Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG)

Four Digit Codes

Code Description
0000 All commodities
0100 Live animals and live fish
0210 Wheat
0220 Corn, except sweet
0290 Other cereal grains
0310 Fresh or chilled potatoes (Irish potatoes), except sweet
0321 Fresh or chilled vegetables, except potatoes (Irish potatoes)
0322 Dried vegetables
0331 Fresh or chilled citrus fruit
0332 Fresh or chilled edible fruit, except citrus
0333 Dried fruit
0334 Fresh or dried nuts
0340 Soya beans
0350 Oil seeds and nuts, except olives and soya beans
0360 Bulbs, live plants, and seeds for sowing n.e.c.
0391 Fresh-cut flowers
0392 Unmanufactured tobacco
0393 Raw cotton not carded or combed
0399 Other
0411 Cereal straw or husks and forage products
0412 Inedible flours, meals, and pellets of meat, fish, or seafood, and greaves
0413 Bran, sharps, and other residues of cereals or leguminous plants
0414 Oil cake and other solid residues from the manufacture of vegetable fats or oils
0419 Other
0421 Dog or cat food put up for retail sale
0429 Other including complete feeds, premixes, bird seed, fish food, and feed supplements
0511 Fresh, chilled, or frozen, except poultry
0512 Fresh, chilled, or frozen poultry
0513 Meat, salted, in brine, dried, or smoked, edible flours and meals, and pig and poultry fat, not rendered
0520 Fish, except live, and seafood, except preparations
0531 Of meat, including poultry
0532 Of fish or seafood
0610 Wheat flour, groats, and meal
0621 Malt
0629 Other
0631 Pasta, including stuffed, canned, frozen, or dried, and couscous
0632 Breakfast cereal foods, rice cakes, and similar prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
0639 Other
0641 Baked snack foods
0642 Frozen baked products
0643 Perishable or dry baked products
0711 Milk and cream
0712 Cheese and curds
0713 Ice cream or ice milk and their novelties, water ices, and sherbets
0719 Other
0721 Frozen vegetables and vegetable preparations
0722 Processed or prepared vegetables, except frozen, dried, or milled
0723 Processed or prepared fruit and nuts, except dried
0724 Juices except those fortified with vitamins or minerals, but including mixtures
0730 Coffee, tea, and spices, except unprocessed coffee and unfermented tea
0741 Animal fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified
0742 Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified
0743 Chemically modified fats and oils, prepared edible fats, and animal or vegetable waxes
0744 Flours and meals of oil seeds, except of mustard
0750 Cane, beet, and other sugars in solid form, sugar syrups not containing added flavoring or coloring matter, and molasses
0761 Confectionery
0762 Cocoa beans, paste, butter, and powder, and cocoa preparations
0771 Sauces, mixed condiments and seasonings, prepared mustard, and mustard flours and meals
0772 Soups and broths and their preparations and baby or dietetic food preparations
0773 Syrups and concentrates, and flavoring powders, extracts, or essences
0779 Other
0781 Sweetened or flavored water
0789 Other
0810 Malt beer
0820 Wine and other fermented beverages
0831 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of a strength by volume of 80 percent volume or higher and denatured ethyl alcohol of any strength
0832 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent volume, spirits, and liqueurs and other spirituous beverages
0901 Cigarettes
0909 Other
1001 Calcareous monumental or building stone
1002 Monumental or building stone, except calcareous and dolomite
1101 Silica sands and quartz sands, for construction use
1102 Silica sands and quartz sands, for uses other than construction, and other sands
1201 Limestone and chalk (calcium carbonate)
1202 Gravel and crushed stone, except dolomite, slate, and limestone
1310 Salt
1320 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum-calcium phosphates, and phosphatic chalk
1330 Dolomite
1391 Sulphur, except sublimed, precipitated, and colloidal
1392 Clays
1399 Other
1410 Iron ores and concentrates
1491 Copper
1499 Other
1510 Non-agglomerated bituminous coal
1591 Non-agglomerated anthracite
1592 Non-agglomerated lignite, except jet
1593 Agglomerated coal
1710 Gasoline
1720 Aviation turbine fuel (types A and B)
1800 Fuel oils
1910 Lubricating oils and greases containing by weight 70 percent or more of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
1920 Refined petroleum oils and oils obtained from
1931 Liquefied natural gas
1932 Liquefied gaseous hydrocarbons, except liquefied natural gas
1933 Gaseous hydrocarbons in a gaseous state
1991 Coal coke, petroleum coke, and retort carbon
1992 Petroleum asphalt
1993 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, natural bitumen, petroleum asphalt, mineral tar, or mineral-tar pitch, and tarred macadam
1999 Other
2010 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)
2021 Sublimed, precipitated, or colloidal sulphur
2022 Inorganic acids, except nitric and phosphoric
2023 Aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide
2024 Industrial gases
2025 Sodium or potassium compounds, n.e.c.
2026 Metal compounds, n.e.c.
2029 Other
2030 Cyclic hydrocarbons
2041 Acyclic alcohols
2042 Phenols, phenol-alcohols, aldehydes, cyclic polymers of aldehydes, paraformaldehyde, ketones, and quinones
2043 Organic acids
2050 Organic chemicals, n.e.c.
2100 Pharmaceutical products
2201 Animal or vegetable fertilizers and fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
2202 Nitrogenous mineral or chemical fertilizers
2203 Phosphatic mineral or chemical fertilizers
2204 Potassic mineral or chemical fertilizers
2209 Other
2311 Paints and varnishes
2312 Vegetable tanning or dyeing extracts and coloring matter, tannins and their derivatives, putty and other mastics, animal coloring matter, powdered glass, household dyes, specialty preparations for paint, glass, and similar bases, and inks
2320 Essential oils and resinoids, and perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations
2330 Soap, organic surface-active agents, cleaning preparations, polishes and creams, and scouring preparations
2340 Photographic film, plates, paper, paperboard, or textiles, and chemical preparations for photographic use
2350 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant-growth regulators, disinfectants, and similar products, in packages for retail sale or as preparations or articles
2390 Other chemical products and preparations
2410 Plastics in primary forms, rubber in primary forms or sheets, and unvulcanized compounded rubber
2421 Manmade fibers and plastics basic shapes
2422 Articles
2431 Tires and related products
2439 Other
2501 Logs for pulping (pulpwood)
2502 Logs for lumber
2509 Other
2610 Wood chips or particles
2621 Lumber
2622 Wood continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces and shingles and shakes
2631 Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood
2632 Particle board, fiberboard, and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials
2633 Plywood, veneered panels, and similar laminated wood
2640 Builders joinery and carpentry of wood, except shingles and shakes
2690 Other wood products
2711 Mechanical wood pulp
2712 Non-dissolving grades of soda or sulphate chemical wood pulp
2719 Other
2720 Newsprint in large rolls or sheets
2731 Paper
2732 Paperboard
2741 Paper
2742 Paperboard
2801 Toilet paper, facial tissues, paper towels and napkins, sanitary napkins and tampons, disposable diapers, and similar household, sanitary, or hospital articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding, or webs of cellulose fibers
2802 Packing containers of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding, or webs of cellulose fibers
2809 Other
2910 Printed books, brochures, leaflets, and similar printed products
2921 Newspapers
2922 Journals and periodicals
2930 Advertising material, commercial or trade catalogues, and similar printed products
2991 Printed or illustrated postcards, messages, or announcements, and printed cards bearing personal greetings
2999 Other
3011 Textile fibers, processed but not spun or made into yarn
3012 Yarns and thread, except specialty yarns, such as metallized or gimped
3013 Broadwoven fabrics, except made of metallized yarn
3014 Knitted or crocheted fabrics
3020 Textile clothing and accessories, and headgear, except safety
3031 Narrow-woven fabrics and related products
3032 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
3033 Household furnishings
3039 Other
3040 Footwear
3050 Leather and articles, luggage of related materials, and dressed furskins and articles
3110 Hydraulic cements
3121 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes, and ceramic products
3122 Ceramic construction products
3123 China, porcelain, and other ceramic household or personal articles
3129 Other
3131 Glass in sheets or profiles
3132 Containers of glass used for transporting or packing goods
3139 Other
3191 Worked monumental or building stone and articles
3192 Articles of asphalt or of similar material
3193 Plaster and articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster
3194 Non-refractory mortars and concretes
3195 Articles of cement, concrete, or artificial stone
3199 Other
3210 Iron and steel in primary forms, in semi-finished forms, or in powders or granules, and ferro alloys
3220 Flat-rolled products of iron or steel
3230 Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, and wire, of iron or steel
3241 Copper
3242 Aluminum
3249 Other
3311 Pipes and tubes
3312 Pipe and tube fittings
3320 Structures and parts, except prefabricated buildings
3331 Nails, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, staples except in strips, and similar fastening articles
3332 Hand tools and cutlery, except of precious metals
3333 Interchangeable tools for hand- or machine-tools
3334 Locks, mountings and fittings, racks and similar fixtures, and automatic door closers, of base metal
3391 Containers of a capacity not exceeding 300 liters, except containers for compressed and liquefied gas
3399 Other
3411 Spark-ignition reciprocating internal-combustion engines for motor vehicles, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000 cubic centimeters
3412 Other internal-combustion engines
3413 Parts of internal-combustion piston engines
3421 Turbines
3422 Boilers, nuclear reactors, and non-electric motors except internal-combustion piston engines
3431 Pumps for liquids
3432 Air or vacuum pumps and air or other gas compressors
3433 Fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan
3441 Air-conditioning equipment
3442 Refrigerating or freezing equipment
3451 Lifting, handling, loading, or unloading machinery and equipment
3452 Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting, or boring machinery for earth, minerals, or ores, pile-drivers and -extractors, and snow-ploughs and -blowers
3491 Dishwashing machines, machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers, machinery for aerating beverages, and packing or wrapping machinery including for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling, or labelling containers
3492 Agricultural, horticultural, forestry, and poultry- or beekeeping machinery
3493 Textile manufacturing machines and household, commercial, or industrial laundry and sewing machines
3494 Machine-tools, except for semiconductor devices, for working hard materials
3495 Powered hand-tools, pneumatic, hydraulic, or with a self-contained electric or non-electric motor
3496 Machines and apparatus, and wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products used for soldering, brazing, or welding
3497 Ball or roller bearings, transmission shafts and cranks, bearing housings and plain shaft bearings, gears and gearings, ball and roller screws, gear boxes and other speed changers, flywheels and pulleys, and clutches and shaft couplings
3499 Other
3511 Electric motors, generators, generating sets, and rotary converters
3512 Electric or electronic transformers, static converters including rectifiers, and inductors
3521 Electric cooking appliances
3522 Electro-mechanical or electro-thermic domestic appliances, except cooking appliances
3531 Telephone or telegraph switching apparatus, except parts
3539 Other
3540 Electronic entertainment products, except parts
3551 Computer equipment
3552 Office equipment
3561 Prepared unrecorded media for audio, video, computer, or other uses
3562 Pre-recorded media
3570 Transmission apparatus for radio or television broadcasting, radio transmission and reception apparatus, radar apparatus, radio navigational-aid apparatus, and radio remote-control apparatus, except radio broadcast receivers and parts
3581 Electronic parts
3582 Parts of the goods of SCTG 354 and 357
3591 Primary and storage batteries
3592 Apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, and boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, or similar bases equipped with these apparatus
3599 Other
3610 Motor vehicles for the transport of less than 10 people except motorcycles, armored fighting vehicles, snowmobiles, golf carts and similar vehicles, and parts
3621 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, except parts
3622 Road tractors for semi-trailers, except parts
3631 Tractors, except road tractors, work tractors, and parts
3632 Motor vehicles for the transport of people with a seating capacity of 10 or more persons, except parts
3633 Special-purpose motor vehicles, except parts
3634 Motor vehicle chassis fitted with engines and separately shipped bodies
3635 Motorcycles, bicycles, and other cycles
3636 Trailers and semi-trailers
3639 Other
3640 Parts and accessories for motor vehicles except for motorcycles and armored fighting vehicles
3710 Locomotives and rolling stock, railway track fixtures and fittings, mechanical or electro-mechanical traffic-signalling equipment, and inter-modal containers
3721 Aircraft, except parts
3722 Spacecraft and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles, except parts
3723 Parts of aircraft and spacecraft
3724 Parachutes, rotochutes, aircraft-launching gear, deck-arresters, and flight simulators
3731 Pleasure or sporting vessels
3732 Commercial ships and boats and floating structures
3810 Optical elements, instruments, and apparatus, except photographic and photocopying equipment and optical instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking
3821 Photographic cameras, image projectors, enlargers and reducers, projection screens, negatoscopes, and apparatus and equipment for film developing
3822 Photocopying and thermocopying apparatus
3831 Navigational instruments and appliances except radar and other radio-type navigational-aid apparatus
3832 Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological, geophysical, drawing, or mathematical-calculating instruments and appliances
3841 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or alpha, beta, or gamma radiation
3842 Electromedical equipment
3849 Other
3851 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities
3852 Industrial process-control instruments
3859 Other
3901 Household or office furniture
3902 Other furniture
3903 Lighting equipment including for transportation equipment but except for motor vehicles, and lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs
4011 Arms
4012 Munitions and ammunition
4021 Toys and games
4022 Sporting equipment
4091 Clocks and watches
4092 Prefabricated buildings
4093 Writing or drawing instruments and inked ribbons and pads
4094 Precious metal forms and shapes, pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, and articles, and coins
4099 Other
4111 Slag, ash, and residues
4112 Of ferrous metal
4113 Of nonferrous metal, including precious
4121 Sawdust and wood waste and scrap
4122 Of paper or paperboard
4129 Other
4399 Mixed freight
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