China Customs Regulation for Advanced Manifest

As per the China Customs 2017 no.76 regulation, from June 1st, all sea and air shipments inbound/outbound/via China must submit an advanced manifest, including the adjustments below:

  1. Required – Shipper’s company code, contact number, country code.
  2. Required – Consignee’s name, company code, attn, contact number, address, country code.
  3. If consignee is “TO ORDER”, then it is necessary to provide company code and contact number of the notifying party.
  4. It’s recommended to provide an AEO code which can accelerate the process of customs clearance.

A complete and accurate manifest with digital data must be submitted to China Customs before departure for air shipments, and 24 hours before loading for sea shipments.

Company code list is attached for reference.

COMPANY CODE LIST
COUNTRY/AREA COUNTRY CODE COMPANY CODE
Afghanistan AF SIREN NUMBER
Andorra AD SIREN NUMBER
Andorra AD LEI
Angola AO NIF
Anguilla AI CIK
Antigua and Barbuda AG SIREN NUMBER
Armenia AM SIREN NUMBER
Armenia AM LEI
Aruba AW COC-NUMBER
Aruba AW RSIN
Azerbaijan AZ COMPANY NUMBER
Albania AL NIPT
Algeria DZ NRC NUMBER
Argentina AR CUIT
Australia AU ABN
Australia AU ACN
Austria AT EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Austria AT TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Bangladesh BD COMPANY NUMBER
Barbados BB COMPANY NUMBER
Belize BZ LEI
Belize BZ CIK
Bhutan BT TICKER SYMBOL
Botswana BW ENTERPRISE NUMBER
Brunei Darussalam BN SIREN NUMBER
Burkina Faso BF SIREN NUMBER
Burundi BI SIREN NUMBER
Bahamas BS TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Bahrain BH COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Bahrain BH CR NUMBER
Belarus BY INN
Belarus BY OKPO
Belgium BE EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Belgium BE BELGIAN COMPANY NUMBER
Benin BJ RCCM NUMBER
Bermuda BM TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Bolivia BO MATRICULA DE COMERCIO
Bolivia BO NIT
Bosnia-Herzegovina BA JIB
Bosnia-Herzegovina BA UCN
Brazil BR CNPJ
Brazil BR NIRE
Bulgaria BG PIN
Bulgaria BG UIC
Cambodia KH SIREN NUMBER
Cape Verde CV SIREN NUMBER
Cayman Islands KY CIK
Cayman Islands KY TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Central African Republic CF SIREN NUMBER
Chad TD SIREN NUMBER
Comoros KM SIREN NUMBER
Congo CG SIREN NUMBER
Congo, Democratic Republic of CD SIREN NUMBER
Côte d’Ivoire CI SIREN NUMBER
Cuba CU SIREN NUMBER
Curaçao CW CIK
Curaçao CW COC-NUMBER
Cameroon CM NIU
Canada CA CORPORATION NUMBER
Canada CA EIN
Chile CL RUT
China CN USCI
China CN OC
Colombia CO NIT
Costa Rica CR TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Croatia HR OIB
Croatia HR MBS
Cyprus CY VAT NUMBER
Cyprus CY TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Czech Republic CZ VAT NUMBER
Czech Republic CZ TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Dominica DM LEI
Dominica DM SIREN NUMBER
Denmark DK CVR-NUMBER
Denmark DK P-NUMBER
Denmark (Faroe Islands) DK TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Djibouti DJ TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Dominican Republic DO TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Equatorial Guinea GQ SIREN NUMBER
Eritrea ER SIREN NUMBER
Ethiopia ET SIREN NUMBER
Ecuador EC RUC
Egypt EG COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Egypt EG INDUSTRIAL LICENSE
El Salvador SV NIT
Estonia EE VAT NUMBER
Estonia EE TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
European Union EL EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Fiji FJ LEI
Finland FI BUSINESS ID
Finland FI EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
France FR EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
France FR SIREN NUMBER
Gabon GA SIREN NUMBER
Gambia GM SIREN NUMBER
Gibraltar GI LEI
Gibraltar GI COMPANY NUMBER
Grenada GD SIREN NUMBER
Grenada GD LEI
Guinea GN SIREN NUMBER
Guinea Bissau GW SIREN NUMBER
Guyana GY LEI
Georgia GE SWIFT CODE
Germany DE EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Germany DE UST-IDNR.
Ghana GH RGD NUMBER
Greece GR AFM
Greece GR EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Guatemala GT NIT
Guernsey GG TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Haiti HT SIREN NUMBER
Honduras HN LEI
Hong Kong HK TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Hungary HU TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Hungary HU STATISTICAL NUMBER
Iceland IS VAT NUMBER
Iceland IS KENNITALA
India IN CIN
India IN TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Indonesia ID TIN
Indonesia ID CIK
Ireland IE TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Isle of Man IM TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Iran IR COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Iran IR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Iraq IQ COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Iraq IQ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Israel IL TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Israel IL CIK
Italy IT CCIAA
Italy IT EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Jamaica JM BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER
Jamaica JM COMPANY NUMBER
Japan JP CIK
Japan JP LEI
Jersey GB TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Jordan JO COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Jordan JO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Kiribati KI LEI
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of KP SIREN NUMBER
Kyrgyzstan KG LEI
Kazakhstan KZ BIN
Kazakhstan KZ OKPO
Kenya KE TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Kosovo KV TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Kuwait KW COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Kuwait KW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Lao People’s Democratic Republic LA LEI
Liberia LR LEI
Liberia LR SIREN NUMBER
Libya LY SIREN NUMBER
Latvia LV VAT NUMBER
Latvia LV TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Lebanon LB COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Lebanon LB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Lesotho LS TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Liechtenstein LI TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Lithuania LT VAT NUMBER
Lithuania LT TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Luxembourg LU EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Luxembourg LU TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Malawi MW GIIN
Maldives MV SIREN NUMBER
Marshall Islands MH CIK
Marshall Islands MH LEI
Mauritania MR LEI
Mauritania MR SIREN NUMBER
Micronesia, Federated States of FM IMO NUMBER
Mongolia MN ISIN NUMBER
Mozambique MZ LEI
Myanmar/Burma MM TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Macedonia MK TIN
Macedonia MK PIN
Macao MO COMPANY NUMBER
Macao MO BELGIAN COMPANY NUMBER
Madagascar MG RCS NUMBER
Madagascar MG SIREN NUMBER
Malaysia MY TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Malaysia MY CIK
Mali ML TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Malta MT VAT NUMBER
Malta MT TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Mauritius MU TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Mexico MX RFC
Mexico MX CIK
Monaco MC RCI NUMBER
Monaco MC SIREN NUMBER
Montenegro ME MATICNI BROJ
Morocco MA TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Nauru NR SIREN NUMBER
Nepal NP ISIN NUMBER
Nicaragua NI LEI
Niger NE NIF
Niger NE RCCM NUMBER
Namibia NA TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Netherlands NL EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Netherlands NL COC-NUMBER
New Zealand NZ COMPANY NUMBER
Nigeria NG RC NUMBER
Nigeria NG IMO NUMBER
Norway NO ORGANIZATION NUMBER
Oman OM COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Oman OM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Pakistan PK TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Palestinian Territory PS COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Palestinian Territory PS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Panama PA TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Papua New Guinea PG TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Paraguay PY RUC
Peru PE RUC
Philippines PH SEC REGISTRATION NUMBER
Poland PL NCR NUMBER
Poland PL REGON NUMBER
Portugal PT EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Portugal PT NIF
Palau PW IMO NUMBER
Qatar QA COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Qatar QA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Republic of Korea KR VAT NUMBER
Republic of Korea KR CORPORATE REGISTERED NUMBER
Republic of Moldova MD IDNO
Romania RO EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Romania RO VAT NUMBER
Russian Federation RU INN
Russian Federation RU OGRN
Rwanda RW ENTREPRISE CODE
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN LEI
Saint Lucia LC LEI
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC LEI
Samoa WS LEI
San Marino SM LEI
Sao Tome and Principe ST IMO NUMBER
Seychelles SC ORGANIZATION NUMBER
Seychelles SC SIREN NUMBER
Sierra Leone SL IMO NUMBER
Sint Maarten SX SIREN NUMBER
Solomon Islands SB SIREN NUMBER
Somalia SO IMO NUMBER
South Sudan SS GIIN
Sudan SD SIREN NUMBER
Suriname SR SIREN NUMBER
Swaziland SZ ENTERPRISE NUMBER
Saudi Arabia SA COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Saudi Arabia SA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Senegal SN CUCI NUMBER
Serbia RS VAT NUMBER
Serbia RS TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Singapore SG UEN
Slovakia SK EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Slovakia SK VAT NUMBER
Slovenia SI EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Slovenia SI VAT NUMBER
South Africa ZA VAT NUMBER
South Africa ZA ENTERPRISE NUMBER
Spain ES EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Spain ES NIF
Sri Lanka LK TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Sweden SE EUROPEAN VAT NUMBER
Sweden SE TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Switzerland CH CH-NUMBER
Switzerland CH UID
Syrian Arab Republic SY COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Syrian Arab Republic SY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Tajikistan TJ SIREN NUMBER
Timor-Leste TL LEI
Tonga TO IMO NUMBER
Trinidad and Tobago TT LEI
Turkmenistan TM SIREN NUMBER
Tuvalu TV IMO NUMBER
Taiwan TW UNIFORM INVOICE NUMBER
Taiwan TW CIK
Tanzania TZ TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Thailand TH TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Togo TG TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Tunisia TN TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Turkey TR MERSIS NUMBER
Turkey TR TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Uganda UG TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Ukraine UA VAT NUMBER
Ukraine UA EDRPOU CODE
United Arab Emirates AE COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
United Arab Emirates AE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
United Kingdom GB COMPANY NUMBER
United Kingdom GB VAT NUMBER
United States of America US EIN
United States of America US CIK
United States of America (Puerto Rico) PR TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
United States of America (Puerto Rico) PR EIN
Uruguay UY RUT
Uzbekistan UZ TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Vanuatu VU LEI
Vatican City State/Holy See VA SIREN NUMBER
Virgin Islands (British) VG LEI
Virgin Islands (British) VG CIK
Venezuela VE RIF
Vietnam VN TRADE REGISTER NUMBER
Yemen YE COMMERCIAL REGISTER NUMBER
Yemen YE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NUMBER
Zambia ZM LEI
Zimbabwe ZW LEI