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What is the manifest?
The manifest is the cargo allocation information of the ship, that is, the cargo container information of the ship loaded in the port.General shipping company or agent to the customs 24 hours before the departure of EDI (manifest).
The role of the manifest
1, as the final confirmation of the content of the bill of lading.
When a ship is intercepted or set sail, the shipping company shall make the manifest according to the final confirmed bill of lading of the customer. The most important thing is the description of the goods (number of pieces, weight, name of goods, etc.), and then send it to the customs in the form of EDI.
2. As the cargo data of the shipping company
It can be understood as an internal bill of lading of the shipping company. When the ship arrives at the port of destination, it is necessary to declare the goods to the customs of the port of destination. The description of the goods must be consistent with the bill of lading held by the shipper, otherwise it is difficult for the consignee to clear the customs and pick up the goods at the port of destination.
3. Loading manifest
On the manifest, that is, on the pre - allocation manifest information, known as pre - allocation.The pre-shipment is sent by the shipping company or its agent, indicating to the customs the actual information of the goods it accepts for shipment;This is a manifest information sent by the shipping company or its agent to the customs, which is closely related to the customs declaration. The customs can only declare the goods after the customs has successfully received the pre-distribution information (and shipped), but the customs declaration cannot be declared without the manifest information.
The general administration of customs and take effect on June 1, 2018, the "56 order" clearly stipulated in 2017 China customs management system of open manifest transmission time limit switch, which is a manifest of the full and accurate data must be in the shipment (left mainland China) or entry/transit China ship through electronic data sent to the Chinese customs 24 hours before.
Only within the time limit required by the customs, the manifest data can be transmitted and the data is objective and true. Only after the customs examination and approval can the customs go through the customs formalities for import and export goods and articles.If there are any imported goods or articles not listed in the original manifest, the customs may order the person in charge of the original means of transport to return them directly.
4. Delivery arrival
Shipment arrival in maritime export refers to the arrival report of goods sent to the customs H2000 declaration system by the station or depot.
The arrival report refers to a record sent by the operator of the place to the customs H2000 declaration system to reflect the actual transportation status or arrival status of the inward and outward goods or articles when they arrive at the places under customs supervision (storage yard, yard station, warehouse, cargo station, dock, etc.).
The arrival is sent by the place where the goods are under the supervision of the customs, indicating to the customs that the goods have arrived and entered the place where the goods are under the supervision of the customs.
Pre-distribution and arrival are prerequisites for customs declaration. Only when the pre-distribution and arrival information are available, will the customs accept customs declaration.
5. Matters needing attention
1. Pre-distribution, delivery and customs declaration, the information of the three should be consistent, without "conflict", consistent information and only consistent, which is the basic requirement of customs declaration.
In addition, notice no. 60 of 2018 further standardized the declaration of export goods, and decided to make important changes to the filling of customs declaration form from August 1!For the requirements of three consistent (namely, cargo manifest, customs declaration, Marine bill of lading.Be more strict!
2. The manifest is issued according to the number of customs declaration tickets, which are divided into several tickets for customs declaration and several copies for the manifest.However, if there is a problem with one of the manifest, we need to apply for modification.It is troublesome to modify the manifest.
3. The name of the goods on the export manifest is inconsistent with the name of the goods on the bill of lading. If the goods have been released, there is no problem with the general export and it will not affect the boarding of the ship.Nevertheless when cancel after verification, the likelihood changes manifest even, suggest to go to custom to revise as soon as possible before custom did not close a case so.Normal manifest modification process: correct invoice, packing list and customs declaration should be provided to the forwarder when the manifest is changed.It usually takes 3-5 working days.