[China's food imports and exports increased by 4.1% year-on-year in the first nine months of this year] On October 30, reporters learned from the 2026 National Food Safety Awareness Week event that in the first nine months of this year, the total amount of imported and exported food under customs supervision was 1.46 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. Among them, imports were 1.04 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.7%, and exports were 0.42 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.4%. At present, China implements registration management for 99,000 food production companies exporting to China from 182 countries (regions) around the world, implements registration management for 49,000 export food production companies and 29,000 raw material breeding bases in China, and implements quantitative and hierarchical management for 7,070 port food production and operation units. From January to September this year, 4,498 batches of unqualified imported food were returned or destroyed; 112 administrative penalty cases involving inspections in the field of food safety were resolved, with a case value of 73.91 million yuan; 644 tax-related food smuggling criminal cases were investigated, with a case value exceeding 5.74 billion yuan. We have strengthened supervision of the entire chain of imported and exported food safety with departments such as market supervision, agriculture and rural areas, health, and commerce, and issued 53 risk warnings and consumption tips to the outside world. (CCTV News)