Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 18, 2024
§ 1248.101 - Commodity codes required.

Commodity codes required to be reported, as referred to in this part, are as follows:

Code Description
01Farm Products.
011 Field Crops.
0112 Cotton, raw.
01121 Cotton in bales.
01131 Barley.
01132 Corn, except popcorn.
01133 Oats.
01134 Rice, rough.
01135 Rye.
01136 Sorghum grains.
01137 Wheat, except buckwheat.
01139 Grain, n.e.c.
0114 Oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels, except edible tree nuts.
01144 Soybeans.
0115 Field seeds, except oil seeds.
0119 Miscellaneous field crops.
01193 Leaf tobacco.
01195 Potatoes, other than sweet.
01197 Sugar beets.
012 Fresh Fruits and Tree Nuts.
0121 Citrus fruits.
0122 Deciduous fruits.
01221 Apples.
01224 Grapes.
01226 Peaches.
0123 Tropical fruits, except citrus.
01232 Bananas.
0129 Miscellaneous fresh fruits and tree nuts.
01295 Coffee, green.
013 Fresh Vegetables.
0131 Bulbs, roots, and tubers, with or without tops except potatoes.
01318 Onions, dry.
0133 Leafy fresh vegetables.
01334 Celery.
01335 Lettuce.
0134 Dry ripe vegetable seeds, etc. (except artifically dried).
01341 Beans, dry ripe.
01342 Peas, dry.
0139 Miscellaneous fresh vegetables:
01392 Watermelons.
01394 Tomatoes.
01398 Melons, except watermelons (cantaloupes, muskmelons, etc.).
014 Livestock and Livestock Products.
0141 Livestock.
01411 Cattle.
01413 Hogs and pigs.
01414 Sheep and lambs.
0142 Dairy farm products, except pasteurized.
0143 Animal fibers.
01431 Wool.
015 Poultry and Poultry Products.
0151 Live poultry.
0152 Poultry eggs.
019 Miscellaneous Farm Products.
0191 Horticultural specialities.
0192 Animal specialties.
08Forest Products
084 Gums and Barks, Crude.
08423 Latex and allied gums (crude natural rubber).
086 Miscellaneous Forest Products.
09Fresh Fish and Other Marine Products.
091 Fresh Fish and Other Marine Products.
0912 Fresh fish and whale products, including frozen unpackaged fish.
09131 Shells (oyster, crab, clam, etc.)
10Metallic Ores.
101 Iron Ores.
10112 Beneficiating-grade ore, crude.
102 Copper Ores.
103 Lead and Zinc Ores.
1031 Lead ores.
1032 Zinc ores.
104 Gold and Silver Ores.
105 Bauxite and Other Aluminum Ores.
106 Manganese Ores.
107 Tungsten Ores.
108 Chromium Ores.
109 Miscellaneous Metal Ores.
11Coal.
111 Anthracite Coal.
11111 Raw anthracite (lump).
11112 Cleaned or prepared anthracite (crushed, screened, or sized).
112 Bituminous Coal and Lignite.
1121 Bituminous coal.
13Crude Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Natural Gasoline.
131 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas.
132 Natural Gasoline.
14Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels.
141 Dimension Stone, quarry.
142 Crushed and Broken Stone, including riprap.
14211 Agricultural limestone.
14219 Crushed and broken stone, including riprap, n.e.c.
144 Sand and Gravel.
14411 Sand (aggregate and ballast).
14412 Gravel (aggregate and ballast).
14413 Industrial sand and gravel.
145 Clay, Ceramic and Refractory Minerals.
14511 Bentonite.
14512 Fire clay.
14514 Kaolin and ball clay.
147 Chemical and Fertilizer Minerals.
14711 Barite.
14713 Potash, soda and borate.
14714 Phosphate rock.
14715 Rock salt.
14716 Sulphur.
149 Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals. Except Fuels.
14911 Gypsum and anhydrite.
14913 Native asphalt and bitumens.
14914 Pumice and pumicite.
19Ordinance and Accessories.
191 Guns, Howitzers, Mortars, and Related Equipment, Over 30 mm.
192 Ammunition, Except for Small Arms (over 30 mm.).
193 Full Tracked Combat Vehicles and Parts.
194 Sighting and Fire Control Equipment.
195 Small Arms, 30 mm. and Under.
196 Small Arms Ammunition, 30 mm. and Under.
199 Miscellaneous Ordnance and Accessories.
20Food and Kindred Products.
201 Meat (Including Poultry and Small Game): Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen.
2011 Meat, fresh or chilled, except salted.
2012 Meat, fresh-frozen.
2013 Meat products.
2014 Animal by-products, inedible.
20141 Hides, skins, and pelts, not tanned (cattle, pig, goat, sheep, mule, and horse).
2015 Dressed poultry, small game, and related products, fresh, chilled or canned.
2016 Dressed poultry, small game and related products, fresh-frozen.
202 Dairy Products.
2021 Creamery butter.
2023 Condensed, evaporated milk and dry milk.
2024 Ice cream and related frozen desserts.
2025 Cheese and other special dairy products.
2026 Processed whole milk, skim milk, cream and other fluid products.
203 Canned and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables and Sea Foods.
2031 Canned and cured sea foods.
2032 Canned specialties.
2033 Canned fruits and vegetables.
2034 Dried and dehydrated fruits and vegetables (except field dried) and soup mix.
2035 Pickled fruits and vegetables; sauces and seasoning; salad dressing.
2036 Fresh or frozen packaged fish.
2037 Frozen fruits, fruit juices, vegetables and specialties.
204 Grain Mill Products.
2041 Flour and other grain mill products.
20411 Wheat flour, except blended and prepared.
20421 Prepared feeds for animals and fowls, except canned.
20423 Canned feed for animals and poultry.
2043 Cereal preparations.
2044 Milled rice, flour and meal.
2045 Blended and prepared flour.
2046 Corn starch, sirup, oil, sugar and by-products (wet process).
20461 Corn sirup.
20462 Corn starch.
20463 Corn sugar.
205 Bakery Products.
206 Sugar (beet and cane).
2061 Sugar mill products and by-products.
20611 Raw cane and beet sugar.
20616 Sugar molasses, except blackstrap.
20617 Blackstrap molasses.
2062 Sugar, refined: Cane and beet.
20625 Sugar refining by-products.
20626 Pulp, molasses, beet.
207 Confectionery and related products.
208 Beverages and flavoring extracts.
20821 Beer, ale, porter, stout: Bottled, barrels, kegs.
20823 Malt extract and brewers's spent grains.
2083 Malt.
2084 Wines, brandy, and brandy spirits.
20851 Distilled, rectified and blended liquors.
20859 By-products of liquor distilling.
2086 Bottled and canned soft drinks and carbonated and mineral waters.
2087 Miscellaneous flavoring extracts and flavoring sirups and compounds except chocolate syrups.
209 Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred Products.
20911 Cottonseed oil, crude or refined.
20914 Cottonseed cake, meal and other by-products.
20921 Soybean oil, crude or refined.
20923 Soybean cake, meal, flour, grits, and other by-products.
2093 Vegetable and nut oils and by-products, except cottonseed and soybean.
2094 Marine fats and oils.
2095 Roasted coffee, including instant coffee.
2096 Shortening, table oils, margarine and other edible fats and oils, n.e.c.
2097 Ice, natural or manufactured.
2098 Macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, and noodles.
21Tobacco Products:
211 Cigarettes.
212 Cigars.
213 Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff.
214 Stemmed and Redried Tobacco.
22Basic Textiles:
221 Cotton Broad Woven Fabrics.
222 Man-made Fiber and Silk Broad Woven Fabrics.
223 Wool Broad Woven Fabrics.
224 Narrow Fabrics.
225 Knit Fabrics.
227 Carpets and Rugs, Textile.
228 Yarn and Thread.
229 Miscellaneous Basic Textiles.
2296 Tire cord and fabrics.
2297 Wool and mohair (scoured, combed, carbonized): Tops, noils, nubs, slubs and grease.
2298 Cordage and twine.
23Apparel and Other Finished Textile Products Including Knit.
231 Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing.
233 Women's, Misses', Girls', and Infants' Clothing.
235 Millinery, Hats and Caps.
237 Fur Goods.
238 Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories.
239 Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products.
24Lumber and Wood Products, Except Furniture.
241 Primary Forest Products (Pulpwood, Piling, Posts, Logs, Bolts, etc.).
24114 Pulpwood logs.
24115 Pulpwood chips.
24116 Woodposts, poles and piling.
242 Lumber and Dimension Stock:
2421 Lumber and dimension stock:
24212 Sawed ties (railroads, mine, etc.).
2429 Miscellaneous sawmill and planing mill products (shingles, cooperage stock, etc.).
243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, Prefabricated Structural Wood Products.
2431 Millwood.
2432 Veneer and plywood.
244 Wooden Containers.
249 Miscellaneous Wood Products.
2491 Creosoted or oil treated wood products.
25Furniture and Fixtures
251 Household and Office Furniture.
253 Public Building and Related Furniture.
254 Partitions, Shelving, Lockers, Office, and Store Fixtures.
259 Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures.
26Pulp, Paper and Allied Products
261 Pulp and pulp mill products.
26111 Pulp.
262 Paper, except building paper.
26211 Newsprint.
26216 Coarse paper, including wrapping paper.
263 Paperboard, pulpboard and fiberboard, except insulating board.
264 Converted paper and paperboard products, except containers and boxes.
2643 Paper bags.
265 Containers and boxes, paperboard, fiberboard and pulpboard.
266 Building paper and building board.
2661 Building paper and building board.
26613 Wallboard.
27Printed Matter.
271 Newspapers.
272 Periodicals.
273 Books.
274 Miscellaneous Printed Matter.
276 Manifold Business Forms.
277 Greeting Cards, Seals, Labels, And Tags.
278 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders and Devices.
279 Products of Service Industries for the Printing Trades.
28Chemical and Allied Products
281 Industrial Inorganic and Organic Chemicals.
2812 Sodium, potassium, and other basic inorganic chemical compounds and chlorine.
28123 Sodium compounds, except sodium alkalies.
2813 Industrial gases (compressed and liquefied).
2814 Crude products from coal tar, petroleum and natural gas.
2816 Inorganic pigments.
2818 Miscellaneous industrial organic chemicals.
28184 Alcohols.
2819 Miscellaneous industrial inorganic chemicals.
28193 Sulphuric acid.
282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic Rubbers and Fibers.
28212 Synthetic rubber.
28213 Synthetic organic fibers.
283 Drugs (Biological Products, Medicinal Chemicals, Botanical Products and Pharmaceutical Preparations).
284 Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics and Other Toilet Preparations.
2841 Soap and other detergents, except specialty cleansers.
285 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products.
286 Gum and Wood Chemicals.
287 Agricultural Chemicals.
2871 Fertilizers.
289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products.
2892 Explosives.
28991 Salt.
29Petroleum and Coal Products.
291 Products of Petroleum Refining.
29111 Gasoline, jet fuels and other high volatile petroleum fuels, except natural gasoline.
29112 Kerosene.
29113 Distillate fuel oil.
29114 Lubricating and similar oils and derivatives.
29115 Lubricating greases.
29116 Asphalt, tar and pitches (petroleum, cokeoven, coal tar).
29117 Residual fuel oil and other low volatile petroleum fuels.
29119 Products of petroleum refining, n.e.c.
2912 Liquefied petroleum gases and coal gases.
295 Paving and Roofing Materials.
2951 Paving mixtures and blocks.
2952 Asphalt felt and coatings.
299 Miscellaneous Petroleum and Coal Products.
29911 Coke and coal briquettes.
30Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products.
301 Tires and Inner Tubes.
302 Rubber Footwear.
303 Reclaimed Rubber.
306 Miscellaneous Fabricated Rubber Products.
307 Miscellaneous Plastics Products.
31Leather and Leather Products.
311 Leather.
312 Industrial Leather Belting and Packing.
313 Boot and Shoe Cut Stock and Findings, All Materials.
314 Footwear, Except Rubber.
315 Leather Gloves and Mittens.
316 Luggage, Handbags, and Other Personal Leather Goods (all materials).
319 Miscellaneous Leather Goods.
32Stone, Clay and Glass Products.
321 Flat Glass.
322 Glass and Glassware, Pressed and Blown.
3221 Glass containers.
324 Hydraulic Cement.
32411 Cement, hydraulic; Portland, natural, masonry, puzzolan.
325 Structural Clay Products.
3251 Brick and structural clay tile.
32511 Brick, except ceramic glazed and refractory brick.
3253 Ceramic wall and floor tile.
3255 Refractories, clay and nonclay.
3259 Miscellaneous structural clay products.
32594 Roofing tile.
326 Pottery and Related Products.
327 Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products.
3271 Concrete products.
3274 Lime.
3275 Gypsum products.
328 Cut Stone and Stone Products.
329 Abrasives, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Products.
3291 Abrasive products.
33Primary Metal Products.
331 Steel Works and Rolling Mill Products.
33111 Pig iron.
33112 Slag.
33113 Coke, screenings and breeze.
33119 Coke oven and blast furnace products, n.e.c.
3312 Primary iron and steel products, except coke oven by-products.
33121 Steel ingot and semi-finished shapes.
3313 Ferro-alloys.
3315 Steel wire, nails, and spikes.
332 Iron and Steel Castings.
33211 Iron and steel cast pipe and fittings.
333 Nonferrous Metals Primary Smelter Products (Slab, Ingot, Pig, etc., and Residues).
3331 Primary copper and copper base alloys smelter products.
3332 Primary lead and lead base alloys smelter products.
3333 Primary zinc and zinc base alloys smelter products.
3334 Primary aluminum and aluminum base alloys smelter products.
335 Nonferrous Metal Basic Shapes.
3351 Copper, brass or bronze and other copper base alloy basic shapes.
3352 Aluminum and aluminum base alloy basic shapes except aluminum foil.
3357 Nonferrous wire, including insulated wire.
336 Nonferrous and Nonferrous Base Alloy Castings.
3361 Aluminum and aluminum base alloy castings.
2262 Brass, bronze, copper, and copper base alloy castings.
339 Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products.
3391 Iron and steel forgings.
3392 Nonferrous forgings.
34Fabricated Metal Products, Except Ordnance, Machinery, and Transportation Equipment.
341 Metal Cans.
342 Cutlery, Hand Tools, and General Hardware.
343 Plumbing Fixtures and Heating Apparatus, Except Electric.
3433 Heating equipment, except electric.
344 Fabricated structural metal products.
3441 Fabricated structural metal products.
345 Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, Washers, and Other Industrial Fasteners.
346 Metal Stampings.
348 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products.
349 Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products.
3491 Metal barrels, drums, kegs, and pails.
3494 Valves and pipe fittings (except plumbers' brass goods and fittings), fabricated pipe and fabricated pipe fittings.
35Machinery, Except Electrical.
351 Engines and Turbines.
352 Farm Machinery and Equipment.
353 Construction, Mining and Materials Handling Equipment.
3531 Construction machinery and equipment.
3532 Mining machinery and equipment, except oil field machinery and equipment.
3533 Oil field machinery and equipment.
3537 Industrial trucks, tractors, trailers, and stackers.
354 Metalworking Machinery and Equipment.
355 Special Industry Machinery, Except Metalworking Machinery.
356 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment.
357 Office, Computing, and Accounting Machines.
358 Service Industry Machines.
359 Miscellaneous Machinery and Parts, Except Electrical.
36Electrical Machinery, Equipment and Supplies.
361 Electrical Transmission and Distribution Equipment.
362 Electrical Industrial Apparatus.
363 Household Appliances.
3631 Household cooking equipment, all types.
3632 Household refrigerators and home and farm freezers.
3633 Household laundry equipment.
364 Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment.
365 Radio and TV Receiving Sets, Except Communication Types.
366 Communication Equipment.
367 Electronic Components and Accessories.
369 Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies.
37Transportation Equipment.
371 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment.
3711 Motor vehicles.
37111 Passenger cars, assembled.
37112 Truck tractors, and trucks, assembled.
37113 Motor coaches, assembled (including trolley busses) and fire department vehicles.
3712 Passenger car bodies and body parts.
3713 Truck and bus bodies and body parts.
3714 Motor vehicle parts and accessories.
3715 Truck trailers.
372 Aircraft and Parts.
373 Ships and Boats.
374 Railroad Equipment.
375 Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Parts.
379 Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment.
38Instruments, Photographic and Optical Goods, Watches and Clocks.
381 Engineering, Laboratory, and Scientific Instruments.
382 Measuring, Controlling, and Indicating Instruments.
383 Optical Instruments and Lenses.
384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies.
385 Ophthalmic or Opticians' Goods.
386 Photographic Equipment and Supplies.
387 Watches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices, and Parts.
39Miscellaneous Products of Manufacturing.
391 Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware.
393 Musical Instruments and Parts.
394 Toys, Amusement, Sporting and Athletic Goods.
3949 Sporting and athletic goods.
395 Pens, Pencils, and Other Office and Artists' Materials.
396 Costume Jewelry, Novelties, Buttons, and Notions.
398 Miscellaneous Manufactured Products—A.
399 Miscellaneous Manufactured Products—B.
40Waste and Scrap Materials.
401 Ashes.
402 Waste and Scrap, Except Ashes.
4021 Metal scrap, waste and tailings.
40211 Iron and steel scrap, wastes and tailings.
4022 Textile waste, scrap and sweepings.
4024 Paper waste and scrap.
4026 Rubber and plastic scrap and waste.
41Misc. Freight Shipments.
411 Misc. Freight Shipments.
41111 Outfits or kits.
41114 Articles, used except for repair, reconditioning (41115), returned empty (421), remelting 4021).
41115 Articles, used, returned for repair, incl. for reconditioning.
412 Miscellaneous Commodities Not Taken in Regular Freight Service.
42Containers, Shipping, Returned Empty.
421 Containers, Shipping, Returned Empty Inc. Carriers or Devices.
422 Trailers, Semi-Trailers, Returned Empty.
44Freight Forwarder Traffic.
441 Freight Forwarder Traffic, Carload or Truckload.
45Shipper Association or Similar Traffic.
451 Shipper Association or Similar Traffic, Carload or Truckload.
46Miscellaneous Mixed Shipments Exc. Forwarder See 44 Shipper Association See 45.
461 All Freight Rate Shipments, N.E.C., Inc. TOFC.
462 Mixed Shipments on One Factor Rates Cnstg. of Commodities Representing Two or More Major Industry Groups Where it is Impossible to Determine the Predominant Industry.
47Small Packaged Freight Shipments.
471 Small Packaged Freight Shipments, Including LCL or LTL.
[32 FR 20466, Dec. 20, 1967. Redesignated at 46 FR 9116, Jan. 28, 1981, and 46 FR 10745, Feb. 4, 1981]
authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321,11144
cite as: 49 CFR 1248.101