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Re: Seeking Advice on Handling Customs Duties in Odoo ERP for International Procurement in China

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ClosingAp Open Source Integrators Europe, LDA., Daniel Reis
- 05/09/2025 17:53:48
If I'm not missing any details, this should be out of the box:
  • These duties can be configured as Taxes on the invoice.
  • Odoo does account for multicurrency. The USD invoice amount is converted to CNY. The duties would be computed in USD, but would then be converted to USD in your accounting records, and you will use those CNY amount to pay the taxes.
  • At best, you need a UX customization to also display the CNY converted amounts in your documents.

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On 9/5/2025 3:47 AM, 张 飞虎 wrote:

Dear OCA Community,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek your guidance and advice regarding the handling of customs duties in Odoo ERP for international procurement operations in China.

Here is a brief overview of our business scenario:

Customs Duties in China

We encounter two types of customs duties, both denominated in CNY (Chinese Yuan):

  1. Price-based duty: Calculated as unit price × exchange rate × duty rate (e.g., 10%).

  2. Quantity-based duty: Calculated as a fixed amount per unit, such as ¥800 per ton.

International Procurement

We import goods from other countries into China. The procurement currency is USD, but customs duties must be paid in CNY.

Sales Operations

For some sales orders, we quote prices in USD and collect both the(product value) and(customs duties and VAT) from customers separately.

Challenges We Face

  • Odoo’s tax calculation does not account for multi-currency scenarios, so we have not configured customs duties as taxes on products.

  • Since customs duties are collected in CNY while our procurement and sales are in USD, we are unable to reflect duties accurately on purchase or sales orders.

  • In procurement, we make payments to suppliers (in USD) and to customs (in CNY). Currently, we manually create bills for customs duties and calculate the amounts.

  • In sales, we need to collect both the product value and duties from customers in CNY, and we also manually calculate the duty amounts on invoices.

We would greatly appreciate any suggestions or insights from the community on how to effectively handle these challenges in Odoo. Specifically:

  1. Is there a recommended way to configure customs duties in Odoo to support multi-currency scenarios?

  2. How can we automate the calculation and recording of customs duties for both procurement and sales operations?

  3. Are there any existing modules or workflows within Odoo or the OCA ecosystem that could address these requirements?

Thank you in advance for your time and support. We look forward to your valuable feedback and ideas.

Best regards,



feihu.zhang

feihu.zhang@live.com

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