Can setting powder, blush or highlighter be exported to China?

Yes. Setting powder, blush and highlighter can usually be exported to China as ordinary cosmetics used to temporarily modify appearance. For general-trade import of a finished product, complete the required filing or registration before import, appoint a Domestic Responsible Person, and apply a Chinese label that meets the Cosmetics Labeling Rules. Customs and inspection-quarantine formalities are a separate process. Cross-border e-commerce retail import is a different channel with list, platform and personal-use limits; it is not a blanket “no filing” rule and not a path to unrestricted domestic resale. Testing and ordinary cosmetics filing may proceed in parallel. The ordinary filing cycle is about 10–20 days in total, depending on completeness and supplementary requests. That timing applies only to ordinary cosmetics filing, never to special cosmetics registration and not as a guaranteed import timeline. They require special registration only if they claim sun protection or whitening, which pressed-powder SPF products sometimes do.

Published 11 November 2026 · Updated 11 November 2026

How to judge the path

Loose powder, pressed powder and cream blush are different dosage forms but share the ordinary path when the function is only makeup.

Colorants, pearlizing agents and any nanoparticles or glitter should be identified and assessed for the labelled site, including the eye area if the highlighter is intended there.

Typical documents, tests and labels

Prepare ordinary filing materials and shade information. Jinshang Testing organizes the compliance work. Testing is coordinated with partner laboratories, and those laboratories issue the reports they perform. After a record is issued, check it on the official NMPA filing query https://hzpba.nmpa.gov.cn/gccx/ and the NMPA data-search page https://datasearch.nmpa.gov.cn/datasearch/home-index.html#category=hzp.

Cautions

Do not describe a finishing powder as medical “skin-perfecting treatment.” A powder that claims SPF is a sunscreen.

Questions we are often asked

Is baked highlighter treated differently from pressed powder?

The finishing process may change how you describe manufacture, but it does not by itself create a special-cosmetics class.

Can I sell a blush-highlighter duo as one filing?

If the two pans have different formulas and can be used independently, they are usually two products in one compact. Follow the palette and similar-formula rules in force.

Next step

Discuss your China market path

Tell us whether you plan to import finished goods or manufacture in mainland China, and what the product claims. We will outline the likely filing or registration path. Testing, where needed, is arranged with partner laboratories.