TYPE OF CARGO CLASSIFICATION
Type of cargo classification
Category (^{1})(^{6}) | Code 1 digit | Code 2 digits | Description | Tonnage | Number of units
Liquid bulk | 1 | 1X | Liquid bulk goods (no cargo unit) | X |
11 | Liquefied gas | X |
12 | Crude oil | X |
13 | Oil products | X |
19 | Other liquid bulk goods | X |
Dry bulk | 2 | 2X | Dry bulk goods (no cargo unit) | X |
21 | Ores | X |
22 | Coal | X |
23 | Agricultural products (e.g. grain, soya, tapioca) | X |
29 | Other dry bulk goods | X |
Containers | 3 | 3X | Large containers | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
31 | 20 ft freight units | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
32 | 40 ft freight units | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
33 | Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
34 | Freight units > 40 ft | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
Roll on-rollon roll off (self-propelled) | 5 | 5X | Mobile self-propelled units | X | X
51 | Road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
52 | Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans | | X (^{3})(^{8})
53 | Passenger buses | | X (^{3})(^{8})
54 | Trade vehicles (including import/export motor vehicles) | X | X (^{3})(^{8})
56 | Live animals on the hoof | X | X (^{3})(^{8})
59 | Other mobile self-propelled units | X | X
Roll on-rollon roll off (non-self-propelled) | 6 | 6X | Mobile non-self-propelled units | X | X
61 | Unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
62 | Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles | X | X (^{3})(^{8})
6364 | Rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers, and shipborne bargeswagons engaged in goods transport | X (^{2})(^{7}) | X
65 | Shipborne port-to-port trailers engaged in goods transport | X (7) | X
66 | Shipborne barges engaged in goods transport | X (7) | X
69 | Other mobile non-self-propelled units | X | X
Other general cargo (including small containers) | 9 | 9X | Other cargo, not elsewhere specified | X |
91 | Forestry products | X |
92 | Iron and steel products | X |
99 | Other general cargo | X |
(1) These categories are consistent with United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21. (2) The quantity recorded is the gross weight of the goods including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers and ro-ro units. (3) Only total number of units.
Supplement to the type of cargo classification for ro-ro containers
Category (6) | Code 1 digit | Code 2 digits | Description | Tonnage | Number of units
Large Ro-Ro Containers | R | RX | Large Ro-Ro containers | | X
R1 | 20 ft freight units | | X
R2 | 40 ft freight units | | X
R3 | Freight units > 20 ft and < 40 ft | | X
R4 | Freight units > 40 ft | | X