Foreign Trade Data Service Cockpit
Use
This group of functions pertains to the import, use and distribution of foreign trade customs data required for performing transactions in the
Foreign Trade/Customs
application component.
To go to the
Foreign Trade Data Service Cockpit
from the main SAP menu, choose
Logistics
Sales and Distribution (or Materials Management)
Foreign Trade / Customs
Data Service
Cockpit - Data Service.
Features
There are five sections on the initial screen for Foreign Trade Data Service:
Functions on the Initial Screen
Section |
Function |
Service Functions |
Import, selection and distribution of customs data objects |
IDoc |
List, display, search and statistics functions for IDocs |
Price determination |
Maintenance of pricing conditions |
Settings |
Customizing wizards for configuring your system to upload and distribute customs data objects |
Customs objects |
Link to the
|
From the
Customs objects
section, you can link to the
Customs Objects Cockpit
which contains the following three sections:
IDoc Description |
View IDocs and IDoc segments of foreign trade data objects in your system. |
Information |
Search and display of commodity codes and import code numbers |
Simulation |
Determination of duties and documentation for imports |
On the initial screen of the
Foreign Trade Data Service Cockpit
, there is an additional area that you can fill with a picture or text. You can include the standard picture or a text in this screen by choosing
Environment
Maintain user data
from the initial screen. The standard picture is SD_FT_SRV_START. You can create a standard text for display in this section by choosing
Tools
Form print
SAPscript
Standard text
from the SAP standard menu.
Service Functions
In this section you can upload foreign trade data into your system for use in Foreign Trade/Customs (FT) transactions. These functions support the distribution (inward and outward) and selection of foreign trade data objects such as commodity codes and import code numbers, customs offices, procedures, customs duty rates, modes of transport, CAS numbers, and so on.
IDoc
The
IDoc
section provides search functions that enable you to display intermediate documents (IDocs) in your system from several different viewpoints.
Price Determination
Before you carry out the import simulation in the next section, you need to maintain the corresponding condition records for Foreign Trade. The tasks in this section provides you with all the necessary condition types for pricing.
Here you can maintain the following condition types for customs duties:
Customs quotas
Customs ceilings
Customs exemptions
Pharmaceutical products
Preferential duty rates
Third country duty rates
Anti-dumping information
Here you can maintain pricing conditions to include
Gross price
Surcharges and discounts
Shipping costs
Insurance costs
Settings
This section contains two customizing wizards that provide step-by-step instructions to configure your system for the service functions (upload and distribution of foreign trade data objects).
IDoc Description
This section enables you to view the details of Foreign Trade/Customs IDoc object types in your system. These include:
FTDABA01 Foreign Trade Basic Data
FTDACU01 Customs Data
COND_A01 Interchange of conditions: Master data for price determination
Information
This section provides you with easy-to-use search functions to display existing commodity codes and import code numbers already in the system when assessing tariffs. You can use selection criteria, such as chapter numbers, special measures, text and so on, to search for these codes.
See also:
Displaying Commodity Codes and Import Code Numbers
Loading of Commodity Codes and Import Code Numbers
Comparison of Commodity Code Numbers
Simulation
In this section, you can simulate the import of a product. The system determines the incurred customs duties, papers and preference situation. Here, the system calculates the duty and lists the documentation you need to import a material.
See also: