Announcement No.93, 2018 of the General Administration of Customs (Announcement on matters related to the adjustment of water and air inbound and outbound means of transport and cargo manifest managem

Announcement No.93, 2018 of the General Administration of Customs (Announcement on matters related to the adjustment of water and air inbound and outbound means of transport and cargo manifest management)
Announcement [2018] No.93

On May 29, 2018, the General Administration of Customs promulgated the Decision of the General Administration of Customs on Amending Some Regulations (Order No.240 of the General Administration of Customs), which revised the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Supervision of Inbound and Outbound Means of Transport of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs and the Measures for the Administration of Inbound and Outbound Means of Transport Manifests of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs (hereinafter referred to as the "Manifest Measures"). The relevant matters concerning the management of water and air inbound and outbound means of transport and cargo manifests are hereby announced as follows:

First, the "general bill of lading" and "sub-bill of lading" mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2 of the Manifest Measures refer to the general bill of lading and sub-bill of lading for ship transportation. The master bill of lading refers to the bill of lading issued by the person in charge of the means of transport and the shipping agency (that is, MASTER B/L), and the sub-bill of lading refers to the bill of lading issued by the non-vessel shipping operator (that is, HOUSE B/L) under the master bill of lading.

Second, about filing

(a) domestic enterprises without qualifications for the record.

A domestic shipping enterprise that cannot be qualified as a person shall entrust a domestic shipping agency that has been filed with the customs to transmit the manifest to the customs.

(2) Filing of branches.

Where the manifest transmitter has a branch in China, the branch shall record the address, contact person and telephone number of the branch at the customs directly under the place where it operates or its authorized subordinate customs.

Three, transit, transshipment and through cargo information transmission

(1) Transmitters of transit goods, manifests and related electronic data shall transmit inbound and outbound manifests and related electronic data in accordance with the Manifest Measures.

(2) For transshipment goods, the manifest transmitter shall transmit electronic data such as original manifest, pre-allocated manifest, loaded manifest and tally report to the customs in accordance with the provisions of the Manifest Measures.

(3) The transmitter of goods, manifests and related electronic data will not transmit manifests and related electronic data for the time being.

4. The enterprise responsible for transmitting electronic data shall transmit the electronic data of the means of transport and manifests to the customs in strict accordance with the relevant regulations of the General Administration of Customs and the Provisions of the General Administration of Customs on the Time Limit for Declaring and Transmitting the Manifests of Inbound and Outbound Means of Transport and Goods and Articles Carried by Water and Air (see Annex).

5. If the export goods are shipped while arriving, the goods shall be deemed to have arrived after the actual inspection by the customs, and the arrival report shall be transmitted to the customs. After the arrival report is transmitted, the goods and articles shall be loaded within 3 days.

Six, the same ship carrying container goods and non container goods into the country, the manifest transmitter shall be in accordance with the "Manifest Measures" Article 9 (a) of the container ship and non container ship transmission time limit respectively transmit the original manifest data.

7. The manifest transmitter shall transmit and allocate the electronic data of inbound and outbound empty containers to the customs; If the empty container is not actually loaded and unloaded according to the submitted data, the manifest transmitter shall go through the formalities for changing the electronic data of the empty container in accordance with relevant regulations.

Eight, this announcement shall come into force as of the date of promulgation. Announcement No.97 and No.101 of the General Administration of Customs in 2008 shall be abolished at the same time.

It is hereby announced.

Annex: Provisions of the General Administration of Customs on the time limit for declaration and transmission of water, air, inbound and outbound means of transport and manifests of goods and articles they carry.

General Administration of Customs
July 13, 2018

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Provisions of the General Administration of Customs on the time limit for declaration and transmission of water, air and inbound means of transport and manifests of goods and articles carried by them

1. Inbound and outbound ships (including small ships travelling between Hong Kong and Macao) and manifests of their cargo and articles.

(1) The person in charge of the inbound and outbound ships shall declare the dynamics of the means of transport to the customs in the form of electronic data within the following time limits:

1. Forecast dynamics.

Inbound and outbound ships carrying goods and articles shall transmit the main data of the original manifest or the pre-allocated manifest before;

An inbound or outbound ship without cargo or articles shall, before its arrival or departure from Hong Kong.

2. report the dynamics.

The entry report shall be made before the entry ship arrives in Hong Kong;

The dynamic report of exit shall be made when the exit ship leaves.

3. Arrival report.

When the inbound ship arrives at the anchorage or berths directly;

There is no (no) arrival report for outbound ships.

4. The electronic data of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs Ship Entry (Port) Declaration Form, when the entry ship reaches the anchorage or directly berths;

Electronic data of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs Ship Exit (Port) Declaration Form, when the exit ship leaves the anchorage or directly leaves the berth.

(2) The manifest transmitter shall transmit the electronic data of the manifest of import and export goods and articles to the customs in the form of electronic data within the following time limits:

1. For inbound container ships, 24 hours before the goods and articles start to be loaded; Container goods and articles transshipped through overseas ports shall be loaded 24 hours before the last overseas transshipment port.

For outbound container ships, 24 hours before the goods and articles are loaded.

2. Entry non-container ships, 24 hours before their arrival at the first domestic destination port; Within 24 hours, before arriving at the first destination port in China.

Non-container ships leaving the country, 2 hours before starting to load goods and articles.

3. If the inbound ship is loaded with containers, non-container goods and articles at the same time, it shall be transmitted separately according to Items 1 and 2;

If the outbound ship is loaded with containers, non-container goods and articles at the same time, it shall be transmitted separately in accordance with Items 1 and 2.

4 inbound passenger and cargo liner (voyage less than 24 hours), 2 hours before the start of loading goods and articles;

Outbound passenger and cargo liner, 2 hours before the start of loading goods and articles.

5. Other short-distance ships entering the country (the voyage is less than 24 hours), 4 hours before the start of loading goods and articles;

Other short-distance ships leaving the country (the voyage is less than 24 hours), 4 hours before the start of loading goods and articles.

6. Transfer the inbound empty containers before the ship arrives at the port of destination;

Empty containers transferred out of the country shall be shipped 2 hours before the empty containers are loaded.

7. When goods and articles are transshipped in domestic ports, they shall be transported before the entry ship arrives at the port of discharge;

Goods and articles that are transshipped out of the country shall be transshipped out of the country 2 hours before loading.

Two, inbound and outbound aircraft and their cargo and articles manifest

(1) The person in charge of the inbound and outbound aircraft shall declare the dynamics of the means of transport to the customs in the form of electronic data within the following time limits:

1. The inbound "flight plan of the same day" is before 0: 00 on the day when the aircraft is expected to arrive at the first destination port in China;

The outbound "flight plan for the same day" is before 0: 00 on the day when the aircraft is expected to leave the port of departure.

2. If the inbound voyage exceeds 4 hours, the "forecast dynamics" shall be 4 hours before the aircraft arrives at the first domestic destination port; If the inbound voyage is less than 4 hours, the "forecast dynamics" will be at the time of aircraft take-off;

The exit "forecast dynamics" is two hours before the aircraft leaves the place where the customs is set up.

3. The entry "reported dynamics" is within 30 minutes after the aircraft arrives at the first domestic destination port;

The "dynamic report" of exit is within 30 minutes after the aircraft leaves the place where the customs is set up.

4. The electronic data of the General Declaration Form for Aircraft Entry (Port) of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs shall be within 30 minutes after the entry aircraft arrives at the first destination port in China;

The electronic data of "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Customs Aircraft Exit (Port) General Declaration Form" shall be within 30 minutes before the exit aircraft leaves the place where the customs is established.

5. The inbound and outbound "flight cancellation" is sent after the "flight plan of the day" and before the "dynamic report".

(2) The manifest transmitter shall transmit the electronic data of the manifest of import and export goods and articles to the customs in the form of electronic data within the following time limits:

If the entry voyage is less than 4 hours, before the aircraft takes off; If the voyage exceeds 4 hours, 4 hours before the aircraft arrives at the first destination port in China.

4 hours before the departure aircraft starts loading goods and articles.