The Announcement of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China No. 56, 2017

2018/05/24

Dear Respected Customers:

According to the Announcement of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China No. 56, 2017, the following requirements of this Announcement shall become effective as of June 1, 2018.

1. Customs open and check the transmission time switch of manifest management system. The complete and accurate manifest for maritime container cargoes to be loaded on a vessel intended to entry into or depart from a port in China should be submitted in principle 24 hours before shipment loading from a port of loading.

2. Customs adjust the required fields and condition fields of the manifest data requirements, including the actual code of consignee code and the consignor code should be filled in the manifest. When the consignee is "TO ORDER…", the related data fields of the notify party must be filled in. Please pay attention to your enterprise code..
(1) The required fields and condition fields of the outbound manifest data:
Place of discharge code, consignor code, consignor communication number, consignee name, consignee code, country code, consignee communication number, communication number type code etc.
(2) The required fields and condition fields of the inbound manifest data:
Place of loading code, consignor code, consignee name, country code, consignor communication number, communication number type code, consignee code, consignee communication number, consignee department or employee contact name, consignee department or employee communication number, notify party communication number etc.
 
3. Customs request the complete and accurate description of goods in manifest and implement negative list management.

Non Acceptable（不接受申报）负面清单一类	Acceptable（可接受申报）
Agricultural products（农产品）	Long grain（籼米）
Aid consignments（援助的货物）
Animals（动物）	Live horses（活马）
Apparel（服装）	Dresses（连衣裙）
Appliances（电器）	TV set（电视机）
Ceramic products（陶瓷产品）	Refractory bricks（耐火砖）
Chemicals, hazardous（化学品，危险）	Red phosphorus（红磷）
Electronics（数码产品）	Video games（电子游戏机）
Equipment（设备）
Flooring（地板）	Wood Flooring（木地板）
Foodstuffs（食品）	Sweet biscuits（甜饼干）
Freight of All Kinds（各类杂货）
Gifts（礼品）
Iron（铁）	Iron Pipes（铁管）
Leather Articles（皮革制品）	Leather Handbags（皮革手提包）
Machines（机器）	Cuting-off machines（切割机）
Meat（肉）	Meat of swine（猪肉）
Mineral Products（矿产品）	Edible salt（食用盐）
Oil（油）	Lubricating oils（润滑油）
Personal Effects（私人物品）
Pipes（管）	Plastic Pipes（塑料管）
Plants（植物）	Orchid（兰花）
Plastic Goods（塑料制品）	Lavatory covers（马桶盖）
Rubber Articles（橡胶制品）	Tires（轮胎）
Sporting goods （体育用品）
Steel（钢）
Textiles（纺织品）
Tools（工具）	Screwdrivers（螺丝刀）
Wood（木头）
Wooden articles（木制品）
Animal products（动物产品）
Rubber articles（橡胶制品）
Glass articles（玻璃制品）
Non Acceptable（不接受申报）负面清单二类	Acceptable（可接受申报）
纯单一字母，如：AAAAA，Bb等(Simple letter, such as AAAAA,Bb…)
纯单一数字，如：12345等(Simple number, such as 12345…)
纯单一汉字，如：树、皮等(Simple Chinese characters, such as 树、皮…)
…

 

Sinotrans Container Lines Co., Ltd. will obey and follow the rule of above announcement, please make sure to provide all accurate data according to the timeframe by the announcement.

Thank you very much for your usual good support.

Sincerely Yours,

Sinotrans Container Lines Co., Ltd.
May 24, 2018