Importation of software

Faster Clearance, More Efficient Compliance. With E2open, you can clear any border faster, every time. Gain deep visibility into your import flows, manage the seamless information exchange between partners and use automated checks to ensure regulatory compliance. Benefit from best-practice import processes:. Gain complete visibility into all stages of importing. Automate time-consuming and error-prone data entry. For example, the EAR excludes publicly available software from control, although this exclusion does not generally include encryption software.

License exceptions under the EAR may be available to export-controlled software depending on the ECCN description, the applicable general prohibitions, and other qualifying factors.

Pursuant to General Prohibition Six, license exceptions are generally unavailable for controlled software exports to countries embargoed under the EAR. However, part of the EAR sets forth a positive list of license exceptions which may be available for software transmissions to customers residing in embargoed countries such as Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iraq.

Moreover, General Prohibition Seven prohibits the export of software transmissions, covered by the EAR, originating from the United States, when intended for a banned purpose, such as nuclear proliferation. This is essentially the "lookup code" used to associate a product with a product DA knows about. You don't need to worry too much about this, as you'll have the option to manually specify any unmatched values down the line, but setting a good product key will reduce the manual mappings needed.

Unlike the Import Key, you don't need to map the attribute you specify as the Product Key, and the attribute you probably would have mapped it to Primary Product can't be specified manually anyways. Below is an example of a finished mapping.

You'll notice not all values are mapped, in this case those values will be ignored. So now you've built a rule, and it's time to run it. To run it, right click the rule. Your main options are "Run now" and "Run now with Exception Handling".

You always want to run with exception handling until you've worked out all the kinks in your rule and know it runs smoothly, and imports data the way you want. Once we select that, we'll see a perform operations window. Click "Start" to begin the import process.

Any messages or errors will be logged in the "Messages" window. If the process can't automatically match any of the rows to an existing, known product using the "Product Key" value, you'll get an "Assign Product Lookup Value" window. This is where you specify data about this row. This window is explained here. Go ahead and work through any lookups you're prompted for. Once you're done, you'll get a cmd popup, which is your SLM license calculation running.

Let that finish, and then you're done! You've imported licenses from a custom data source using a custom Software License Import rule! During Product Lookup, some products aren't under very obvious listings. If you find that software you're trying to import isn't showing, be sure your DA Content is up to date. Classification In case of software other than embedded, it is required to be loaded on the machine. Relevant classification is reproduced hereunder: - Discs for laser reading systems: 31 -- For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image : Software: 31 11 Information Technology software 31 19 Other 40 - Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image: Software : 40 11 Information Technology software 40 19 Other - Other : 91 -- For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image : Software: 91 11 Information Technology software on floppy disc or cartridge tape 91 12 Information Technology software on disc or on CD ROM 91 13 Information Technology software on other media 91 19 Other As can be seen from the above, classification of software will depend on the media on which it has been recorded.

Duty structure. Duty Structure Basic customs duty for all software is Nil. Exemption Notification No. Import through e-mail, internet. To be a movable property, software should be recorded in a media. Therefore, custom duty is levied on the software recorded in a media is brought from abroad. However, if software is transmitted through E-mail or downloaded from the internet, whether such acquisition of software can be called as import of software is required to be analysed.

Whether movable article comes as a part of baggage, or is imported into the country by any other manner, for the purposes of Customs Act, the provision of Section 12 would be attracted.