1, the meaning of the trademark;

2. The marks made on the packages of import and export commodities are taken from the English word "mark" and can be simply understood as labels.

The "shipping mark" in foreign trade is to facilitate the identification of goods and prevent the wrong delivery. It usually consists of model, serial number or abbreviation of receiving unit, destination port, number of pieces or batch number. It usually consists of a simple geometric figure, some letters, numbers and simple words, and its function is to make the goods easily recognized by the relevant personnel in the process of loading, unloading, transportation and storage, thus preventing wrong shipment.

1) For shippers and manufacturers, shipping marks are convenient for management, statistics, reasonable calculation of weight and volume, transportation arrangement and prevention of mistakes.

2) It can also be made clear to the commodity inspection, customs and other supervisors. , in order to supervise the goods according to the batch, inspection and release.

3) The carrier can refer to the shipping mark to conveniently and quickly inquire about the delivery situation from warehousing to delivery, transshipment and sea-air combined transport to the destination port. Especially when bulk goods are mixed.

4) For the consignee, you can know the contents of the outer box at a glance, and you can quickly enter the circulation link without unpacking. Generally, the consignee only looks at the border mark.

Domestic trade also follows the rules of export trade. In order to facilitate the storage, transportation and circulation management of goods, shipping marks are often used on the packaging of goods.

Extended data:

In view of the great differences in the contents of shipping marks and numbers, some of which are too complicated to meet the needs of the increase of freight volume, the change of transportation mode and the application of computers in transportation and document circulation, the Working Group on Simplifying International Trade Procedures of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, with the support of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Association for the Coordination of Cargo Handling, has formulated the Shipping Marks and Numbers, which is recommended to all countries.

Standardized signs and numbers include:

① English abbreviation or abbreviation of the name of the consignee or buyer;

② Reference number, such as waybill number, order number or invoice number;

③ Name of destination;

(4) quantity of commodities.

As for other contents that need to be written on the transport package according to certain needs, such as the license number, it is not an essential part of the mark and number.

References:

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