China sets rules for third-party preshipment inspection agencies

The Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has shared the following message from the Chinese General Administration of Customs, “With its announcement No. 48 of 2018, the Chinese General Administration of Customs provided the Implementation Rules on the Supervision and Administration of Preshipping Inspection of Imported Solid Waste Used as Raw Materials, which take effect as of June 1, 2018. The announcement is pertinent to third part preshipment inspection agencies.

"The General Administration of Customs (GAC) of the People’s Republic of China will be responsible for the supervision and administration of preshipping inspection agencies in the context of their services of inspection, loading under supervision, and stamping with sealing marks and the issuance of the preshipping inspection certificate for exports of waste as raw materials to China.

"Exporters of waste to China may expect news on the first third-party preshipment inspection agencies to have been successful in applying to the GAC, and so may provide their services in late July at the earliest.”

Preshipment inspection agencies seeking more information can contact BIR Trade & Environment Director Ross Bartley at rbartley@bir.org.