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Hong Kong Updates Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards

 05/31/2021

According to USDA-FAS GAIN report HK2021-0031 issued on May 14th, Hong Kong has made extensive changes to the Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards. A review of the requirements notes that shell eggs would fall under the Imported Game Meat Poultry and Eggs Regulation.  This specifies that imports should be accompanied by an official certificate issued by an authority that is accepted by the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.  This Agency recognizes the USDA for the purposes of certification.

 

The 2021 regulations should not be onerous since shell eggs comprising the principal export to Hong Kong do not undergo processing.  In 2020, Hong Kong imported 47.4 million dozen shell eggs valued at $37 million.  For the first quarter of 2021, Hong Kong imported 11.4 million dozen valued at $9.7 million with a unit price of 85 cents per dozen.  During the past quarter, Hong Kong also imported 197 metric tons of egg products valued at $0.5 million.