9 September 2026 | Shanghai, China You found an importer. Now the harder question: how do you vet them? Under China’s Food Safety Law (2015, amended 2021), the Chinese importer must vet overseas suppliers and bears liability for non-compliant imports reaching consumers. The wrong importer is not just a business risk — it is a compliance…
4 September 2026 | Shanghai, China A European chocolate brand shipped its first container to China. The product was premium. The packaging was beautiful. The shipment was held at Shanghai port — not because of quality, but because the label did not match the GACC registration. The container sat at the port while the exporter…
27 August 2026 | Shanghai, China When we reviewed a pre-entry compliance report for a European snack exporter targeting three Asian markets, we flagged something that initially seemed like a minor administrative detail — but turned out to be the difference between profit and loss. What We Saw The same product was being classified under…
24 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Most exporters preparing for China have a checklist. Formula? Check. Label? Check. Registration? Check. But in our pre-entry reports, we consistently find three things that almost no one thinks to check — until the container is already at the port. What We Saw The first blind spot is additives.…
20 August 2026 | Shanghai, China In our pre-entry report, we flagged a cold chain risk for a client shipping temperature-sensitive products. The response: “Our importer has experience. They’ll handle it.” Three weeks later, an entire container arrived with a core temperature of -2°C. The shipment was rejected, returned, and the client lost over €47,000.…
17 August 2026 | Shanghai, China After weeks of preparation, the CIFER portal returns a rejection notice. The GACC registration has failed. With enforcement tightening under Decree 248, rejections are becoming more common — but they are almost always preventable. What We Saw We have handled enough GACC registration cases to recognize the pattern. The…
7 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Exporters who put their sharpest net price on the table with no market development budget often see the first container ship and no reorder follow. Buyers negotiate on cents when price is the only variable offered — not because price is all that matters to them. He Gave His…
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