28/5/2018

To our Valued Customers,

In consideration of continued import security and manifest screening, new regulations have been introduced by the Chinese government and will commence effective from 1^st June?2018. With the new regulations additional shipper/consignee/notify party information is required and must be submitted prior to cut off.

This additional information is required for both the Air and Sea modes as displayed on Master (MAWB / MBL) and House (HAWB / HBL) bills of lading.

Please be advised failure to comply with these new regulations will result in delays with import clearance in China.

 

The new requirements cover three areas: 

1. Additional information for the Shipper, Consignee and Notify Party 

2. Unified Social Credit Identifier (USCI) information 

3. Detailed description of goods

 

1. Shipper, Consignee & Notify details

Please note all AWB/BL documents must now contain the following additional information in order to comply with new regulations:

 

Shipper's country ISO code (AU for Australia) 

Contact details using following codes: TE – phone; FX - fax, EM - email 

 

Consignee's whole name

Consignee's country ISO code (CN for China)

 

Contact details using following codes: TE – phone; FX - fax, EM - email 

Notify Party (if applicable)  Consignee's whole name and address

Consignee's country ISO code (CN for China)  Contact details using following codes: TE – phone; FX - fax, EM - email 

 

2. Unified Social Credit Identifier (USCI)

The AWB/BL documents must also state USCI identifiers for selected countries, some of these are listed below for your reference:

 

Australia - ABN or ACN 

United Kingdom - GB - COMPANY NUMBER or VAT NUMBER 

United States of America - US – EIN or CIK 

New Zealand - NZ - COMPANY NUMBER 

South Africa - ZA - VAT NUMBER or ENTERPRISE NUMBER 

 

3. Description of goods Information included in the description of the goods must be specific, generic will not be acceptable.

Some examples of this include: “Car parts” will not be acceptable and must state for example “windshield, brake pads, etc” “Clothing” will not be acceptable and must state for example “100% cotton t shirts, etc.”

Where this information is missing from the SLI, our Export team will be in contact and guide you through the requirements.

 

Feel free to contact your BRi Export's Representative, should you have any further queries or concerns in relation to this matter.

Keeping you updated,

BRi Exports Team

 

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