Strictly regulated goods in China include:

  • Medical devices
  • Pre-packaged food
  • Animal products
  • Plant products
  • Biological products
  • Cosmetics
  • Drugs and medicines
  • Battery-powered products
  • Toys
  • Paints
  • Wine
  • Agricultural items
  • Cinema film, beta tapes and audio/video publications
  • Commercial publications (books or magazines with an ISBN) 
  • Shipments with wooden packaging
  • Some electronics and machinery products
  • Used electrical and mechanical products (some waste electrical or mechanical products known as “overseas rubbish” are prohibited entry into China)
  • Exhibition items, and other Temporary in Bond (TIB) shipments that will return to their original location, require an import deposit so China Customs can grant temporary entry