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By configuring numbering schemes, you define the basic information you need to meet the legal requirements of classification in the application. You define the structures of tariff numbers and their use by assigning them to the
application area you want to use in the system for Global Trade Services (GTS). You can also configure all the dependent settings you need to enter tariff numbers and for the classification. This includes, for example, settings for supplementary units or for custom codes that the authorities link directly with a tariff number. Customs authorities encode customs duty rates, control procedures, and other regulations in the tariff numbers of the various numbering schemes. The assignment of tariff numbers to products enables the customs authorities to apply the handling requirements defined in a number during goods traffic, for example, the calculation of customs duties.
For more information about numbering schemes, the underlying concept, and dependencies between individual schemes, see Numbering Schemes [page 121].
Process
1. If the tariff numbers you want to define in numbering schemes have dependent data that is also implemented as schemes in the GTS system, define these dependent schemes first. For example:
○ Custom codes ○ Authority codes
○ Additional customs tariff numbers ○ Constraints
2. Define the numbering schemes you need to process your foreign trade transactions or excise duty monitoring. In the process, you can define schemes for dependent data or other numbering schemes as references.
3. Assign the numbering schemes one or more application areas, for example, the numbering scheme for commodity codes for customs processing and transit, and Electronic Compliance Management for Intrastat declarations.
Note
You can define time-dependent assignments. This means you can assign different numbering schemes to a service at the same time. You set the validity start date to activate the data in a numbering scheme starting at a specific point in time. This enables you to change your data provider, for example.
4. If you want to use the classification help functions in the classification, you have to define the control settings for these functions. In the process, you assign the control procedure and assign it the numbering schemes that you can use in classification help. You can also configure the settings for number sets as a classification aid.
Result
If you want to use classification help for the classification in the application, you have to carry out the activities for the comparison index in the application classification help in Customizing, in addition to the settings for
classification help itself. The classification help lets you use the text search function, for example. The comparison index enables the system to link the search terms you enter with the explanatory and descriptive texts of a tariff number, to propose the correct tariff numbers for your search term. For more information about configuring classification help in the application, see the SAP Library under the following path:
From there, in the product area you use under Classification, choose the paragraph Settings for Classification Help.
5.16.1 Settings for Measures in Document Determination
You can use document determination to generate default values for document codes and additional codes in GTS customs declarations. The system proposes default values according to measures, which are assigned to tariff numbers. The default values are based on the European customs tariffs, including national extensions.
For each tariff number, you can display measure details such as validity periods, country information, footnotes, and measure conditions. You can upload the measures for a tariff number, including measure types, additional codes, action codes, and country groups, into the GTS system. The measures are then available as master data during classification.
The GTS system uses the uploaded measures to automatically generate determination strategies for compliance management. The measures are used for the respective export transactions to determine (a) the document codes for transactions not subject to export control or (b) the license types for transactions subject to export controls. These are then used as default values in customs declarations. You avoid data entry errors by using the current TARIC data.
Note
You need to acquire the TARIC measures from your data provider and upload them into your system.
Procedure
1. Go to Customizing and choose Global Trade Services General Settings Numbering Schemes Settings for Measures in Document Determination .
2. Define the measure schemes.
A measure scheme is classification key that bundles measures. You assign the measure scheme to a numbering scheme to enable the system to determine which measures belong to a tariff number. To meet your requirements, for example, you can create one measure scheme for France, Germany, and Italy, and a second measure scheme for the European Union.
3. Define the properties of the measure type ID within a measure scheme.
By defining the properties of a measure type ID, you can influence the behavior of the determination strategy generation for measure type IDs, and also determine whether to display the measure type ID during
classification. Define the following properties for each measure scheme and measure type ID: ○ Scope for Generation of Determination Strategies
The scope for the generation of a determination strategy defines which function is used by the measure type ID when generating the determination strategy. The following values are available:
○ No Generation
The measure type ID is ignored during generation of the determination strategy. ○ Generation of License Determination
Only determination strategies for transactions subject to export controls (determination of relevant license types) are generated for the measure type ID.
○ Generation of Document Determination
Only determination strategies for transactions not subject to export controls (determination of relevant document codes) are generated for the measure type ID.
○ Generation of License and Document Determination
The following determination strategies are generated for the measure type ID: - Transactions subject to export controls (determination of relevant license types) - Transactions not subject to export controls (determination of relevant document codes) ○ Display Measure Type ID During Classification
This indicator determines whether the measure type ID is displayed during classification. ○ Sequence of License Categories in Determination Strategy
The sequence of license categories in the determination strategy determines the order in which the license types that are found are processed in the determination strategy.
Note that the system distinguishes between individual validated licenses (IVL), collective export licenses (CEL), and general licenses (GL).
These categories are assigned to the license types. By specifying the sequence, you determine in which order the generation of determination strategies creates the license types.
4. Assignment of Legal Regulation to Measure Type ID
This assignment controls which legal regulation is used for which measure scheme and measure type ID.
5.16.2 Numbering Schemes
Numbering schemes define the formal structure of tariff numbers or codes, to describe the individual number sections and their arrangement. The numbers of a numbering scheme contain the classification of products in a specific product group, as well as the rules and measures that must be implemented for products of this group for customs-relevant transactions, in encoded form. The individual agencies that are involved in foreign trade- relevant transaction have agreed on shared catalogs for product groups, either within a country or in a group of countries. This lets you assign products to categories and encode their handling. Some agencies also use other catalogs for additional categorization.
The major portion of numbering schemes for classification for the customs authority are based on the
Harmonized System (HS), the nomenclature of goods of the World Customs Organization (WCO). The HS divides all products into merchandise groups through six-place codes. The individual countries (or customs union, such as the European Union) build on these codes by adding the encoding for customs union-specific or country- specific measures to these six places. This includes numbers for the following numbering schemes:
● Import control classification lists for legal import control ● Tariff numbers for customs import processing, such as TARIC ● Commodity codes (CN code)
The commodity code consists of eight digits and is divided into four levels
Example
You can define the structure of commodity codes in the numbering scheme as follows. The structure for chapter, item, and subitem correspond to the structure of the HS, which you can also use to define the other HS-based numbering schemes.
Structure of commodity codes
Table 8
Level Length Description
10 2 Chapter
20 4 Item
30 6 Subitem
40 8 Commodity code
● Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) numbers
The formal structure of numbering schemes for classification that do not use the WCO HS can also be mapped in a numbering scheme. These exceptions include export list numbers such as export control classification numbers (ECCNs).
In SAP Global Trade Services, the definition of a numbering scheme contains additional information, aside from the structure of the numbers, which is required for correct assignment of a tariff number or needed for the measures dependent on tariff numbers or additional codes. These additional codes, such as those from the U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) can map the requirements of these other agencies directly, to ensure successful import handling. Separate numbering schemes may be needed for these additional measures or codes.
Features
To configure the numbering schemes for the classification, you have to define and assign various structures and values, depending on how they are used in the different product areas of SAP GRC Global Trade Services. The following overview shows the technical dependencies between the additional structures and the numbering schemes for tariff numbers in the classification for the individual application areas in SAP Global Trade Services.
● An "X" means you have to define and assign structures.
● An "X" in parentheses "(X)" shows which dependent structures you can also define and assign to a numbering scheme for the classification.
Table 9
Numbering schemes for classification for customs management Numbering schemes for classification for legal control Import processing with tariff number Additional tariff number Export processing with commodity code Excise duty monitoring with excise duty codes Import control with import control classification numbers Export control for export control classification numbers Numbering scheme definition x (x) x x x x Reference numbering scheme (x) (x)
Numbering schemes for classification for customs management Numbering schemes for classification for legal control Unit of measurement system x x x End use (x) Code schemes for ● Conditions ● Additional codes ● Additional tariff number ● Authority codes (x) (x) (x) (x) Measure types (x) (x) (x) (x)
Note
The FDA classification and the use of number sets are optional and do not require assignment to a numbering scheme for the classification.
The following overview describes the individual schemes and their dependencies, for example, for legal control or customs processing:
● Numbering Schemes
A numbering scheme defines the formal structure of the numbers as required by the issuing authorities, which you want to map in the system. You also assign all the dependent settings in the numbering scheme definition, such as the following.
● Reference numbering schemes
In the classification in the application, the system can derive the tariff number of one numbering scheme from the tariff number of another numbering scheme automatically. To do so, you have to specify a reference numbering scheme in the numbering scheme definition. The system then derives the tariff number from the assigned reference scheme automatically in the classification. This lets you save the effort required for manual classification. Note that the numbering scheme must already be defined for you to use it as a reference numbering scheme in another numbering scheme.
You can assign separate reference schemes for commodity codes and tariff numbers in the numbering scheme definition.
Example
You define the numbering scheme for tariff numbers for customs import processing in France. You assign the commodity codes that you want to use for customs processing in France as a reference scheme to the above numbering scheme. Since you defined the structure for commodity codes analogous to the
product in the classification. The system assigns the derived commodity code to the product automatically.
● Unit of measurement systems
A unit of measurement system contains all the units of measurement that you want the system to check for correctness when you upload a tariff number file from a data provider or during manual entry in the
application. You can group together the usual supplementary units in a numbering scheme and assign the supplementary units to the units of measurement you use in your SAP system processes within the unit of measurement system. You have to assign the unit of measurement system in the definition of the numbering scheme. You can use commodity codes and tariff numbers in the definition of the unit of measurement system for the numbering schemes.
Example
If you need the value "pieces" for customs processing in Switzerland, you have to declare it to the customs authorities as “PCE”. However, your logistics system uses the abbreviation “PC”. Accordingly, you can add the abbreviation “PCE” as a supplementary unit and assign it to unit of measurement “PC” in the unit of measurement system for customs import processing in Switzerland. The system displays “PC” in the application, but uses the supplementary unit abbreviation “PCE” for communication with the customs authorities.
● End use
Tariff numbers of individual goods catalogs can depend on the end use of a product. This affects tariff numbers from the numbering scheme for tariff numbers. Identical products with identical properties may require different tariff numbers, depending on their use. Authorities can make measures dependent on the product's end use. If you want the system to take end use into account in classification, set the end use flag in the definition of the numbering scheme.
You have to define specific end uses in Customizing and assign them to the numbering scheme. In the classification in the application, you can assign a different tariff number to a product for each end use for this numbering scheme. As a result, different tariff numbers are available for selection in the master data in SAP Global Trade Services. For the system to determine the correct tariff number in a business transaction, you have to determine the end use of each document item in the logistics process in the feeder system and pass it on to SAP Global Trade Services. You can use the Business Add-In for business data mapping in the feeder system to transfer the end use to SAP Global Trade Services. For more information, see Implementing Business Add-Ins for Document Transfer [page 57].
You can use end uses for the numbering scheme of tariff numbers. ● Coding schemes
Coding scheme is the blanket term for schemes that you first define to map particular requirements by the authorities, and which you can assign to a numbering scheme for tariff numbers. This includes:
○ Conditions
Tariff numbers from individual goods catalogs can contain additional conditions aside from the classification in product groups. You have to create a scheme for these conditions and define their structure. Conditions may be needed for the numbering schemes of tariff numbers and export control classification numbers. You have to assign the scheme for conditions as a relevant coding scheme in the definition of these numbering schemes.
In addition to entering the tariff numbers or export control classification numbers, you have to enter the conditions in the system. To do so, you have to upload the corresponding file of conditions from your data provider. When tariff numbers have additional conditions, you have to decide whether each product
meets the conditions in the classification. You can configure the determination of different export licenses, depending on whether or not a product meets a specific condition.
Example
Conditions can require different export licenses for a product, depending on its engine rating. In the classification in the application, the system displays the existing conditions for an export control classification number. Based on this information, you have to decide whether the condition is fulfilled or not. The system then determines the correct export license type, for example, based on this decision.
○ Scheme for additional codes
Customs authorities and other authorities involved in handling customs processes can encode additional rules and measures in codes. The authorities could require you, for example, to use the additional codes in the document items for the involved products for certain control-relevant transactions.
Since these codes are based on the structure of a goods catalog and therefore of a numbering scheme, they apply to all products with a matching tariff number. To assign additional codes in the classification, you have to create a scheme in which you describe the structure of the additional codes. In addition, you have to assign the scheme for additional codes to a numbering scheme for tariff numbers on which the additional codes are based. You can assign the schemes for additional codes to the numbering schemes for export control classification numbers, commodity codes, and tariff numbers in SAP Global Trade Services.
○ Scheme for additional tariff numbers
A country's authorities can add more chapters to a goods catalog for a numbering scheme. They encode certain special treatments for certain product groups that apply in addition to the customs and tax measures already encoded in the tariff numbers of the general chapter of the goods directory. These additional tariff numbers are transaction related. You have to assign them to your products in addition to the assigned tariff numbers in the product master, for example, in a customs declaration.
To declare products with tariff numbers for the various chapters to the authorities at the same time, you have to define a separate scheme for the additional tariff numbers and assign it to the numbering scheme for tariff numbers as a coding scheme. You have to provide the tariff numbers of the additional chapters in the application by uploading a file from your data provider. The system adds these additional chapters to classification help, which you can call within document processing in the application to assign the additional tariff numbers to a document item in customs processing as needed. Whether or not you need an additional tariff number depends on the assigned tariff number in the classification. If the assigned tariff number requires an additional, transaction-related tariff number, the system displays the function to assign these additional tariff numbers at item level during document processing.
Example
For import processing the U.S., the authorities have added Chapters 98 and 99 to the general Chapters 1-97 of the nomenclature of goods. The authorities encode special handling in Chapters 98 and 99. If you have already assigned a tariff number from the general chapters to a product in the classification in the application, you can assign the additional tariff numbers to the relevant document item when you process the customs declaration.
○ Scheme for Authority codes
In some countries, other national agencies can be involved in the processing and control of customs processes in addition to the customs authorities, for example, to check territorial rules during goods imports. These other governmental agencies (OGAs) require transaction-related classification of