MODCHQ - SET UP AND MAINTENANCE Ó UNCTAD – SITE (V1.15) 10.4 About this Section Section  10  gives  an  explanation  of  the  functions  used  in   MODCHQ  for  the  initial  set-up  of  the ASYCUDA++ system to meet the needs of individual countries. It is also used after implementation, by Customs HQ staff to keep system reference tables up to date, including company codes, duty rates,   Rates   of   Exchange   for   currencies   and   Tariff   Commodity   codes   and   description,   both   the international  Harmonized  Tariff  structure  and  creating  and  updating  Tariff  Commodity  Codes  for goods description at the level of the National Tariff. · Codes  for  Preference    under   trade   agreements,   for   units   of   measurement   used   in   duty calculations, and setting fixed values for specific Commodities. · Customs Procedure Codes – codes and actions for the processing Customs declarations for all regimes  (e.g.  import  and  export,  temporary  imports  and  exports,  warehousing,  other  special concessions).  Special Declaration configurations for different types of declarations. · Operational Environment – national codes for identifying Companies, Customs Brokers, Carriers, Transit Sheds and Warehouses, Banks. · Transaction Controls  –  Accounting  codes,  including  Budget  and  Tax  codes,  Country  Codes, Currency codes and Currency Rates of Exchange. · Transport Codes  -  Location  codes  (International  port  identification  codes),  mode  of  transport codes, transport document and container codes. · International Trade terms – Codes for terms of delivery – i.e.,  INCOterms, (e.g. CIF, FOB), terms of sale and terms of payment, packaging codes. · Tools for updating a group of records in one action –  ‘Simplified Management’  to update a range of tariff records, e.g. for change of duty rates or update of Currency Rates of Exchange. · Utilities for system testing – by batch processing declarations created from random data to build a test database of dummy transactions. · Using the Help Writer to build the contextual ‘help’ system to suit your national needs. · Statistical reporting – extracting data from the ASYCUDA++ database using standard reporting formats.