Types of goods carried by rail

Types of goods in transport may be classified according to type. The recommended statistical classification is NST 2007 (Standard Goods Nomenclature for Transport Statistics), which has replaced the CSTE (Commodity Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe – United Nations Economic Mission for Europe (UNECE)) nomenclature and the NST/R (Standard goods nomenclature for transport statistics/revised – Eurostat) nomenclature. The UIC has developed the Harmonised Commodity Code (NHM) for the data exchange of railway undertakings, based on the international standard Harmonized System (HS) used to describe and code goods in international trade published by the World Customs Organization. The NHM contains railway-specific content in Chapter 99. Bridge tables between the NHM and the NST 2007 are regularly updated.