Customs codes and categories
Categories classify your products. They also carry the customs code: set the HS code once on a category and every product in it uses it, unless you set a different one on the product.
Build the category tree
Section titled “Build the category tree”- Open Settings → Categories.
- Click Add category.
- Type the Category name. The Slug is a lowercase code such as
soy-candles. - Pick a Parent category, or leave it as Top level. The tree goes three levels deep at most.
- Enter the HS code if you know it. It is optional. Leave it empty to inherit from the parent.
- Set the Position. Lower numbers appear earlier in the same level.
- Under Name in other languages, add how the name reads for visitors of a store in another language. A language you leave empty shows the name above.
- Click save.
To load many categories at once, use Import from file on the same screen. The columns are code (required), name, parent (the parent’s code), hs_code, sort_order and is_active. A row whose code already exists updates that category.
To restructure, tick categories and use Move, Set order, Deactivate or Archive. Deactivate hides a category without deleting it. Keelvy skips a move that would go past three levels or make a loop, and tells you which.
Where the HS code of a product comes from
Section titled “Where the HS code of a product comes from”On a product, open Logistics and look under Customs. The HS code field shows the inherited code in gray, as “code — from category …”. The code comes from the first category up the parent chain that has one. To use another code for this product, type it in. For a variant, the Logistics tab grid has an HS code column; clear a cell, or use Reset HS code on a selection, to go back to the category’s code.
Country of origin sits next to it. Enter a two-letter code such as UA.
For a mirror, the HS code and country of origin come from the source product and cannot be edited on the mirror.
Where the code travels
Section titled “Where the code travels”- Label templates can print it. See Barcodes, QR codes and labels.
- The UPS and FedEx connections send it with each shipment line, as the commodity code.