NameCertificate requirement from exporting country for imported food
Descriptionthe import of food, importers must obtain a certificate issued by the exporting such as a Free Sale Certificate, GHP, GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000 or other certificates for a consideration of approval by the department of food and drug, ministry of health or the provincial/capital department of food and drug.
CommentsTo ensure the quality and safety of products for consumers
Validity From2012-02-24
Validity To9999-12-31
Referencearticle 35 of Law on Food No. 33/NA, article 6, number 1, para 1 of a Decision No. 297/MOH, and Article 14.4 & 14.5 of Decision No 1166/MoH.
Technical Code
Measure TypeSPS
AgencyMinistry of Health
Legal Document- Decision on Food Inspection No. 297/MOH
Is StandardNo
UN CodeA83
Measure ClassGood
Created Datetime2014-04-29 09:21:53
Updated Datetime2022-07-23 23:37:59
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 0408110000 - - Dried
37 0408190000 - - Other
38 0408910000 - - Dried
39 0408990000 - - Other
40 0409000000 Natural honey.
41 1501100000 - Lard
42 1501200000 - Other pig fat
43 1501900000 - Other
44 1502901000 - - Edible
45 1502909000 - - Other
46 1503001000 - Lard stearin or oleostearin
47 1503009000 - Other
48 1504102000 - - Solid fractions
49 1504109000 - - Other
50 1504201000 - - Solid fractions
51 1504209000 - - Other
52 1505001000 - Lanolin
53 1505009000 - Other
54 1506000000 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
55 1507100000 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed
56 1507901000 - - Fractions of unrefined soya-bean oil
57 1507909000 - - Other
58 1508100000 - Crude oil
59 1509901100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
60 1509901900 - - - Other
61 1509909100 - - - In packings of a net weight not exceeding 30 kg
62 1509909900 - - - Other
63 1511100000 - Crude oil
64 1512110000 - - Crude oil
65 1512191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined sunflower-seed oil or safflower oil
66 1512199000 - - - Other
67 1512210000 - - Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed
68 1512291000 - - - Fractions of unrefined cotton-seed oil
69 1512299000 - - - Other
70 1513191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined coconut oil
71 1513199000 - - - Other
72 1513211000 - - - Palm kernel oil
73 1513219000 - - - Other
74 1513291100 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined palm kernel oil
75 1513291200 - - - - Solid fractions of unrefined babassu oil
76 1513291300 - - - - Other, of unrefined palm kernel oil (palm kernel olein)
77 1513291400 - - - - Other, of unrefined babassu oil
78 1513299100 - - - - Solid fractions of palm kernel oil
79 1513299200 - - - - Solid fractions of babassu oil
80 1513299400 - - - - Palm kernel olein, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
81 1513299500 - - - - Palm kernel oil, refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD)
82 1513299600 - - - - Other, palm kernel oil
83 1513299700 - - - - Other, of babassu oil
84 1514110000 - - Crude oil
85 1514191000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
86 1514199000 - - - Other
87 1514991000 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
88 1515110000 - - Crude oil
89 1515190000 - - Other
90 1515210000 - - Crude oil
91 1515291100 - - - - Solid fractions
92 1515291900 - - - - Other
93 1515299100 - - - - Solid fractions
94 1515299900 - - - - Other
95 1515301000 - - Crude oil
96 1515309000 - - Other
97 1515501000 - - Crude oil
98 1515502000 - - Fractions of unrefined oil
99 1515509000 - - Other
100 1515901100 - - - Crude oil
101 1515901200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
102 1515901900 - - - Other
103 1515902100 - - - Crude oil
104 1515902200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
105 1515902900 - - - Other
106 1515903100 - - - Crude oil
107 1515903200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
108 1515903900 - - - Other
109 1515909100 - - - Crude oil
110 1515909200 - - - Fractions of unrefined oil
111 1515909900 - - - Other
112 1516109000 - - Other
113 1516201100 - - - Of soya beans
114 1516201200 - - - Of maize
115 1516201400 - - - Of coconuts
116 1516201700 - - - Of ground-nuts
117 1516201800 - - - Of linseed
118 1516201900 - - - Other
119 1516205100 - - - Of linseed
120 1516205200 - - - Of olives
121 1516205900 - - - Other
122 1516209200 - - - Of linseed
123 1516209300 - - - Of olives
124 1516209400 - - - Of soya beans
125 1516209600 - - - Refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm kernel stearin
126 1516209800 - - - Of ground-nuts, of oil palm or of coconuts
127 1516209900 - - - Other
128 1517901000 - - Imitation ghee
129 1517902000 - - Liquid margarine
130 1517903000 - - Of a kind used as mould release preparations
131 1517904300 - - - Shortening
132 1517904400 - - - Imitation lard
133 1517905000 - - Other solid mixtures or preparations of vegetable fats or oils or of their fractions
134 1517906100 - - - In which ground-nut oil predominates
135 1517906200 - - - In which crude palm oil predominates
136 1517906300 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight not exceeding 25 kg
137 1517906400 - - - In which other palm oil predominates, in packings of a net weight exceeding 25 kg
138 1517906500 - - - In which palm kernel oil predominates
139 1517906600 - - - In which palm kernel olein predominates
140 1517906700 - - - In which either soya-bean oil or coconut oil predominates
141 1517906800 - - - In which illipe nut oil predominates
142 1517906900 - - - Other
143 1517909000 - - Other
144 1518001200 - - Animal fats and oils
145 1518001400 - - Ground-nut, soya-bean, palm or coconut oil
146 1518001500 - - Linseed oil and its fractions
147 1518001600 - - Olive oil and its fractions
148 1518001900 - - Other
149 1518002000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions of different animal fats or oils
150 1518003300 - - Of linseed
151 1518003400 - - Of olives
152 1518003500 - - Of ground-nuts
153 1518003600 - - Of soya beans or coconuts
154 1518003700 - - Of cotton seeds
155 1518003900 - - Other
156 1518006000 - Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal fats or oils or of fractions thereof and vegetable fats or oils or fractions thereof
157 1520001000 - Crude glycerol
158 1520009000 - Other
159 1521100000 - Vegetable waxes
160 1521901000 - - Beeswax and other insect waxes
161 1521902000 - - Spermaceti
162 1522001000 - Degras
163 1701120000 - - Beet sugar
164 1701130000 - - Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
165 1701140000 - - Other cane sugar
166 1701910000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
167 1701999000 - - - Other
168 1702110000 - - Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
169 1702190000 - - Other
170 1702200000 - Maple sugar and maple syrup
171 1702301000 - - Glucose
172 1702302000 - - Glucose syrup
173 1702400000 - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
174 1702500000 - Chemically pure fructose
175 1702601000 - - Fructose
176 1702602000 - - Fructose syrup
177 1702901100 - - - Chemically pure maltose
178 1702901900 - - - Other
179 1702902000 - - Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
180 1702903000 - - Flavoured or coloured sugars (excluding maltose)
181 1702904000 - - Caramel
182 1702909100 - - - Sugar syrups
183 1702909900 - - - Other
184 1703101000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
185 1703109000 - - Other
186 1703901000 - - Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
187 1703909000 - - Other
188 1704100000 - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated
189 1704901000 - - Medicated pastilles and drops
190 1704902000 - - White chocolate
191 1704909100 - - - Soft, containing gelatin
192 1704909900 - - - Other
193 1803100000 - Not defatted
194 1803200000 - Wholly or partly defatted
195 1804000000 Cocoa butter, fat and oil.
196 1805000000 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
197 1806100000 - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
198 1806201000 - - Chocolate confectionery in blocks, slabs or bars
199 1806209000 - - Other
200 1806901000 - - Chocolate confectionery in tablets or pastilles
201 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
202 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
203 1806909000 - - Other
204 1901101000 - - Of malt extract
205 1901102000 - - Of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04
206 1901103000 - - Of soya-bean powder
207 1901109100 - - - Medical foods
208 1901109900 - - - Other
209 1901201000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa
210 1901202000 - - Of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, containing cocoa
211 1901203000 - - Other, not containing cocoa
212 1901204000 - - Other, containing cocoa
213 1901901100 - - - Medical foods
214 1901901900 - - - Other
215 1901902000 - - Malt extract
216 1901903100 - - - Filled milk
217 1901903200 - - - Other, containing cocoa powder
218 1901903900 - - - Other
219 1901904100 - - - In powder form
220 1901904900 - - - In other forms
221 1901909100 - - - Medical foods
222 1901909900 - - - Other
223 1902110000 - - Containing eggs
224 1902192000 - - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
225 1902194000 - - - Other noodles
226 1902199000 - - - Other
227 1902201000 - - Stuffed with meat or meat offal
228 1902203000 - - Stuffed with fish, crustaceans or molluscs
229 1902209000 - - Other
230 1902302000 - - Rice vermicelli (including bee hoon)
231 1902303000 - - Transparent vermicelli
232 1902304000 - - Other instant noodles
233 1902309000 - - Other
234 1902400000 - Couscous
235 1903000000 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms.
236 1904101000 - - Containing cocoa
237 1904109000 - - Other
238 1904201000 - - Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes
239 1904209000 - - Other
240 1904300000 - Bulgur wheat
241 1904901000 - - Rice preparations, including pre-cooked rice
242 1904909000 - - Other
243 1905100000 - Crispbread
244 1905200000 - Gingerbread and the like
245 1905311000 - - - Not containing cocoa
246 1905312000 - - - Containing cocoa
247 1905401000 - - Not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
248 1905409000 - - Other
249 1905901000 - - Unsweetened teething biscuits
250 1905902000 - - Other unsweetened biscuits
251 1905903000 - - Cakes
252 1905904000 - - Pastries
253 1905905000 - - Flourless bakers’ wares
254 1905906000 - - Empty cachets and similar products of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use
255 1905907000 - - Communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
256 1905908000 - - Other crisp savoury food products
257 1905909000 - - Other
258 2001100000 - Cucumbers and gherkins
259 2001901000 - - Onions
260 2001909000 - - Other
261 2002901000 - - Tomato paste
262 2002902000 - - Tomato powder
263 2002909000 - - Other
264 2003100000 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
265 2003901000 - - Truffles
266 2003909000 - - Other
267 2004100000 - Potatoes
268 2004901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
269 2004909000 - - Other
270 2005201100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
271 2005201900 - - - Other
272 2005209100 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
273 2005209900 - - - Other
274 2005591000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
275 2005599000 - - - Other
276 2005910000 - - Bamboo shoots
277 2005991000 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
278 2005999000 - - - Other
279 2006000000 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
280 2007100000 - Homogenised preparations
281 2007910000 - - Citrus fruit
282 2007991000 - - - Fruit pastes other than of mangoes, pineapples or strawberries
283 2007999000 - - - Other
284 2008111000 - - - Roasted
285 2008112000 - - - Peanut butter
286 2008119000 - - - Other
287 2008191000 - - - Cashew nuts
288 2008301000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
289 2008309000 - - Other
290 2008601000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
291 2008609000 - - Other
292 2008701000 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
293 2008709000 - - Other
294 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
295 2008972000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
296 2008979000 - - - Other
297 2008994000 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
298 2009110000 - - Frozen
299 2009120000 - - Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
300 2009190000 - - Other
301 2009210000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
302 2009290000 - - Other
303 2009310000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
304 2009390000 - - Other
305 2009410000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
306 2009490000 - - Other
307 2009500000 - Tomato juice
308 2009610000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
309 2009690000 - - Other
310 2009710000 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
311 2009790000 - - Other
312 2009811000 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
313 2009819000 - - - Other
314 2009891000 - - - Blackcurrant juice
315 2009899100 - - - - Suitable for infants or young children
316 2009899900 - - - - Other
317 2009901000 - - Suitable for infants or young children
318 2101119000 - - - Other
319 2101121000 - - - Mixtures in paste form with a basis of ground roasted coffee, containing vegetable fats
320 2101209000 - - Other
321 2101300000 - Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
322 2102100000 - Active yeasts
323 2102300000 - Prepared baking powders
324 2103100000 - Soya sauce
325 2103200000 - Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
326 2103300000 - Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
327 2104101100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
328 2104101900 - - - Other
329 2104109100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
330 2104109900 - - - Other
331 2104201100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
332 2104201900 - - - Other
333 2104209100 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
334 2104209900 - - - Other
335 2105000000 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
336 2106100000 - Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
337 2106902000 - - Powdered alcohol
338 2106903000 - - Non-dairy creamer
339 2106904100 - - - In powder form
340 2106904900 - - - Other
341 2106905300 - - - Ginseng based products
342 2106905900 - - - Other
343 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
344 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
345 2106906400 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
346 2106906500 - - - Composite concentrates for simple dilution with water to make beverages :- - - - Of a kind used for making alcoholic beverages, in other forms
347 2106906600 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in liquid form
348 2106906700 - - - Other, of a kind used for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, in other forms
349 2106906900 - - - Other
350 2106909100 - - - Other, mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used for food processing
351 2106909200 - - - Flavoured or coloured syrups
352 2106909500 - - - Seri kaya
353 2106909600 - - - Other medical foods
354 2106909800 - - - Other flavouring preparations
355 2106909900 - - - Other
356 2201901000 - - Ice and snow
357 2201909000 - - Other
358 2202109000 - - Other
359 2204100000 - Sparkling wine
360 2204211400 - - - - Of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 23 % vol.
361 2206001000 - Cider or perry
362 2206002000 - Saké
363 2206009100 - - Other rice wine (including medicated rice wine)
364 2206009900 - - Other
365 2207100000 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher
366 2207201100 - - - Ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 99 % vol.
367 2207201900 - - - Other
368 2207209000 - - Other
369 2208205000 - - Brandy
370 2208209000 - - Other
371 2208400000 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products
372 2208500000 - Gin and Geneva
373 2208600000 - Vodka
374 2208901000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
375 2208902000 - - Medicated samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
376 2208903000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
377 2208904000 - - Other samsu of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
378 2208905000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 40 % vol.
379 2208906000 - - Arrack or pineapple spirit of an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 40 % vol.
380 2208907000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength not exceeding 57 % vol.
381 2208908000 - - Bitters and similar beverages of an alcoholic strength exceeding 57 % vol.
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