SFPA CONFIRMS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF RENEWING REGISTRATION APPROVALS FOR IRISH EXPORTERS OF FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS TO CHINA

SFPA confirms successful completion of Renewing Registration Approvals for Irish exporters of fish and fishery products to China. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) confirms that the process of renewing registration approvals for Irish exporters of fish and fishery products to China has been successfully completed. This new requirement introduced last year by the Chinese competent authority, the General Administration of Customs China (GACC), marked a major change in how export registrations for Irish exporters trading with China are governed which represented a significant market access facilitation challenge.

The SFPA, in liaison with Department of Foreign Affairs colleagues in Beijing, have been working with the Irish fishing industry over the past six months to ensure as smooth a transition to this new regime as possible, which has also encompassed full migration of all Chinese export registration requests to a new GACC online portal.

All Irish exporters of fish and fishery products who contacted the SFPA to have their registrations renewed with GACC – 36 food business operators in total – have now successfully completed the process. Their registrations are valid until 2028.

About the SFPA

The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of the sea-fisheries and the sea-food production sectors. It promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it.  Its mandate covers all fishing vessels operating within Ireland’s 200-mile limit, over 2,000 Irish registered fishing vessels wherever they operate, and all seafood produced in Ireland’s seafood processing companies. The SFPA operates through a network of regional port offices situated at Ireland’s main fishery harbours. For further information visit: www.sfpa.ie

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