Sandbox scenario · SN004
Sale by ship breakers
Ship breaking has its own sale type in FBR's taxonomy, covering material recovered from vessels dismantled at yards such as Gadani. It is grouped with the steel scenarios because recovered plate feeds the re-rolling mills, and it is required of anyone whose sales tax profile places them in the steel sector.
What to send
These strings are matched by FBR's API. Send them exactly as published — including any irregular spacing or punctuation, which is deliberate and not a typo.
- scenarioId
- SN004
- saleType
- Ship breaking
- FBR description
- Sale by Ship Breakers
scenarioId is sandbox-only. It is required on sandbox submissions and must be omitted from production invoices — FBR derives the treatment from the sale type once you are live.
Who has to pass SN004
FBR assigns scenarios from your sales tax profile — your business activity and your sector. 8 of the 104 possible profiles are assigned this one.
- Manufacturer Steel
- Importer Steel
- Distributor Steel
- Wholesaler Steel
- Exporter Steel
- Retailer Steel
- Service Provider Steel
- Other Steel
What gets SN004 rejected
- 01
Assigned alongside SN003 and SN011 — the three move together for the steel sector.
- 02
The HS code must correspond to ship-breaking output, not to finished steel products.
Related scenarios
You should not have to hand-type SN004
We are building a free FBR digital invoicing app that works out which scenarios your profile needs, fills them in, shows you exactly what will be sent, and submits them to the sandbox on one button. Tell us if you want it.