A New Upside for Imported Cosmetics Business: China Releases the 2022 Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora

Background

At present, the import and export of wild fauna and flora as well as their products in China is subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Administration Regulations on the Import and Export of Endangered Wild Animals and Plants, Commodity Catalog of Import and Export Wild Fauna and Flora, the List of National Key Protected Wild Animals, the List of National Key Protected Wild Plants, etc. If the imported cosmetics contain any ingredient of endangered or protected wild fauna and flora, the enterprise should present relevant import certificates of wild fauna and flora apart from the cosmetic notification e-certificate or registration license. The import certificates of wild fauna and flora include import permits and species certificates.