GB/T 15421-2008Codes for international trade mode (English PDF)
国际贸易方式代码
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Issued by
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
April 11, 2008
Implementation date
September 1, 2008
Scope
GB/T 15421-2008 is the English-translated version of 国际贸易方式代码.
GB/T 15421-2008 is the Chinese national standard on codes for international trade mode, in the field of services and company organization. The /T suffix marks it as a recommended standard: it is not compulsory by itself, but it becomes binding as soon as a contract, a tender or a customer specification calls it up - which in practice is how most foreign buyers meet it. It was issued on 11 April 2008 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 September 2008. Classification: ICS 03.100.20, CCS A10. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.
Document preview — GB/T 15421-2008
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 03.100.20
- Classification
- A10
Issued by: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China
Contents
- 1 Scope
- 2 Compilation principles
- 3 Code structure
Foreword
This standard replaces GB/T 15421-1994 "Code of international trade." This standard and GB/T 15421-1994 "International trade codes," compared to the following changes.
--- According to the actual needs of our international trade, widely customs code. Adjust the code number of international trade, in order to break Together China's foreign trade statistics needs;
--- Added some new international trade classification code, such as "international trade in services", "international investment", in order to adapt to international trade The main direction of development;
--- According to business needs, the revised code that the international trade in order to facilitate the implementation of enterprise use. The standard proposed by China National Institute of Standardization. This standard by the National Standardization Technical Committee of e-business. This standard drafting units. China National Institute of Standardization, the Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, Foreign Economic and Trade University, China Minmetals Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The main drafters. Zhang Yin Fen, Meng Zhu, Shiwen, the Hu Han Jing, Jiang Hansheng, Wang Zhihong, Liu Ying. This standard was first released in December 1994.
With China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), foreign trade and international economic cooperation for development of our country rapidly. Promulgated in 1994 "People's Republic of China Foreign Trade Law" was amended in 2004, made significant changes. 1994 developed GB/T 15421- 1994 "international trade codes" are widely used in all aspects of China's foreign trade statistics and trade between the two sides and other information transmission, according to Requires development of international trade, this standard accordingly made important amendments. Revision and implementation of the standards will play a positive role in promoting the exchange of information of international trade. International trade codes
1 Scope
GB/T 15421-2008 is the Chinese national standard on codes for international trade mode, in the field of services and company organization. The /T suffix marks it as a recommended standard: it is not compulsory by itself, but it becomes binding as soon as a contract, a tender or a customer specification calls it up - which in practice is how most foreign buyers meet it. It was issued on 11 April 2008 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China; Standardization Administration of China, and has been in force since 1 September 2008. Classification: ICS 03.100.20, CCS A10. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.
This standard specifies the code of international trade engaged in international trade and international economic cooperation applicable. This standard applies to institutions engaged in international trade of electronic data exchange and information processing.
2 Compilation principles
This standard compliance with trade regulations international trade practices and China has promulgated.
3 Code structure
This standard uses as long as two-digit code. Code table
4 International trade code table shown in Table 1. Table 1. International trade code table Code International trade names Chinese name English name Explanation 10 general trade ordinarytrade Import-export business out of unilateral or unilateral import Export goods
11 International assistance internationalaid International intergovernmental organizations or import and export aid goods 12 donation donation Donors to poverty, charity, disaster relief and other purposes for Xing Welfare benefits office supplies 13 compensation trade compensationtrade Production technology provided by the use of export credits or foreign manufacturers Equipment, and its products by the producers resold amortization 14 processing processingwithsupplied material Provided by foreign manufacturers of raw materials, spare parts, from the processing side According to requirements of foreign processing and assembling finished products cross foreign sales, plus Workers Party charged processing fees 15 feed processing processingwithimported material Imports of raw materials, components, finished products for export
16 Consignment trade consignmenttrade consignor the goods shipped abroad, consignment sales people
17 Get a present economic and trade exchanges in the economic and trade exchanges Get enterprise activities 19 border trade frontiertrade Between the border towns of neighboring countries on border towns and border Border trade
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Editions of GB/T 15421
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 15421-2008 | Codes for international trade mode | current edition | Current |
| GB/T 15421-1994 | Codes for international trade mode | previous edition | Superseded |
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