Glossary:Standard goods classification for transport statistics (NST)
The Standard goods classification for transport statistics abbreviated as NST (2007), is a statistical nomenclature for the goods transported by four modes of transport: road, rail, inland waterways and sea (maritime).
As NST 2007 considers the economic activity from which the goods originate, each of its items is strongly connected to an item of the European Union product and activity classifications Classification of products by activity (CPA) and Statistical classification of economic activities (NACE), which themselves are consistent with their counterparts at UN level, CPC and ISIC.
Example
This table contains only the first level classification of NST 2007, the complete classification is available in Eurostat's classifications database - Ramon (Eurostat metadata).
| 01 | Products of agriculture, hunting, and forestry; fish and other fishing products |
| 02 | Coal and lignite; crude petroleum and natural gas |
| 03 | Metal ores and other mining and quarrying products; peat; uranium and thorium |
| 04 | Food products, beverages and tobacco |
| 05 | Textiles and textile products; leather and leather products |
| 06 | Wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture); articles of straw and plaiting materials; pulp, paper and paper products; printed matter and recorded media |
| 07 | Coke and refined petroleum products |
| 08 | Chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers; rubber and plastic products; nuclear fuel |
| 09 | Other non metallic mineral products |
| 10 | Basic metals; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment |
| 11 | Machinery and equipment n.e.c.; office machinery and computers; electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.; radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus; medical, precision and optical instruments; watches and clocks |
| 12 | Transport equipment |
| 13 | Furniture; other manufactured goods n.e.c. |
| 14 | Secondary raw materials; municipal wastes and other wastes |
| 15 | Mail, parcels |
| 16 | Equipment and material utilized in the transport of goods |
| 17 | Goods moved in the course of household and office removals; baggage and articles accompanying travellers; motor vehicles being moved for repair; other non market goods n.e.c. |
| 18 | Grouped goods: a mixture of types of goods which are transported together |
| 19 | Unidentifiable goods: goods which for any reason cannot be identified and therefore cannot be assigned to groups 01-16 |
| 20 | Other goods n.e.c. |
Further information
- Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007 of 7 November 2007 amending Directive 95/64, Regulation (EC) No 1172/98, Regulations (EC) No 91/2003 and (EC) No 1365/2006 with respect to the establishment of NST 2007 as the unique classification for transported goods in certain transport modes
- Standard goods classification for transport statistics, 2007 - Ramon (Eurostat metadata)
Related concepts
- Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)
- Statistical classification of products by activity (CPA)