You perform transportation planning for freight units in which the inbound customs activity Transit Procedure has been specified.

When you save the resulting freight document, the system does the following:

In the freight document, the system displays the customs activities in the Customs Activity group box on the Customs tab page and selects the Customs Relevance checkbox for the customs activities. The system displays the customs status for the check result (for example, “Customs-Relevant”) at header level in the freight document (that is, on the Customs tab page and Statuses tab page) and at item level (on the Customs tab page for the item).

Note the following:

For information about the standard customs relevance checks, see Customs Relevance Check.

You open the transit procedure in the freight document by choosing  Customs Open Transit .

The system automatically groups the items in the freight document according to the grouping strategy assigned to the customs activity (for example, standard grouping strategy TRA_OPEN that is assigned to customs activity TRA_T1).

For information about the standard grouping strategies, see Customs Groups.

Before the system continues, it checks if the freight document has the required trigger status, that is, the execution status specified in the customs activity. If required, you must set the corresponding execution status and save the freight document again.

You display the customs groups by selecting the customs activity in the Customs Activity group box. The system displays the customs groups in the Item Groups table. You can display the items assigned to each customs group by selecting the customs group and choosing the Show Assigned Items pushbutton.

The customs status of each customs group is displayed in the Status field in the Item Groups table. At this point, each customs group has the customs status for requesting the opening of the transit procedure, as defined in the customs activity (for example, “Open Transit Requested”). At header level in the freight document (on the Customs tab page and on the Statuses tab page) and at item level (on the Customs tab page for the item), the system displays the relevant cumulated customs status. If you have assigned a block reason to the cumulated customs status, the system sets an execution block in the freight document.

You inform the customs authorities that you want to open the transit procedure for the customs groups (for example, by using a non-integrated customs management application).

You cannot transport the goods to the transit end location until the customs authorities have approved the transit procedure.

You manually change the customs status of the customs groups to the relevant status (for example, “Open Transit Approved”).

You also enter the information provided by the customs authorities for each customs group:

Based on the customs status of each customs group, the system sets the relevant cumulated customs status at header level and item level in the freight document and the corresponding forwarding order. In addition, the system transfers the customs reference number, customs management document number, and expiration date to the items in the forwarding order (displayed on the Customs tab page at item level). If you have not assigned a block reason to the new cumulated status, the system resets any existing execution blocks.