UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATION 21/REV.2
CODES FOR PASSENGERS, TYPES OF CARGO, PACKAGES
AND PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH COMPLEMENTARY
CODES FOR PACKAGE NAMES
(Geneva, IX.1996)
The Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade
Procedures, a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, agreed to include in its programme of work
in 1976 a project to specify various types and methods of
packaging with a view to the subsequent creation of codes for
names of packages most frequently used in trade. The aim was to
provide a link between documents and goods and facilitate the
identification of goods and other cargo handling operations during
transport.
Realizing that other international bodies, such as the UN/ECE
Inland Transport Committee, the European Economic Community (EEC),
the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International
Union of Railways (UIC) also had a strong interest in and had
undertaken work on this subject, the UN/ECE Working Party in 1981
invited the secretariats of all interested international
organizations to examine the various concepts and to collaborate
to harmonize the different codes. After extensive national and
international consultation and collaboration, in 1986 a final
project was transmitted to the Working Party which at its
twenty-third session in March 1986 agreed to adopt the appropriate
Recommendation.
At its thirty-ninth session (March 1994), the Working Party
agreed to approve the proposal made by the delegation of Canada in
document TRADE/WP.4/R.895 to incorporate, as an additional annex,
the packaging codes used for the transportation of dangerous goods
into the Recommendation and to amend it appropriately.
RECOMMENDATION
The Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade
Procedures,
Bearing in mind the rapid and accelerating pace of the
introduction of new transport and data processing techniques and
urgent need to adapt trade procedures to such new techniques;
Noting that there is a need to harmonize existing expressions
and codes used in international trade procedures to describe and
represent different types cargo, packages and packaging materials;
Recommends Governments and organizations responsible for
relevant national regulations and practices related to the
movement of goods in international trade to support international
facilitation work by considering the codes described in the
present recommendation with a view to introducing them in such
regulations and in practice;
Recommends organizations responsible for international
instruments that contain codes such as those covered by the
present recommendation to consider harmonization of any such codes
in accordance with those presented hereafter when reviewing
existing or preparing new international provisions;
Recommends participants in international trade to use, as
required, the numeric codes presented in this recommendation when
there is a need for such codes in trade procedures to represent
different types of cargo, packages, and packaging materials;
Recommends participants in international trade to use, as
required, the complementary alphabetic codes presented in this
recommendation when there is a need for such codes in trade
procedures to represent names of packages;
Invites Governments and international organizations concerned
to notify the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Europe of the extent to which they are able to harmonize the
relevant codes for which they carry responsibility or to
communicate the reasons for being unable to do so.
At the thirty-ninth session of the Working Party
representatives attended from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta,
the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United
States of America. Representatives from Australia, Brazil, Gabon,
Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Nigeria and Senegal participated under
Article 11 of the Commission's terms of reference.
The session was attended by representatives of the European
Union (EU).
The session was also attended by representatives of the
secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the International Trade
Centre UNCTAD/GATT (ITC), as well as by representatives of the
following intergovernmental organizations: Universal Postal Union
(UPU), European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Central Office for
International Railway Transport (OCTI) and Customs Co-operation
Council (CCC). The following non-governmental organizations were
represented: Comite International des Transport Ferroviares (CIT),
International Air Transport Association (IATA), International
Article Numbering Association (EAN), International Express
Carriers' Conference (IECC), International Road Transport Union
(IRU), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Union of
Railways (UIC), Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication (S.W.I.F.T.), Union des Administrations
Portuaires du Nord de I'Afrique (UAPNA). Also present at the
invitation of the secretariat were representatives of the Taipei
EDIFACT Committee, SITPROSA (Trade Facilitation Committee of the
Republic of South Africa) and International Federation of
Inspection Agencies (IFIA).
I. BACKGROUND
1. International trade implies the movement of goods over
international boundaries. For several reasons these goods need to
be described and identified while they are being moved.
Identification marks ("shipping marks") are essential for this
purpose and descriptions of the nature of the merchandise may also
be helpful. But the appearance of the goods as presented for
transport is a very useful means to identify them and is also of
vital importance for handling operations, for planning and
statistical recording of such operations and as a basis for the
establishment of freight and cargo handling tariffs.
2. The harmonization of expressions and concepts used to
describe and identify goods and cargo moving in transport has been
recognized as a problem that needs attention within the framework
of the international work on facilitation of trade procedures. It
is recognized that valuable work has already been undertaken by
unimodal transport operators and by some official regulatory
agencies responsible for health and safety standards in transport
of certain products (e.g. food, plants, drugs, dangerous goods and
hazardous wastes). But these have been independent efforts and
there is at present a number of non-harmonized terms and codes for
loads, packagings and other modes of appearance of goods in
transport and transport-related operations. This lack of
harmonization has caused difficulties, for consecutive cargo
operations by different modes of transport as well as for the
forwarding and packaging industries and the recording of
statistics on international trade and transport.
3. The computerization of transport procedures has further
increased the need for harmonization. Standardized data elements
are a pre-requisite for data interchange between trading partners
and other private or official participants in trade, for
paper-less interchange by automated means and also for simplified
documentary procedures.
4. In 1976 the UN/ECE Working Party on Facilitation of
International Trade Procedures agreed on a new work item: to
develop a packaging code with the main aim of linking documents to
consignments. At that time the International Union of Railways
(UIC), together with the Organization for the Collaboration of
Railways (OSZhD), was developing packaging codes for the needs of
railway transport and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
was developing such codes for maritime transport. UIC and ICS
undertook to work as co-rapporteurs for the new work item. The aim
was to establish a harmonized coding system, in the belief that
such a standard would be of considerable general interest, inter
alia for trade facilitation. The offer was gratefully accepted by
the Working Party.
5. The work of the co-rapporteurs involved the listing of
various names for packages and their synonyms, consideration of
the meanings of detailed descriptions, and preparing diagrams for
easy recognition. A comprehensive report was transmitted to the
Working Party in 1981 (TRADE/WP.4/R.140); the analysis and
methodology developed during the work resulted in the
establishment of a structure which provided for a three-tiered
numeric system of four digits, with a first digit for "unit
loads", second and third digits for fifty-seven recognized package
types and a fourth digit for specifying packaging materials.
Within this flexible structure further international harmonization
could be pursued.
6. In 1977 the ECE Inland Transport Committee agreed to the
proposal by the thirty-first session of the Group of Experts on
Transport Statistics that the Commodity Classification for
Transport Statistics in Europe (CSTE) should be adapted to current
needs. The terms of reference for a task force set up for this
work included "consideration of the possibilities to incorporate
characteristics of handling cargo in the CSTE".
7. The Governments of Belgium and the Netherlands undertook to
collaborate on this item and submitted a joint paper in April 1979
(TRANS/GE.6/R.21), which recommended a one-digit classification,
separate from the CSTE, for cargo-handling characteristics in four
modes of transport (sea, inland water-way, rail and road) to be
known as "mode of appearance". The European Economic Community
submitted a draft one-digit cargo classification applicable to all
modes of transport in 1981 (TRANS/GE.6/R.36).
8. The Shipping Division of UNCTAD developed in 1979 a
one-digit "broad packing code" and also a two-digit "detailed
packing code" for the "Manual on a Uniform System of Port
Statistics and Performance Indicators".
9. The Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade
Procedures realised that other international bodies such as the
Customs Co-operation Council (CCC), and regional economic
groupings also had a strong interest in the coding project. The
secretariat of the ECE undertook to report on their work and to
ascertain which organizations would participate in an examination
of the compatibility of various concepts (TRADE/WP.4/R.202). The
secretariats of the interested international organizations were
invited by the ECE secretariat to collaborate with a view to
achieving the optimum future harmonization of classification and,
if possible, of codes. Five such inter-secretariat meetings,
serviced by the Trade Division of the UN/ECE and chaired by the
Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC), were
arranged at Geneva between 1981 and 1985.
10. The first meeting examined the purposes of the various
codes and agreed that they should cover all goods in all modes of
transport and should classify them according to the most external
cover or wrapping. The meeting also agreed on the first five
common categories for a one-digit cargo classification. The second
meeting (September 1982) examined underlying principles and
practical problems (synonyms, simultaneous packagings in
"combination", complications related to dangerous goods etc). It
was agreed:
1) to identify "preferred" terms,
2) to envisage both simple applications covering only one
packaging (e.g. the EEC and UNCTAD codes) and complex applications
for combined packagings (UIC/ICS code) and
3) to omit reference to dangerous goods (because danger was a
characteristic of the goods, not of the package, and could be
present also in unpacked bulk gods). The third meeting (June 1984)
agreed that "shape" should be the basic criterion for classifying
packaging types and that the first digit could be a one-digit code
for packages. Codes were allocated to nine types of cargo, nine
types of packages (arranged in order from the most to the least
frequent) and to eight types of packaging materials. The fourth
inter-secretariat meeting (February 1985) agreed, in view of
comments received, to apply the "shape" criterion more
consistently to package types, a further breakdown was suggested
according to "size".
11. The final meeting (November 1985) prepared a draft
Recommendation, in the form of a structured, numeric code system
for cargo units (one-digit), package types (one-digit or,
optionally, two-digits) and packaging materials (one-digit). The
UN/ECE secretariat prepared complimentary two-letter codes to
represent the most frequently used package names. Pictorial
symbols were added to the textual descriptions to provide a visual
association between the codes and the types of packages that they
represent.
12. After further extensive national and international
consultations the present recommendation was adopted at the
twenty-third session of the UN/ECE Working Party on Facilitation
of International Trade Procedures, in March 1986.
II. SCOPE
13. This Recommendation establishes a numeric code system to
represent types of cargo, packages and packaging materials in
trade, transport and other economic activities related to
international trade. The Recommendation also establishes
complementary alphabetic codes for names of packages.
14. At its thirty-ninth session, the Working Party agreed to
approve the proposal made by the delegation of Canada in document
TRADE/WP.4/R.895 to incorporate, as an additional annex, the
packaging codes used for the transportation of dangerous goods
into the Recommendation and to amend it appropriately.
III. FIELD OF APPLICATION
15. The code system and the codes provided for in this
Recommendation are intended for use in data interchange between
participants in international trade, by automatic interchange
methods, and also in other applications. The codes are also
intended for use in manual systems, e.g. to complement or
substitute plain language descriptions in forms used in
international trade. Where appropriate and desirable, the codes
can be used in the context of other economic activities.
IV. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
16. For the purpose of this Recommendation the following
definitions apply:
Cargo: The load of goods carried on board a ship or on another
means of transport; <*>
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<*> Cargo can consist of either liquid or solid materials or
substances, without any packaging (e.g. bulk cargo), or of loose
items of unpacked goods, packages, unutilized goods (on pallets or
in freight containers) or goods loaded on transport units and
carried on active means of transport.
Cargo type: A classification of cargo carried, or intended to
be carried, on means of transport, based on its general
appearance.
Package: The complete product of a packaging operation, as
prepared for transport and consisting of the packaging
(receptacle, container) and its contained goods; <**>
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<**> The term package includes all articles used and, in
particular, holders used as external or internal coverings for
goods, holders on which goods are rolled, wound or attached,
containers (other than those defined in international conventions)
and receptacles. The term excludes means of transport and articles
of transport equipment such as pallets and freight containers.
Packaging: Materials and components used in any packaging
operation to wrap, contain and protect articles or substances
during transport;
Package type: The shape or configuration of a package as it
appears for transport.
V. REFERENCES
17. The following international instruments and documents have
been taken into account in the preparation of the present
Recommendation:
UN/ECE/TRANS/GE.6/R.36, 1981: Possibilities of developing a
classification of characteristics of handling cargo in relation to
the CSTE
UN Statistical Commission: Recommendation of a uniform system
to link commodity flows and shipping documents (20th session,
1979)
UNCTAD/SHIP/185/Rev. 1, Manual on a uniform system of port
statistics and performance indicators, 1979, 2nd edition, 1983
UN/ECE/FAL Recommendation No. 19: Code for Modes of Transport,
1981
UN/ECE/FAL Recommendation No. 20: Code for Units of
Measurement Used in International Trade, 1985
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets Used in
International Transport, Geneva, 1956
OECD: Recommendations on the international standardization of
packing for fruit and vegetables
Customs Convention on the temporary importation of Packings,
Brussels, 1960
Customs Convention on Containers, Geneva, 1956
Customs Convention on Containers, Geneva, 1972
ISO TC 122: Packing, draft proposal 5988
ISO 3676-1983 Packing. Unit load sizes. Dimensions
IATA, 1982: Special handling codes.
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous
goods, ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.8, 1993
18. Reference is also made to the UN/ECE Trade Data Elements
Directory (UNTDED), which includes the following data element,
relevant for this Recommendation:
7064 Package Type
Desc: Description of the form in which goods are presented
7064 Package Type, coded
Repr: n..4; a2
VI. STRUCTURE AND PRESENTATION OF THE CODE
SYSTEM AND THE CODES
A. Structure of the numeric code system
19. The Recommendation provides numeric codes for:
(a) Cargo type (one-digit), indicating handling
characteristics of the cargo.
(b) Package type (two digits of which the second is optional),
referring to packages (by extension in order to insure complete
coverage) of goods carried loose in freight containers, wagons,
ships, etc.
(c) Packaging material (one-digit), referring to the type of
any material (steel, wood, textile, paper etc), used for making a
package.
B. Optional alphabetic codes
20. Complementary alphabetic codes are provided to represent
package names most commonly used in trade and transport. These
names are listed in Annex V and VI in alphabetic name and code
order, respectively with their two-letter representations and
corresponding numeric codes.
C. The presentation of the codes
21. The different codes are presented in the Annexes to this
Recommendation, as follows:
Annex I: Basic numeric, one-digit code system
Annex II: Cargo type one-digit code: descriptions, with
pictorial symbols
Annex III: Table of cargo type code, package type code and
packing materials code
Annex IV: Package type code: 2-digit codes (1-digit,
optionally), pictorial symbols, descriptions and common names
Annex V: Coded representation of package type names used in
international trade (in alphabetic name order)
Annex VI: Coded representations of package type names used in
international trade (in alphabetic code order)
Annex VII: Code for designating types of packagings in the
transport of dangerous goods.
VII. RULES OF APPLICATION
22. The three numeric codes (Cargo type, Package type,
Packaging Material) can each be used independently or in
combination with one or both of the other two. The Packaging
Material code is especially suitable for use in combination with
the Package Type code.
23. The numeric codes can be used at the one-digit level
(ANNEX I).
24. Each of the codes can be used in a simple, single,
application
In this type of application:
(a) the Cargo Type code can be used to record only the most
external form of the cargo visible during transport and indicative
of the most appropriate method of handling. (This is designated
the "first-level mode of appearance" by transport statisticians);
(b) the Package Type code can be used (by a manufacturer, for
example) to record only the "immediate wrapping or receptacle of
the goods, which the purchaser normally acquires with them in
retail sales"; similarly, this code can be used (by an exporter or
shipper, for example) to record only the "most external wrapping
or receptacle of the goods, which the importer, wholesaler or the
retailer normally acquires";
(c) the Packaging Material code can be used to record only the
material used to make that packaging which is to be recorded under
the Package Type code.
25. The codes for Cargo Type and Package Type may be used in
combination with other codes such as Code for Modes of Transport
(UN/ECE Recommendation No. 19).
26. The codes for Package Type (one-digit level) and Package
Names (two-alpha) may be used in combination with a data element
specifying unit of measurement, to indicate the precise size of
package, for example, "5 KGM", "25 KGM", or "50 KGM" receptacles
for dry goods, or "70 CLT", "1 LTR", "5 LTR" receptacles for
liquid goods (UN/ECE Recommendation No. 20 under revision).
27. The Package Type codes can be used, alternatively, at the
two-digit level. The two-digit Package Type code is hierarchical
in structure: the first digit indicates primarily shape of the
package, whilst the (optional) second digit indicates primarily
size of packages within each shape.
28. The numeric code system is generic and accommodates in its
structure all existent and all possible types of cargo, packages
and packaging materials at either the one-digit or the two digit
level.
29. As a further alternative, Package Names codes can be used.
These complementary, two-alpha codes cover the current and most
frequently used package names in the English, French and Russian
languages. Additional package names and codes may be added under
the maintenance procedure.
Rules of extended application
30. Each of the codes can be used, by extension, in more
complex, multiple applications. In this type of application,
several characters for each code (numeric or alphabetic) can be
used simultaneously as nested data elements (corresponding to the
several levels of cargo units being carried, or the several levels
of packages being shipped, simultaneously nested one inside
another) so that
(a) the Cargo Type code can be used to record, in succession
two, three or more levels of cargo from the most external cargo
inwards; for example, a lorry with a freight container "said to
contain" pallets loaded with sacks of coffee coded:
6, 2, 4, 9;
(b) the Package Type code can be used to record, in succession
two, three, or more levels of packaging from the most external
packaging inwards; for example, a large box containing cartons of
small bags or sachets tea is coded:
2, 2, 6 (one-digit code) or
24, 22, 61 (two-digit code) or
BX, CN, SA (two-alpha code);
(c) the Packaging Material code can be used to record in
succession, and in the same order, the material(s) used to make
each of the two, three, or more levels of packaging which are to
be recorded under the Package Type code.
VIII. CHOICE BETWEEN NUMERIC AND ALPHABETIC CODES
31. Users can choose between structured numeric and alphabetic
codes. Numeric codes may be preferable for ADP as they are
structured whereas alphabetic codes offer more permutation
possibilities. In trade documents package types are described
mainly for the purpose of enabling the identification of the goods
when these are moved and handled during transport operations and
for the purpose of frontier control; in this context short
alphabetic codes are often preferred, as they are easier to
memorize, particularly if they provide a mnemonic link with the
name of the package type.
32. In their choice of coding systems traders might use the
following checklist:
- Is there a de jure mandatory coding system that must be used
in view of the nature of the goods?
- Is there a de facto mandatory coding system prescribed by
the mode of transport?
- What codes are required by frontier controlling authorities
in the chain of transport?
- Are the goods sent to a client in a country where the Latin
alphabet is little known?
- What codes are preferred by the trading partner for his
(computerized) office management system?
IX. PROVISION FOR UPDATING
33. Proposals for updating the lists of the codes appended to
this Recommendation should be addressed to the Working Party
through the ECE Trade Division. The Working Party will consider
the proposals at one of its regular sessions.
34. When a change in the list of codes is agreed, the ECE
secretariat will issue an amending supplement or a revised list of
codes, as appropriate.
Annex I
BASIC NUMERIC, ONE-DIGIT CODE SYSTEM
(a) Passengers and Cargo
Passengers and Cargo Type code
0 No cargo unit (liquid bulk
goods)
1 No cargo unit (solid bulk goods)
2 Large freight containers
3 Other freight containers
4 Palletized
5 Pre-slung
6 Mobile self-propelled units
7 Other mobile units
8 Passengers
9 Other cargo types
(b) Packages
Package Type code <*>
0 Bulk
1 Loose, unpacked (excluding bulk)
2 Rigid, box-type, (prismatic)
3 Rigid, drum-type, (cylindrical)
4 Rigid, bulb-type, (spherical)
5 Rigid, other
6 Flexible, bag-type
7 (for future use)
8 (Reserved)
9 Other, or special packages
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<*> The two-digit codes for Package Types are in Annexes III,
IV, V and VI.
(c) Packaging Materials
Packaging material code
0 None
1 Plastics
2 Paper and fibreboard
3 Wood
4 (For future use)
5 Metal
6 Glass, porcelain, ceramic,
stoneware
7 Textile
8 (Reserved)
9 Unknown or not otherwise
enumerated
Annex II
PASSENGERS AND CARGO TYPE ONE-DIGIT CODE:
DESCRIPTIONS, WITH PICTORIAL SYMBOLS
Code
0 No cargo unit (liquid bulk goods):
includes i) liquids ii) liquified gases iii) molten or
slurried solids, suitable for continuous mechanical handling
for transport by pipeline or loose in a hold, tank or other
compartment integral to a means of transport.
1 No cargo unit (solid bulk goods):
includes i) fine powders ii) granular particles iii) large,
lumpy, dry solids, suitable for continuous mechanical
handling, for transport by fixed installations (other than
pipeline) or loose in a hold or other compartment integral
to a means of transport.
2 Large freight containers:
Goods loaded in/on a freight container 20ft. (6m) or more in
external length; includes lift van, swap/swop body, flat,
moveable tank or similar articles of transport equipment.
3 Other freight containers:
Goods loaded in/on a freight container less than 20 ft. (6m)
in external length; includes i) rigid Intermediate Bulk
Containers (IBCs) ii) aircraft Unit Load Devices (ULDs);
excludes i) air mode pallets ii) sea or land mode box-,
tank-, post, rack-pallets not exceeding 1.25 m2 deck area.
4 Palletized:
Goods loaded on a deck; includes i) disposable one-way
pallets ii) sea or land mode box-, tank-, post-,
rack-pallets not exceeding 1.25 m2 deck area iii)
slip-sheets iv) air mode pallets v) bricks, ingots, etc.
suitably assembled for fork-lift truck handling.
5 Pre-slung:
Goods (one or more items) supplied with a sling (or slings)
or various materials (natural/artificial fibre, steel wire,
etc.) and of various designs (loop, ring, cloverleaf, etc.);
includes i) "packaged" timber ii) Flexible Intermediate Bulk
Containers (FIBCs).
6 Mobile self-propelled units:
includes i) road motor vehicles (lorries, buses, cars) and
accompanying trailers, semi-trailers, caravans engaged in
goods/passenger transport ii) motorised road, agricultural,
industrial, etc. vehicles moving in trade iii) live animals
"on the hoof".
7 Other mobile units:
non-self-propelled vehicles and equipment on wheels;
includes i) unaccompanied trailers, semi-trailers
railwagons, ship-borne barges engaged in goods transport ii)
caravans and other road, agricultural, industrial, etc.
vehicles iii) ship-borne port-to-port trailers.
8 Passengers
9 Other cargo types:
all cargo not elsewhere enumerated (i.e. the residual types
of cargo carried in transport: "break-bulk" or "general"
cargo, e.g. boxes, drums, bags, etc. and loose, unpacked
items such as pipes, rods, etc.).
PASSENGERS AND CARGO TYPE DIAGRAMS
Liquid bulk 0 <*>
Solid bulk 1 <*>
Large freight 2 <*>
Containers
Other freight 3 <*>
Containers
Palletized 4 <*>
Pre-slung 5 <*>
Mobile 6 <*>
self-propelled
Other mobile units 7 <*>
Passengers on 8 <*>
foot
Other cargo types 9 <*>
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<*> .
Annex III
TABLE OF CARGO TYPE CODE, PACKAGE TYPE CODE AND
PACKAGING MATERIALS CODE
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CARGO PACKAGE TYPE CODE PACKAGE
UNIT +-------------T-T------------T--------------T-------------T-------------T------------T----------T------------T----------T-----------+ MATERIAL
CODE 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CODE
+--------------++-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------++-----------+
0 0 solid, fine solid, solid liquid at liquified atgas (at (reserved)n.o.e. 0
No cargo unit Bulk particles granular large normal abnormal 1031 mbar) (not None
(liquid bulk) particles particles temperature temperature otherwise +-----------+
+--------------+ and pressure and pressure enumerated) 1
1 Plastics
No cargo unit +-----------+
(solid bulk) +-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+ 2
+--------------+1 cylinder cylinder cylinder cylinder rectangle rectangle rectangle (reserved)complex or Paper and
2 Loose, long long hollow hollow formedsuperficial linear dense special fibreboard
Large freight unpacked hollow solid formed by by linear (plane) shapes, +-----------+
containers (excluding flat materialmaterial n.o.e. 3
+--------------+bulk) wound wound Wood
3 on itself on itself +-----------+
Other freight +-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+ 4
containers 2 complete complete complete complete complete incompleteincomplete (reserved)incomplete (for future
+--------------+Rigid, very small small medium large very large skeletal on top on top with use)
4 box-type (KGM<1 (1 <1> <1> +-----------+
Pre-slung +-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+ 6
+--------------+3 very small small medium large very large (reserved)n.o.e. Glass,
6 Rigid, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, porselain
Mobile units, drum-type MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> ceramics,
self-propelled(cylindrical) stoneware
+--------------+ +-----------+
7 7
Other +-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+ Textile
mobile units 4 very small small medium large very large (reserved)n.o.e. +-----------+
+--------------+Rigid, wide narrow narrow truncated truncated 8
8 bulb-type opening opening opening ends ends (reserved)
(reserved) spherical (KGM, LTR, oblate oblate prolate prolate +-----------+
+--------------+ MTQ) <2> (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, 9
9 MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> Unknown or
Other +-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+ n.o.e.
cargo units 5 cone parallel- (reserved)n.o.e. L------------
L---------------Rigid, truncated, piped
other normally
with
handle
+-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+
6 complete complete complete complete complete incompletesheet (reserved)n.o.e.
Flexible, very small small medium large very large open mesh superimsosed
bag-type (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR, (KGM, LTR,
MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2> MTQ) <2>
+-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+
7 (reserved)
(for future
use)
+-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+
8 (reserved)
(reserved)
+-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+-----------+
9 cylindrical (reserved)n.o.e.
Other or with rims on
special whith goods
packages are wound
L-------------+-+------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+----------+------------
-------------------------------
<1> "f" .
<2> Same figures as for "Rigid, box-type (prismatic)" code.
Annex IV
PACKAGE TYPE CODE: 2-DIGIT CODES (1-DIGIT, OPTIONALLY),
PICTORIAL SYMBOLS DESCRIPTION AND COMMON NAMES
0 Bulk
01 <*> solid, fine particles ("powders")
02 <*> solid, granular particles ("grains")
03 <*> solid, large particles ("nodules")
04 <*> liquid (at normal temperature/pressure)
05 <*> gas (liquified at abnormal temperature/pressure)
06 <*> gas (at l031 mbar and l5 degr. C)
07 (reserved)
08
09 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
--------------------------------
<*> .
1 Loose, Unpacked, (excluding bulk)
11 <*> cylinder, long, hollow
("pipe, tube")
("pipes, tubes in bundle/bunch/truss")
12 <*> cylinder, long, solid
("rod, log")
("rods, logs in bundle/bunch/truss")
13 <*> cylinder, hollow, formed by flat material wound on
itself ("roll, bolt")
14 <*> cylinder, hollow, formed by linear material wound on
itself ("coil, ring")
15 <*> rectangle, superficial
("sheet, plate")
("sheets, plates in bundle/bunch/truss")
16 <*> rectangle, linear
("bar, board, girder, plank")
("bars, boards, girders, planks in bundle/bunch/
truss")
17 <*> rectangle, dense
("ingot")
("ingots in bundle/bunch/truss")
18 (reserved)
19 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
--------------------------------
<*> .
2 Rigid, Box-type, (prismatic)
21 <*> complete, very small
(KGM,1; LTR<1; MTQ<0.001)
("match box")
22 <*> complete, small
(1 complete, medium
(5 complete, large
(50 complete, very large
(300 incomplete, skeletal framework
("cage, frame, skeletoncase")
27 <*> incomplete on top
("basket, shallow crate, tray, traypack")
28 (reserved)
29 <*> incomplete on top with internal divisions
("bottlecrate, bottlerack") & n.o.e.
--------------------------------
<*> .
3 Rigid, Drum-type, (cylindrical)
31 <*> very small
(KGM<1; LTR<1; MTQ<0.001)
("ampoule, vial")
32 <*> small
(1 medium
(5 large
(50 very large
(300 .
4 Rigid, Bulb-type, (spherical)
41 <*> very small, wide opening
(KGM<1; LTR<1; MTQ<0.001)
("jug, jar, pitcher, pot")
42 <*> small, narrow opening, oblate
(1 medium, narrow opening, oblate
(5 large, truncated ends, prolate
(50 very large, truncated ends, prolate
(300 .
5 Rigid, Other
51 <*> cone, truncated, normally with handle
("bucket, cup, pail, tub")
52
53
54 <*> parallelepiped
("coffin")
55
56
57
58 (reserved)
59 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
--------------------------------
<*> .
6 Flexible, Bag-type
61 <*> complete, very small
(KGM<1; LTR<1; MTQ<0.001)
("sachet")
62 <*> complete, small
(1 complete, medium
(5 complete, large
(50 complete, very large
(300 incomplete, open mesh
("net")
67 <*> sheet, superimposed
("filmpack, shrinkwrapped, vacuum-packed")
68 (reserved)
69 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
--------------------------------
<*> .
7 (for future use)
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78 (reserved)
79 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
8 (Reserved)
9 Other or special packages
91 <*> cylinder with rims on which goods are wound
("bobbin, reel spindle")
92
93
94
95
96
97
98 (reserved)
99 n.o.e. (not otherwise enumerated)
Annex V
CODED REPRESENTATIONS OF PACKAGE TYPE
NAMES USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
(in alphabetical name order)
----------------------------------T------------------------------
Coded representations
Package type names +-----------------T------------+
Alphabetical codeNumeric code
+---------------------------------+-----------------+------------+
Aerosol AE 42 or 43
Ampoule, non-protected AM 31
Ampoule, protected AP 31
Atomizer AT 42 or 43
Bag BG 62 to 64
Bale, compressed BL 65
Bale, non-compressed BN 65
Balloon, non-protected BF 42 or 43
Balloon, protected BP 42 or 43
Bar BR 16
Barrel BA 44 or 45
Bars, in bundle/bunch/truss BZ 16
Basket BK 27
Beer crate CB 23 to 27
Bin BI 21 or 25
Board BD 16
Board, in bundle/bunch/truss BY 16
Bobbin BB 91
Bolt BT 13
Bottle, non-protected,
cylindrical BO 32 or 33
Bottle, non-protected, bulbous BS 42 or 43
Bottle, protected cylindrical BQ 32 or 33
Bottle, protected bulbous BV 42 or 43
Bottlecrate, bottlerack BC 29
Box BX 21 or 25
Bucket BJ 51
Bulk, liquefied gas (at
abnormal temperature/pressure) VQ 05
Bulk, gas (at 1031 mbar and
15 degr. C) VG 06
Bulk, liquid VL 04
Bulk, solid, fine particles
("powders") VY 01
Bulk, solid, granular particles
("grains") VR 02
Bulk, solid, large panicles
("nodules") VO 03
Bunch BH 61 to 65
Bundle BE 61 to 65
Butt BU 44 or 45
Cage CG 26
Can, rectangular CA 22
Can, cylindrical CX 32
Canister CI 21 or 22
Canvas CZ 67
Carboy, non-protected CO 43
Carboy, protected CP 43
Carton CT 22 to 24
Case CS 21 or 25
Cask CK 44 or 45
Chest CH 25
Churn CC 32 or 33
Coffer CF 24
Coffin CJ 54
Coil CL 14
Collapsible tube TD 62 to 64
Cover CV 67
Crate CR 24 to 25
Creel CE 27
Cup CU 51
Cylinder CY 12
Demijohn, non-protected DJ 43
Demijohn, protected DP 43
Drum DR 34
Envelope EN 67
Filmpack FP 67
Firkin FI 44 or 45
Flask FL 42 or 43
Footlocker FO 23
Frame FR 26
Framed crate FD 26
Fruit crate FC 23 to 27
Gas bottle GB 31 or 35
Girder GI 16
Girders, in bundle/bunch/truss GZ 16
Hamper HR 23
Hogshead HG 44 or 45
Ingot IN 17
Ingots, in bundle/bunch/truss IZ 17
Jar JR 41
Jerrican, rectangular JC 23
Jerrican, cylindrical JY 33
Jug JG 41
Jutebag JT 61 or 65
Keg KG 44 or 45
Log LG 12
Logs, in bundle/bunch/truss LZ 12
Milk crate MC 27
Multiply bag MB 62 to 64
Multiwall sack MS 62 to 64
Mat MT 67
Match box MX 21
Nest NS 24
Net NT 66
Package PK 21 to 23
Packet PA 21 to 23
Pail PL 51
Parcel PC 21 to 23
or 61 to 63
Pipe PI 11
Pipes, in bundle/bunch/truss PZ 11
Pitcher PH 41
Plank PN 16
Planks, in bundle/bunch/truss PZ 16
Plate PG 15
Plates, in bundle/bunch/truss PY 15
Pot PT 41
Pouch PO 61
Rednet RT 66
Reel RL 91
Ring RG 14
Rod RD 12
Rods, in bundle/bunch/truss RZ 12
Roll RO 13
Sachet SH 61
Sack SA 65
Sea-chest SE 22 or 23
Shallow crate SC 27
Sheet ST 15
Sheetmetal SM 15
Sheets, in bundle/bunch/truss SZ 15
Shrinkwrapped SW 67
Skeleton case SK 26
Slipsheet SL 67
Spindle SD 91
Suitcase SU 21 to 23
or 61 to 63
Tank, rectangular TK 24 or 25
Tank, cylindrical TY 34 or 35
Tea-chest TC 21 to 23
Tin TN 21 or 22
Tray PU 27
Tray pack PU 27
Trunk TR 24 or 25
Truss TS 16
Tub TB 51
Tube TU 11
Tube, collapsible TD 61 or 65
Tubes, in bundle/bunch/truss TZ 11
Tun TO 44 or 45
Unpacked or unpackaged NE 00
Vacuum-packed VP 67
Vat VA 35
Vial VI 31
Wickerbottle WB 42 or 43
L---------------------------------+-----------------+-------------
Annex VI
CODED REPRESENTATIONS
OF PACKAGE TYPE NAMES USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
(in alphabetical code order)
----------------------------------T------------------------------
Coded representations
Package type names +-----------------T------------+
Alphabetical codeNumeric code
+---------------------------------+-----------------+------------+
Aerosol AE 42 or 43
Ampoule, non-protected AM 31
Ampoule, protected AP 31
Atomizer AT 42 or 43
Barrel BA 44 or 45
Bobbin BB 91
Bottlecrate, bottlerack BC 29
Board BD 16
Bundle BE 61 to 65
Balloon, non-protected BF 42 or 43
Bag BG 62 to 64
Bunch BH 61 to 65
Bin BI 21 or 25
Bucket BJ 51
Basket BK 27
Bale, compressed BL 65
Bale, non-compressed BN 65
Bottle, non-protected,
cylindrical BO 32 or 33
Balloon, protected BP 42 or 43
Bottle, protected cylindrical BQ 32 or 33
Bar BR 16
Bottle, non-protected, bulbous BS 42 or 43
Bolt BT 13
Butt BU 44 or 45
Bottle, protected bulbous BV 42 or 43
Box BX 21 or 25
Board, in bundle/bunch/truss BY 16
Bars, in bundle/bunch/truss BZ 16
Can, rectangular CA 22
Beer crate CB 23 to 27
Churn CC 32 or 33
Creel CE 27
Coffer CF 24
Cage CG 26
Chest CH 25
Canister CI 21 or 22
Coffin CJ 54
Cask CK 44 or 45
Coil CL 14
Carboy, non-protected CO 43
Carboy, protected CP 43
Crate CR 24 to 25
Case CS 21 or 25
Carton CT 22 to 24
Cup CU 51
Cover CV 67
Can, cylindrical CX 32
Cylinder CY 12
Canvas CZ 67
Demijohn, non-protected DJ 43
Demijohn, protected DP 43
Drum DR 34
Envelope EN 67
Fruit crate FC 23 to 27
Framed crate FD 26
Firkin FI 44 or 45
Flask FL 42 or 43
Footlocker FO 23
Filmpack FP 67
Frame FR 26
Gas bottle GB 31 or 35
Girder GI 16
Girders, in bundle/bunch/truss GZ 16
Hogshead HG 44 or 45
Hamper HR 23
Ingot IN 17
Ingots, in bundle/bunch/truss IZ 17
Jerrican, rectangular JC 23
Jug JG 41
Jar JR 41
Jutebag JT 61 or 65
Jerrican, cylindrical JY 33
Keg KG 44 or 45
Log LG 12
Logs, in bundle/bunch/truss LZ 12
Multiply bag MB 62 to 64
Milk crate MC 27
Multiwall sack MS 62 to 64
Mat MT 67
Match box MX 21
Unpacked or unpackaged NE 00
Nest NS 24
Net NT 66
Packet PA 21 to 23
Parcel PC 21 to 23
or 61 to 63
Plate PG 15
Pitcher PH 41
Pipe PI 11
Package PK 21 to 23
Pail PL 51
Plank PN 16
Pouch PO 61
Pot PT 41
Tray pack PU 27
Tray PU 27
Plates, in bundle/bunch/truss PY 15
Planks, in bundle/bunch/truss PZ 16
Pipes, in bundle/bunch/truss PZ 11
Rod RD 12
Ring RG 14
Reel RL 91
Roll RO 13
Rednet RT 66
Rods, in bundle/bunch/truss RZ 12
Sack SA 65
Shallow crate SC 27
Spindle SD 91
Sea-chest SE 22 or 23
Sachet SH 61
Skeleton case SK 26
Slipsheet SL 67
Sheetmetal SM 15
Sheet ST 15
Suitcase SU 21 to 23
or 61 to 63
Shrinkwrapped SW 67
Sheets, in bundle/bunch/truss SZ 15
Tub TB 51
Tea-chest TC 21 to 23
Tube, collapsible TD 61 or 65
Collapsible tube TD 62 to 64
Tank, rectangular TK 24 or 25
Tin TN 21 or 22
Tun TO 44 or 45
Trunk TR 24 or 25
Truss TS 16
Tube TU 11
Tank, cylindrical TY 34 or 35
Tubes, in bundle/bunch/truss TZ 11
Vat VA 35
Bulk, gas (at 1031 mbar
and 15 degr. C) VG 06
Vial VI 31
Bulk, liquid VL 04
Bulk, solid, large particles
("nodules") VO 03
Vacuum-packed VP 67
Bulk, liquefied gas (at
abnormal temperature/pressure) VQ 05
Bulk, solid, granular particles
("grains") VR 02
Bulk, solid, fine particles
("powders") VY 01
Wickerbottle WB 42 or 43
L---------------------------------+-----------------+-------------
Annex VII
CODE FOR DESIGNATING TYPES OF PACKAGINGS
IN THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Based on the eighth edition (1993) of the Recommendations
on the Transport of Dangerous Goods ("Orange Book"), Section 9.4
1. The code should consist of:
- an Arabic numeral indicating the kind of packaging, e.g.
drum, jerrican, etc., followed by
- a capital letter(s) in Latin characters indicating the
nature of the material, e.g. steel, wood, etc., followed where
necessary by
- an Arabic numeral indicating the category of packaging
within the kind to which the packaging belongs.
2. In the case of composite packagings, two capital letters in
Latin characters should be used in sequence in the second position
of the code. The first should indicate the material of the inner
receptacle and the second that of the outer packaging.
3. In the case of combination packagings, only the code number
for the outer packaging should be used.
4. The letters "V" or "W" may follow the packaging code. The
letter "V" signifies a special packaging for articles or inner
packagings of any type for solids or liquids which may be
assembled and transported without testing in an outer packaging
under the appropriate conditions (see the "Orange Book", paragraph
9.1.7.1). The letter "W" signifies that the packaging, alghough of
the same type indicated by the code, is manufactured to a
specification different to that in Section 9.6 of the "Orange
Book" and is considered equivalent under the provisions of
paragraph 9.3.15 of the "Orange Book" (use of packagings having
specifications different from those in Section 9.6).
5. The following numerals should be used for the kinds of
packaging:
1. Drum
2. Wooden barrel
3. Jerrican
4. Box
5. Bag
6. Composite packaging
7. Pressure receptacle
6. The following capital letters should be used for the types
of material:
A. Steel (all types and surface treatments)
B. Aluminium
C. Natural wood
D. Plywood
F. Reconstituted wood
G. Fibreboard
H. Plastics material
L. Textile
M. Paper, multiwall
N. Metal (other than steel or aluminium)
P. Glass, porcelain or stoneware
7. The following types and codes of packaging are assigned:
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Kind Material Category Code Paragraph
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
1. Drums A. Steel non-removable head 1A1 9.6.1
removable head 1A2
B. Aluminium non-removable head 1B1 9.6.2
removable head 1B2
D. Plywood 1D 9.6.4
G. Fibre 1G 9.6.6
H. Plastics non-removable head 1H1 9.6.7
removable head 1H2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
2. Barrels C. Wooden bung type 2C1 9.6.5
removable head 2C2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
3. Jerricans A. Steel non-removable head 3A1 9.6.3
removable head 3A2
H. Plastics non-removable head 3H1 9.6.7
removable head 3H2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
4. Boxes A. Steel 4A 9.6.13
B. Aluminium 4B 9.6.13
C. Natural wood ordinary 4C1 9.6.8
with sift-proof
walls 4C2
D. Plywood 4D 9.6.9
F. Reconstituted
wood 4F 9.6.10
G. Fibreboard 4G 9.6.11
H. Plastics expanded 4H1 9.6.12
solid 4H2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
5. Bags H. Woven without inner
plastics lining or coating 5H1
silt-proof 5H2 9.6.15
water resistant 5H3
H. Plastics
film 5H4 9.6.16
L. Textile without inner
lining
or coating 5L1
sift-proof 5L2 9.6.14
water resistant 5L3
M. Paper multiwall 5M1 9.6.17
multiwall, water
resistant 5M2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
6. Composite H. Plastics
packagings receptacle in steel drum 6HA1
in steel crate
or box 6HA2
in aluminium drum 6HB
in aluminium crate
or box 6HB2
wooden box 6HC
in plywood drum 6HD1 9.6.18
in plywood box 6HD2
in fibre drum 6HG1
in fibreboard box 6HG2
in plastics drum 6HH1
in solid plastics
box 6HH2
P. Glass,
porcelain or in steel drum 6PA1
stoneware in steel crate
receptacle or box 6PA2
in aluminium drum 6PB1
in aluminium crate
or box 6PB2
wooden box 6PC
in plywood drum 6PD1 9.6.19
in wickerwork
hamper 6PD2
in fibre drum 6PG1
in fibreboard box 6PG2
in expanded
plastics
packagings 6PH1
in solid plastics
packaging 6PH2
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