SAP MM Foreign Trade Data in Master Records in brief

Foreign Trade Data in Master Records
– Weight unit
• Sales organization data 1 and 2
– Delivering plant
– Tax category/classification
• Sales: General/Plant Data
– Transportation group
– Loading group
• Foreign Trade: Export data
– Commodity code (or Import code number)
– Country of Origin
– Region of Origin
– Legal (export) control information
– Preference information
• Foreign Trade: Import data
– Import code number (or commodity code)
– Export/import group (a grouping of similar materials for export or import transactions)
– Country of origin
– Region of origin
Question: The system only allows the input of one commodity
code / import code number per material. What should I do if I want to import the
same material from two different countries?
Answer: Use two separate batches to identify the material.