Export Requirements / Compliance
The global food and beverage market was said to amount into an estimated $7 trillion revenue of market size, citing Research And Markets. Speak with our consultants today, to find how exporting requirements of a specific countries are met – in order to tap into the revenue for a piece of the pie – where market-entry is only achieved whenever regulatory compliance are satisfied.
First Step Towards Exporting Compliance
The first step is a foundation mandated for every Malaysian business owners before any exports can be achieved. That is:
The trader, or merchant, must first officially register with the Companies Commission of Malaysia, in order to validate that the enterprise set-up is a legitimate corporate.
This coincides in identifying if you would like to opt for a Product Registration, which is to legalise your manufactured goods for an industrial-scale, or mass production exporting.
The first step is a foundation mandated for every Malaysian business owners before any exports can be achieved. That is:
The trader, or merchant, must first officially register with the Companies Commission of Malaysia, in order to validate that the enterprise set-up is a legitimate corporate.
This coincides in identifying if you would like to opt for a Product Registration, which is to legalise your manufactured goods for an industrial-scale, or mass production exporting. The product registration counselling offered by DagangHalal offers a hindsight and industrial knowledge towards what certification is needed for the target country when exporting is conducted, as well as necessary training that is needed for factory-based operations. But reference, a centralised platform where readily accessible internet usage to browse into is the Malaysia's national single window, or Dagang.Net where imports regulation or even exporting news can be referred - in real-time update - under one singular digital source.
All manners of importing and exporting are controlled, and routinely supervised and changed by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) according to industrial and geopolitical trends. But under the Custom Prohibition Act 1967, a basic necessity of regulation was imposed in the order of, and centred to:
Protecting local manufacturer's interest, health and also wildlife, alongside the safety of the nation.
To consider foreign policies (as so to alter and slightly change the available regulation found of both imports and exports).
Ensuring the very least form of essential goods supply can be received, and used by Malaysians.

Application Of License To Export Goods

All traders will have to declare the form of goods being made, before any exports can be done. This is under the application of the Trader's License named "Customs No. 8 Form For Export, Applying For Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse and Free Trade Zone which follows the authoritative Customs Act 1967. The document mentioned can be bought online and is Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB), where the merchant trader will have to make a purchase in order to obtain it. Please do keep this in mind, that the personnel or business owner will not be able to get this form from any other place before the exporting compliance can be conducted.
All traders will have to declare the form of goods being made, before any exports can be done. This is under the application of the Trader's License named "Customs No. 8 Form For Export, Applying For Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse and Free Trade Zone which follows the authoritative Customs Act 1967. The document mentioned can be bought online and is Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB), where the merchant trader will have to make a purchase in order to obtain it. Please do keep this in mind, that the personnel or business owner will not be able to get this form from any other place before the exporting compliance can be conducted.
Once after the paperwork has been filled, it can then be submitted to MITI headquarters, or any of its available branches in Malaysia. Please bring any relatable documents needed for supportive claims of the good, just so the customs officer may verify what the product is.
Additionally, enquiries can be sought by asking for more information through a phone call, or have an email sent. The complete citation can be seen here.
Types Of Exporting Goods Needing A License
This list is the available types of exporting items requiring a mandated license from MITI. It is filtered and comprised from from Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) themselves:
- Foodstuffs and/or ingredients
- Construction materials
- Metal rods and alloy wastes
- Flammable materials
- Toxic wastes

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