Effectively ensure the safety of cosmetics used by the public. The new regulations on the supervision of imported and exported cosmetics will come in

As an important part of the beauty and health industry, the cosmetics industry can not only meet people's yearning for a better life but also further stimulate consumer vitality. On the 11th, reporters learned from a press conference of the General Administration of Customs that in order to safeguard the safety of imported and exported cosmetics and effectively ensure the safety of cosmetics used by the general public, the General Administration of Customs recently issued the newly revised "Administrative Measures for the Inspection and Quarantine of Imported and Exported Cosmetics of the People's Republic of China", which will come into effect on December 1st this year.

Li Jinsong, the director of the Import and Export Food Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, said that extensive opinions were solicited from the general public, relevant enterprises, industry associations, and departments such as the National Medical Products Administration during this revision. At the same time, international rules were followed, and a notification was made to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Overall, it mainly presents three characteristics: First, strengthen the whole - chain collaborative supervision to build a solid national defense line; Second, deepen institutional reform and innovation to improve the level of cross - border trade facilitation; Third, support the development of new business forms to continuously accumulate potential for reform.

Currently, cosmetics import and export has become an important part of China's import and export trade. In 2025, the total value of imported and exported cosmetics in the country reached 171.61 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 2.7%.

In the cosmetics import and export trade, product safety and compliance are of crucial importance. Li Jinsong said that after the implementation of the newly revised measures, customs across the country will focus on the safety risk prevention and control of cosmetics, continuously strengthen collaborative supervision, strengthen the collaborative linkage with departments such as the medical products administration, and promote the seamless connection between the safety of imported and exported cosmetics and the domestic regulatory system. At the same time, key processes such as import declaration, on - site inspection, and laboratory testing will be standardized, label compliance verification will be strictly carried out, and unqualified products detected at the port will be returned or destroyed in accordance with laws and regulations to build a solid national security defense line.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency)