Export supplements · Made in USA or Made in Canada
Manufacture in North America, ship to China, MENA, or Latin America with paperwork that clears customs the first time
We produce supplements under cGMP in Canada or the US and prepare the documentation foreign customs and your importer need to bring the product in. Several of our partner CMOs ship into China via cross-border e-commerce on a regular cadence, alongside frequent runs into the Gulf and Latin America. In-country regulatory registration (NMPA, COFEPRIS, SFDA, MOH, ANVISA) stays with your importer or their local agent. We tell you that on day one, not after you have signed.
cGMP Canada & USA. Halal, Kosher, Vegan available. EXW or FCA standard.
GMP-certified partner facilities
Health Canada applications worked on
ISO 17025 third-party COA coverage
Why importers in China, MENA, and Latin America ask for North American origin
When a buyer in Hangzhou, Riyadh, Dubai, Mexico City, or Bogotá asks where the product is made, the answer changes the rest of the conversation. A “Made in USA” or “Made in Canada” line on the bottle signals an FDA-registered facility or a Health Canada Site Licence behind the product. Their own regulators recognise both as a credible quality baseline. In the Chinese cross-border e-commerce lane specifically, North American origin is one of the strongest conversion drivers consumers cite on Tmall Global and JD Worldwide listings.
We are honest about what that origin claim does and does not do. It is a credibility signal at the importer level and a marketing signal at the consumer level. It is not a shortcut past your destination market's product registration. Those rules are local, and they are filed locally, by people who live in the regulatory market they file in.
The part we own is the manufacturer-side work: clean cGMP production, third-party testing, and a documentation pack your importer can hand to customs. That pack is what this service is. For the longer read on origin claims, MOQs, and where the handoff to your in-country agent sits, see our guide for B2B importers.
What is in the documentation pack
Six pieces, prepared during the production run so they are ready when the shipment is.
Certificate of Free Sale
We coordinate the CFS through the FDA (US-made product) or Health Canada (Canadian-made product), including notarisation and apostille / consular legalisation when your destination requires it.
Halal, Kosher, Vegan coordination
We line up certification audits through recognised bodies and stock ingredient sets that already carry the certifications your buyer's market expects. Useful in Gulf, MENA, and parts of Latin America.
ISO 17025 COAs sized for customs
Identity, potency, heavy metals, microbial, and pesticide screening on every batch. Issued from an accredited third-party lab in the format customs reviewers and importer compliance teams can verify.
GMP attestation letter pack
Site Licence (Canada) or FDA facility registration (US), cGMP certification, and a manufacturer attestation letter on letterhead. Three documents importers ask for almost every time.
Commercial invoice + HS classification
Correct HS tariff code (the wrong one can cost you 15–20% in extra duties), commercial invoice, packing list, and certificate of origin. Prepared in advance so your shipment is not the bottleneck.
Destination-ready label sets
Bilingual EN/FR for Canada, English-only for most other markets. We do not translate into Spanish or Arabic in-house — when your destination requires it, we hand off clean source files for your in-country agent.
Scope, in plain language
Two columns. The one on the right is the one most agencies bury in a footer. We put it next to the one on the left so you can plan around it.
What we do
- Manufacture under cGMP in Canada or the US
- Produce the export documentation pack that customs and your importer need
- Obtain the Certificate of Free Sale from FDA or Health Canada
- Coordinate Halal, Kosher, and Vegan certifications through recognised bodies
- Hand over clean source files for your in-country agent to translate or re-label
- Stay reachable while the shipment is in transit if customs asks the manufacturer a question
What we do not do
- Register your product with NMPA "Blue Hat" (China general trade), COFEPRIS (Mexico), SFDA (Saudi Arabia), MOH (UAE), ANVISA (Brazil), TGA (Australia), or any other in-country authority
- Act as your importer of record
- Translate label copy into Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic
- Source a local distributor or commercial agent in the destination country
- Handle freight, brokerage, or customs clearance on the destination side
- Guarantee your product meets every ingredient rule in the destination market — that review belongs to your local agent
The three regions we ship to most often
The document checklists below are what importers in these regions typically ask the manufacturer for. Your in-country agent will tell you whether anything extra is needed for your specific destination.
MENA & Gulf
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman.
Typical manufacturer-side documents
Certificate of Free Sale (legalised, sometimes by the destination country's embassy), GMP certificate, ingredient breakdown letter, Halal certification on the finished product or its actives, commercial invoice with HS code, packing list, certificate of origin.
Local MOH/SFDA product registration is handled by your importer or a regulatory agent in-country. We give them the manufacturer-side documents they need to file.
Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Jamaica.
Typical manufacturer-side documents
Certificate of Free Sale (often apostilled per the Hague Convention), GMP certificate, finished-product specifications, ISO 17025 COA, commercial invoice, certificate of origin under USMCA where it applies.
COFEPRIS, INVIMA, ANVISA, ISP and equivalent registrations are filed in-country. We provide the manufacturer documentation; your local agent files the dossier.
China (cross-border e-commerce)
Tmall Global, JD Worldwide, Kaola, Douyin Global. Bonded warehouses in Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Ningbo.
Typical manufacturer-side documents
Certificate of Free Sale from FDA or Health Canada, manufacturer GMP certificate, ingredient and nutritional fact sheet, ISO 17025 COA, commercial invoice with HS code, certificate of origin. Several of our CMO partners run frequent China CBEC shipments and already hold the documentation templates Chinese customs and the bonded warehouses expect.
Cross-border e-commerce is the lane that lets foreign supplements reach Chinese consumers without NMPA "Blue Hat" health-food registration. NMPA Blue Hat is for general-trade (retail shelf) imports and takes 12 to 24 months through a Chinese agent. CBEC sits outside that process.
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Common questions
Do you handle COFEPRIS, SFDA, MOH, or other in-country regulatory filings?
No. We are honest about this on purpose. In-country supplement registration is technical, market-specific, and almost always faster and cheaper through a local regulatory agent who already has relationships with the authority. We provide the manufacturer-side documentation your local agent will need to assemble the dossier — Certificate of Free Sale, GMP attestation, finished-product specifications, COAs, ingredient breakdown letters, label artwork. If you do not already have a local agent, we are happy to introduce you to one we have worked with on a previous shipment.
Who pays for the apostille or consular legalisation?
You do — it is treated as a pass-through cost. The apostille fee through the relevant Secretary of State or Global Affairs Canada is modest. Consular legalisation (required by some Gulf and Latin American countries) varies by embassy and usually runs a few hundred dollars per document plus a courier charge. We arrange the process and bill it at cost.
Can you ship FOB or only EXW?
Standard terms are EXW (you arrange pickup at the manufacturing facility) or FCA. We can quote FOB at a US or Canadian port for an additional handling fee. CIF and DDP are out of scope — those terms involve insurance and destination clearance that your freight forwarder is better positioned to handle.
Do you translate labels into Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic?
Not in-house. We design and print labels in English for most destinations, and in bilingual English/French for Canada (which is a Canadian legal requirement, not an export requirement). When your destination needs Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or any other language on the principal display panel, we hand over editable source files so your in-country agent or a local printer can produce the destination-compliant label. Working with a local translator avoids the mistakes that come from translating a regulated product label from afar.
Can the importer use our COAs to clear customs?
Usually yes. We use ISO 17025 accredited third-party labs, which is the standard most customs authorities and regulatory bodies recognise. If your destination market requires testing at a specific lab inside the country (for example, certain SFDA-approved labs in Saudi Arabia), the importer arranges that after the shipment arrives. We do not pay for or schedule that in-country testing.
We have not chosen our destination importer yet. Can you still quote us?
Yes. We will quote the manufacturing run, the documentation pack, and the optional Halal or Kosher coordination separately. Pricing on the documentation does not depend on which country you ship to — it depends on which documents you need. Once you have an importer, they will tell you which documents their customs authority asks for; we adjust the pack from a standard checklist.
What if my product needs an ingredient that is restricted in my destination market?
That review sits with your local agent or importer. We will flag obvious cases during formulation (for example, a vinpocetine product is a non-starter in the EU, certain melatonin doses are restricted in the UK), but we are not regulatory specialists for every market and we will not pretend to be. The reliable filter is your in-country agent reviewing your formula sheet before you commit to manufacturing.
How long does the documentation pack take to prepare?
Most documents are ready within 5 to 10 business days after the production run completes and the third-party lab releases the COA. The Certificate of Free Sale from FDA or Health Canada typically takes another 2 to 6 weeks depending on backlog and whether legalisation is required. We start the CFS request early in the production cycle so it lands close to when the product ships.
Can you ship a supplement run into China?
Yes, through cross-border e-commerce (CBEC). Several of our partner CMOs ship North American–made supplements into Chinese bonded warehouses (Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Ningbo) on a regular cadence, where they fulfil to consumers via Tmall Global, JD Worldwide, Kaola, or Douyin Global. CBEC keeps the product outside the NMPA "Blue Hat" health-food registration that general-trade retail requires, so the documentation lane is the manufacturer-side pack we already produce. Your CBEC platform partner handles the bonded-warehouse import and the in-store listing.
Do we need NMPA "Blue Hat" registration to sell in China?
Only if you want the product on bricks-and-mortar shelves in mainland China through general-trade import. Blue Hat takes 12 to 24 months, costs tens of thousands of dollars, and is filed by a Chinese regulatory agent on behalf of an in-country licensee. For cross-border e-commerce (Tmall Global and similar), Blue Hat is not required, which is why CBEC is the default channel almost every foreign supplement brand uses to enter China. We are happy to introduce you to a Chinese agent if you are committed to a full general-trade play, but we do not file Blue Hat ourselves.
Book a 30-minute call about your export plan
Tell us the destination country and what your importer has asked for. We will tell you which documents we can produce, which ones your local agent has to file, and a realistic timeline for the whole run. No homework before the call.