Import and export costs of milk powder will increase

New rules for import and export lead to increased customs clearance time and testing costs. The price of foreign milk powder may also increase.

On the one hand, the New Zealand drought, the main source of milk in the world, resulted in a significant reduction in milk powder production. On the other hand, a new version of the “Import and Export Supervision and Quarantine Supervision and Administration Measures for Imported and Exported Dairy Products” formally came into effect on May 1. Both the time of customs clearance and inventory costs of imported milk powder will be implemented. Increase, there are industry insiders predict that imported milk powder or will set off a new wave of price increases. However, the reporter recently visited the market and found that there is no increase in prices of foreign milk powder, and many imported milk powder dealers also told reporters that there is no plan to increase the price of milk powder.

"It used to take three or four months to pass through the market in order to enter the Chinese market. The new version of the management method has increased some inspection items. It is expected that the inventory time will be about a month longer than before." May 10, a Shenzhen customs clearance company staff Told reporters. The new version of the management method also requires that the importer must inspect all batches. This is a significant increase in inspection costs compared to the previous batch sampling of 100 batches.

After the implementation of the new regulations, a batch of powdered milk will increase the testing cost by about 30,000 yuan. "The original normal test was only about 20 items. Now the detection of entry into the country has increased to nearly 60 items. It is just testing this aspect. The increase of more than 1,000 yuan, that is to say, the future of a batch of milk powder is the detection cost, it will increase about 30,000 yuan.Small imported powdered milk supplier to send a few batches of inspection a month, the test fee will be down throughout the year Millions of dollars," said a senior import milk powder industry source.