and registered scope of enterprises (all enterprises engaged in the production, processing, packaging and storage of food exported to the United States for the consumption of people and animals, production and trade enterprises directly exporting to the United States, and production enterprises that entrust foreign trade enterprises to act as agents for export or provide supply sources to export enterprises to the United States) The amount of export commodities and the number of enterprises involved in China will be far greater than this Number UDX it is difficult for Guangdong enterprises to meet the standard UDX "if the US FDA regulations are implemented, the export of agricultural products in Guangdong will be greatly affected" An official from the Department of agriculture of Guangdong Province told reporters that the total export of agricultural products in Guangdong province accounted for 10% of the total export of Guangdong Province last year Most of them are aquatic products, a very small part are horticultural products Most of these enterprises are below 200 million yuan, and their production standards are difficult to keep up with the standards raised by the FDA UDX actively eliminate negative effects UDX In order to avoid the negative impact of the American food registration notification system on the export of our agricultural products to the greatest extent, the Ministry of commerce requires the foreign trade departments of all regions to report the above information to the relevant enterprises in the region as soon as possible, establish a database for the American food and feed export enterprises, strengthen the contact with the importers, track the changes in the American registration and notification requirements, and discuss the selection of agents in the United States Book possibilities It is also suggested that relevant enterprises should implement the facilities required for electronic registration before the end of the year The specific implementation should be reported to the foreign trade department of the Ministry of Commerce before May 15 UDX, according to a person from the China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of food, soil and livestock, at present, their evaluation opinions on the U.S regulation put forward by member enterprises have been fed back to the U.S FDA, drawing the U.S side's attention to the fact that tens of thousands of food related units and enterprises in China may need to be registered in accordance with the registration requirements of the proposed FDA regulation Next, the chamber will further communicate with the US FDA to closely monitor the development of the situation UDX new regulations are difficult to prevent bioterrorism UDX China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of food, soil and livestock also said that in fact, the U.S food registration notification system will cause serious administrative burden on international trade, and it is not operable, and the FDA registration requirements can not actually achieve the purpose of preventing bioterrorism According to the chamber, crimes from the spread of biological pollutants are beyond the control of food producers, whether they are registered or not If the proposed provisions fail to achieve the expected protection purpose, and these provisions will create trade barriers, such registration is meaningless and will cause adverse chain reaction UdX