Goods Catalog
Definition
A document kept on file with the authorities that lists the materials your company imports or exports.
Goods catalogs contain materials’ commodity codes and import code numbers for keeping foreign trade statistics.
Use
In cases like INTRASTAT and EXTRASTAT declarations in Germany, the authorities will only accept a declaration made on diskette or magnetic tape (according to the simplified procedure) if they have a goods catalog for your company on file. In addition, your company must first have approval from the authorities to use the simplified procedure.
You must give the authorities an updated catalog yearly. After you submit your company’s first goods catalog, the authorities assign the catalog a number. Use this number when you submit updates to your company’s goods catalog.
You can create a goods catalog on paper or on disk. When you create a goods catalog, the system searches the database for material numbers in your system and creates the goods catalog for your company.
Creating Goods Catalogs
You can create goods catalogs from the
Cockpit for Periodic Declarations.
When you create a goods catalog for the first time, select all of the materials relevant for your country and company code. For future goods catalogs, enter a date in the New materials from field to mark all materials in the catalog that are new compared to the previous version.
To save the file version to disk from the display screen, choose List ® Save ® File and save the output in rich text format.