Understanding Cross-References for Items and Suppliers
An important element of including purchases on Intrastat reports is tracking the country of origin of goods. In some countries, Intrastat reports must contain the country of origin and the original country of origin for each item.
For example, a German company might place a purchase order with a French supplier for goods manufactured in France. These goods are stored in a warehouse in Belgium, so the actual delivery comes from Belgium. The country of origin is Belgium, but the original country of origin is France.
Depending on the business and the suppliers, you might need to set up a more advanced relationship among the supplier, the item, and the country of origin. You can cross-reference this information in the Intrastat Item/Supplier Cross Reference program (P744101):
Supplier
Item
Country of origin
Original country of origin
The Supplier and Item Cross Reference program stores information in the Intrastat Supplier/Item Cross Reference Table (F744101). The Intrastats - Update - Purchasing program (R0018I2) retrieves the cross-referenced information if you specify in the processing options to use table F744101.
The system retrieves the country of origin from the address book record of the supplier. The supplier's country of origin can be overridden when you update the Order Address Information table (F4006) for an individual order. If necessary, you can override the country of origin in the Country of Origin field (ORIG) in table F744101 and specify in the processing options of the Intrastats - Update - Purchasing program (R0018I2) to use table F744101.
The system uses the Country of Origin field (ORIG) to determine transaction eligibility for Intrastat reporting. The Original Country of Origin field (ORGO) is for information only.
Note also that in the United Kingdom, country of origin is called country of consignment, and original country of origin is called country of origin.