China General Administration of Customs Modifies Format of Customs Declaration Forms and Filing Lists of Entry and Exit Goods

Takehome: Pursuant to the revised Declaration Filling Requirements of Import and Export Goods (see CL news), China General Administration of Customs modified relevant documents on June 21^st.

The modifications which involve 4 documents, namely, Import Customs Declaration Form, Export Customs Declaration Form, Filing List of Entry Goods and Filing List of Exit Goods, have optimized their layout structure, changed the format from vertical to horizontal and substituted chromatography printing with ordinary printing. The modified documents will be formally adopted on August 1, 2018. The specific modifications are listed in the following tables:

1. Import Customs Declaration Form:

9 Newly-added items	Page number Overseas consignor Storage location Port of departure Port of entry Final destination country (region) Declarant certification number Telephone number Self-declaration and self-payment
5 Modified items	Original column	Revised column
	~~Consignee or consignor~~	Domestic consignee
	Import port	Import customs (name and code)
	Means of conveyance	Means of conveyance and voyage number
	Port of ~~loading~~	Port of call
	The attached documents	The attached documents and serial numbers
2 Deleted items	Inputer Pre-entry unit
3 Position-changing items	Container number Domestic destination Declaration agent

2. Export Customs Declaration Form:

7 Newly-added items	Page number Overseas consignee Port of exit Country (region) of origin Declarant certification number Telephone number Self-declaration and self-payment
4 Modified items	Original column	Revised column
	~~Consignee or consignor~~	Domestic consignor
	Export port	Export customs (name and code)
	Means of conveyance	Means of conveyance and voyage number
	The attached documents	The attached documents and serial numbers
2 Deleted items	Inputer Pre-entry unit
3 Position-changing items	Container number Domestic source of supply Declaration agent

3. Filing List of Entry Goods:

12 Newly-added items	Page number Overseas consignor Contract agreement number Packaging type Storage location Port of departure Port of call Port of entry Final destination country (region) Declarant certification number Telephone number Self-declaration and self-payment
4 Modified items	Original column	Revised column
	Consignee or consignor	Domestic consignee
	Import port	Import customs (name and code)
	Means of conveyance	Means of conveyance and voyage number
	The attached documents	The attached documents and serial numbers
2 Deleted items	Inputer Pre-entry unit
3 Position-changing items	Container number Domestic destination Declaration agent

4. Filing List of Exit Goods:

10 Newly-added items	Page number Overseas consignee Contract agreement number Port of destination Port of exit Country (region) of origin Packaging type Declarant certification number Telephone number Self-declaration and self-payment
4 Modified items	Original column	Revised column
	~~Consignee or consignor~~	Domestic consignor
	Export port	Export customs (name and code)
	Means of conveyance	Means of conveyance and voyage number
	The attached documents	The attached documents and serial numbers
2 Deleted items	Inputter Pre-entry unit
3 Position-changing items	Container number Domestic destination Declaration agent