Export Compliance Check

Export Compliance checks are executed only for export scenarios, that is, when the ship-to country is different from the ship-from country, specified for the shipment, in Warehousing.

Export compliance checks are applicable for these documents:

  • Sales Order Lines (pre-shipment), see Export compliance for sales orders.
  • Contract Deliverables (pre-shipment), see Export Compliance Check for Contract Deliverables.
  • Warehouse Shipment Lines (actual shipment)

Exceptions for Export compliance checks

Compliance checks are not applicable for:

  • Sales return order lines and consignment invoicing sales orders.
  • Shipments not linked to Warehousing (for example, cost items or direct delivery).

For warehouse shipments, compliance checks are applicable only for orders with these origins:

  • Sales Order (Transfer)
  • Sales Schedule (Transfer)
  • Sales Manual
  • Contract Deliverable
  • Service Order (Transfer)
  • Service Manual
  • Maintenance Sales Order
  • Maintenance Sales Manual
  • Project (Transfer)
  • Project Manual
  • Transfer
  • Transfer Manual

The diagram describes the relationship between global trade compliance and export documents (sales documents):