The filling requirements are as follows:
① Pre-recordant number.
The pre-recordant number refers to the number of the pre-recordant’s customs declaration form. One customs declaration form corresponds to one pre-recordant number, which is automatically generated by the system.
The pre-recordant number of the customs declaration form is 18 digits, of which the 1st to 4th digits are the code of the customs accepting the declaration (the corresponding customs code in the “Customs Area Code Table” stipulated by the customs), the 5th to 8th digits are the Gregorian calendar year when the person is recorded, the 9th digit is the import and export mark (“1” for import, “0” for export; “I” for import and “E” for export in the centralized declaration list), and the last 9 digits are sequential numbers.
② Customs number.
The customs number refers to the number given to the customs declaration form when the customs accepts the declaration. One customs declaration form corresponds to one customs number, which is automatically generated by the system.
The customs number of the declaration form is 18 digits, of which the 1st to 4th digits are the code of the customs accepting the declaration (the corresponding customs code in the “Customs Area Code Table” stipulated by the customs), the 5th to 8th digits are the Gregorian calendar year when the customs accepts the declaration, the 9th digit is the import and export mark (“1” for import, “0” for export; “I” for import and “E” for export in the centralized declaration list), and the last 9 digits are sequential numbers.
③ Domestic consignee and consignor.
Fill in the name and code of the legal person or other organization in China that signs and executes the import and export trade contract with the foreign party registered with the customs. The code shall be filled in with the 18-digit unified social credit code of the legal person and other organization. If there is no unified social credit code, fill in its registration code with the customs.
The filling requirements in special circumstances are as follows:
If the signer and the executor of the import and export goods contract are not the same enterprise, fill in the enterprise that executes the contract.
If a foreign-invested enterprise entrusts an import and export enterprise to import investment equipment and articles, fill in the foreign-invested enterprise, and indicate “entrusted an import and export enterprise to import” in the mark code and remarks column, and indicate the 18-digit unified social credit code of the entrusted enterprise and other organizations.
When a customs declaration enterprise with agent declaration qualifications acts as an agent for other import and export enterprises to handle import and export customs declaration procedures, fill in the entrusted export enterprise.
The consignor and consignee of the customs special supervision area shall fill in the actual operating unit of the goods or the operating enterprise in the customs special supervision area.
④ Entry and exit customs.
Fill in the name and code of the corresponding port customs in the “Customs Area Code Table” stipulated by the customs according to the port customs where the goods actually enter and exit.
The filling requirements for special circumstances are as follows:
For imported transit transportation goods, fill in the name and code of the customs at the place of entry of the goods, and for exported transit transportation goods, fill in the name and code of the customs at the place of exit of the goods. For goods transferred across customs areas for deep processing and under supervision by transit mode, fill in the name and code of the customs at the place of transfer out on the export declaration form, and fill in the name and code of the customs at the place of transfer in on the import declaration form.
For goods transferred or transferred between different customs special supervision areas or bonded supervision places, fill in the name and code of the customs at the other customs special supervision area or bonded supervision place.
For other goods that have not actually entered or left the country, fill in the name and code of the customs accepting the declaration.
⑤ Import and export date.
The import date is the date on which the means of transport carrying the imported goods declares entry. The export date refers to the date on which the means of transport carrying the exported goods completes the exit formalities, and is exempted from filling in when declaring. For goods that have not actually entered or left the country, fill in the date on which the customs accepts the declaration.
The import and export date is an 8-digit number in the order of year (4 digits), month (2 digits), and day (2 digits).
⑥ Declaration date.
The declaration date refers to the date on which the customs accepts the declaration data of the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods or the entrusted customs declaration enterprise. If the declaration is made in the form of an electronic data declaration form, the declaration date is the date recorded when the customs computer system accepts the declaration data. If the declaration is made in the form of a paper declaration form, the declaration date is the date on which the customs receives the paper declaration form and registers and processes the declaration form. This column is exempted from filling in when declaring.
The declaration date is an 8-digit number in the order of year (4 digits), month (2 digits), and day (2 digits).
⑦ Registration number.
Fill in the number of the “Processing Trade Manual”, the bonded account book of the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision place, the “Exemption Certificate” or other registration and approval documents issued by the customs when the consignee or consignor of imported or exported goods, the consumer and use unit, and the production and sales unit go through the procedures of processing trade contract registration or tax collection, reduction, and tax exemption review and confirmation at the customs.
Only one registration number is allowed to be filled in for one declaration form. Specific filling requirements are as follows:
For goods under processing trade, except for a small amount of low-value auxiliary materials that are not subject to the “Processing Trade Manual” according to regulations and are subject to domestic sales taxation through subsequent tax supplement supervision, fill in the “Processing Trade Manual” number.
For customs declarations at ports of other places using the off-site direct customs declaration sub-volume and off-site deep processing carry-over export sub-volume, fill in the sub-volume number; for local direct customs declaration sub-volume and local deep processing carry-over sub-volume that are limited to local customs declarations, fill in the general volume number.
For finished products of processing trade that are transferred to duty-free imported goods with the “Tax Exemption and Exemption Certificate”, fill in the “Tax Exemption and Exemption Certificate” number on the import declaration form, and fill in the “Processing Trade Manual” number on the export declaration form.
For the transfer between processing trade equipment and duty-free equipment in special customs supervision areas managed by account books, the transfer-in and transfer-out enterprises shall fill in the import and export declaration forms respectively, and fill in the “Processing Trade Manual” number in the “Record Number” column of the declaration form.
For declaration forms involving tax collection, reduction and exemption review and confirmation, fill in the number of the Tax Collection and Exemption Certificate.
For tax-exempt goods returned for export, fill in the number of the Certificate of Approval for Return of Imported Tax-Exempt Goods of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China; for tax-exempt goods imported with additional tax, fill in the number of the Notice of Additional Tax on Tax-Exempt Goods; for tax-exempt goods imported or carried forward (transferred), fill in the number of the Tax Collection and Exemption Certificate; for corresponding carry-over exports (transferred out), fill in the number of the Contact Letter of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China for the Transfer of Imported Tax-Exempt Goods.
⑧ Overseas consignees and consignors.
Overseas consignees usually refer to the buyer or the consignee designated in the export trade contract that is signed and executed, and overseas consignors usually refer to the seller in the import trade contract that is signed and executed.
Fill in the name and code of the overseas consignee and consignor. The name is generally filled in with the English name. If the inspection and quarantine requires the filling of other foreign names, fill in after the English name, separated by half-angle brackets; for enterprises in AEO mutual recognition countries (regions), fill in the AEO code, and fill in the format in accordance with the relevant announcements issued by the General Administration of Customs (such as Singapore AEO enterprises filling format: SG123456789012, South Korea AEO enterprises filling format: KR1234567, see the relevant announcement requirements for details); AEO enterprises in non-mutual recognition countries (regions) and other situations, the code is exempted from filling.
Under special circumstances, if there is no overseas consignee or consignor, fill in “NO” for the name and code.
⑨ Mode of transport.
The mode of transport includes the actual mode of transport and the special mode of transport prescribed by the customs. The former refers to the mode of transport for the actual entry and exit of goods, and is classified according to the means of transport used for entry and exit; the latter refers to the mode of transport for the goods not actually entering or leaving the country, and is classified according to the flow direction of the goods within the country. According to the actual mode of transport for goods entering or leaving the country or the category of goods flowing within the country, select and fill in the corresponding mode of transport in accordance with the “Mode of Transport Code Table” stipulated by the customs.
⑩ Name of transport vehicle and voyage number.
Fill in the name or number and voyage number of the transport vehicle carrying goods entering or leaving the country. The content filled in should be consistent with the corresponding content listed in the manifest (cargo list) reported by the transportation department to the customs.
The specific requirements for filling in the name of the transport vehicle are as follows (customs declaration form for customs declaration procedures directly at the entry and exit place or using the national customs clearance integrated customs clearance mode):
Water transport: Fill in the ship number (small ships traveling between Hong Kong and Macao are the supervision book number) or the English name of the ship.
Road transport: Before the use of the road manifest, fill in the domestic license plate number of the cross-border transport vehicle. The customs declaration form of the Shenzhen advance customs declaration mode shall be filled in with the domestic license plate number + “/” + “advance customs declaration”. After the use of the road manifest, it is exempted from filling.
Railway transport: fill in with the carriage number or the handover order number.
Air transport: fill in with the flight number.
Mail transport: fill in with the postal parcel number.
Other transport: fill in with the name of the specific mode of transport, such as pipeline, pack animal, etc.
Specific requirements for filling in the voyage number are as follows (for declaration forms that handle customs formalities directly at the entry and exit points or in the national integrated customs clearance mode):
Waterway transport: fill in with the voyage number of the vessel.
Road transport: before the use of the road manifest, fill in the 8-digit entry and exit date of the transport vehicle [in the order of year (4 digits), month (2 digits), day (2 digits), the same below]. After the use of the road manifest, fill in the cargo transport batch number.
Railway transport: fill in with the entry and exit date of the train.
Air transport: Not required.
Mail transport: fill in with the entry and exit date of the means of transport.
Other modes of transport: Not required.
? Waybill number.
Fill in the number of the import and export bill of lading or waybill. Only one bill of lading or waybill number is allowed for one customs declaration. If one shipment corresponds to multiple bills of lading or waybills, separate bills should be reported.
? Goods storage location.
Fill in the place or location where the goods are stored after entering the country, including customs-supervised work sites, distribution warehouses, designated processing plants, quarantine sites, and enterprise-owned warehouses.
? Consumption and use unit/production and sales unit.
Consumption and use unit: Fill in the name of the final consumption and use unit of the imported goods in the country, including: the unit that imports the goods by itself; the unit that entrusts the import and export enterprises to import the goods.
Production and sales unit: Fill in the name of the production or sales unit of the exported goods in the country, including: the unit that exports the goods by itself; the unit that entrusts the import and export enterprises to export the goods.
Coding requirements: Fill in the 18-digit unified social credit code of legal persons and other organizations; if there is no 18-digit unified social credit code, fill in “NO”.
? Supervision method.
The supervision method is based on the transaction method of imported and exported goods in international trade, and is a comprehensive set of customs management methods for imported and exported goods in combination with the customs’ taxation, statistics and supervision conditions for imported and exported goods. Its code consists of 4 digits, the first two digits are the classification code divided according to the customs supervision requirements and computer management needs, and the last two digits are the trade method codes compiled with reference to international standards.
According to the actual foreign trade situation, choose to fill in the corresponding supervision method abbreviation and code according to the “Supervision Method Code Table” stipulated by the customs. Only one supervision method is allowed to be filled in on a customs declaration form.
The customs supervision method code “1210”, the full name is “bonded cross-border trade e-commerce”, abbreviated as “bonded e-commerce”. Applicable to domestic individuals or e-commerce enterprises that realize cross-border transactions on e-commerce platforms approved by the customs, and e-commerce retail import and export goods that enter and exit through special customs supervision areas or bonded supervision places [retail import and export goods traded through e-commerce platforms between special customs supervision areas, bonded supervision places and areas outside the domestic area (outside the place) are not subject to this supervision method].
The customs supervision method code is “1239”, the full name is “Bonded Cross-border Trade E-commerce A”, referred to as “Bonded E-commerce A”. It is applicable to cross-border e-commerce retail import goods that enter the country through special customs supervision areas or bonded logistics centers (Type B) by domestic e-commerce enterprises. The “1239” supervision method is not applicable to the cross-border e-commerce retail import business in 10 cities including Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Pingtan, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chongqing.
The customs supervision mode code “9610”, the full name is “cross-border trade e-commerce”, referred to as “e-commerce”, is applicable to domestic individuals or e-commerce enterprises that realize transactions through e-commerce trading platforms and use the “list verification and release, summary declaration” mode to handle customs clearance procedures for e-commerce retail import and export goods (except for e-commerce retail import and export goods through special customs supervision areas or bonded supervision places).
? Exemption nature.
According to the actual situation, choose to fill in the corresponding exemption nature abbreviation and code according to the “Exemption Nature Code Table” stipulated by the customs. If you hold the “Exemption Certificate” issued by the customs, fill in the exemption nature annotated in the “Exemption Certificate”. Only one exemption nature is allowed to be filled in on a customs declaration form. The processing trade goods declaration form shall be filled in according to the exemption nature abbreviation and code annotated in the “Processing Trade Manual” issued by the customs.
? License number.
Fill in the numbers of import (export) licenses, import (export) licenses for dual-use items and technologies, export licenses for dual-use items and technologies (directed), temporary export licenses for textiles, export licenses (processing trade), and export licenses (border small-scale trade). Only one license number is allowed to be filled in for one customs declaration form.
?Port of departure.
Fill in the first overseas port of shipment of the imported goods before they arrive at the customs territory of my country. According to the actual situation, fill in the corresponding port name and code according to the “Port Code Table” stipulated by the customs. If it is not listed in the “Port Code Table”, fill in the corresponding country name and code. If the goods are transported from the customs special supervision area or bonded supervision place to the outside of the domestic area, fill in the name and code of the corresponding customs special supervision area or bonded supervision place in the “Port Code Table”. If it is not listed in the “Port Code Table”, fill in “unlisted special supervision area” and code. For other goods that have not actually entered the country, fill in “within China” and code.
?Contract agreement number.
Fill in the number of the import and export contract (including agreement or order). No need to fill in if no commercial transaction occurs.
?Trading country (region).
For imports with commercial transactions, fill in the country (region) of purchase, and for exports, fill in the country (region) of sale. If no commercial transaction occurs, fill in the country (region) to which the goods are owned. According to the “Country (Region) Code Table” stipulated by the customs, select and fill in the corresponding trading country (region) Chinese name and code.
?Departure country (region)/destination country (region).
The departure country (region) is filled in with the country (region) where the imported goods are shipped directly to my country from the beginning or arrive in China without any commercial transaction in the transit country (region). The destination country (region) is filled in with the country (region) where the exported goods leave the customs territory and arrive directly or arrive in my country without any commercial transaction in the transit country (region).
For directly transported import and export goods that do not transit through a third country (region), the country (region) where the loading port of the import goods is located shall be the country (region) of departure, and the country (region) where the designated port of export goods is located shall be the country (region) of destination.
For import and export goods that transit through a third country (region), if commercial transactions occur in the transit country (region), the transit country (region) shall be the country (region) of departure/destination.
According to the “Country (Region) Code Table” stipulated by the customs, fill in the corresponding Chinese name and code of the departure (region) or destination country (region). For goods that do not actually enter or leave the country, fill in “China” and the code.
? Stopover port/designated port of shipment.
The stopover port shall be filled in with the last overseas loading port of the imported goods before they arrive at the customs territory of my country. The designated port of shipment shall be filled in with the final destination port of the exported goods abroad; if the final destination port is unpredictable, fill in the destination port that is predicted as much as possible.
According to the actual situation, fill in the corresponding port name and code according to the “Port Code Table” stipulated by the customs. If the stopover port/port of shipment does not have the port name and code in the “Port Code Table”, you can choose to fill in the corresponding country name and code. For goods that are not actually entered or exited, fill in “within China” and code.
? Port of entry/port of departure.
For the port of entry, fill in the Chinese name and code of the first domestic port where the inbound goods are unloaded from the cross-border transport vehicle; for cross-border transport by multimodal transport, fill in the Chinese name and code of the domestic port where the multimodal transport goods are finally unloaded; for transit goods, fill in the Chinese name and code of the first port where the goods enter the country; for goods entering the country from special customs supervision areas or bonded supervision places, fill in the Chinese name and code of special customs supervision areas or bonded supervision places. For other goods that have not actually entered the country, fill in the name and code of the city where the goods are located.
For the port of departure, fill in the Chinese name and code of the first domestic port where the cross-border transport vehicle carrying the outbound goods departs; for cross-border multimodal transport, fill in the Chinese name and code of the domestic port where the multimodal transport goods first depart; for transit goods, fill in the Chinese name and code of the first domestic port where the goods depart; for goods that leave the country from a special customs supervision area or bonded supervision place, fill in the Chinese name and code of the special customs supervision area or bonded supervision place. For other goods that have not actually left the country, fill in the name and code of the city where the goods are located.
The types of entry/departure ports include ports, docks, airports, airport freight channels, border ports, railway stations, vehicle loading and unloading points, vehicle inspection sites, land ports, and special customs supervision areas located at ports. Select and fill in the corresponding domestic port name and code according to the “Domestic Port Code Table” stipulated by the customs.
?Packaging type.
Report all packaging materials for import and export goods, including transport packaging and other packaging. According to the “Package Type Code Table” stipulated by the customs, fill in the corresponding packaging type name and code. Transport packaging refers to the packaging corresponding to the number of pieces of goods listed in the bill of lading. Other packaging includes various types of packaging for goods, as well as plant bedding materials, etc.
?Number of pieces.
Report the number of pieces of transport packaging for import and export goods (by transport packaging). The requirements for filling in special circumstances are as follows: if the number of pieces in the manifest is containers, fill in the number of containers; if the number of pieces in the manifest is pallets, fill in the number of pallets; it shall not be reported as zero, and “1” shall be filled in for bare goods.
?Gross weight (kg).
Report the sum of the weight of import and export goods and their packaging materials. The unit of measurement is kilograms. If it is less than one kilogram, fill in “1”.
?Net weight (kg).
Report the gross weight of the imported and exported goods minus the weight of the outer packaging materials, that is, the actual weight of the goods themselves, in kilograms. If it is less than one kilogram, fill in “1”.
?Transaction method.
According to the actual transaction price of the imported and exported goods, fill in the corresponding transaction method code according to the “Transaction Method Code Table” stipulated by the customs. For goods that are not actually imported or exported, fill in CIF for imports and FOB for exports.
?Freight.
Report the transportation costs of imported goods before unloading at the entry point within my country, and the transportation costs of exported goods after loading at the export point within my country. Freight can be reported in one of the three ways: freight unit price, total price or freight rate, indicate the freight mark (freight mark “1” indicates freight rate, “2” indicates freight unit price per ton of goods, and “3” indicates total freight price), and fill in the corresponding currency code according to the “Currency Code Table” stipulated by the customs.
?Premium.
Report the insurance costs of imported goods before unloading at the entry point within my country, and the insurance costs of exported goods after loading at the export point within my country. The insurance premium can be reported in either the total price or the insurance premium rate, and the insurance premium mark should be indicated (the insurance premium mark “1” indicates the insurance premium rate, and “3” indicates the total price of the insurance premium). The corresponding currency code should be selected and reported according to the “Currency Code Table” prescribed by the customs.
? Miscellaneous expenses.
Report the expenses other than the transaction price that should be included in the dutiable price or deducted from the dutiable price in accordance with the relevant provisions of the “Regulations on Import and Export Tariffs of the People’s Republic of China”. It can be reported in either the total price of miscellaneous expenses or the miscellaneous expense rate, and the miscellaneous expense mark should be indicated (the miscellaneous expense mark “1” indicates the miscellaneous expense rate, and “3” indicates the total price of miscellaneous expenses). The corresponding currency code should be selected and reported according to the “Currency Code Table” prescribed by the customs. Miscellaneous expenses that should be included in the dutiable price should be reported as a positive value or a positive rate, and miscellaneous expenses that should be deducted from the dutiable price should be reported as a negative value or a negative rate.
? Attached documents and numbers.
According to the “Supervision Certificate Code Table” and “Attached Document Code Table” stipulated by the customs, fill in the import and export licenses or supervision certificates, the codes and numbers of the attached documents other than the licenses stipulated in Article 16 of this specification.
This column is divided into two columns: the attached document code and the attached document number. In the code column, fill in the corresponding certificate code according to the “Supervision Certificate Code Table” and “Attached Document Code Table” stipulated by the customs; fill in the certificate number in the attached document number column.
?Marking code and remarks.
The filling requirements are as follows: The text and numbers other than the graphics in the marking code, if there is no marking code, fill in N/M. The name of the import and export enterprise entrusted by the foreign-invested enterprise to import its investment equipment and articles. If there is a relationship with this declaration form, and the registration number is required to be filled in in the business management specifications, fill in the “Related Registration” column in the electronic data declaration form. For cross-border e-commerce import and export goods, fill in “cross-border e-commerce”.
?Item number.
Fill in two lines. Fill in the serial number of the goods in the customs declaration in the first line; fill in the “registration serial number” in the second line. For processing trade, bonded, tax reduction and exemption and other registered and approved goods, fill in the serial number of the goods in the “Processing Trade Manual” or “Tax Exemption and Duty Exemption Certificate” and other registration and approval documents.
?Commodity number.
Fill in a 13-digit commodity number. The first 8 digits are the codes determined by the “Import and Export Tariff of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Commodity Catalogue of Customs Statistics of the People’s Republic of China”; 9-10 digits are the additional number for supervision, and 11-13 digits are the additional number for inspection and quarantine.
?Commodity name and specification model.
Fill in two lines. Fill in the standardized Chinese commodity name of the import and export goods in the first line, and the specification model in the second line. Specific reporting requirements are as follows: Commodity names and specifications should be reported truthfully and consistent with the contracts, invoices and other relevant documents submitted by the consignor or consignee of import and export goods or the entrusted customs declaration company. Commodity names should be standardized, and specifications should be detailed enough to meet the requirements of customs classification, valuation and license management. The requirements for commodity names, specifications and models in the “Standardized Declaration Catalogue of Import and Export Commodities of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China” can be referred to for reporting. For registered processing trade and bonded goods, the content reported must be consistent with the commodity name of the goods under the same item number in the registration. For any statutory second measurement unit listed, the quantity and unit should be reported in the second line according to the statutory second measurement unit. If there is no statutory second measurement unit, the second line of this column is blank. The transaction measurement unit and quantity should be reported and printed in the third line.
?Quantity and unit.
Fill in three lines.
The first line should report the quantity and unit according to the statutory first measurement unit of the import and export goods. The statutory measurement unit shall be based on the measurement unit in the “Statistical Commodity Catalogue of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China”.
For any legal second measurement unit, fill in the quantity and unit in the second line according to the legal second measurement unit. If there is no legal second measurement unit, the second line is blank.
The transaction measurement unit and quantity are filled in the third line.
?Unit price.
This column is used to report the actual unit price of the imported and exported goods under the same item number.
?Total price.
This column is used to report the actual total price of the imported and exported goods under the same item number.
?Currency.
Select the corresponding currency name and code according to the “Currency Code Table” stipulated by the customs to fill in. If there is no actual transaction currency in the “Currency Code Table”, the actual transaction currency must be converted into the currency listed in the “Currency Code Table” according to the foreign exchange conversion rate on the declaration date.
?Country (region) of origin.
The country (region) of origin shall be reported in accordance with the Regulations of the People’s Republic of Chi