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Local-content module

A government body asks you: what is the local-content percentage in this product? The module answers by calculation, not estimate — it breaks the unit cost into components, attributes each to local or imported with its supplier’s certificate, then freezes the declaration into an audit pack that cannot be edited.

The local-content declaration

Path: Local content → Declarations — /local-content/declarations

What it does: You pick the product, the period and the calculation basis; the declaration is created as a draft and its lines are gathered at once from the source: the unit cost broken down component by component, each with its local percentage.

Field	Description
Product and period	The subject of the declaration and its date range.
Calculation basis	Estimated from the bill of materials, or actual from posted production orders.
Cost breakdown	A line per component: its quantity, value and local percentage.
Local and imported totals	The two sides — and the percentage between them.
Local-content percentage	The figure submitted to the authority.
Line override	A percentage typed by hand — refused without a written reason.
Re-collect	Re-reads the source, leaving hand-corrected lines untouched.

ℹ️ Before freezing everything is correctable; after it, not a character changes — the only way on is a new revision. Only a draft can be deleted.

ℹ️ The written reason on an override is printed in the audit pack and read months later, so write it as someone else would need it.

ℹ️ A percentage below the required minimum is flagged — submitting anyway stays your decision.

Supplier certificates

Path: Local content → Supplier certificates — /local-content/declarations

What it does: A component’s local percentage is not taken on trust: its supplier issues a certificate with its number, issuer and issue/expiry dates — that is the line’s evidence when it is audited.

Field	Description
Supplier and certificate number	Both required — no certificate without a source.
Issuer	Who issued it.
Issue and expiry dates	Its validity.
Days to expiry	A counter that warns before the certificate lapses.
Content percentage	What it certifies.

ℹ️ On renewal, do not write over the old certificate — add a new row. Older invoices stay supported by the certificate that was valid at the time.

Module settings

Path: Settings → Local content tab — /maintaniance/Settings?tab=localcontent

What it does: The default calculation basis and the required minimum — set once and inherited by every new declaration.