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2017 Edition

national industry 488510

Freight Transportation Arrangement

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers. These establishments are usually known as freight forwarders, marine shipping agents, or customs brokers and offer a combination of services spanning transportation modes.

The immediate parent of national industry 488510 is international industry 48851: Freight Transportation Arrangement

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in tariff and freight rate consulting services are classified in U.S. Industry 541614, Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 488510 - Agents, shipping
  2. 488510 - Customs brokers
  3. 488510 - Freight forwarding
  4. 488510 - Marine shipping agency
  5. 488510 - Shipping agents (freight forwarding)

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 488510
2007 488510
2012 488510
2017 488510
2022 488510

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 4731 - Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 488510, Freight Transportation Arrangement:

  1. arrangement of transportation of freight and cargo
  2. custom broker office only
  3. custom broker office risk only
  4. freight broker
  5. freight forwarder office only
  6. freight forwarder or handler except transportation of explosive or ammunition under contract
  7. freight forwarder or handler not otherwise classified
  8. freight forwarder or handler oth than pkng or handling or shipping explosive
  9. freight forwarder or handler other than packing handling or shipping explosive or ammunition under contract
  10. freight forwarder or handler packing handling or shipping explosive or ammunition
  11. freight forwarder or handler packing handling or shipping explosive or ammunition under contract
  12. freight forwarder or handler packing handling or shipping explosivesor ammunition under contract
  13. freight forwarder or handler pkng or handling or shipping explosive
  14. freight handler not otherwise classified coverage under me act
  15. freight handling not otherwise classified
  16. freight handling not otherwise classified coverage under u act
  17. freight handling not otherwise classified state act only
  18. freight handling not otherwise classified u act f code
  19. freight handling packing handling or shipping explosive or ammunition under contract state act only
  20. freight handling packing handling or shipping explosive or ammunition under contract u act f code
  21. freight transportation arrangement
  22. freight transportation arrangement naic
  23. support activity for transportation
  24. transportation and warehousing

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