Hi Richard, Yes, we have been dealing with this for awhile. For China shipments, the testing must be done by one of the government approved labs. Even as a test lab, we have to use the government lab down the street. If your shipment does not have the correct certificate with it, the products will usually get trapped in customs. I will check into the regulations, but the government has not been very forthcoming with anything official.
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