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A customs group is a group of freight unit (FU) items for which a customs declaration is required. At least one customs group must be created in order to perform a customs process.

The system creates customs groups according to the grouping strategy that is assigned to the customs activity. The strategy groups the items according to specific criteria, such as the consignee or the goods seller. Depending on the criteria, more than one customs group (and therefore more than one customs declaration) may be created for a load that is to be transported together.

Features

You can use the following standard grouping strategies:

  • EXP_CONS

    Groups FU items according to the consignee, goods buyer, goods seller, Incoterm, and Incoterm location

    It is used for export processes in freight documents (for example, export declarations by shippers). It is assigned to standard customs activity EXP_EU.

  • EXP_LSP

    Groups FU items according to the movement reference number

    It is used for export processes in freight units (for example, export declarations by logistics service providers). It is assigned to standard customs activity EXP_EU_FU.

  • TRA_OPEN

    Groups FU items according to the transit end location, previous document, and previous document type

    It is used for opening the transit procedure in freight documents. It is assigned to standard customs activity TRA_T1.

  • TRA_CLOSE

    Groups FU items according to the consignee, goods buyer, goods seller, Incoterm, Incoterm location, previous document, and previous document type

    It is used for closing the transit procedure in freight documents. It is assigned to standard customs activity TRA_T1_CL.

  • TRA_OPENFU

    Groups FU items according to the transit end location and movement reference number

    It is used for opening the transit procedure in freight units. It is assigned to standard customs activity TRA_T1_FU.

Activities

You can define your own grouping strategy by making the required settings in Customizing for SCM Basis under Process Controller in the following Customizing activities:

  • Define Service

  • Define Strategy

  • Define Methods

  • Assign Methods to Strategy

You assign the grouping strategy to the customs activity in Customizing for Transportation Management under   Basic Functions   Global Trade   Define Customs Activities and Profiles  .

Note that you can define and change grouping criteria. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under   Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Transportation Management   Basic Functions   Global Trade   Grouping   BAdI: Grouping of Freight Unit Items  .