Advance Cargo Information to China Customs

Please be informed about the additional requirement of advance cargo information for China customs as follow.

Applicable Shipment

All cargoes to China Mainland (1) and;
All cargo treated as Dangerous Goods under the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, regardless of whether a Dangerous Goods Declaration is submitted bound for China Mainland (2).
* For Dangerous Goods: ELI/ELM (labeled) and ICE are applicable; REQ is NOT applicable.

Mandatory Items

(1) All cargoes to China Mainland * Including below Dangerous Goods (2)
Please provide all the following items below on Master AWB or House AWB.
（a）Address of Shipper
（b）Address of Consignee
（c）Telephone Number / FAX Number of Shipper
（d）Telephone Number / FAX Number of Consignee (Available Numbers in China)
*Please provide the consignee's information, especially a telephone number where the consignee can be reliably contacted about the shipment at the place of arrival.
（e）Telephone Number / FAX Number of Notify Party (If Notify Party is present)

(2) All cargo treated as Dangerous Goods under the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, regardless of whether a Dangerous Goods Declaration is submitted bound for China Mainland.
* For Dangerous Goods: ELI/ELM (labeled) and ICE are applicable; REQ is NOT applicable.

Please provide all the following items below on Master AWB or House AWB in addition to (1) above.
（f）Name of Consignee's Dangerous Goods Representative
（g）Telephone Number of Consignee's Dangerous Goods Representative
（Available Numbers in China)
（h）Dangerous Goods UN/ID Number

*1 Please refer to Attachment 1 "China Customs - Cargo Advance Information Required Items Sending and Submission Method (Rev.2)" for examples of how to submit the FWB/FHL and paper MAWB/HAWB.
*2 The company code of the Shipper / Consignee / Notify Party and the Specific Contact Person name and contact information for the Consignee are still not required. (For all cargo treated as Dangerous Goods under the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, regardless of whether a Dangerous Goods Declaration is submitted bound for China Mainland (2), (f) through (h) are required.)

How to Provide the Information

Please provide MAWB/HAWB data in one of the following way.
※ If you provide it by FWB/FHL, please also input in AWB/House manifest too.
Please refer to the attachment1 for details.

1) By FWB / FHL electric messages
- Acceptable message versions : must be send up to FWB ver.16 / FHL ver.4.
- Please input Telephone/Fax number in Shipper's/Consignee's name and address field just after ZIP code.
- For dangerous goods, please input the required information on the OCI line.

2) By paper documents (AWB / House manifest)
- Please provide mandatory items written in "Shipper/Consignee's name and address" on AWB and/or cargo manifest.
- For Dangerous Goods, the required information must be indicated as below.
＜AWB＞ Written in the "Handling Information" column.
＜House manifest＞ Written in the "Consignee" column.

* For Dangerous Goods: ELI/ELM (labeled) and ICE are applicable; REQ is NOT applicable.

Other

If the customs authorities impose penalties to our company, such as a fine, please be advised that, upon clarification of the circumstances and cause, if the customer is found to be at fault, such as inappropriate information provided by the customer, we may file a claim against the customer in accordance with the Convention and the Conditions of Carriage.
Your kind cooperation and understanding are highly appreciated.

Attachment1："China Customs - Cargo Advance Information Required Items Sending and Submission Method (Rev.2)"

Shipment Description

Shipment description shall be required.
※ Please refer the example in the following attachment.

Attachment2："Imorovement of the shipment description"