Views: 274 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2023-04-07 Origin: Site Inquire
The inspection and supervision system for imported cotton implements a "pre-registration + in-process inspection + post-evaluation" approach.
Registration of overseas suppliers of imported cotton:
The registration of overseas suppliers of imported cotton is a voluntary registration that is not mandatory. Overseas suppliers apply for registration, which is granted upon meeting the prescribed conditions after review. A registration certificate is issued, and regular public announcements are made.
For imported cotton from registered overseas suppliers, the consignee should provide a copy of the supplier's registration certificate to the customs at the port of entry. Upon arrival, inspection can be carried out at the destination.
If cotton is imported from an unregistered overseas supplier, the consignee should include pre-shipment inspection clauses in the trade contract. Pre-shipment inspection should be conducted by customs or qualified inspection agencies. Basic information about the overseas supplier and its declaration of qualified goods should be provided for customs declaration upon entry. Upon arrival, on-site unpacking inspections should be carried out at the first port of arrival to mainly check for abnormalities such as damage, foreign fibers, adulteration or contamination, understand the supplier's quality control over cotton and determine if there are any quality issues with the delivered cotton.
The inspection process mainly includes on-site inspections, sampling and laboratory testing.
Imported cotton is inspected by batch sampling. Customs conduct weight inspections, quality inspections and damage identification according to regulations and issue inspection certificates by batch.
Quality credit evaluation of overseas cotton suppliers:
Customs has established a quality credit evaluation mechanism for overseas cotton suppliers, which evaluates the quality credit rating of imported cotton suppliers based on the actual quality of the delivered cotton and their performance. This is done through credit evaluation and dynamic level list management. This enables targeted implementation of different inspection and regulatory measures for different levels of enterprises.
Overseas supply companies are divided into three levels: A, B, and C, based on their quality credit:
(1) A-level: Overseas supply companies are classified as A-level after registering with the General Administration of Customs.
(2) B-level: A-level overseas supply companies that meet one of the evaluation criteria are downgraded to B-level.
(3) C-level: Overseas supply companies that have not registered with the General Administration of Customs default to C-level. B-level overseas supply companies that meet one of the evaluation criteria are downgraded to C-level.
If one of the issues listed in the evaluation criteria occurs during the importation of cotton by an overseas supplier, it will result in a dynamic adjustment to their quality credit level.
