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The system sets a customs status at different steps of customs processing. In Customizing for Transportation Management, you define which customs status the system displays for each predefined step. You also define cumulated customs statuses that are displayed at header and item level in a business document.

Features

Customs Statuses

If a customs relevance check is performed for a business document, the system displays a customs status that reflects the result of the check (that is, relevant or not relevant). If a customs activity is relevant for a business document and you perform the required customs process (for example, export or transit), the system displays a customs status that reflects the current status of the customs process (for example, “Export Declaration Requested” or “Export Declaration Approved”).

Cumulated Customs Statuses

As soon as customs groups have been created in a business document, the system displays a cumulated customs status at header and item level. This is because a business document can contain more than one customs group, each with a different customs status; and each item in a business document can belong to more than one customs group.

You can assign a block reason to a cumulated customs status. As soon as the cumulated customs status is set, the system sets an execution block in the business document and displays the corresponding block reason on the Statuses tab page. You can use standard block reason 04 (Cust. Decl. Check Required) or you can define your own block reason.

Activities

You make the following settings in Customizing for Transportation Management under   Basic Functions   Global Trade  :

  • You define customs statuses and cumulated customs statuses in the Customizing activity Define Cumulation of Customs Statuses. You also assign a customs status to each cumulated customs status, and you assign a level to each cumulated status. The level allows the system to determine which cumulated status is to be displayed if more than one cumulated status is relevant.

    Note that you can check if the customs statuses have been configured correctly by using the report provided in the Customizing activity Check Customs Statuses. The report checks if each customs status has a unique description and each customs status is assigned to a cumulated customs status.

  • You assign customs statuses to the customs activity in the Customizing activity Define Customs Activities and Profiles.

You define block reasons in Customizing for Transportation Management under   Basic Functions   General Settings   Define Block Reason Codes  .

For more information, see the documentation of the Customizing activities.