Key points
- Supervision mode codes have four digits and are entered in the “supervision mode” field of the customs declaration; the code table is issued and periodically updated by the General Administration of Customs.
- Common codes: general trade 0110; processing with supplied materials 0214; processing with imported materials 0615; processing with imported materials, non-matched 0715; and cross-border e-commerce codes such as 9610, 9710, 9810 and 1210.
- A single processing trade operation uses different codes at different stages – import of materials, export of finished goods, deep-processing transfer, domestic sale and return.
In practice
The supervision mode is not a field the customs officer chooses at the moment of declaration; it follows from the nature of the business – whether the goods are bonded, whether they fall under a handbook or ledger, whether cross-border e-commerce is involved, or whether it is a return or a free-of-charge replacement. When sales and customs teams see things differently, the classic problem arises: the contract is signed as general trade but the declaration is filed as processing trade.
The better approach is to fix the supervision mode at the contract or order stage and let it drive documents, declarations, refunds and accounting downstream: general trade exports enter the refund process automatically, processing trade exports are linked to the handbook and draw down materials, and bonded goods go through a verification list. When the code table changes, it is maintained once in master data, so documents never diverge.
How Tranexio supports it
Tranexio models the supervision mode as an independent dimension of the trade business model. Once set on the contract, it carries through customs declaration, tax refunds and accounting; for exports under general trade or processing trade, refund handling is enabled automatically. See Customs and Single Window.