SAP MM Foreign Trade Data in Purchasing Documents

Definition

Data that describes the import or arrival characteristics of a purchasing transaction.

Structure

Foreign trade data appears at the header and item levels in purchase orders and shipping

notifications. The vendor and material master records and purchasing info records propose this

data.

Foreign Trade Data in Purchase Order and Advance Shipping Notification

Headers

Data	Description	Comments
Partner data	• Vendor The vendor key • Delivery vendor • Country key The vendor country key	The system copies this data from the purchase order to the shipping notification.
Customs data	• Mode of transport The technical customs term describing the type of transport (for example, see or air transport) used to take the goods across a national border • Office of entry The key for the border customs office where the goods are unloaded from the mode of transport used for crossing the border	The system determines this data from the vendor master and uses it as a default value in the purchase order and shipping notification.
Mode of transport data	• The inland mode of transport (the mode of transport from the border to the plant) • The identifier for the means of transport with which the goods leave the vendor location • The country of the means of transport by which the goods leave the vendor location • The mode of transport by which the goods cross the border • The identifier for the means of transport by which the goods cross the border • The country of the means of transport by which the goods cross the border