COSCO Container Lines Co. Ltd. has announced that China Customs will implement the new China Customs Advance Manifest (CCAM) system effective from 28th of June 2014. All cargo shipment destination to China is enforcing a 24-hour CCAM rule in pior to the loading time of the last foreign loading port.
Shanghai Customs will first start at 3rd June. To ensure smooth transportation of your shipment after CCAM enforcement, it is advisable to start this practice from 3rd June.
The main data and formatting requirements of the manifest are as follows:
- Shipper’s name and adress
- Consignee’s name and adress
- Notify party name and adress when “To order”BL
- Cargo Description
- Total Gross weight, Total number of packages, Type of packages
- Container Number
- Container Seal
- UN Number for Dangerous Goods and IMDG Class
The failure to meet the requirement of the China customs, might cause “DNL\DNU” notice from the customs and negetive effects in the further Import process of China customs clearance and customs release.
An Advance Manifest submission Fee(AMS) of USD30 /BL and Advance Manifest Amendment(AMA) Fee USD40/BL will take effects from 28th June,2014, prepaid from the cargo receiving. AMS and AMA are applicable to the CCAM Submission 24 hours before the cargo loading.
"Any amendment of the manifest after 24 Hours rule, according to the Customs rule, must be approved by the discharging port customs. You can contact the local agents of COSCON for the application. We will do our best to communicate with the China Customs, but we hereby to state that the amendment might be charged by the customs and might cause the further operation risks of customs clearance and cargo release," COSCON said in a news release.