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China Customs Announcement 56: More shipment info required from 01 Jun 2018

Chinese Customs Announcement No 56 will be valid from 1st June 2018.

According the announcement some shipment information will be mandatory:

1.    Shipper’s and Consignee’s full contact details, including contact telephone number for shipper and consignee.
2.    Valid commodity name. See examples in the attachment below.
3.    Company identification number, e.g. European VAT number for shipper and Chinese business registration number of consignee (USCC), see list in the attachment below.

Airline is responsible to provide all needed information to Chinese authorities 4 hours prior to flight arrival. Missing information can even result in the return of the shipment to the origin.

How to fill in the correct information?

Instructions and examples are listed in the attachment.
Please open the attachment thru this link.

For further information, kindly contact Cargo Support, cargo.support@finnair.com.