GB/T 36596-2018Drafting rules for international trade commercial invoice identifier (English PDF)

Foreword

This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the coding structure and coding rules of China's international trade commercial invoice identifiers.

This standard applies to China's import and export enterprises to prepare international trade commercial invoice identifiers.

2 Normative references

The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only dated versions apply to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB/T 2260-2007 Administrative division code of the People's Republic of China

GB/T 2659-2000 World countries and regions name code

GB/T 15191 trade data exchange trade data meta-directory data element

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

4 Coding structure and rules

According to the provisions of GB/T 15191 for commercial invoices, the international trade commercial invoice identifier is up to 35 digits in length (that is, the total length is not more than 35 digits) alphanumeric, i.e. an..35.

The international trade commercial invoice identifier consists of the following four parts.

a) Part 1. The first 4 digits of the identifier are the year code of the contract or order, represented by a 4-digit code;

b) Part 2. The 5th and 6th digits of the identifier are the trading country code for the contract or order, using the two-character Latin alphabet code representation in GB/T 2659-2000;

c) Part 3. The 7th and 8th digits of the identifier are the administrative regions of the region where the domestic import and export enterprise is contracted or placed; the code is indicated by the first two digit codes in GB/T 2260-2007;

d) Part 4. The 9th to 35th digits of the identifier are custom codes for import and export companies, and are represented by up to 27 alphanumeric characters, that is, the total length of the custom code of the import and export enterprise does not exceed 27 digits.

A schematic diagram of the coding rules for international trade commercial invoice identifiers is shown in Figure 1.