Ocean Manifest Knowledge Sharing

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Manifest is the abbreviation of the manifest of the inbound and outbound means of transportation. It refers to the carrier that reflects the information of the goods, items and passengers carried by the inbound and outbound means of transportation, including the original manifest, pre-configured manifest, and loading (passenger) manifest. Manifest plays a very important role in the import and export process. Only after the manifest data is successfully transmitted, other customs clearance procedures for import and export goods and items can be handled.

Regarding sea freight manifest,

What are the definitions of terms that should be known and understood?

1 original manifest

Refers to the manifest transmitted by the manifest transmitter to the customs that reflects the information on the goods, articles or passengers carried by the inbound means of transportation.

2Pre-configured manifest

Refers to the manifest indicating the information on the goods, articles or passengers expected to be loaded on the outbound transportation vehicle.

3-pack (passenger) manifest

Refers to the manifest that reflects the actual cargo and articles carried by the outbound transportation vehicle or contains passenger information.

4. Bill of lading (waybill)

Refers to the document used to prove the contract of transportation of goods and articles, that the goods and articles have been received or loaded by the carrier, and that the carrier guarantees the delivery of the goods and articles.

5. General bill of lading (waybill)

Refers to the bill of lading (waybill) issued by the person in charge of the means of transportation and the shipping agency.

6 cents bill of lading (waybill)

Refers to the bill of lading (waybill) issued by NVOCC operators, freight forwarders or express operators under the general bill of lading (waybill).

7 Arrival report

Refers to the record reflecting the actual arrival of the goods submitted by the operator of the customs supervision operation place to the customs when the inbound and outbound goods arrive at the customs supervision operation place, and when the inbound and outbound goods arrive at the passenger customs clearance and mail place, the operator of the relevant place A record submitted to Customs that reflects the actual arrival of the item.

8 tally report

Refers to the records in which operators of customs supervision workplaces, passenger clearance and mail venues or tally departments check and confirm the actual loading and unloading of goods and articles carried in and out of the means of transportation.

9. Harbor diversion

Refers to the act of evacuating relevant goods and items to other customs supervision operations, passenger clearance, and mail places based on the decision of the port administrative department in order to prevent the backlog of goods and items from blocking the port.

10 minutes

Refers to the behavior of operators of customs supervision workplaces, passenger clearance and mail venues transporting inbound goods and articles from one place to another.

11 Packing List

Refers to the document that reflects the actual loading information of outbound goods and items transported in containers before packing.

Which companies can transmit manifest data to customs?

Persons in charge of inbound and outbound means of transportation, non-vessel operating common carriers, freight forwarders, ship agents, postal companies, express operators and other obligators of manifest electronic data transmission shall transmit it to the customs within the specified time limit in accordance with the scope of customs filing. Manifest electronic data.

Operators of places under customs supervision, tally departments, shippers of export goods, and other persons with obligations to transmit manifest-related electronic data shall transmit manifest-related electronic data to the customs within the prescribed time limit.

The enterprise transmits the manifest to the customs,

What filing materials should be submitted?

When going through the filing procedures, the manifest transmitter shall submit the following documents to the customs:

1 "Registration Form"

2 Samples of bill of lading (way) and bill of loading

3. Impressions of corporate seals and related business seals

4. A copy of the license or qualification certificate issued by the administrative department

5. Other documents required by customs

The operator of a customs supervision site, the tally department, and the consignor of export goods shall submit the above documents ①④⑤ to the customs when going through the filing procedures.

To which departments should enterprises submit filing applications?

Manifest transmitters, supervisory site operators, tally departments, and export cargo consignors shallIt must be filed with the customs directly under the local customs where it operates its business or with an authorized subordinate customs.

According to customs requirements, enterprises must transmit electronic manifest data to customs within the specified time limit. So, how do you understand “specified time limit”?

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

For inbound container ships, 24 hours before the loading of goods and items begins; for container goods and items transshipped through overseas ports, 24 hours before loading at the last overseas transshipment port. For outbound container ships, 24 hours before loading of goods and articles.

For incoming non-container ships, 24 hours before arriving at the first domestic port of destination; if the voyage is within 24 hours, before arriving at the first domestic port of destination. For outbound non-container ships, 2 hours before starting to load goods and items.

If an inbound ship loads containers and non-container goods and articles at the same time, it shall be transported separately in accordance with the above two items; if an outbound ship loads containers, non-container goods and items at the same time, it shall be transported separately in accordance with the foregoing two items.

For inbound passenger and cargo liner (voyage less than 24 hours), 2 hours before starting to load cargo and items; for outbound passenger and cargo liner, 2 hours before starting to load cargo and items.

For other short-distance ships entering the country (voyage less than 24 hours), 4 hours before starting to load goods and items; for other short-distance ships leaving the country (voyage less than 24 hours), 4 hours before starting to load goods and items.

The allocation of inbound empty containers is before the ship arrives at the destination port; the allocation of outbound empty containers is 2 hours before the empty containers are loaded on the ship.

When goods and articles are transshipped at domestic ports, they should be before the incoming ship arrives at the unloading port; for goods and articles transshipped out of the country, they should be transshipped 2 hours before they are shipped out of the country.

The tally department or the operator of the customs supervision site shall submit the tally report to the customs in electronic data form within 6 hours after the inbound transportation vehicle has completed unloading the goods and items.

If a second tally is required, with the consent of the customs, a tally report can be submitted to the customs in the form of electronic data within 24 hours after the inbound transportation vehicle has completed unloading the goods and items.

The manifest transmitter shall transmit the electronic data of the loading manifest to the customs 30 minutes before the transportation vehicle starts loading goods and articles.

Within 6 hours after the outbound transportation vehicle leaves the loading port, the operator of the customs supervision site or the tally department shall submit a tally report to the customs in the form of electronic data.

What are the other things to note when declaring a shipping manifest?

According to the "Announcement on Adjustments to Matters Relevant to the Management of Water and Air Freight Manifests" of the General Administration of Customs, the "Brief Description of Goods" data item in the "Original Manifest Data Items" and "Pre-allocated Manifest Data Items" should be completed and accurate, and submitted ( The names of the goods and items under the shipping order should be filled in one by one in the "Brief Description of Goods" data item. The customs implements negative list management on the content of the "brief description of the goods". If it does not meet the relevant requirements of the customs, it will be automatically refunded.