GB/T 46118-2025Guidelines for the classification and grading of agricultural product wholesale markets (English PDF)
农产品批发市场分类与分级指南
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
August 29, 2025
Implementation date
December 1, 2025
Scope
GB/T 46118-2025 is the English-translated version of 农产品批发市场分类与分级指南.
GB/T 46118-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering sorting produce markets into types and grades — by catchment and turnover, by the facilities they hold from cold store to testing laboratory, by the services and the traceability offered, and the criteria for each grade. First edition, under the Ministry of Commerce, with the service standard GB/T 19575-2025. In force from 1 December 2025. Issued on 29 August 2025, it has been in force since 1 December 2025.
Document preview — GB/T 46118-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 03.100.01
- Classification
- A 10
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- PrefaceIII
- 1 Scope1
- 2 Normative references1
- 3 Terms and Definitions1
- 4 Categories1
- 5 Classification of Agricultural Products Wholesale Markets2
- References6
Foreword
This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.
Please note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document does not assume the responsibility for identifying patents.
This document is issued by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China.
This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Agricultural Products Purchasing and Marketing (SAC/TC517).
This document was drafted by: Jiangsu Quality and Standardization Research Institute, Zhejiang University City College, Shanghai Vegetable (Group) Co., Ltd., Dalian Baili Enterprise Co., Ltd., Dongguan Xinli Industrial Co., Ltd., Huizhou Haijixing Agricultural Products International Logistics Co., Ltd., Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hubei School of Engineering, Shenzhen Shenxin Information Technology Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Shiquan Shimei Co., Ltd., National Federation of Urban Agricultural Trade Centers, Shandong Provincial Institute of Standardization, Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Quality and Standardization, Shenzhen Anxinbao Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shandong Zhonghe Fruit and Vegetable Food Co., Ltd., Liangshan Food and Fruit Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, National Agricultural Products Preservation Engineering Technology Research Center (Tianjin), Guiyang University, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Cangxi Gongfu Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Pengshengtong Agriculture, Guiyang, Guizhou Province Ltd.
The main drafters of this standard are: Liu Xiaoqian, Zhang Shu, Bao Liwei, Wu Mengqiu, Li Guangji, Zhang Xiaobing, Ru Jiangli, Chen Cunkun, Li Chunsheng, Yuan Minliang, Peng Jiyuan, Wu Jiaying, Ma Zengjun, Huang Yuchi, Na Shaoping, Xu Ying, Wei Chuanwei, Wang Shuang, Chen Yaru, Yang Xuan, Tang Guolin, Zhang Weihong, Hu Pengfei, Hou Xiaoxi, Wang Rui, Zhang Rui, Chen Taian, Zuo Min, Yan Ruixiang, Yu Jinze, Ji Ning, Dong Chenghu, and Ji Haipeng.
Guidelines for Classification and Grading of Agricultural Products Wholesale Markets
1 Scope
This document provides the classification principles, type division and grading indicators of agricultural product wholesale markets, and describes the grading of agricultural product wholesale markets. method.
This document applies to the type definition and classification of agricultural product wholesale markets, and also to the regulation and management of agricultural product wholesale markets.
2 Normative references
GB/T 19575
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1 [Source. GB/T 19575-2004, 3.1, with modifications]
Provide wholesale transactions for various agricultural products and their primary processed products, including grains, oils, livestock and poultry, eggs, aquatic products, vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc.
It is a place with comprehensive supporting service functions such as commodity distribution, information disclosure, settlement, price formation, and e-commerce.
4 Categories
4.1 Classification principles
Agricultural product wholesale markets are classified according to three dimensions. functional location, number of business categories and business coverage.
4.2 Types of agricultural product wholesale markets
4.2.1 According to functional location, it should be divided into.
a) Agricultural product wholesale markets are built near the production areas to gather scattered agricultural products from the surrounding areas, form bulk transactions and conduct commodity trading.
With the local agricultural products accounting for more than 60% of the total transaction volume;
b) Local agricultural product wholesale markets are built in the suburbs or urban areas of cities to meet the consumption needs of cities and surrounding areas, and their supply to local areas accounts for a certain proportion of the market.
More than 60% of the total trading volume of the market;
c) Agricultural product wholesale markets at distribution centers are built in important distribution nodes or transportation hub cities to achieve large-scale collection and transfer of agricultural products.
Distribution. Agricultural products distributed outside the local area account for more than 40% of the total transaction volume.
4.2.2 According to the number of business categories, it is best to classify as follows.
a) Comprehensive agricultural product wholesale markets, which are agricultural product wholesale markets that sell more than two categories of products on a daily basis and meet the diverse purchasing needs of different customers.
The main single category of agricultural products trading volume accounts for less than 40% of the total market trading volume, or the number one trading volume exceeds 40% and is ranked
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Editions of GB/T 46118
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 46118-2025 | Guidelines for the classification and grading of agricultural product wholesale markets | current edition | Current |
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