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Relevant Introduction
License number refers to that issued by the competent commerce department of the State Council and its authorized licensing authorities.import and exportThe number of the goods license. The licenses mentioned here refer only to import licenses and export licenses.
Licenses with additional text preceding import license or export license do not fall under this categorys requirements but rather constitute other types of licenses.
For quota-managed export commodities, fill in the full name of the import/export enterprise holding the export quota allocation;
For general license-managed export commodities, fill in the full name of any qualified import/export enterprise with export rights;
For debt repayment or compensatory trade exports, fill in the full name of the authorized trading company with export rights;
Forforeign tradegoods shipped by approved non-enterprise entities, this field may contain the entitys name;
Enterprise code should follow the numbering system established by licensing authorities authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (same applies below).
II. Consignor
For quota-tendered commodities (including compensated and uncompensated tenders), the consignor must match the exporter;
For other quota-managed export commodities, the consignor should in principle match the exporter, though affiliated entities may differ;
For debt repayment exports, compensatory trade exports, and foreign-invested enterprise agency exports, the consignor may differ from the exporter.
III. Export License Number
Assigned by the licensing authority
IV. Export License Expiry Date
For commodities under the single-use license system, the license validity period shall not exceed three months from issuance. For fresh/frozen commodities destined directly for Hong Kong and Macau (excluding re-exports), the validity is one month.
For commodities not under the single-use license system, foreign-invested enterprises, and compensatory trade exports, the license validity period shall not exceed six months from issuance.
When a licenses validity spans calendar years, the issuance date may extend into the following year, but no later than the end of February.
Trade Method
This section includes: general trade, barter trade, compensation trade, processing with imported materials, processing with supplied materials, export by foreign-invested enterprises, border trade, outward processing,Entrepot Tradefutures trade, contract projects, export for loan repayment, international exhibitions and fairs, agreement trade, and other trade methods.
For export after processing with imported materials, fill in processing with imported materials in this section.
When foreign-invested enterprises export after processing with imported materials, fill in export by foreign-invested enterprises as the trade method.
For non-foreign trade entities shipping exhibition items and samples with each batch value exceeding 5,000 yuan, fill in international exhibitions in this section.
For various import-export enterprises shipping exhibition items, fill in international exhibitions in this section; for shipping samples, fill in general trade.
For crude oil, refined oil, and non-trade exports, the contract number may be left blank.
When shipping exhibits, this section should be filled with the document number of the exhibition approval from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Customs Port
Refers to the shipping port. This section allows filling in three ports, but customs declaration can only be made at one port.
Importing Country (Region)
Refers to the final destination, i.e., the contract destination. Geographical names (e.g., Europe) are not allowed.
Payment Method
This section includes:Letter of Creditcollection, remittance, promissory note, cash, open account, and free of charge.
Transportation Method
May fill in maritime transport, road transport, airAir Transportationtransport, postal transport, and fixed transport.
Product Name and Code
Fill in according to the standard names in the export license management product catalog issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.