CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to import Chilean king crabs/import seafood customs declaration process

1. How to import Chilean king crabs/import seafood customs declaration process

Documents and information required for customs clearance of aquatic products import

1. Certificate of Origin

2. Health certificate

The health certificate must be a template confirmed by both the exporting country and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China. Countries that have not confirmed the health certificate are prohibited from importing into China.

3. Chinese and English labels

The outer packaging must be labeled in Chinese and English in accordance with Chinese national standards for commodity inspection. The label must show: product name, country of origin, fishing area (or the country or region in the final stage of breeding), production factory name and registration number, weight, fishing date, storage temperature, shelf life, etc. All of the above items must be in both Chinese and English.

4. Entry Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine Permit

In addition to a health certificate, imported fresh or farmed aquatic products also require an entry animal and plant quarantine license.

5. Packing list, contract, invoice, bill of lading.

6. If it is endangered, a CITES certificate is required both domestically and abroad.

Aquatic product import customs clearance agency process

1. Booking;

2. Document pre-review;

3. Pre-inspection;

4. Change the bill of lading (after arrival at the port);

5. Customs declaration (after tally information is obtained);

6. Pay taxes and be released;

7. The merchant inspects the goods and takes samples for testing (if selected for testing);

8. Goods are released for pick-up after passing the inspection.

Things to note when acting as a customs clearance agent for aquatic products imports

1. The goods need to be neutrally packaged, that is, wrapped in a film bag inside and a carton outside.

2. In addition to providing relevant documents in a timely manner, the customs declaration of fresh seafood imports must also make advance reports to various departments to ensure that each process is seamless.

3. When clearing import customs for fresh aquatic products or declaring farmed aquatic products for inspection, you need to provide an entry animal and plant quarantine certificate. The processing period is relatively long. It is recommended to complete it before shipment to avoid problems during the processing process, which may affect the import customs clearance of the goods after they arrive at the port.

4. In addition to strict requirements on customs clearance time and efficiency, the preparation of documents for imported aquatic products must also be in place in one step, complete and accurate.

2. Where are king crabs produced?

King crabs are produced in both the North Pacific and the Sea of ​​Japan. The main distribution areas of king crabs are the cold waters of the North Pacific, from the Sea of ​​Japan and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to the Bering Sea, as well as both sides of the North Pacific from Alaska in the United States to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Generally, after being caught, the king crabs are frozen to -18 degrees Celsius using quick-freezing equipment on board to ensure freshness and taste. The king crabs currently purchased in China are mainly quick-frozen foods imported from foreign countries. The king crabs currently sold in China are from Russia, the United States, and Chile. In fact, Norway also produces king crabs.

Identification of defective products

(1) The meat is bluish in color - it is not cooked or cleaned thoroughly, and the crab death rate during transportation is too high. The crab death rate should not exceed 10%;

(2) The presence of crystals in the crab meat indicates that it was thawed and then frozen again or was frozen slowly;

(3) The crab meat is too salty - the crab meat is not cooled enough before freezing;

(4) Low plumpness - the plumpness of red and blue king crabs should not be less than 80%, and that of golden king crabs should not be less than 70%;

(5) The net weight is inaccurate (a 10 kg package with 10% glaze weighs 11 kg);

(6) The number of crab legs and crab claws does not match. For example, a 20-pound king crab graded 9/12 should have 18 to 24 crab legs and a corresponding number of crab claws;

(7) Excessive breakage. The amount of breakage in a 20-pound package of crab products should not exceed 1 to 1.5 pounds.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - King Crab

3. A man spent 1,500 yuan to buy a king crab, but found not much meat after opening it. How did the supermarket respond?

In Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Mr. Zhan spent 1,499 yuan to buy a live king crab, and spent another 54 yuan to ask the supermarket staff to prepare it into a dish of "steamed king crab with garlic vermicelli". When tasting it, Mr. Zhan felt something was wrong, the crab legs were as thick as his index finger but only half as thick as his little finger. Unexpectedly, the supermarket replied that the crab was fine, but had become thin due to hunger.

A man spent 1,500 yuan to buy a king crab, but found that there was no meat after opening it.

Mr. Zhan had bought king crabs from this supermarket before, and because the crabs he bought last time were very plump, Mr. Zhan just picked one at random this time. After the crabs were processed into dishes, Mr. Zhan's father was the first to discover that there was something wrong with the crabs. Generally speaking, the meat of king crabs is plump, but the crab shells he bought this time were obviously too thick.

Mr. Zhan thought it was outrageous that he spent more than 1,500 yuan on the locust tree, but got only a pile of shells! He reported the situation to the supermarket, but the answer from the supermarket staff made him speechless.

How have supermarkets responded?

The staff said that since the king crabs were imported, they might have been hungry for a long time during transportation or storage, which made them thin. To express their apology, the supermarket was willing to compensate Mr. Zhan with a fruit platter. Mr. Zhan could not accept the statement that they were "thin due to hunger". He believed that when merchants sell goods, they must first ensure the quality, even if the price is a little higher. If they cannot even guarantee the quality, they are deceiving consumers.

Afterwards, the supermarket staff asked the manager to come out and solve the problem. The manager offered to compensate Mr. Zhan 200 yuan. Mr. Zhan felt that the supermarket did not take the problem seriously and was just sending him away. Mr. Zhan thought that the crab was only worth 500 yuan at most, so he asked the supermarket to return the remaining 1,000 yuan.

The manager did not agree to his request, so Mr. Zhan had to report the situation to the media and ask everyone to help him judge. In order to find out the truth about the king crab, I accompanied Mr. Zhan to the supermarket to understand the situation.

Is it possible for king crabs to become thin due to hunger?

Supermarket staff said that in order to ensure the freshness of seafood, staff will regularly feed fish and shrimp to king crabs, and the seafood tanks where seafood is stored also have a "survival of the fittest" situation. King crabs usually catch other fish and shrimp in the tank for food. In addition, the best time to eat king crabs is from November to March of the following year. Outside of this period, the crab meat will be slightly thinner.

After receiving Mr. Zhan's complaint, the supermarket also checked the situation reported by Mr. Zhan. The king crab Mr. Zhan bought was imported, with a size of 1.5-2 kg and a price of 1,449 yuan. Since king crabs are fresh, there are differences in fatness and thinness between individuals. The supermarket's acceptance standard is that the weight of the crab must not be less than 1.545 kg. The supermarket will only sign for it after it meets the acceptance standard. The weight of the crab Mr. Zhan bought meets the acceptance standard.

At the same time, the staff said that since the eaten crabs cannot be resold, they could not meet Mr. Zhan’s request for a refund of 1,000 yuan, but they could compensate him with fruits, seafood or a certain amount of money.

Although the supermarket stated that the king crabs met the acceptance standards, judging from the photos Mr. Zhan took when eating the crabs, the crab meat was indeed not that full, and the shell was obviously much larger than the meat. What was going on?

I consulted with relevant professionals. Professionals said that if king crabs are kept for too long without being fed, the water content of the meat will increase and the muscles will slowly melt away, and they will indeed become hungry and thin. The best time to eat king crabs is in June during the yellow season or after October, when the meat will be fuller.

It turns out that Mr. Zhan did not buy the king crab at the best time for consumption, so it is reasonable that the meat is lean. However, the supermarket's acceptance standard for king crabs is that the weight is not less than 1.545 kg, which means that as long as the total weight exceeds 1.545 kg, it will pass the acceptance. If it is in the non-edible season, the crab meat is obviously leaner and the weight of the shell accounts for the majority, so consumers will definitely suffer a loss if they buy king crabs during this period.

Since the king crabs were imported, they might have been hungry for a long time during transportation or storage, which made the crabs thin. Later, to express their apology, the supermarket compensated Mr. Zhan with a fruit platter. Finally, the staff said that since the crabs that were eaten could not be resold, they could not meet Mr. Zhan's request for a refund of 1,000 yuan, but they could compensate him with fruits, seafood or a certain amount of money.

They said that this is actually a normal phenomenon, and it might have rotted due to the hot weather. You can bring it back and I will give you a new one.

The local supermarket responded that you can choose to return the king crab and we will give you another one, probably because this king crab does not look very good.