Using Dependent Procedures and Government Agency Codes

In the set-up of the numbering scheme content for customs tariff numbers and control classes, you can assign so-called dependent procedures. A dependent procedure is a numbering scheme of one of the following types:

• 104 Authority Codes
• 105 Additional Customs Tariff Numbers
• 106 License Relevance Codes

These types of numbering schemes represent lists of codes that must be entered in the customs declaration in addition to the customs tariff number. Such codes may also point to the obligation to provide additional information on the imported or exported product (notifications, certificates, or licences, for example). Their use largely depends on the category of the products (car parts, food, and dual-use items, for example).

Delivery Customizing for SAP GTS contains some sample numbering schemes and the related numbering scheme contents to be used as dependent procedures. These numbering schemes are assigned to the numbering scheme content for the customs tariffs of Switzerland and the Unites States respectively. The numbering scheme USECCC is assigned to the numbering scheme content for the Commerce Control List (CCL).

Chapters 98 and 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States are a national addition to the Harmonized System (HS), consisting of 97 chapters. The numbers contained in chapter 98 are mainly used to codify specific types of imports, like returns and temporary imports, for example. Chapter 99 codifies tariff measures, among others.

The customs tariff numbers of chapters 98 and 99 are therefore not maintained as part of the numbering scheme representing the HTS but as a separate numbering scheme (USADD in delivery Customizing). The type of this numbering scheme has to be 105 Additional Customs Tariff Numbers.

The numbering scheme USECCC provided in delivery Customizing can be used to map conditions that restrict the use of license exceptions for certain Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCN), for example.

In the United States, but also in other countries, a substantial part of the data required by various government agencies involved in international trade is collected by customs in connection with customs declarations. Customs thus acts as a "single window" for importers and exporters. In the United States, these government agencies are referred to as partner government agencies (PGAs). In SAP GTS, this term is applied globally.

The numbering schemes CHNZE and USPGA are provided in delivery Customizing for the maintenance of codes representing PGAs and their specific import or export control requirements in Switzerland and in the United States respectively.

In addition to the agency codes, delivery Customizing for numbering scheme content USHTS_CT also contains the rules, program codes and process codes specific to each of the PGAs in the United States. These codes have to be used when submitting entries in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

For example, the program codes COS (cosmetics), DRU (drugs), and FOO (food) are assigned to agency code FDA representing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On the subordinate level, the process codes ADD (additives and colors) and PRO (processed food) are assigned to the program code FOO, amongst others. In the product master data, rules, program codes, and process codes can be assigned on the Classification tab as required.