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title: "About export types"
description: "Export types determine the automatically suggested sales account and VAT category on sales or customer invoice lines and sales order lines."
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  en: https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/manage-customers/about-export-types/index.md
lastmod: 2026-02-19
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# About export types

Last modified February 19, 2026

> Export types determine the automatically suggested sales account and VAT category on sales or customer invoice lines and sales order lines.


You can set an **Export type** in the [Customer classes (AR201000)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-classes-ar201000/index.md) and [Customer locations (CR303010)](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-locations-cr303010/index.md) windows.

## Export type on customer location

When you have a customer with a location in a different country than the main location, requiring a different VAT calculation and sales account, you can give the location the appropriate export type. The system reads the **Export type** value from the customer location first, and if not set, from the customer class.

## Export type determines sales account and VAT category

Export types determine the:

+ sales account on sales documents
+ VAT category on sales documents for lines with item IDs

Generally, each **Export type** corresponds to one sales account and VAT category , according to the following table:

|Export type|Sales account|VAT category|
|---|---|---|
|**Domestic**|**Sales account**|**Sales VAT category**|
|**Domestic exempt VAT**|**Sales - non-taxable account**|**Exempt VAT sales VAT category**|
|**EU**|**Sales - EU account**|**Sales EU VAT category**|
|**Export**|**Sales - export account**|**Export VAT category**|

There are situations where the above table does not apply. For more information, see: [Suggested sales account](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/about-suggested-sales-accounts/index.md) and [Suggested VAT category](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/about-suggested-vat-categories/index.md).



<h2>Related pages</h2><h3>Concepts</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/about-suggested-sales-accounts/index.md">About suggested sales accounts</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/process-sales-orders/about-suggested-vat-categories/index.md">About suggested VAT categories</a></li>
</ul><h3>Windows</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/order-types-so201000/index.md">Order types (SO201000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/sales-orders-so301000/index.md">Sales orders (SO301000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/sales-orders-so30100s/index.md">Sales orders (SO30100S)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/sales-invoices-ar301000/index.md">Sales invoices (AR301000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/sales/sales-windows/customer-invoices-so303000/index.md">Customer invoices (SO303000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/cash-sales-ar304000/index.md">Cash sales (AR304000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-classes-ar201000/index.md">Customer classes (AR201000)</a></li><li><a href="/visma-net-erp/help/customer-ledger/customer-ledger-windows/customer-locations-cr303010/index.md">Customer locations (CR303010)</a></li>
</ul>


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