Foreign Trade Data in Purchasing Documents (SAP Library

Foreign Trade Data in Purchasing Documents

Definition

Data that describes the import or arrival characteristics of a purchasing transaction.

Structure

Foreign trade data appears at the header and in the items themselves in purchase orders and shipping notifications (inbound deliveries). The vendor master records, material master records and purchasing info records propose this data.

Foreign Trade Data in Purchase Order, Shipping Notification and Goods Receipt Headers

Data

Description

Comments

FT/Customs data

Mode of transport

The technical customs term describing the type of transport (for example, see or air transport) used to take the goods across a national border
Office of entry

The key for the border customs office where the goods are unloaded from the mode of transport used for crossing the border

The system determines this data from the vendor master and uses it as a default value in the purchase order, shipping notification and goods receipt.
Configuration for this activity is required in Customizing table 617.

Partner data

Vendor

The vendor key
Delivery vendor

Country key

The vendor country key

The system copies this data from the purchase order to the shipping notification and goods receipt.

Foreign Trade Data in Purchase Order, Advance Shipping Notification and Goods Receipt Items

Data

Description

Comments

Material data

Material

The material key for the item
Description

A description of the item
Commodity/Import code

Weight and volume

The system copies this data from the material master record.

Origin

The goods’ country of origin

The good’s country and region of destination

The system copies the country of origin from the purchasing info record as a default value.
It copies the country and region of destination from the ordering plant.

Transaction

Import procedure

The procedure by which the goods being imported are declared to customs. This is copied from the purchasing info record.
Transaction type

The classification of the type of transaction contract
Incoterms

With the appropriate settings in Customizing, the system determines the transaction type automatically based on criteria like the importing country or the item category. The system then copies the data to the purchase order.

Value

Statistical value

The untaxed value of the goods, including transportation and insurance costs that arise in the importer’s country

The system calculates the statistical values in pricing in the purchase orders.

Other customs data

Customs quota

CAS number

Manufacturer number

Anti-dumping code

Preference rates

The system uses this data to calculate import duties to be levied.

Data	Description	Comments
Material data	Material The material key for the item Description A description of the item Commodity/Import code Weight and volume	The system copies this data from the material master record.
Origin	The goods’ country of origin The good’s country and region of destination	The system copies the country of origin from the purchasing info record as a default value. It copies the country and region of destination from the ordering plant.
Transaction	Import procedure The procedure by which the goods being imported are declared to customs. This is copied from the purchasing info record. Transaction type The classification of the type of transaction contract Incoterms	With the appropriate settings in Customizing, the system determines the transaction type automatically based on criteria like the importing country or the item category. The system then copies the data to the purchase order.
Value	Statistical value The untaxed value of the goods, including transportation and insurance costs that arise in the importer’s country	The system calculates the statistical values in pricing in the purchase orders.
Other customs data	Customs quota CAS number Manufacturer number Anti-dumping code Preference rates	The system uses this data to calculate import duties to be levied.