The first leg: Hong Kong
Food importers register with the city’s food safety authority and keep the records the food safety rules ask for; general confectionery needs no import licence beyond that. The Turkish producer does not register in Hong Kong. The supplier’s pile is the technical data sheet per product, our certificates, lot traceability and the label content. The details change; the offer states what applies on the day.
The label
English or Chinese or both, with the name of the food, the ingredient list with allergens, the nutrition label in the Hong Kong format, metric net quantity, storage, best-before wording and the importer’s name and address. For lines in our standard packs we confirm what the export pack carries and what the importer adds; for private label we prepare the English content and add Chinese alongside where you ask for it. The Hong Kong private label page goes through it.
The second leg: the mainland
Onward sale to the mainland is a different file. The overseas producer must be registered with the mainland customs authority, the label follows mainland rules, and the importer on the mainland side holds its own file. A Hong Kong trader that plans to send part of a container north asks the registration question before ordering, not after; the offer states per line whether we hold that registration, and the lines that do not are kept for the Hong Kong shelf.
Customs, documents, the route and the reefer
There is no free trade agreement between Hong Kong and Türkiye; the offer states the tariff line for each product and what applies on the day. The document set is the commercial invoice, packing list per pallet, certificate of origin, analysis report and, for pistachio lines, an aflatoxin certificate, listed on the how we work page. Sea freight from Mersin to Hong Kong crosses the tropics in every season, so chocolate lines are quoted in a reefer year round; dry lines travel dry. Each line has its own pallet; the mixed-container page explains how the load is built.
What to send first
The product references, the quantity per line, whether the list is for Hong Kong or for onward trade and to where, whether any line carries your own brand and whether the label needs Chinese. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars,, the certificate holder, the data sheet and the mainland registration status named per line. The Hong Kong page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Does the producer need Hong Kong registration?
No. The importer registers with the food safety authority; we supply the data sheet, its certificates and lot traceability, named per line.
Can the container go on to the mainland?
Only lines registered with the mainland customs authority; the offer states it per line so the second leg is planned with the first.
Is the label in Chinese?
English or Chinese or both, as the importer asks; for private label we add Chinese alongside the English content where you ask for it.
