Food Supplements (Commercial) → 🇨🇳 China

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No specific restrictions for personal food supplements (commercial). Quantity guidance for China: Personal use. Documentation: Commercial invoice; Packing list; Bill of lading / AWB; HS classification. Allowed status assumes personal-use quantities — commercial-scale amounts move the entry into formal import procedures with duty and documentation. Arrival checks are carried out by General Administration of Customs of China (GACC); when in doubt use the declare (red) channel — declared goods at worst attract duty or surrender, while undeclared goods attract penalties. Leaving China with food supplements (commercial) is a separate question: restricted — Commercial-quantity food supplements exported from China requires a commercial export declaration; samples at personal quantities move informally.

Leaving China with food supplements (commercial)

Food supplements in commercial quantities must be exported from China under a commercial export declaration with a commercial invoice and, where applicable, a packing list and certificate of origin for preferential tariff treatment at destination. Destination markets regulate supplement ingredients and labelling separately (novel-food rules in the EU, FDA facility registration for the US) — commercial consignments need destination compliance before export makes sense. Carrying commercial quantities as passenger baggage without export documentation risks seizure and misdeclaration penalties on the origin side and duty assessment at destination.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2026-08-22