MASTER ITEM NUMBERING AND DESCRIPTION SYSTEM
The Master Item Numbering and Description System is adopted for
use in establishing all IATA Specific Commodity Rates.
0001-0999 Edible animal and vegetable products
0001-0099 Foodstuff, spices, beverages
0100-0199 Beverages, coffee, tea
0200-0299 Dairy products, eggs, ice cream
0300-0399 Fish and seafood, frogs
0400-0499 Fruits, berries, melons
0500-0599 Grains and grain preparations, cereal foods
0600-0699 Meat, slaughtered poultry and game, sausages, meat
pies
0700-0799 Roots and spices
0800-0899 Vegetables, soup, yeast
0900-0999 Miscellaneous edible animal and vegetable products
which could not be classified between 0001-0899
1000-1999 Live animals and inedible animal and vegetable
products
1000-1099 Animals, live
1100-1199 Furs, hides, pelts, skins, excluding wearing apparel
1200-1299 Leather, leather goods, skin rugs, artificial leather,
excluding wearing apparel
1300-1399 Naval stores, gums, resins
1400-1499 Floral and/or nursery stock and bulbs, flowers, seeds,
tubers, plants, cuttings
1500-1599 Herbs, leaves and products thereof, betel, tobacco,
tobacco products
1600-1699 Not used
1700-1799 Oils, animal and/or vegetable, but not mineral
1800-1899 Not used
1900-1999 Miscellaneous inedible animal and vegetable products
which could not be classified between 1000-1799
2000-2999 Textiles; fibres and manufactures
2000-2499 Yarn, thread, fibres, felt, cloth, fabrics, clothing,
footwear
2500-2599 Drawnwork, needlework, embroideries, lace
2600-2699 Textiles and finished textile articles
2700-2799 Hair, hair manufactures
2800-2899 Textile furnishings, curtains, floor coverings, bed linen,
blankets
2900-2999 Miscellaneous textile manufactures and raw materials
which could not be classified between 2000-2899.
3000-3999 Metals and manufactures, excluding machinery,
vehicles and electrical equipment
3000-3099 Metals (gold, silver, platinum, copper, brass,
aluminium, steel)
3100-3199 Cutlery, tableware, flatware, razor blades, scissors,
trophies
3200-3299 Hand tools
3300-3399 Hardware
3400-3499 Utensils for household, kitchen and hospital
3500-3599 Furniture and fixtures
3600-3889 Not used
3890-3899 Ore
3900-3999 Miscellaneous metal which could not be classified
between 3000-3899
4000-4999 Machinery, vehicles and electrical equipment
4000-4099 Business and office machines, machinery, tools,
surface vehicles, excluding steamship and motorship
machinery spare parts
4100-4199 Aircraft, aircraft engines, aircraft parts, outboard
motors for boats
4200-4299 Surface vehicles, parts, accessories
4300-4399 Business and office machinery, parts, accessories
4400-4499 Electrical and electronic appliances
4500-4599 Electrical machinery
4600-4699 Engines and turbines
4700-4799 Machinery and tools
4800-4899 Electrical and mechanical tools
4900-4999 Miscellaneous mechanical products
5000-5999 Non-metallic minerals and manufactures
5000-5099 Abrasives and abrasive products
5100-5149 Asbestos products
5150-5199 Carbon and graphite products
5200-5299 Ceramics, pottery, chinaware, earthenware,
stoneware, crystalware, porcelain, glassware,
excluding synthetic stones and optical goods.
5300-5399 Glass and glass products
5400-5449 Marble
5450-5499 Not used
5500-5599 Mica and mica products
5600-5699 Petroleum and petroleum products
5700-5799 Quartz and quartz manufactures
5800-5899 Stones
5900-5999 Miscellaneous non-metallic minerals and
manufactures
6000-6999 Chemicals and related products
6000-6099 Chemicals, pharmaceuticals
6100-6199 Biologicals, human dried blood protein
6200-6299 Chemicals
6300-6399 Coal tar products; dyes
6400-6499 Drugs
6500-6599 Pharmaceuticals
6600-6699 Cosmetics, soaps, toilet preparations
6700-6749 Not used
6750-6799 Pains, pigments, varnishes
6800-6899 Plastic materials and articles; synthetic gums and
resins
6900-6999 Cleansing and polishing materials
7000-7999 Paper, reed, rubber and wood manufactures
7000-7099 Paper and paper products
7100-7199 Printed matter
7200-7299 Packaging materials
7300-7399 Reeds and reed products
7400-7499 Rubber and rubber products
7500-7599 Straw and grass products
7600-7699 Wood and wood products; cork
7700-7899 Not used
7900-7999 Miscellaneous
8000-8999 Scientific, professional and precision instruments,
apparatus and supplies, musical instruments and
accessories
8000-8099 Scientific, precision, dental and surgical instruments,
apparatus and supplies; one generic item also
including optical, photographic and projection
equipment and supplies
8100-8199 Dental, medical and surgical instruments, apparatus
and supplies
8200-8299 Musical instruments; gramophones and gramophone
records, recording tapes; music boxes; musical boxes;
juke boxes
8300-8399 Optical instruments, apparatus and supplies;
photographic and projection equipment in some
generic items, even including darkroom supplies
8400-8499 Photographic and projection instruments, apparatus,
supplies and accessories; films, exposed and
unexposed; film sound tracks; sound equipment
8500-8599 Safety equipment and apparatus; one generic item
including 8000-8199, 8300-8399 items
8600-8699 Scientific and laboratory equipment
8700-8799 Not used
8800-8899 Surveying and engineering instruments
8900-8999 Miscellaneous precision instruments which could not
be classified between 8000-8899, such as watches
and clocks; hearing devices; taximeters; fuel flow
meters
9000-9999 Miscellaneous
9000-9010 Jewellery, costume and imitation jewellery
9050-9085 Packing materials, empty containers
9090-9092 Human hair, human remains (uncremated), human
eyes, tissues and dehydrated corneas
9100-9105 Gift parcels
9200-9299 Toys, athletic and sporting goods
9300-9350 Firearms and ammunitions, fireworks
9400-9473 Office supplies, excluding machinery
9500-9599 Handicraft products, souvenirs, paintings, buttons,
brushes, candles, fire extinguishers (empty)
9600-9699 Tobacco and tobacco related products, batteries for
chicken farms, animal identification ear tags
9700-9999 Miscellaneous items
