Material Master (Brazilian Fields) 
The material master record has been enhanced to store additional data relevant to materials in Brazilian company codes. The system primarily uses this information to determine the CFOP number, calculate relevant taxes, and generate the nota fiscal when you procure materials or transfer stock.
The following data is contained on both the Foreign Trade Import and Foreign Trade Export tabs:
This field contains the
You can assign NCM codes to material groups in Customizing, under Cross-Application Components ® General Application Functions ® Nota Fiscal ® NCM Codes ® Assign to Material Groups.
The NBM code is further used in the Nota Fiscal, where it can be changed in the Nota Fiscal detail screen, and by the tax calculation program to calculate IPI.
This field contains the CFOP category for the material, which the system uses to determine the CFOP number during nota fiscal generation.
The following fields, all of which are used to determine the CFOP number, can be found on the Accounting 2 tab:
Here you enter the intended usage of the material, for instance, consumption.
This value specifies whether the material was produced in Brazil or imported.
If this indicator is set, the material was produced by the company (not procured externally).
See also:
Taxes