NameRequirement to obtain an import permit - Food
DescriptionFor all food it is necessary to obtain an import permit for every importation from the Department of Food of the Ministry of Health.
CommentsTo ensure the quality and safety of product to consumer.
Validity From2006-05-12
Validity To9999-12-31
ReferenceArticle 35 of the Food Law No. 33/NA and Articles 8 of Decision No. 3019/MOH
Measure TypePermit Requirement
AgencyMinistry of Health
Legal Document- Law on Food (Amended) No. 33/NA, dated 24 July 2013
- Decision on import, export and transit of food (amendment), No. 3091/MOH, dated 25 September 2024.
UN CodeA14
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
1 Procedure for Import of Food Procedure for importing all food products. Import
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
1 Request for Food Import Permit Request for Food Import Permit Ministry of Health PDF
2 Import Permit (Food) Import Permit (Food) Ministry of Health PDF
Commodity/s
# HS Code Description
1 0401101000 - - In liquid form
2 0401109000 - - Other
3 0401201000 - - In liquid form
4 0401209000 - - Other
5 0401401000 - - Milk in liquid form
6 0401402000 - - Milk in frozen form
7 0401409000 - - Other
8 0401501000 - - In liquid form
9 0401509000 - - Other
10 0402104100 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
11 0402104900 - - - Other
12 0402109100 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
13 0402109900 - - - Other
14 0402212000 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
15 0402219000 - - - Other
16 0402292000 - - - In containers of a net weight of 20 kg or more
17 0402299000 - - - Other
18 0402910000 - - Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
19 0402990000 - - Other
20 0403901000 - - Buttermilk
21 0403909000 - - Other
22 0404900000 - Other
23 0405100000 - Butter
24 0405200000 - Dairy spreads
25 0405901000 - - Anhydrous butterfat
26 0405902000 - - Butteroil
27 0405903000 - - Ghee
28 0405909000 - - Other
29 0406101000 - - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese
30 0406102000 - - Curd
31 0406201000 - - In packages of a gross weight exceeding 20 kg
32 0406209000 - - Other
33 0406300000 - Processed cheese, not grated or powdered
34 0406400000 - Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by Penicillium roqueforti
35 0406900000 - Other cheese
36 0409000000 Natural honey.
37 1501100000 - Lard
38 1501200000 - Other pig fat
39 1501900000 - Other
40 1502901000 - - Edible
41 1502909000 - - Other
42 1503001000 - Lard stearin or oleostearin
43 1503009000 - Other
44 1504102000 - - Solid fractions
45 1504109000 - - Other
46 1504201000 - - Solid fractions
47 1504209000 - - Other
48 1505001000 - Lanolin
49 1505009000 - Other
50 1506000000 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
51 1507100000 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed
52 1507901000 - - Fractions of unrefined soya-bean oil
53 1507909000 - - Other
54 1508100000 - Crude oil
55 1509901100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
56 1509901900 - - - Other
57 1509909100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
58 1509909900 - - - Other
59 1511100000 - Crude oil
60 1512110000 - - Crude oil
61 1512191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined sunflower-seed oil or safflower oil
62 1512199000 - - - Other
63 1512210000 - - Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed
64 1512291000 - - - Fractions of unrefined cotton-seed oil
65 1512299000 - - - Other
66 1513191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined coconut oil
67 1513199000 - - - Other
68 1513211000 - - - Palm kernel oil
69 1513219000 - - - Other
70 1513291100 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined palm kernel oil
71 1513291200 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined babassu oil
72 1513291300 - - - - Other, of unrefined palm kernel oil (palm kernel olein)
73 1513291400 - - - - Other, of unrefined babassu oil
74 1513299100 - - - - Solid fractions of palm kernel oil
75 1513299200 - - - - Solid fractions of babassu oil
76 1513299400 - - - - Palm kernel olein, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
77 1513299500 - - - - Palm kernel oil, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
78 1513299600 - - - - Other, palm kernel oil
79 1513299700 - - - - Other, of babassu oil
80 1514110000 - - Crude oil
81 1514191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
82 1514199000 - - - Other
83 1514991000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
84 1515110000 - - Crude oil
85 1515190000 - - Other
86 1515210000 - - Crude oil
87 1515291100 - - - - Solid fractions
88 1515291900 - - - - Other
89 1515299100 - - - - Solid fractions
90 1515299900 - - - - Other
91 1515301000 - - Crude oil
92 1515309000 - - Other
93 1515501000 - - Crude oil
94 1515502000 - - Fractions of unrefined oil
95 1515509000 - - Other
96 1515901100 - - - Crude oil
97 1515901200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
98 1515901900 - - - Other
99 1515902100 - - - Crude oil
100 1515902200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
101 1515902900 - - - Other
102 1515903100 - - - Crude oil
103 1515903200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
104 1515903900 - - - Other
105 1515909100 - - - Crude oil
106 1515909200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
107 1515909900 - - - Other
108 1516109000 - - Other
109 1516201100 - - - Of soya beans
110 1516201200 - - - Of maize
111 1516201400 - - - Of coconuts
112 1516201700 - - - Of ground-nuts
113 1516201800 - - - Of linseed
114 1516201900 - - - Other
115 1516205100 - - - Of linseed
116 1516205200 - - - Of olives
117 1516205900 - - - Other
118 1516209200 - - - Of linseed
119 1516209300 - - - Of olives
120 1516209400 - - - Of soya beans
121 1516209600 - - - Refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm kernel stearin
122 1516209800 - - - Of ground-nuts, of oil palm or of coconuts
123 1516209900 - - - Other
124 1517901000 - - Imitation ghee
125 1517902000 - - Liquid margarine
126 1517903000 - - Of a kind used as mould release preparations
127 1517904300 - - - Shortening
128 1517904400 - - - Imitation lard
129 1517905000 - - Other solid mixtures or preparations of vegetable fats or oils or of their fractions
130 1517906100 - - - In which ground-nut oil predominates
131 1517906200 - - - In which crude palm oil predominates
132 1517906300 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight not exceeding 25 kg
133 1517906400 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight exceeding 25 kg
134 1517906500 - - - In which palm kernel oil predominates
135 1517906600 - - - In which palm kernel olein predominates
136 1517906700 - - - In which either soya-bean oil or coconut oil predominates
137 1517906800 - - - In which illipe nut oil predominates
138 1517906900 - - - Other
139 1517909000 - - Other
140 1518001200 - - Animal fats and oils
141 1518001400 - - Ground-nut, soya-bean, palm or coconut oil
142 1518001500 - - Linseed oil and its fractions
143 1518001600 - - Olive oil and its fractions
144 1518001900 - - Other
145 1518002000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions of different animal fats or oils
146 1518003300 - - Of linseed
147 1518003400 - - Of olives
148 1518003500 - - Of ground-nuts
149 1518003600 - - Of soya beans or coconuts
150 1518003700 - - Of cotton seeds
151 1518003900 - - Other
152 1518006000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions thereof and vegetable fats or oils or fractions thereof
153 1520001000 - Crude glycerol
154 1520009000 - Other
155 1521100000 - Vegetable waxes
156 1521901000 - - Beeswax and other insect waxes
157 1521902000 - - Spermaceti
158 1522001000 - Degras
159 1522009000 - Other
160 1701120000 - - Beet sugar
161 1701130000 - - Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
162 1701140000 - - Other cane sugar
163 1701910000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
164 1701999000 - - - Other
165 1702110000 - - Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
166 1702190000 - - Other
167 1702200000 - Maple sugar and maple syrup
168 1702301000 - - Glucose
169 1702302000 - - Glucose syrup
170 1702400000 - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
171 1702500000 - Chemically pure fructose
172 1702601000 - - Fructose
173 1702602000 - - Fructose syrup
174 1702901100 - - - Chemically pure maltose
175 1702901900 - - - Other
176 1702902000 - - Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
177 1702903000 - - Flavoured or coloured sugars (excluding maltose)
178 1702904000 - - Caramel
179 1702909100 - - - Sugar syrups
180 1702909900 - - - Other
181 1703101000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
182 1703109000 - - Other
183 1703901000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
184 1703909000 - - Other
185 1704100000 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated
186 1704901000 - - Medicated pastilles and drops
187 1704902000 - - White chocolate
188 1704909100 - - - Soft, containing gelatin
189 1704909900 - - - Other
190 1803100000 - Not defatted
191 1803200000 - Wholly or partly defatted
192 1804000000 Cocoa butter, fat and oil.
193 1805000000 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
194 1806100000 - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
195 1806201000 - - Chocolate confectionery in blocks, slabs or bars
196 1806209000 - - Other
197 1806901000 - - Chocolate confectionery in tablets or pastilles
198 1806903000 - - Food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, containing 40 % or more but not exceeding 50 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis
199 1806904000 - - Food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, containing 5 % or more but not exceeding 10 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, specially prepared for infants or young children, not put up for retail sale
200 1806909000 - - Other
201 1901101000 - - Of malt extract
202 1901102000 - - Of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04
203 1901103000 - - Of soya-bean powder
204 1901109100 - - - Medical foods
205 1901109900 - - - Other
206 1901201000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa
207 1901202000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, containing cocoa
208 1901203000 - - Other, not containing cocoa
209 1901204000 - - Other, containing cocoa
210 1901901100 - - - Medical foods
211 1901901900 - - - Other
212 1901902000 - - Malt extract
213 1901903100 - - - Filled milk
214 1901903200 - - - Other, containing cocoa powder
215 1901903900 - - - Other
216 1901904100 - - - In powder form
217 1901904900 - - - In other forms
218 1901909100 - - - Medical foods
219 1901909900 - - - Other
220 1902110000 - - Containing eggs
221 1902192000 - - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
222 1902194000 - - - Other noodles
223 1902199000 - - - Other
224 1902201000 - - Stuffed with meat or meat offal
225 1902203000 - - Stuffed with fish, crustaceans or molluscs
226 1902209000 - - Other
227 1902302000 - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
228 1902303000 - - Transparent vermicelli
229 1902304000 - - Other instant noodles
230 1902309000 - - Other
231 1902400000 - Couscous
232 1903000000 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.
233 1904101000 - - Containing cocoa
234 1904109000 - - Other
235 1904201000 - - Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes
236 1904209000 - - Other
237 1904300000 - Bulgur wheat
238 1904901000 - - Rice preparations, including pre-cooked rice
239 1904909000 - - Other
240 1905100000 - Crispbread
241 1905200000 - Gingerbread and the like
242 1905311000 - - - Not containing cocoa
243 1905312000 - - - Containing cocoa
244 1905401000 - - Not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
245 1905409000 - - Other
246 1905901000 - - Unsweetened teething biscuits
247 1905902000 - - Other unsweetened biscuits
248 1905903000 - - Cakes
249 1905904000 - - Pastries
250 1905905000 - - Flourless bakers’ wares
251 1905906000 - - Empty cachets and similar products of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use
252 1905907000 - - Communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
253 1905908000 - - Other crisp savoury food products
254 1905909000 - - Other
255 2001100000 - Cucumbers and gherkins
256 2001901000 - - Onions
257 2001909000 - - Other
258 2002901000 - - Tomato paste
259 2002902000 - - Tomato powder
260 2002909000 - - Other
261 2003100000 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
262 2003901000 - - Truffles
263 2003909000 - - Other
264 2004100000 - Potatoes
265 2004901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
266 2004909000 - - Other
267 2005201100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
268 2005201900 - - - Other
269 2005209100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
270 2005209900 - - - Other
271 2005591000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
272 2005599000 - - - Other
273 2005910000 - - Bamboo shoots
274 2005991000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
275 2005999000 - - - Other
276 2006000000 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
277 2007100000 - Homogenised preparations
278 2007910000 - - Citrus fruit
279 2007991000 - - - Fruit pastes other than of mangoes, pineapples or strawberries
280 2007999000 - - - Other
281 2008111000 - - - Roasted
282 2008112000 - - - Peanut butter
283 2008119000 - - - Other
284 2008191000 - - - Cashew nuts
285 2008301000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
286 2008309000 - - Other
287 2008601000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
288 2008609000 - - Other
289 2008701000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
290 2008709000 - - Other
291 2008971000 - - - Of stems, roots and other edible parts of plants, not including fruits or nuts whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
292 2008972000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
293 2008979000 - - - Other
294 2008994000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
295 2009110000 - - Frozen
296 2009120000 - - Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
297 2009190000 - - Other
298 2009210000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
299 2009290000 - - Other
300 2009310000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
301 2009390000 - - Other
302 2009410000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
303 2009490000 - - Other
304 2009500000 - Tomato juice
305 2009610000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
306 2009690000 - - Other
307 2009710000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
308 2009790000 - - Other
309 2009811000 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
310 2009819000 - - - Other
311 2009891000 - - - Blackcurrant juice
312 2009899100 - - - - Suitable for infants or young children
313 2009899900 - - - - Other
314 2009901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
315 2101119000 - - - Other
316 2101121000 - - - Mixtures in paste form with a basis of ground roasted coffee, containing vegetable fats
317 2101209000 - - Other
318 2101300000 - Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
319 2102100000 - Active yeasts
320 2102300000 - Prepared baking powders
321 2103100000 - Soya sauce
322 2103200000 - Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
323 2103300000 - Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
324 2104101100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
325 2104101900 - - - Other
326 2104109100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
327 2104109900 - - - Other
328 2104201100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
329 2104201900 - - - Other
330 2104209100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
331 2104209900 - - - Other
332 2105000000 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
333 2106100000 - Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
334 2106902000 - - Powdered alcohol
335 2106903000 - - Non-dairy creamer
336 2106904100 - - - In powder form
337 2106904900 - - - Other
338 2106905300 - - - Ginseng based products
339 2106905900 - - - Other
340 2106906100 - - - Preparations of a kind used as raw material for the manufacture of composite concentrates :- - - - Of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
341 2106906200 - - - Preparations of a kind used as raw material for the manufacture of composite concentrates :- - - - Of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
342 2106906400 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
343 2106906500 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in other forms
344 2106906600 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
345 2106906700 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
346 2106906900 - - - Other
347 2106909100 - - - Other, mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used for food processing
348 2106909200 - - - Flavoured or coloured syrups
349 2106909500 - - - Seri kaya
350 2106909600 - - - Other medical foods
351 2106909800 - - - Other flavouring preparations
352 2106909900 - - - Other
353 2201901000 - - Ice and snow
354 2201909000 - - Other
355 2202109000 - - Other
356 2204100000 - Sparkling wine
357 2204211400 - - - - Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.
358 2206001000 - Cider or perry
359 2206002000 - Saké
360 2206009100 - - Other rice wine (including medicated rice wine)
361 2206009900 - - Other
362 2207100000 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher
363 2207201100 - - - Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 99 % vol.
364 2207201900 - - - Other
365 2207209000 - - Other
366 2208205000 - - Brandy
367 2208209000 - - Other
368 2208400000 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products
369 2208500000 - Gin and Geneva
370 2208600000 - Vodka
371 2208901000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
372 2208902000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
373 2208903000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
374 2208904000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
375 2208905000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
376 2208906000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
377 2208907000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength not exceeding 57 % vol.
378 2208908000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength exceeding 57 % vol.
379 2209000000 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid.
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