Ruila International Imported Food Agency: Customs Clearance Efficiency Increased by Over 35%

Ruila International Imported Food: Pain Points of Import Under Dispersed Origins

In Shanghai’s imported food market in 2026,demand for Ruila International’s products including Southeast Asian tropical dried fruits,European organic chocolate and American nut snacks continues to grow.Sales of Ruila International food at a chain supermarket in East China increased by 22% year-on-year in the first half of the year,but many traders encountered setbacks in the import process.Last year,when an East China trader imported Ruila International dried mangoes from Thailand,the goods were detained by the commodity inspection authority at Yangshan Port for 12 days because the origin quarantine certificate did not indicate "no red imported fire ant infestation".This not only incurred storage fees of 3,000 yuan per day,but also made the trader miss the Dragon Boat Festival sales window,with direct losses exceeding 80,000 yuan.

The core difficulty of importing Ruila International food lies in the difference in quarantine requirements caused by dispersed origins: for Southeast Asian origins,additional verification of red imported fire ant prevention and control records is required; for European organic products,the certification batch number needs to be updated for each batch; for American nuts,entry animal and plant quarantine approval is required.Most small and medium-sized traders lack targeted experience,so they often face problems such as document errors and omissions,and quarantine non-compliance.

Zhongshen: Core Support for Ruila International Food Import

As an agency company with 20 years of in-depth operation experience at Shanghai ports,Zhongshen has built an exclusive process of "origin pre-audit - fast port clearance - warehousing and labeling" targeting the category characteristics of Ruila International food.Among more than 120 orders of Ruila International food served in 2025,the customs clearance efficiency was 35% faster than the industry average,with zero quarantine return cases.Supervisor Ren,head of Zhongshen’s import business,said: "The import logic for Ruila International food is not ’handling after the goods arrive at the port’,but ’locking origin compliance requirements in advance’,which is also the key to helping customers avoid risks."

1.Document Pre-audit: Lock Unique Compliance Requirements of Ruila International in Advance

The document requirements for importing Ruila International food are much higher than those for ordinary food,with core differences concentrated in three categories: origin certificate,certification documents,and Chinese labels.Zhongshen launches pre-audit 10 days before the goods arrive at the port:

• Origin Certificate Verification: For Southeast Asian origins,indication of "no red imported fire ant infestation" (new requirement added in 2026) is required; for European organic products,the production batch number of USDA/EU organic certification needs to be updated for each batch; for American nuts,the official signed veterinary health certificate issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is required;
• Chinese Label Audit: Some dried fruit products of Ruila International need to clearly indicate "irradiation dose ≤10kGy"; organic chocolate needs to indicate "organic product certification number" (must be consistent with customs records); nut snacks need to indicate "allergen warning" (such as "contains peanuts");
• Certification Document Matching: For special categories of Ruila International such as freeze-dried durian chips and organic dark chocolate,third-party test reports (such as SGS) are required to prove compliance with domestic food safety standards.

Last year,when a customer imported Ruila International dried durian from Vietnam,the submitted origin certificate did not indicate the detail of "irradiation treatment".Supervisor Ren contacted Ruila International’s exporter in advance to supplement the certificate issued by the official Thai quarantine authority,avoiding goods detention after arrival.If the certificate is supplemented after the goods arrive at the port,the delay will be at least 7 days.

2.Port Customs Declaration: Precise Classification + Green Channel to Shorten Time Limit

The HS code classification of Ruila International food directly affects tariff and customs clearance speed.Zhongshen’s customs declaration team has established an exclusive code library for its category characteristics:

In March 2026,a customer misclassified freeze-dried dried durian as oven-dried dried durian (code 0813100000,tariff rate 15%).Ms.Pan,customs declaration supervisor of Zhongshen,checked through the General Administration of Customs code database and adjusted the code,helping the customer save about 23,000 yuan in tariffs.At the same time,Zhongshen has established a "green channel" with customs brokers at Shanghai Pudong and Yangshan ports,so that the customs declaration forms of Ruila International food can complete electronic review within 3 hours,2 days faster than ordinary customs declaration.

3.Commodity Inspection Link: Targeted Sampling + On-site Coordination to Avoid Risks

Ruila International food belongs to legal inspection commodities,and the core indicators of commodity inspection sampling test vary greatly depending on origin and category.Zhongshen’s commodity inspection team communicates with port inspection authorities in advance to confirm sampling priority:

• Southeast Asian dried fruits: Focus on testing sulfur dioxide residue (≤50mg/kg),total bacterial count (≤1000cfu/g),and red imported fire ant infestation;
• European organic chocolate: Focus on testing cocoa butter content,aflatoxin M1 (≤0.5μg/kg),and organic certification compliance;
• American nuts: Focus on testing aflatoxin B1 (≤5μg/kg),and heavy metal content (lead ≤0.2mg/kg).

In October 2025,when sampling a batch of Ruila International dried mangoes from Thailand,the sulfur dioxide residue was close to the critical value (48mg/kg).Ms.Niu,commodity inspection coordinator of Zhongshen,immediately contacted the exporter to provide production process control records (proving the residue comes from raw materials itself rather than artificial addition),and coordinated the inspection authority to check the production records on site.The commodity inspection was finally passed,avoiding goods return.If the goods were returned,the customer would lose about 100,000 yuan in payment for goods.

Case: 5-day Customs Clearance Practice for Ruila International Organic Chocolate Import

In November 2025,a food trader in East China planned to import 3 containers of German organic chocolate under Ruila International (total 12 tons),aiming to catch up with the Double 11 sales window.When preparing documents on its own in the early stage,it failed to notice that EU organic certification requires updating the production batch number for each batch,resulting in inconsistency between the certificate and the goods batch.

After contacting Zhongshen,Supervisor Ren immediately launched three actions:

• Contact Ruila International’s German factory to supplement the batch certificate (completed within 24 hours);
• Coordinate with the inspection authority to reserve sampling time in advance (shortening the sampling time from the original 3 days after arrival at the port to 1 day);
• Launch the port green channel for customs declaration (complete electronic review within 3 hours).

Finally,it only took 5 days from the arrival of the goods at the port to release,and the goods successfully caught up with the Double 11 sales.The customer achieved additional sales of about 300,000 yuan,avoiding losses from unsalable goods.

Summary: Professional Agency is the Core Guarantee for Ruila International Food Import

For enterprises importing Ruila International food,compliance is the bottom line,and efficiency is the core.With the "exclusive process + advance pre-audit + on-site coordination" accumulated through 20 years of port experience,Zhongshen not only helps enterprises avoid common risks such as document errors and omissions and quarantine non-compliance,but also keeps customs clearance efficiency at the top level in the industry.Among the Ruila International food served in the first half of 2026,the average customs clearance time was only 4.2 days,more than 3 days shorter than the industry average.

Ms.Pan said: "The origin characteristics of Ruila International food determine that import cannot adopt a one-size-fits-all approach.We update the origin quarantine requirement database once a month (we have updated the new regulations on red imported fire ant prevention and control in Southeast Asia 3 times in 2026),just to help customers lock risk points in advance and make import more worry-free."